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Eric Friedman

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Eric Friedman is a serial entrepreneur and technologist who co-founded Fitbit alongside James Park in 2007, serving as the company's CTO and board member until January 2021. He holds a B.S. and M.S. in Computer Science from Yale University and previously worked as an engineer manager at CNET Networks, co-founded Wind-Up Labs, and was a founding engineer at Epesi Technologies. Following Fitbit's acquisition by Google, he led consumer health research within Google before departing in 2024 to co-found Luffu, a family caregiving technology company.

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product·StrictlyVC·AUGUST 26, 2026

“James Park & Eric Friedman, Fitbit co-founders, launched Luffu Link, a "$250 LTE-enabled health and safety band" for location tracking and emergency alerts without a nearby phone”

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