# Bingrui Yang

> Bingrui Yang is the Founder and CEO of Pebble, a Fremont-based startup building the Pebble Flow - an all-electric, semi-autonomous travel trailer that raised $13.6M in Series A funding led by Lightspeed Venture Partners. A veteran hardware engineer with roughly nine years at Apple leading iPhone development, followed by stints at Zoox (Director of Advanced Hardware Engineering) and Cruise (Head of AV Hardware Systems), Yang founded Pebble in 2022 after a pandemic-era RV trip convinced him the category needed a complete reinvention. His mission: make RVing as intuitive as using an iPhone. The Pebble Flow - a 25-foot, 45 kWh battery-powered trailer with Magic Hitch autonomous attachment, NVIDIA DRIVE Orin-powered automation, and Scandinavian-minimal interiors - earned a spot on TIME Magazine's Best Inventions of 2024 list and began delivering to its first customers in early 2025.

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at Pebble
- **Organizations:** Pebble, Apple, Zoox, Cruise, Lutron Electronics
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Master of Arts, Columbia University, Bachelor of Science, Fudan University
- **Known for:** Founded Pebble, the first company to build a fully all-electric semi-autonomous travel trailer for the consumer market, Led iPhone hardware engineering teams at Apple for approximately 9 years, Pebble Flow named TIME Magazine Best Invention of 2024

## Career timeline

- **Early career** — Project Electrical Engineer at Lutron Electronics
- **~2011-2020** — Hardware Electrical Engineer, then Manager Engineering, then Senior Manager Engineering at Apple - led iPhone hardware development for approximately 9 years
- **2019-2020** — Director and Head of Advanced Hardware Engineering at Zoox (autonomous vehicle startup)
- **2020-2021** — Head of AV Hardware Systems at Cruise (GM's autonomous vehicle division)
- **2022** — Founded Pebble (initially Pebble Mobility) in Fremont, California to build electrified, autonomous travel trailers
- **2023-06** — Pebble raises $13.6M Series A led by Lightspeed Venture Partners with Vision+ and UpHonest Capital
- **2023-10** — Pebble unveils full Pebble Flow product specs: 25-ft all-electric trailer, 45 kWh battery, autonomous Magic Hitch, NVIDIA DRIVE Orin
- **2024** — Pebble Flow named to TIME Magazine's Best Inventions of 2024 list
- **2025-01** — Pebble reveals final production Pebble Flow design at CES 2025, begins deliveries to first customers in Spring 2025

## Achievements

- Founded Pebble, the first company to build a fully all-electric semi-autonomous travel trailer for the consumer market
- Led iPhone hardware engineering teams at Apple for approximately 9 years
- Pebble Flow named TIME Magazine Best Invention of 2024
- Pebble Flow recognized with Fast Company Innovation Award (2024)
- Secured $13.6M Series A from Lightspeed Venture Partners, Vision+, and UpHonest Capital
- Built a 60,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility in Fremont, California
- Speaker at CES 2024 and CES 2025
- Assembled a team from Apple, Tesla, Lucid Motors, and Zoox to build Pebble

## Latest updates

- **2025-01** — Pebble reveals production-ready Pebble Flow at CES 2025 and announces Spring 2025 first deliveries. Price range $113,500-$135,500 with a Founders Edition at $175,000.
- **2024-12** — Pebble Flow named to TIME Magazine's Best Inventions of 2024 list.
- **2023-06** — Pebble closes $13.6M Series A funding round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners.

## Links

- Website: https://pebblelife.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bingruiyang/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/pebblelife
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/pebblenow/

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Last updated: 2026-05-13