News Summary

Eric Migicovsky, the creator of the Pebble smartwatch, is making a comeback nearly a decade after the original Pebble’s demise. Pebble’s return in 2025 will be through a new company, Core Devices, and while the new smartwatches won’t carry the Pebble name, they will utilize the open-sourced PebbleOS and leftover parts from the original devices. Migicovsky’s journey began at the University of Waterloo’s Velocity garage, leading to creating one of the most successful Kickstarter projects and selling over 2 million smartwatches. Despite the company’s sale to Fitbit and eventually Google, Migicovsky has managed to convince Google to open-source the intellectual property. His story provides valuable insights into the challenges of hardware startups and the resilience required in the founder journey.