Pearl Automation

Pearl Automation
Private
Founded 2014
Founder Bryson Gardner, Joseph Fisher, Brian Sander
Headquarters Scotts Valley, CA
Number of employees
 70
Website http://www.pearlauto.com

Pearl Automation Inc. is a company building aftermarket automobile technology, focused on delivering “driver awareness features”[1] and helping “speed up the pace”[2] of technology adoption in cars. Pearl was founded by Bryson Gardner, Joseph Fisher and Brian Sander in 2014 and announced its first product in June 2016.[3] The company is based in Scotts Valley, California.[2]

Products

Pearl’s first product, RearVision, is an aftermarket, “easy-to-install”[4] backup camera and alert system[5] that attaches as a license plate frame and sends video directly to your smartphone[3] through a car adapter plugged into the OBD-II port.[6] The system is solar powered[7] and features two wide angle[3] high-definition cameras, 180-degree field of vision, multiple in-app views and zooms, and automatic software updates.[5]

Pearl sells products direct to consumer.[2]

Funding

Pearl has raised $50 million in Series A and B venture capital rounds, from investors Shasta Ventures, Accel, Venrock and Wellcome Trust.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Times, Los Angeles. "Got an old car? Thanks to three Apple renegades, you can install your own rearview camera". latimes.com. Retrieved 2016-07-21.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Tilley, Aaron. "These Ex-Apple Engineers Want To Put A Backup Camera With Computer Vision On Your Car". Retrieved 2016-07-21.
  3. 1 2 3 Lynley, Matthew. "Pearl Automation's license plate cover puts a car backup camera on your phone". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2016-07-21.
  4. ↑ "Three Ex-Apple Engineers Want To Make You A Safer Driver In Under 15 Minutes". 2016-06-21. Retrieved 2016-07-21.
  5. 1 2 Bhuiyan, Johana (2016-06-21). "A team of ex-Apple engineers just launched the Nest for cars". Recode. Retrieved 2016-07-21.
  6. ↑ "Apple Alums Dream Up a $500 Backup Camera For Any Car". Retrieved 2016-07-21.
  7. ↑ Popper, Ben (2016-06-21). "A huge team of Apple veterans is now making smart accessories for your car". The Verge. Retrieved 2016-07-21.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 9/20/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.