Instant Pot Maker Bought by Pyrex’s Parent as Old Kitchen Meets New – The New York Times:

“The Instant Pot went on sale in 2010. A confluence of factors — its availability on Amazon, touting of technological advancements like sensors to help optimize cooking relatively low price and popularity among bloggers with evangelical fervor — helped make it a phenomenon.”

*Thought the Instant Pot was from around 2015.