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COREDUMP #018: The Hidden Complexity of Sleep Tech: Power, Comfort, and 8 Hours of Reliability

Chapters

  • 00:00  |   Intro and Teasers

  • 02:02  |   Meet Charlie Taylor and the Ozlo Sleep Story

  • 06:13  |   Why Sleepbuds Exist and Why Noise Matters

  • 07:07  |   Rebuilding Bose’s Discontinued Sleepbuds

  • 09:15  |   The Hardest Parts of Hardware: Timelines and Vendors

  • 10:39  |   Kickstarter as Validation and Community Building

  • 15:57  |   Designing for Sleep: Comfort, Power, and Miniaturization

  • 23:16  |   The Ear as the USB to the Body: Sensing and Health Insights

  • 26:18  |   Testing Sleep Tech in the Real World

  • 33:34  |   Firmware as the Real Product and Ozlo’s Update Strategy

  • 45:38  |   Moving Toward Medical: FDA and Software Therapies

  • 55:17  |   Q&A

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About the webinar

François and Chris sit down with Ozlo Sleep co-founder, Charles Taylor, to trace the path from early experiments in audio technology to a beloved sleep companion. Sleepbuds, originally developed at Bose and later discontinued, live on with Ozlo Sleep after the founders acquired key patents and advanced the concept. This conversation will cover what the Ozlo team kept, what they changed, and why. They will also dig into the complexity of the tech: Power management for 8+ hours, all-night comfort for side sleepers, and reliability that holds through the night.

What You’ll Learn

  • The founding story and why Sleepbuds became the team’s main focus
  • How three former Bose engineers plan to evolve the original Sleepbuds IP
  • Lessons expected from the move between Kickstarter and retail — and the surprises that may follow
  • Design choices made with side sleepers and all-night comfort in mind
  • Battery life in practice: up to 10 hours in the buds and 32 hours in the Smart Case
  • How testing works when users are asleep, and why that’s key to reliability
  • An update philosophy shaped by field data, customer feedback, and clear communication

Speakers

Co-Founder, Ozlo Sleep
Charles Taylor

As the former Head of New Business Licensing at Bose, Charlie successfully led the development and launch of multiple software products, overseeing the entire journey from conceptualization to market-scale implementation.

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Founder & CEO, Memfault
François Baldassari

François Baldassari is the CEO and Founder of Memfault. An embedded software engineer by trade, François was driven to start Memfault by his passion for tooling and automation in software engineering. Prior to Memfault, he ran the firmware team at Oculus and built the operating system at Pebble. François has a BSc in Electrical Engineering from Brown.

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Co-Founder & CTO, Memfault
Chris Coleman

Chris Coleman is the CTO and Co-Founder of Memfault. Prior to founding Memfault, Chris was an embedded software engineer at Pebble and Fitbit where he led efforts across the firmware stack and developed a reputation for tracking down and fixing challenging firmware bugs. That, coupled with his passion for using tooling to efficiently deliver high-quality hardware products, drove him to start Memfault.