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{{CompanyCargo

|Founded=2014<ref>{{Cite web |author= |title=Vont 2025 Company Profile: Valuation, Funding, & Investors |url=https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/466184-44#overview |website=PitchBook |date= |access-date=4 Nov 2025 |url-status=live |url-access=limited |archive-url= |archive-date= |quote=Year Founded - 2014, Status - Private, Employees - 6 }}</ref>

|Founded=2014<ref>{{Cite web |author= |title=Vont 2025 Company Profile: Valuation, Funding, & Investors |url=https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/466184-44#overview |website=PitchBook |date= |access-date=4 Nov 2025 |url-status=live |url-access=limited |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251114012533/https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/466184-44#overview |archive-date=14 Nov 2025 |quote=Year Founded - 2014, Status - Private, Employees - 6}}</ref>

|Industry=Electronics

|Logo=Vont logo.png

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'''Vont''' (also known as '''Vont Innovations''') is an American company that produces smart electronics for consumers, ranging from headlamps to digital kitchen scales to plugs and security cameras.<ref>{{Cite web |author= |title=Vont Innovations - Sheridan, Wyoming 82801, US Ⅰ about.me |url=https://about.me/vont |website=about.me |date= |access-date=4 Nov 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251105013626/https://about.me/vont |archive-date=5 Nov 2025}}</ref>

Around the start of 2024, the Vont Home app (used for management) disappeared from both the [[Apple App Store]] and [[Google Play]]. Users that had the app prior to its de-listing reported receiving a "failed to connect to server" error upon attempting to login (and thus [[Discontinuation bricking|unable to use their product]] as intended), and the company website itself being down.<ref>{{Cite web |author=ralph_gordon |title=Vont stopped working? |url=https://old.reddit.com/r/homeassistant/comments/1accea2/vont_stopped_working/  |website=[[Reddit]] |date=27 Jan 2024 |access-date=5 Nov 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251105223254/https://old.reddit.com/r/homeassistant/comments/1accea2/vont_stopped_working/ |archive-date=5 Nov 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=@cs7717 |title=Google Kills Nest Thermostats FULU jackpot exists to bring them back |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsI6P2lxcHM&lc=Ugz1DTeZe0imhEHfJHt4AaABAg |website=[[YouTube]] |date=4 Nov 2025 |access-date=5 Nov 2025 |url-status=live |quote=Vont bricked my automated plugs. The server never works except to acccept<sup>[''{{Wplink|sic}}'']</sup> payments for purchases. Without their server working, my electrical plugs will not work on Wi-Fi or Bluetooth or anything. They are just bricks. I bought them to help me around the house because I am in a wheelchair. You cannot even get their app anymore.}}</ref>

As of 5 November 2025, there has been no activity since late-2022 to early-2023 on the company's social media accounts for [https://www.facebook.com/vontinnovations Facebook],<ref>{{Cite web |author= |title=Vont Innovations |url=https://www.facebook.com/vontinnovations |website=[[Facebook]] |date=14 Feb 2023 |access-date=5 Nov 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20230306182605/https://www.facebook.com/vontinnovations |archive-date=6 Mar 2023}}</ref> [https://www.instagram.com/vontproducts/ Instagram],<ref>{{Cite web |author= |title=Vont (@vontproducts) |url=https://www.instagram.com/vontproducts/ |website=[[Instagram]] |date= |access-date=5 Nov 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20221007022439/https://www.instagram.com/vontproducts/ |archive-date=7 Oct 2022}}</ref> and [https://x.com/vontfans X] (formerly Twitter).<ref>{{Cite web |author=Vont |title=Vont (Vontfans) / X |url=https://x.com/vontfans |website=[[X]] |date=23 Nov 2022 |access-date=5 Nov 2025 |url-status=live |url-access=registration |archive-url= |archive-date=}}</ref> The official website returns a 522 error code via [[Cloudflare]].

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Curiously, there is another website using the both the company name and logo under the domain name "[https://www.thevont.com thevont]" — which also has external links to the same social accounts and Amazon storefront ID.<ref>{{Cite web |author= |title=Vont Innovations premium website Ⅰ Vont lighting |url=https://thevont.com/ |website=Vont |date= |access-date=5 Nov 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251106010950/https://thevont.com/ |archive-date=6 Nov 2025}}</ref> This second website URL was registered 22 January 2025,<ref>{{Cite web |author= |title=Whois thevont.com |url=https://www.whois.com/whois/thevont.com |website=Whois |date= |access-date=5 Nov 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251106015333/https://www.whois.com/whois/thevont.com |archive-date=6 Nov 2025}}</ref> with Spaceship, Inc. — a {{Wplink|Domain name registrar|domain registrar}} located in Phoenix, Arizona — acting as the agent.<ref>{{Cite web |author= |title=Spaceship, Inc. - IANA Registrar 3862 |url=https://who.is/registrars/3862 |website=who.is |date= |access-date=5 Nov 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250806110430/https://who.is/registrars/3862 |archive-date=6 Aug 2025}}</ref>

Additionally the {{Wplink|wordmark}}, according to the {{Wplink|United States Patent and Trademarks Office}}, has been registered to a Hong Kong company since 12 July 2022. ~~According to~~ the documents, the earliest first use of the wordmark is 1 June 2014 and the mentioned uses at that time appear to align with the goods Vont offers/offered.<ref>[[:File:USPTO SN 90802832 status.pdf]] - See page 2. Retrieved 6 Nov 2025.</ref>

Additionally the {{Wplink|wordmark}}, according to the {{Wplink|United States Patent and Trademarks Office}}, has been registered to a Hong Kong company since 12 July 2022. In the documents, the earliest first use of the wordmark is 1 June 2014 and the mentioned uses at that time appear to align with the goods Vont offers or offered.<ref>[[:File:USPTO SN 90802832 status.pdf]] - See page 2. Retrieved 6 Nov 2025.</ref>

==Consumer impact summary==

*'''Requires app download:''' The customer is [[Forced app download|forced to download the company app]] for some products in order to either activate or use — in whole or in part — said product~~(s)~~. As the Vont Home app and company server have been unavailable starting around early 2024, the affected products have become e-waste ~~and buyers~~ left feeling defrauded due to having no warning and the overall lack of communication that continues to this day.

*'''Requires app download:''' The customer is [[Forced app download|forced to download the company app]] for some products in order to either activate or use — in whole or in part — said product. As the Vont Home app and company server have been unavailable starting around early 2024, the affected products have become e-waste. Buyers themselves have been left feeling defrauded due to having no warning and the overall lack of communication that continues to this day.

==Incidents==

===Vont Home app and website disappear (''2024'')===

Around the start of 2024, the Vont Home app (used for management) disappeared from both the [[Apple App Store]] and [[Google Play]]. Users that had the app prior to its de-listing reported receiving a "failed to connect to server" error upon attempting to login (and thus [[Discontinuation bricking|unable to use their product]] as intended), and the company website itself being down.<ref>{{Cite web |author=ralph_gordon |title=Vont stopped working? |url=https://old.reddit.com/r/homeassistant/comments/1accea2/vont_stopped_working/ |website=[[Reddit]] |date=27 Jan 2024 |access-date=5 Nov 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251105223254/https://old.reddit.com/r/homeassistant/comments/1accea2/vont_stopped_working/ |archive-date=5 Nov 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=cs7717 |title=Google Kills Nest Thermostats FULU jackpot exists to bring them back |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsI6P2lxcHM |website=[[YouTube]] |date=4 Nov 2025 |access-date=5 Nov 2025 |url-status=live |quote=Vont bricked my automated plugs. The server never works except to acccept<sup>[''{{Wplink|sic}}'']</sup> payments for purchases. Without their server working, my electrical plugs will not work on Wi-Fi or Bluetooth or anything. They are just bricks. I bought them to help me around the house because I am in a wheelchair. You cannot even get their app anymore.}}</ref>

==Products==

*[[Vont Home app]]

*Vont Home app

*[[Vont car light strip]]

*Vont car light strip

*[[Vont digital kitchen scale]]

*Vont digital kitchen scale

*[[Vont LED camping lantern]]

*Vont LED camping lantern

*[[Vont motion sensor light]]

*Vont motion sensor light

*[[Vont smart light bulb]]

*Vont smart light bulb

*[[Vont smart plug]]

*Vont smart plug

*[[Vont smart RBG LED strip light]]

*Vont smart RBG LED strip light

*[[Vont smart security camera]]

*Vont smart security camera

==See also==

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-|Founded=2014<ref>{{Cite web |author= |title=Vont 2025 Company Profile: Valuation, Funding, & Investors |url=https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/466184-44#overview |website=PitchBook |date= |access-date=4 Nov 2025 |url-status=live |url-access=limited |archive-url= |archive-date= |quote=Year Founded - 2014, Status - Private, Employees - 6 <!-- Archival is blocked. -->}}</ref>
+|Founded=2014<ref>{{Cite web |author= |title=Vont 2025 Company Profile: Valuation, Funding, & Investors |url=https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/466184-44#overview |website=PitchBook |date= |access-date=4 Nov 2025 |url-status=live |url-access=limited |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251114012533/https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/466184-44#overview |archive-date=14 Nov 2025 |quote=Year Founded - 2014, Status - Private, Employees - 6}}<!-- PitchBook changed entry from Private to Out of Business sometime in early 2026 (as of 22 Feb 2026). -Sojourna --></ref>
 |Industry=Electronics
 |Logo=Vont logo.png
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 '''Vont''' (also known as '''Vont Innovations''') is an American company that produces smart electronics for consumers, ranging from headlamps to digital kitchen scales to plugs and security cameras.<ref>{{Cite web |author= |title=Vont Innovations - Sheridan, Wyoming 82801, US &#8544; about.me |url=https://about.me/vont |website=about.me |date= |access-date=4 Nov 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251105013626/https://about.me/vont |archive-date=5 Nov 2025}}</ref>
-Around the start of 2024, the Vont Home app (used for management) disappeared from both the [[Apple App Store]] and [[Google Play]]. Users that had the app prior to its de-listing reported receiving a "failed to connect to server" error upon attempting to login (and thus [[Discontinuation bricking|unable to use their product]] as intended), and the company website itself being down.<ref>{{Cite web |author=ralph_gordon |title=Vont stopped working? |url=https://old.reddit.com/r/homeassistant/comments/1accea2/vont_stopped_working/ <!-- Use old sub-domain --> |website=[[Reddit]] |date=27 Jan 2024 |access-date=5 Nov 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251105223254/https://old.reddit.com/r/homeassistant/comments/1accea2/vont_stopped_working/ |archive-date=5 Nov 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=@cs7717 |title=Google Kills Nest Thermostats FULU jackpot exists to bring them back |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsI6P2lxcHM&lc=Ugz1DTeZe0imhEHfJHt4AaABAg |website=[[YouTube]] |date=4 Nov 2025 |access-date=5 Nov 2025 |url-status=live |quote=Vont bricked my automated plugs. The server never works except to acccept<sup>[''{{Wplink|sic}}'']</sup> payments for purchases. Without their server working, my electrical plugs will not work on Wi-Fi or Bluetooth or anything. They are just bricks. I bought them to help me around the house because I am in a wheelchair. You cannot even get their app anymore.}}</ref>
 As of 5 November 2025, there has been no activity since late-2022 to early-2023 on the company's social media accounts for [https://www.facebook.com/vontinnovations Facebook],<ref>{{Cite web |author= |title=Vont Innovations |url=https://www.facebook.com/vontinnovations |website=[[Facebook]] |date=14 Feb 2023 |access-date=5 Nov 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20230306182605/https://www.facebook.com/vontinnovations |archive-date=6 Mar 2023}}</ref> [https://www.instagram.com/vontproducts/ Instagram],<ref>{{Cite web |author= |title=Vont (@vontproducts) |url=https://www.instagram.com/vontproducts/ |website=[[Instagram]] |date= |access-date=5 Nov 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20221007022439/https://www.instagram.com/vontproducts/ |archive-date=7 Oct 2022}}</ref> and [https://x.com/vontfans X] (formerly Twitter).<ref>{{Cite web |author=Vont |title=Vont (Vontfans) / X |url=https://x.com/vontfans |website=[[X]] |date=23 Nov 2022 |access-date=5 Nov 2025 |url-status=live |url-access=registration |archive-url= |archive-date=}}</ref> The official website returns a 522 error code via [[Cloudflare]].
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 Curiously, there is another website using the both the company name and logo under the domain name "[https://www.thevont.com thevont]" — which also has external links to the same social accounts and Amazon storefront ID.<ref>{{Cite web |author= |title=Vont Innovations premium website &#8544; Vont lighting |url=https://thevont.com/ |website=Vont |date= |access-date=5 Nov 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251106010950/https://thevont.com/ |archive-date=6 Nov 2025}}</ref> This second website URL was registered 22 January 2025,<ref>{{Cite web |author= |title=Whois thevont.com |url=https://www.whois.com/whois/thevont.com |website=Whois |date= |access-date=5 Nov 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251106015333/https://www.whois.com/whois/thevont.com |archive-date=6 Nov 2025}}</ref> with Spaceship, Inc. — a {{Wplink|Domain name registrar|domain registrar}} located in Phoenix, Arizona — acting as the agent.<ref>{{Cite web |author= |title=Spaceship, Inc. - IANA Registrar 3862 |url=https://who.is/registrars/3862 |website=who.is |date= |access-date=5 Nov 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250806110430/https://who.is/registrars/3862 |archive-date=6 Aug 2025}}</ref>
-Additionally the {{Wplink|wordmark}}, according to the {{Wplink|United States Patent and Trademarks Office}}, has been registered to a Hong Kong company since 12 July 2022. According to the documents, the earliest first use of the wordmark is 1 June 2014 and the mentioned uses at that time appear to align with the goods Vont offers/offered.<ref>[[:File:USPTO SN 90802832 status.pdf]] - See page 2. Retrieved 6 Nov 2025.</ref>
+Additionally the {{Wplink|wordmark}}, according to the {{Wplink|United States Patent and Trademarks Office}}, has been registered to a Hong Kong company since 12 July 2022. In the documents, the earliest first use of the wordmark is 1 June 2014 and the mentioned uses at that time appear to align with the goods Vont offers or offered.<ref>[[:File:USPTO SN 90802832 status.pdf]] - See page 2. Retrieved 6 Nov 2025.</ref>
 ==Consumer impact summary==
-*'''Requires app download:''' The customer is [[Forced app download|forced to download the company app]] for some products in order to either activate or use — in whole or in part — said product(s). As the Vont Home app and company server have been unavailable starting around early 2024, the affected products have become e-waste and buyers left feeling defrauded due to having no warning and the overall lack of communication that continues to this day.
+*'''Requires app download:''' The customer is [[Forced app download|forced to download the company app]] for some products in order to either activate or use — in whole or in part — said product. As the Vont Home app and company server have been unavailable starting around early 2024, the affected products have become e-waste. Buyers themselves have been left feeling defrauded due to having no warning and the overall lack of communication that continues to this day.
 ==Incidents==
-{{Ph-C-Inc}}
+===Vont Home app and website disappear (''2024'')===
+Around the start of 2024, the Vont Home app (used for management) disappeared from both the [[Apple App Store]] and [[Google Play]]. Users that had the app prior to its de-listing reported receiving a "failed to connect to server" error upon attempting to login (and thus [[Discontinuation bricking|unable to use their product]] as intended), and the company website itself being down.<ref>{{Cite web |author=ralph_gordon |title=Vont stopped working? |url=https://old.reddit.com/r/homeassistant/comments/1accea2/vont_stopped_working/ |website=[[Reddit]] |date=27 Jan 2024 |access-date=5 Nov 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251105223254/https://old.reddit.com/r/homeassistant/comments/1accea2/vont_stopped_working/ |archive-date=5 Nov 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=cs7717 |title=Google Kills Nest Thermostats FULU jackpot exists to bring them back |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsI6P2lxcHM |website=[[YouTube]] |date=4 Nov 2025 |access-date=5 Nov 2025 |url-status=live |quote=Vont bricked my automated plugs. The server never works except to acccept<sup>[''{{Wplink|sic}}'']</sup> payments for purchases. Without their server working, my electrical plugs will not work on Wi-Fi or Bluetooth or anything. They are just bricks. I bought them to help me around the house because I am in a wheelchair. You cannot even get their app anymore.}}<!-- Comment unable to be externally archived. -Sojourna --></ref>
 ==Products==
-*[[Vont Home app]]
+*Vont Home app
-*[[Vont car light strip]]
+*Vont car light strip
-*[[Vont digital kitchen scale]]
+*Vont digital kitchen scale
-*[[Vont LED camping lantern]]
+*Vont LED camping lantern
-*[[Vont motion sensor light]]
+*Vont motion sensor light
-*[[Vont smart light bulb]]
+*Vont smart light bulb
-*[[Vont smart plug]]
+*Vont smart plug
-*[[Vont smart RBG LED strip light]]
+*Vont smart RBG LED strip light
-*[[Vont smart security camera]]
+*Vont smart security camera
 ==See also==