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Running On Empty: WakeMate Finds Out What Happens When Partners Break Up
Something strange happened this week with Wakemate, a Y-Combinator-funded project that was a tech world high flyer for a while. The product, a wrist strap that sensed your movement during…
WakeMate 2.0: Helping You Kiss Those Groggy Mornings Goodbye. For Real, This Time.
The story of WakeMate could be viewed as a warning to all tech-savvy entrepreneurs out there: building a hardware device is much more difficult than most web applications. The promise…
WakeMate Warns Users Of Major Safety Issue With Product After One Bursts Into Flames
It was only days ago that we wrote that after nearly a year of delays, the first WakeMate units were finally shipping to customers. And now there’s some more bad…
After Nearly A Year Of Delays, WakeMate Is Finally Shipping
If ever there was a case of a startup demonstrating the kind of hurdles involved with producing hardware, it’s WakeMate. We first wrote about the Y Combinator-funded startup over a…
WakeMate's Long Delays May Finally Be Coming To An End
WakeMate’s quest to help you kiss your groggy mornings goodbye continues. The Y Combinator-funded startup has become something of a poster child for the mantra “Hardware is hard” — when…
WakeMate Delays Initial Shipment, Makes Moves To Appease Upset Customers
Your groggy mornings aren’t over yet. A few months ago we wrote about WakeMate, a Y Combinator-funded startup that makes a small gadget designed to help you sleep better. Last…
YC-Funded WakeMate Helps You Kiss Groggy Mornings Goodbye
Ah, the curse of the groggy morning. You may have followed all the rules: no caffeine before bed, an early bedtime, and all the rest. But your best efforts are…