Vivint is a public smart home company in the United States and Canada. It was founded by Keith Nellesen and Todd Pedersen in 1999. In 2012, The Blackstone Group acquired Vivint for more than $2 billion. In January 2020, the company completed a merger and became a publicly traded company on the New York Stock Exchange Every Vivint home security system features our exclusive Smart Deter technology, engineered to intelligently identify and deter real threats, using light and ...