Silicon Valley’s Favorite Mattress Had a Bed Wetting Problem

July 13, 2023, 11:00 AM UTC

Over the weekend, tech Twitter couldn’t stop talking about a bed-wetting. It started after an industry executive posted about his techified mattress made by a company called Eight Sleep Inc., which has raised about $165 million from venture capitalists.

The startup offers “intelligent sleep tech” – including slumber tracking, automatic temperature adjustments with heating and cooling for each side of the bed, and a built-in alarm to “wake you up with a gradual temperature change and a subtle, chest-level vibration on your side.”

The problem? Much like a water bed, apparently sometimes it leaks.

On Saturday, @ericdwolan posted a photo of a ...

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