Smart home platform Wink is dying as Will.i.am’s tech company is low on money
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Will.i.am’s technology company i.am+ is running out of money, according to current employees, company emails, and documents obtained by The Verge. As a result, two current employees of smart home platform Wink — which i.am+ acquired in 2017 — tell The Verge that workers haven’t been paid in seven weeks, and that their office in Schenectady, New York has been temporarily closed. Wink users have also reported on Reddit, Twitter, and Facebook that all sorts of third-party devices have stopped working with the platform, and that the company’s customer support line is dead.
Founded in 2012, the Black Eyed Peas frontman originally positioned i.am+ as a maker of extremely expensive iPhone cases. The company eventually expanded into other...