4moms

Thorley Industries, LLC
Private
Industry Consumer electronics, Robotics, Computer software
Founded 2005
Founder Henry Thorne, Robert Daley
Headquarters Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Website 4moms.com

4moms is a business name of Thorley Industries, LLC, a company that makes technology-enabled baby gear. It is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. It was founded in 2005 by Henry Thorne and Robert Daley.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] The name of the company - Thorley - is a portmanteau of the founders' last names.

4moms develops robotics technology-based products that satisfy the prenatal to preschool needs of children.[8] In the January 2013 edition of Fortune magazine, journalist Cristina Rouvalis wrote that "4Moms is a pioneer when it comes to robotic baby products".[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Rouvalis, Cristina (2013-01-25). "When baby products meet high-end robotics". Fortune. Retrieved 2016-08-30. 4Moms is a pioneer when it comes to robotic baby products, with no imitations of the Origami stroller currently out on the market. “They own the market when it comes to robotics in baby gear,” says Hollie Schultz, founder and CEO of Baby Gizmo, a Chicago-based baby products review site.
  2. Strauss, Karsten. "Space Age Baby Gear, 4Moms". Forbes. Retrieved 2016-08-30.
  3. "The 4moms self-installing car seat adds serious smarts to baby's ride - Roadshow". Cnet. Retrieved 2016-08-30.
  4. "Baby gear maker 4moms restructuring". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 2016-08-30.
  5. "Baby product company 4moms restructures, cuts 24 jobs". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 2016-08-30.
  6. "The First Self-Installing Car Seat Is Coming This Summer". Parents. Retrieved 2016-08-30.
  7. "4moms Moxi: Kinderwagen für Smartphone-Junkies" (in German). computerbild.de. Retrieved 2016-08-30.
  8. "Crunch Base 4moms Profile". Retrieved 2016-09-19.
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