Amazon to aquire mesh network router company eero, praises user friendly software and wifi expertise from the comapny.
Yesterday in a surprise announcement eero announced over Twitter they were being acquired by Amazon.
Founded in 2014 by Amos Schallich, Nate Hardison and Nick Weaver, eero is a unique company that focused on mesh routers and is partly responsible for popularizing the category. Mesh routers previously had been limited to enterprise systems that were very expensive and difficult to implement. The company had focused on creating easy to use systems that provided excellent coverage, and were easily expandable. Products released by eero generally had good reviews for day to day tasks but then were later challenged by the introduction of Google WiFi, Netgear’s Orbi, and Amplifi which all offered mesh networks at lower prices.
