Tony Fadell

Gadgets

Tony Fadell on why the first wave of AI gadgets failed — and what comes next

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Oct 7, 2026

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Hardware

The smartphone era created an attention crisis — slow tech is fixing it

Amanda Silberling

Jun 18, 2026

AI

Tony Fadell takes a shot at Sam Altman in TechCrunch Disrupt interview

Sarah Perez

Oct 29, 2024

Tony Fadell speaks onstage during TechCrunch Disrupt 2024

Startups

Tony Fadell on mission-driven a–holes, Silicon Valley entitlement and why LLMs are ‘know-it-alls’

Aisha Malik

Oct 29, 2024

Hardware

Tony Fadell-backed Plumerai brings on-device AI to home security cameras

Brian Heater

Oct 6, 2024

Crypto

Ledger’s latest crypto wallet taps iPod designer in bid to boost accessibility

Jacquelyn Melinek

Dec 6, 2022

Startups

Daily Crunch: Fairly stagnant since April launch, Coinbase NFT sales volume is under $700K

May 6, 2022

Featured

Tony Fadell cleans out his garage

Brian Heater

May 5, 2022

Biotech & Health

Breakout Ventures has a new, $112.5 million fund, backed by Tony Fadell, Chris Sacca and others

Connie Loizos

Dec 9, 2021

Startups

Key takeaways from the SOSV Climate Tech Summit

Benjamin Joffe

Nov 9, 2021

Startups

London’s Dice raises $122M at a $400M valuation for its intelligent event discovery and booking platform

Ingrid Lunden

Sep 26, 2021

Climate

Firms backed by Robert Downey Jr. and Bill Gates have funded an electric motor company that slashes energy consumption

Jonathan Shieber

Mar 3, 2021

Startups

Allbirds is investing in a plant-based leather substitute, plans faux-leather shoe drop in December

Jonathan Shieber

Feb 25, 2021

Startups

Blobr, the ‘no-code’ company turning APIs into products, raises €1.2M pre-seed

Steve O'Hear

Jan 22, 2021

Featured

For Tony Fadell, the future of startups is connected and sustainable

Jonathan Shieber

Dec 30, 2020

Startups

OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei raises $7 million for his new venture

Manish Singh

Dec 9, 2020

Startups

With Tony Fadell’s help, Advano is building battery components to power an electric future

Jonathan Shieber

Jan 28, 2020

Transportation

This company wants to put ‘brains’ in electric scooters and bikes to keep riders safer

Connie Loizos

May 23, 2018

Biotech & Health

Tony Fadell is worried about smartphone addiction

Jordan Crook

Apr 16, 2018

Tony Fadell’s newest product? An investing and advisory firm called Future Shape

Connie Loizos

Oct 18, 2017

Startups

CashShield raises $5.5 million to prevent credit card fraud

Katie Roof

Sep 14, 2017

Transportation

iPod inventor Tony Fadell says Detroit is perfect for testing autonomous cars

Darrell Etherington

Jan 11, 2017

Tony Fadell speaks out about innovation, revolution, Nest, Steve Jobs and entrepreneurship

Randy Komisar

Jul 20, 2016

Is Tony Fadell In Nest’s Way?

Connie Loizos

Mar 30, 2016

Startups

Nest’s CEO Calls Its Tech The “Conscious Home” Because “It’s Not Smarter Than You”

Josh Constine

Nov 19, 2014

Hardware

Nest’s Tony Fadell Says Any Changes To Device User Privacy Policy Will Be Opt-In, Transparent

Darrell Etherington

Jan 20, 2014

Startups

Tony Fadell Says Nest Has 100 Patents Granted, 200 Filed, And 200 More Ready To File

Ingrid Lunden

Dec 11, 2013

Hardware

From The Garage To 200 Employees In 3 Years: How Nest Thermostats Were Born

Derek Andersen

May 11, 2013

Nest’s Tony Fadell Talks Thermostats, Apple, Kickstarter And Hardware Startups At LeWeb

Frederic Lardinois

Dec 4, 2012

Tony Fadell on Jobs and Apple’s Legacy (TCTV)

Sarah Lacy

Oct 24, 2011

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