Eve announced a new business structure today. Eve is most known for the Eve V; a crowd developed 2-in-1 PC that went head to head against the Microsoft Surface Pro. The Eve V relied heavily on feedback from potential buyers during the design phase, and the result was an impressive 2-in-1 with a lower price tag than its main competition. Unfortunately, several issues plagued the Eve V, which resulted in delayed shipments of orders and several orders that have still not shipped to this day. The new business model aims to fix these issues and move more responsibility to Eve rather than licensing partners. In addition to announcing the new business structure, Eve highlighted new hardware that will release later this year.

Eve released a statement today that summarizes the issues that affected the Eve V, along with significant changes to the company's business structure. The statement outlines that Eve relied on a licensing business model in which Eve's staff focused on research and development and design while licensing sales, manufacturing, and aftersales were handled by partners around the world. This model did not work well as a major partner had issues which Eve explained:

Unfortunately, one of our major partners Fortress Tech Distribution LTD, the one operating the web store through www.eve-tech.com ran into issues with the supply chain, funds frozen by payment processors, and untimely deliveries, causing frustration among the community and direct damage to our brand. Now that the licensing contract has expired we are sharing things as they are with you directly. We have not mentioned this publically as we had a very tight NDA clauses with heavy penalties."

The NDA expiring is particularly noteworthy as many fans regularly expressed frustration regarding their orders not being shipped and a lack of communication from Eve. While Eve released some statements on the progress of shipments, many fans expressed frustration regarding delays and communication.