Vivint, Inc.

Vivint Smart Home, Inc. is a technology company founded in 1999 as APX Alarm Security Solutions. Headquartered in Provo, Utah, Vivint is now a subsidiary of NRG Energy, which acquired the company in March 2023 for $2.8 billion in an all-cash transaction. Prior to the acquisition, Vivint was a publicly-traded company on the New York Stock Exchange. As of 2022, the company generated approximately $1.7 billion in annual revenue and had around 12,000 employees.

Vivint is an operating company that provides integrated smart home and security systems to customers in the United States and Canada. Its product lines include security devices such as smart locks, sensors, and indoor and outdoor cameras, as well as home automation products like smart thermostats, lighting controls, and garage door controllers. The company's business model combines this hardware with professional installation, 24/7 monitoring, and customer support, with all systems managed by the consumer through a central in-home hub or a mobile app.

Based on available litigation data, Vivint's posture is that of an operating company defending its technology. The company has been named as a defendant in one tracked patent case and has not been a plaintiff. This pattern is typical of technology companies being targeted by patent assertion entities. [cite: ]

The single tracked suit, IOT Innovations LLC v. Vivint, Inc., was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas in April 2023. This case was filed shortly after Vivint's acquisition by energy provider NRG was completed, a deal intended to combine Vivint's smart home platform with NRG's energy services.