If you're building an electronic device, "the next best gadget AI" , with a brand new Bluetooth chip that can communicate over 5 km by using some radioactive material, but you don't know whether it will be a success or not, you face two situations :
1. You do all government certifications like FCC, recycling, pollution, security, backed with scientific research that your chip is ok.
This will cost a lot of money and time and might prevent you from reaching the market quickly.
2. You start selling asap as a Prototype. You make money and you can start the whole certification process. (or not).
The concept of Prototype is legal in many countries, there's often an official threshold of product sold at which your product is not a prototype anymore.
1. You do all government certifications like FCC, recycling, pollution, security, backed with scientific research that your chip is ok. This will cost a lot of money and time and might prevent you from reaching the market quickly.
2. You start selling asap as a Prototype. You make money and you can start the whole certification process. (or not).
The concept of Prototype is legal in many countries, there's often an official threshold of product sold at which your product is not a prototype anymore.