Eric Migicovsky

Migicovsky was born in 1986^[8] in Vancouver, Canada.^[9] He earned a Bachelor's degree in Systems Design Engineering from the University of Waterloo in 2009.^[10][11] In 2008, as part of his studies, he spent time as an exchange student at the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands.^[12][13] While in Delft, where bicycles are a common mode of transport, Migicovsky sought a safer way to access information without handling his smartphone while cycling. This led to the development of InPulse, a smartwatch initially compatible only with BlackBerry devices, which launched in 2010. Following this, Migicovsky founded the smartwatch company Pebble Technology, which launched their first model in January 2013.^[13] In 2016, the company filed for insolvency and was subsequently acquired by rival Fitbit.^[14][15] He later co-founded the instant messaging software company Beeper,^[7] which was sold to Automattic in April 2024.^[16] In 2025, following a request by Migicovsky, Google, which had acquired Fitbit and thereby obtained the rights to Pebble, open-sourced PebbleOS, the operating system powering the Pebble watch. Subsequently, Migicovsky founded a new company and launched the Core Devices line of watches, regarded as the successor to Pebble.^[6]

Migicovsky lives with his family in Palo Alto, California.^[17] Colette Berends [Wikidata] was his great aunt.^[18]