Hardware
Hardware: the closure stories and lessons of 90 startups.
90 startups
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Maker of the AI Pin, a wearable SI device meant to replace the phone
Closed2015 – 2020Essential Products
The hardware start-up from Android co-founder Andy Rubin that only ever shipped one phone
Closed2010 – 2019Anki
The robotics start-up that made SI-powered toy robots and racing cars
Closed2008 – 2019Aria Insights
The final form of CyPhy Works, the tethered-drone maker founded by iRobot's co-founder
Closed2014 – 2019Coolest Cooler
The record-breaking Kickstarter cool box with a built-in blender and speaker
Closed2010 – 2019DAQRI
The company building augmented reality helmets and glasses for industrial workers
Closed2014 – 2019Seven Dreamers Laboratories
The bankrupt maker of Laundroid, a fridge-sized laundry-folding robot
Closed2011 – 2018Airware
The start-up building a drone operating system and data platform for enterprises
Closed2013 – 2018Navdy
The hardware start-up that generated buzz with a device projecting navigation onto the windscreen, then went i
Closed2008 – 2018Rethink Robotics
The Boston pioneer of collaborative robots that work side by side with people
Closed2013 – 2017Doppler Labs
The maker of Here One, the smart wireless earbuds that filtered the sounds around you
Closed1999 – 2017Jawbone
The USD 3 billion hardware company behind headsets, speakers and fitness trackers
Closed2013 – 2017Juicero
The $699 internet-connected juicer that squeezed fruit packs sold on subscription
Closed2013 – 2017Lily Robotics
An autonomous camera drone that you threw into the air and that then followed and filmed you on its own
Closed2008 – 2016Fuhu
The hardware start-up whose Nabi tablets for children made it America's fastest-growing company
Closed2012 – 2016Pebble
The e-paper smartwatch start-up that broke Kickstarter records
Closed2013 – 2016Skully
The hardware start-up that sank before it could deliver its augmented-reality motorcycle helmet
Closed2009 – 2015Quirky
A New York invention platform that turned community-submitted ideas into products and sold them
Closed2014 – 2015Zano
The mini drone billed as Europe's biggest Kickstarter that was never delivered
Closed2005 – 2014BERG
The London design studio that created Little Printer and turned to connected products
Closed1990 – 2002General Magic
The Apple spin-off that sketched the first drafts of the smartphone in the 1990s
Closed1990 – 2001Be Inc.
The former Apple executive's company behind the BeOS operating system and the BeBox computer
Closed2015 – 2026Orbex
Aerospace company in Scotland
Closed2016 – 2023Opuscope
Hardware
Closed2015 – 2023Prescrit
French corporation
Closed2011 – 2023Republic Wireless
American mobile virtual network operator
Closed1994 – 2023STEG Electronics
Electronics company in Switzerland
Closed2004 – 2022Masten Space Systems
American aerospace company
Closed2004 – 2022TrekStor
German electronics manufacturer
Closed2009 – 2021Scio Diamond Technology Corporation
Synthetic diamonds manufacturer
Closed2004 – 2020Aleris
Aluminum manufacturing company
Closed1995 – 2019United Space Alliance
American aerospace corporation
Closed1994 – 2018Domo
1994-2018 Romanian electronics store chain
Closed2002 – 2018Oboronprom
Company
Closed2009 – 2018Planetary Resources
American space company
Closed1999 – 2017Conexant
Company
Closed1995 – 2017I-Mobile
Thai mobile phone company
Closed2008 – 2017Recon Instruments
Technology company specializing in GPS and head-mounted displays
Closed2012 – 2017Swiss Space Systems
Aerospace company in Switzerland
Closed1999 – 2017XCOR Aerospace
American private rocket engine and spaceflight development company
Closed2005 – 2016Excalibur Almaz
Private spaceflight company
Closed1999 – 2016EZchip Semiconductor
Acquired semiconductor company
Closed2002 – 2016Unister
German company
Closed2009 – 2015Lantiq
Company
Closed2007 – 2015SeaMicro
Business
Closed1995 – 2015Silicon Image
Semiconductor Manufacturing Company
Closed2003 – 2015Tabula
American fabless semiconductor company based in Santa Clara, California
Closed2012 – 2014Kreyos
Consumer electronics company which was based in San Francisco, California
Closed2002 – 2014OCZ
American computer hardware manufacturer
Closed2008 – 2013Calxeda
Hardware
Closed1992 – 2013K&M Elektronik
German computer hardware retailer
Closed1997 – 2013Tensilica
Semiconductor company in California, US
Closed1991 – 2012Adams Golf
Texas-based golf club manufacturer
Closed2003 – 2012Amalfi Semiconductor
American semiconductor company
Closed1999 – 2012Hamilton Sundstrand
American aerospace and industrial products company
Closed1995 – 2012NetLogic Microsystems
Semiconductor company
Closed2004 – 2012Xsigo Systems
Computer I/O company acquired by Oracle
Closed2002 – 2011Azuro
American company
Closed2000 – 2011DiBcom
French fabless semiconductor company
Closed2003 – 2011SensorDynamics
European semiconductor and MEMS company
Closed2006 – 2011Zoombak
American GPS tracking company
Closed2002 – 2010BFG Technologies
American computer hardware company
Closed1998 – 2010Urban Air
Company
Closed1993 – 2009Kionix
American MEMS inertial sensor manufacturer
Closed2000 – 2009OQO
Company
Closed1995 – 2009Transmeta Corporation
American company
Closed2004 – 2009U3
Hardware
Closed2003 – 2008Ambric
American computer processor company
Closed1996 – 2008Foundry Networks
Networking hardware vendor
Closed2001 – 2008MicroSat Systems Inc.
Aerospace company based in Littleton, Colorado, United States
Closed1995 – 2008MPC Corporation
Computer hardware company
Closed2003 – 2008P.A. Semi
Company
Closed1992 – 2008PC Club
American computer hardware store
Closed1994 – 2008Sino Satellite Communications Co.,Ltd.
Chinese company
Closed2003 – 2008WiQuest Communications
American WiFi device manufacturer
Closed2002 – 2007PANTA
Hardware
Closed1993 – 2006Terayon
American networking equipment manufacturer
Closed1997 – 2005ReplayTV
Brand of DVR
Closed1994 – 2004Calimetrics
Computer company
Closed1999 – 2004P-Cube
Hardware
Closed1991 – 2004Procomp Informatics Ltd.
Electronics manufacturer based in Taiwan
Closed1996 – 2003Soltek Computer Inc.
Computer hardware company
Closed1996 – 2002Tiny Computers
Previously a British computer manufacturer
Closed1994 – 2001Appian Graphics
Supplier of multi-monitor graphics accelerators
Closed1996 – 2000Alteon WebSystems
Computer network hardware company
Closed1990 – 1999FORE Systems
American computer company
Closed1992 – 1999Revolution Helicopter Corporation
American helicopter manufacturer
Closed1992 – 1998Nomaï
French company
Closed1994 – 1997miro Computer Products AG
Technological company from Germany
Closed1991 – 1997Wombat Gyrocopters
British gyroplane manufacturer
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