[2] It is manufactured by KosherSwitch Technologies headquartered in New York City and was invented by Andy Menashe Kalati.
The KosherSwitch seeks to improve upon existing innovations by allowing light fixtures to be triggered on or off as needed by a person acting on Shabbat.
[2] In April 2015, the KosherSwitch group launched an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign seeking to raise US$50,000 in support of their product.
[7] Their launch video, featuring founder Andy Menashe Kalati, went viral among Jewish viewers and had received over half a million views within the first few days post-launch.
[8] In October 2015, the company announced[9] that all pre-orders had been shipped and that sales of the product would shift to retailers and Amazon.