Arlo Technologies is an American company that makes wireless

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. Prior to an

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(IPO) on the

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in August 2018, Arlo was a brand of such products by

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, which retained majority control after the IPO. According to the company, it has shipped 21.6 million devices, has 5.82 million registered accounts, and has 877,000 paid accounts, as of January 2022.

History

On February 6, 2018, Netgear made the announcement that its

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had unanimously approved the separation of its Arlo business from Netgear. During the second quarter of 2018, Netgear's Arlo unit became a holding of Arlo Technologies, Inc. Netgear issued less than 20% of the Arlo common stock in the IPO, allowing it to retain majority control. The

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of Arlo is Matthew McRae. McRae joined Netgear in October 2017 when he was hired as

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of strategy.

Products

Arlo makes products such as the Arlo Security Camera, as well as portable and baby monitoring cameras. Arlo cameras are designed to save energy by use of a low-power standby mode.

Manufacturing

Arlo manufacturing is outsourced to

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and

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