Oscar Hedaya

Oscar Hedaya

Oscar Hedaya is the founder and chief executive of SPACE, the company developing The Space Safe. His public work centers on turning a conventional physical-security product into a connected system with cameras, sensors, software, an app, and over-the-air updates.

In episode 105 of Venture Step, Hedaya describes more than 15 years in product development and manufacturing. He says his earlier work included electric scooters and products in categories where the mainstream market had not yet formed.

Why he started SPACE

Hedaya says the idea followed a theft. When he looked for a safe, he could not find one that matched his expectations for visibility, access history, connectivity, and software-supported improvement.

That led him to a larger product question. A conventional safe tries to delay unauthorized physical access. A connected safe can also detect movement, record events, identify users, send alerts, allow temporary access, and change through software.

The founder story explains the product thesis. It does not establish burglary resistance, fire resistance, cybersecurity, privacy quality, or suitability for a particular asset.

The integration lesson

Hedaya's most useful contribution in E105 is his account of integration.

A camera, fingerprint sensor, touchscreen, battery, and WiFi module can each work in isolation. The product still needs a custom electronics system and firmware that coordinate them with the lock, door state, app, cloud, power behavior, and user identities.

flowchart LR
    A["Product development and manufacturing"] --> B["SPACE"]
    B --> C["Physical safe"]
    B --> D["Electronics and firmware"]
    B --> E["App, cloud, and identity"]
    B --> F["Updates and support"]
    C --> G["The Space Safe system"]
    D --> G
    E --> G
    F --> G

Hedaya also describes the mismatch between an integrated product and factories optimized around stable, narrower build instructions. The lesson is not that manufacturers resist every new idea. It is that the product company must own architecture, requirements, interfaces, tests, and failure behavior before production can become repeatable.

Current product work

The current Space Safe product page describes a steel safe with two cameras, a touchscreen, PIN and fingerprint access, tamper sensing, environmental sensing, a backup battery, app functions, and OTA updates.

The product remains presented as a preorder as of July 27, 2026. SPACE's March 2025 company update discusses manufacturing-partner problems, financial losses, pricing changes, capital needs, and the search for production support.

A January 2026 OTA update says the team developed its own updater and continued printed circuit board assembly testing. These updates document ongoing development in the company's own voice. They are not independent tests or delivery guarantees.

Product philosophy

Hedaya argues that a connected safe should create visibility and accountability instead of adding connectivity for its own sake. In the interview, he describes named access, event history, tamper alerts, cameras, optional two-factor authentication, temporary access, and customer feedback as parts of that idea.

He also treats software updates as an operating commitment. The product should be able to fix bugs, improve sensitivity, and revise awkward workflows after sale.

That commitment creates a long-term dependency. The vendor must secure its development and signing systems, support the app and cloud, communicate vulnerabilities, recover failed devices, and define when support ends.

Public record and current role

SPACE's current LinkedIn company page lists the company as a privately held computers and electronics manufacturer founded in 2021 in Miami. It describes Hedaya as the company's founder in current public updates.

Hedaya's public LinkedIn profile is the principal professional contact route connected from current podcast appearances. Recent public interviews continue to identify him as the founder or chief executive of SPACE.

Role, company size, ownership, fundraising, product status, and delivery timing can change quickly and should be refreshed before publication.

Venture Step conversation

Episode 105 covers the theft that led to the idea, manufacturing resistance, printed circuit board development, firmware, sensors, OTA updates, customer feedback, connected access, cameras, enterprise concepts, and the company's intended roadmap.

Read [[Oscar Hedaya on Building The Space Safe]] for the full episode story. The [[Why Connected Hardware Is Harder Than Adding an App|connected-hardware guide]] extracts the architecture and production lesson. [[How to Evaluate a Smart Safe Before Buying One|The smart-safe buyer guide]] separates the founder account from the evidence a buyer needs.

Contact and official links

Hedaya told Venture Step listeners to use the public contact route on The Space Safe website. Current product information and company updates are published at TheSpaceSafe.com.

Editorial and verification notes

This profile was checked on July 27, 2026 against the preserved E105 transcript, current company pages, product documentation, public professional records, and current podcast listings.

The transcript controls Hedaya's first-person account. Product performance, ratings, certifications, security, privacy, manufacturing state, shipments, customer count, revenue, staffing, patents, and market claims require separate evidence.

AI assisted with research organization and drafting. Dalton Anderson remains responsible for the profile and publication decision.