The most useful appliance in your kitchen.

The Radiant Microwave pairs thermal imaging with a front touchscreen, built for precise feedback instead of blind countdowns.

Radiant Microwave prototype showing the touchscreen thermal view in a kitchen.

Heat becomes visible, so control becomes obvious.

The Radiant Microwave shows hot edges, cold centers, and the progress of a cook in real time. It is still the appliance you already know, but the hidden part is no longer hidden.

Microwave
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Thermal camera
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Touchscreen display
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Reheating perfection

The thermal image becomes the control surface.

The Radiant Microwave puts the live heat map beside the controls, so you can choose a mode, set a target, and see how the food is responding while it cooks.

Radiant Microwave touchscreen showing heat to temperature controls beside the thermal image.

The core modes, lifted from the appliance UI.

Timed cook The familiar microwave mode, with the thermal view visible while the timer runs.
Heat to temp Pick a temperature and hit that perfectly every time. Great for most things, especially soup and tea.
Defrost Warm frozen food more gently by watching the edges and center instead of guessing from weight alone.

Choose a real cook to preview.

Three short recordings from the Radiant Microwave. Pick one, then press play when you want to watch the thermal view change.

Radiant Microwave prototype on a kitchen counter.

Batch one sold out and delivered to customers.

The first Radiant Microwave units are already with customers. Early feedback has been good, especially from people reheating food that normally gets ruined in a microwave.

Customer text thread showing reheated elk rib and positive feedback about Radiant Microwave.
A mosaic of Radiant Microwave prototype build progress photos in San Francisco.

Handmade with love in San Francisco.

Every early unit is assembled, tested, and tuned by hand while we learn from real customers and keep improving the product.

Created by Ed and Eric.

Ed and Eric are YC alumni who both love cooking and technology. They started creating this product about two months ago to make something we have wanted to exist for a while: a microwave that actually shows what is happening to your food.

Illustration of Ed Kearney. Ed Kearney Radiant Instruments co-founder
Illustration of Eric Norman. Eric Norman Radiant Instruments co-founder

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