AliphCom, Inc. (doing business as Aliph, Jawbone) was an American technology company based in
San Francisco. It made consumer products including fitness tracker Jawbone.
The company was liquidated in July 2017 and co-founder Hosain Rahman moved to health products with Jawbone Health Hub.
History
AliphCom was founded by
Alexander Asseily and Hosain Rahman in 1999.[1] With
Lawrence Livermore Labs, Aliph researched noise suppression with grants from the
United States Navy and
DARPA in 2002.[2][3] Aliph released noise cancellation headset Jawbone in November 2004.[4]Bluetooth based headset were released in 2007.[5] Another headset Icon was released in 2010.[6] Wireless speaker Jambox and Fitness tracker UP were introduced in 2011.[7][8][9] Headset ERA was released in January 2014.[10] The company was liquidated in July 2017 and co-founder Hosain Rahman moved to health products with Jawbone Health Hub.[11][12][13] Jawbone's fitness tracker were removed from shops in 2018.[14] Aliph Brands holds the license to Jawbone products and others.[15] Jawbone patents were used to sue technology companies like
Samsung in 2021.[16]