The smart home market has become another major battleground for the information technology industry. However, in a few years, the changes originally caused by smartphones have expanded to the home market, and investment in this market is also very active. Not only that, in order to gain market dominance, the competition for smart home equipment operating systems is also very intense.
In just one week, new businesses targeting the smart home market have invested tens of millions of dollars in this area. For the information technology industry, the number one investment is smart phones, followed by the smart home industry.
For example, Quirky, a social product e-commerce provider in the United States, received about $79 million in venture capital investments such as General Electric. The investment led by General Electric was based on a cooperation agreement signed in April.
Quirky Technologies has released an egg box called EggMinder. The egg box costs about $70. The main function is to record and remind the user of the remaining number of eggs through the smartphone software and tell the freshness of the eggs.
Its rival SmartThings also announced a $12.5 million financing on the 12th. The company raised $1.2 million last year through the crowdfunding site Kickstarter. The investment direction is the Internet of Things linked by objects. The core of the Internet of Things is to connect all devices to the Internet and integrate applications.
A related person in the SmartThings board of directors said that although all the changes have been brought by smart phones, smartphones have changed a lot in the past two years, and he said that now all eyes are focused on intelligence. At home. The company's CEO said that in the future, while improving the products, it will also be more devoted to building a smart home open platform.
Quirky also said it will withdraw more products like EggMinder in the future and hopes to develop a standard connection model that other companies can apply.
Apple also introduced a smoke sensor that can be controlled by a smartphone, Nest, which costs $129.
With the gradual expansion of this market, American household goods company Loews, office supplies supplier Staples, and cable company Comcast have all joined the competition.
In the eyes of these companies, the smart home market is endless. Quirky CEO said that it is expected that in the next year, all the world's manufacturing companies will release smart home products.
An industry insider who has worked on social networking services (SNS) such as Facebook and Twitter, LinkedIn said that the popularity of smartphones and the reduction in the cost of wireless communication technology have finally made smart home possible. The Internet of Things is likely to be like 10 years ago. The SNS website is exploding.
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