Essential Products Inc., co-founded by Android creator Andy Rubin, will reportedly go up for sale, and has even received interest from one potential buyer. According to Bloomberg, the company has hired Credit Suisse Group AG to advise on a potential sale. The startup, part of...
The Essential smartphone, the brainchild of Andy Rubin, the creator of the Android operating system, launched Thursday (Aug. 17). In a blog post announcing the launch of the mobile phone that is aimed at taking on Apple and Samsung, Rubin said that, although the company...
Essential Products, the smartphone company that was started by Andy Rubin — the creator of the Android mobile operating system — has raised $300 million in venture funding from big name investors like Tencent and Amazon. According to a news report in The Wall Street Journal, the...
The co-creator of Google’s Android mobile phone operating system, Andy Rubin, rolled out a new company dubbed Essential Products that will sell a high end mobile phone and a home assistant gadget. According to a report in Reuters, the new Essential Phone has an edge-to-edge screen, a titanium and...
October 18, 2018
Essential Products, the smartphone startup founded by Andy Rubin, the creator of Android, is slashing its workforce by around 30 percent. Bloomberg, citing people familiar with the matter, reported the workforce reductions are happening in its hardware, marketing and sales units. The company has around 120 employees, noted Bloomberg. The layoffs come a few months after […]
May 25, 2018
Essential Products Inc., co-founded by Android creator Andy Rubin, will reportedly go up for sale, and has even received interest from one potential buyer. According to Bloomberg, the company has...
August 18, 2017
The Essential smartphone, the brainchild of Andy Rubin, the creator of the Android operating system, launched Thursday (Aug. 17). In a blog post announcing the launch of the mobile phone...
August 10, 2017
Essential Products, the smartphone company that was started by Andy Rubin — the creator of the Android mobile operating system — has raised $300 million in venture funding from big name...
