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Tony Fadell: The Nest Thermostat Disrupted My Life

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It was a dead, unloved market with less than $1 billion in total annual sales in the United States. This needed to be an easy DIY project, a quick upgrade. In 2016 Google decided to sell Nest, so I left the company. The big companies weren’t going to do it. The only thing missing was the will to take the plunge. People loved it.

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