In 1997, two friends, Rich Yacco and Al Abrahams, came up with the idea for an unusual product: a computer chip made out of chocolate.
Al and Rich had worked together in a video production company a few years earlier. Their “chocolate chip” idea grew into the concept of a chocolate motherboard: a simulated computer circuit that featured chocolate RAM chips and CPU.
After getting positive feedback from family and friends, they decided to form the Silicon Valley Confection Company.
Al and Rich each kicked in a couple of thousand dollars each to form the corporation and prepare what they needed to attract investors.
By October 1997 a business plan was complete and a company website was created at SVC2.com.
The company’s slogan became “Technology You Can Eat.”
