Pebble's IP was done for. No one wanted to make any more Pebbles including Pebble themself. They were acquihired by Fitbit. It wasn't a case of "we'll continue

Pebble's IP was done for. No one wanted to make any more Pebbles including Pebble themself. They were acquihired by Fitbit. It wasn't a case of "we'll continue allowing team X to operate independently bait and switch." At the end of the day there wasn't a robust market for hacker-focused e-ink Android watches.