Programmable Cloud Platform for IoT(Smart Home)
DashOS.net Co-founder, Braden Napier, Wayne Zhao [email protected] (408)421-9840
Market-Smart Home monitor and control
• Target Dealer installed smart home market (instead of DIY market ) • We provides programmable cloud platform for home monitor and control. • Partner with installation dealers and hardware vendors to reach customers
Problem and Our Solution Our Solution:Program home Problem of current smart automation rules on cloud, receive home control push notification, push to react
Program home automation on Too hard to use! Smart Home Cloud Platform
Trigger push 1.Find the app notification to 2. open app phone 3.find the button 4.click close light Find App, open app, find button, Click button Why cant I just walk there and turn off the light! Click “OK” Action! Example 1
Program Home Camera Detect automation in cloud: If motion Receive Push Choose action to motion in front camera, notification in perform send push notification phone Example 2
Program geo- Send push fencing on cloud: notification: confirm open If within 100 feet Open garage garage door of home, send door? push notification Our Solution-Smart Home Cloud OS
User programs home automation rules on cloud platform DashOS.net
Devices talk to Cloud using DashOS API (REST, Websocket, MQTT)
• Partner with Home controller hardware vendor such as URC • Provide open API for home device to connect to DashOS cloud. (REST, Websocket, MQTT interface) User use push • Program the home automation in cloud platform. notification reaction to • User can use smart phone to monitor and control home device from control home anywhere devices
Our Solution
• We provide cloud platform for users to program home automation rules in the cloud. • Partner with hardware vendors. We provide open API(Rest,Websoket, MQTT) for smart home device to integrate with our cloud platform easily. • Provide mobile app for users to control homes using reactive push notification. – No need to find app, open app, find button and click! – Just one swipe to push notification! Milestone and Customers • Launched beta (DashOs.net) in early 2015.
– 400+ home automation integration companies as beta customers. (installed in 2000 homes across north America)
– Beta customers are actively using the cloud platform(send 50k push message in 3 months) 2000 Homes Monitored
The world
Chicago Los Area Angeles Area Marketing Strategy
• Our customers: – Dealers who install home automation system for end home users. – Help dealer to monitor, manager, debug system remotely. – Help dealer provide push notification based cloud home automation solution for end customers • Partner with hardware vendors – Partnership with Universal Remote Control(one of the major Home automation system vendor) – Start with URC. Have 400 URC dealers as beta customers. Expect to reach thousands of URC dealers within few months. – Dealer can sell cloud home monitor and control service to customers. • Expand to other home automation system vendors – Dealers normally use more than one vendors. – Once dealer like to use our platform. They want to have our module on other vendor’s system too. – We provide open API for other hardware vendors to add support for our cloud easily.
Beta Customers Business Model
• Free basic cloud home monitor and control for dealers. Charge for premium service such as unlimited history data storage, push notification based control and etc. • Monthly charge to end customer through mobile app. Provide cloud monitor/control of home automation. Dealer sell to end customers and we keep 20% cut. Team
• Braden Napier, CEO. Co-founder of home automation system integration company presinium. Has many years of home automation system installation experience. Known the industry very well. In charge of business development, marketing and overall operation. • Wayne Zhao. CTO. Co-funder of software company Saitrong. Worked in Cisco System for 10 years. Has extensive experience in building cloud software. In charge of product development. Has M.S of Computer Science from University of Southern California and Tsinghua University. Competitors
• Hardware system vendors: – Crestron Electronics, ADT security, Control 4, Lutron, URC – They focus on selling home control hardware. Most don’t’ have good cloud solution. We provide cloud solution and partner with them. • Software service vendors – Alarm.com, iControl, Alertme, smartthings. They target consumer DIY market. We target dealer installed home market. – Our cloud programmable smart home cloud platform and push notification reaction based app provides flexible and one touch operation. – Our founders are system integrators. We know the industry and customers(dealers) well. We can provides solution really needed by customers. Summary
• Smart home has huge potential. Big market. • Our unique programmable smart home cloud platform has been proven by 300 dealers and 600 monitored homes. • We have team with deep industry domain knowledge. We have both strong marketing and technology background. Both have entrepreneur experiences • Have existing channel to reach customers. Has clear marketing strategy to reach more customers.