Two former Apple execs join Bumblebee Spaces, a smart home startup — Apple World Today

Bloomberg reports that two former Apple execs have joined Bumblebee Spaces Inc., a smart home startup that meshes home furnishings with robotics.

The San Francisco-based company has appointed Steve Zadesky as a board member and hired Nick Forlenza as a strategic adviser, according to CEO Sankarshan Murthy, a co-founder.

Zadesky worked at Apple for more than 20 years and oversaw the engineering of several iPod and iPhone models. For two years he oversaw “Project Titan,” the secretive “Apple Car” project. He resigned form Apple in January 2016.

Forlenza left the tech giant in February 2020. He had served as vice president of Manufacturing Design.