Noon Time!

Earlier today, Noon Home came out of stealth mode and launched the best, most capable home lighting switch available anywhere in the world at any price.First and foremost, Noon works as a switch - to turn on the lights, you press it, and to turn off the lights, you do the same thing.  Everyone in the world has been trained to toggle light switches on and off since the moments we each grew tall enough to reach a switch.  Touching a switch will be something billions of people continue to do every day for decades and decades to come.  It’s an overlooked, daily ritual baked into our psyches.Now, for the first time, there’s magic available inside a switch.  The Noon switch has an OLED display, incorporates capacitive touch, has a powerful processor, and includes WiFi and Bluetooth.  As you might imagine, the capabilities announced today (bulb detection, eliminating buzzing and popping on dimmed bulbs, room occupancy detection, other AI features) are only a fraction of what’s coming through powerful software updates, web services, and natural partnerships with other devices.If you read about the product elsewhere, did you notice that it’s modular and can be easily popped in and out of its base?  Did you notice that it doesn’t need special house wiring or an external controller?We’ve been fortunate to work with this company since their earliest days.  Annie Cheung and Will Lark, two of the co-founders, are particularly talented and well on their way to becoming future Silicon Valley superstars.  Their creativity and attention to detail in product design laid the groundwork for an exciting company.  It’s also been a distinct pleasure to work with Phil Liang on the board, as well as with many of the people I loved working with in the earliest days of Nest Labs.When it comes to unloved, overlooked home electronics, we think there are only a handful of interesting categories.  Noon is about to turn the home lighting category upside down the same way Nest did with thermostats, and Eero did with WiFi.