# CANDY HOUSE

> CANDY HOUSE, Inc. is the consumer-hardware company behind Sesame, the retrofit smart lock that mounts over an existing deadbolt with adhesive tape and turns a smartphone, fingerprint, card, PIN or face into a key. Founded in 2014 by Stanford engineer Jerming Gu and famous for a 2015 Kickstarter that raised about $1.4M, the company built an open ecosystem around SesameOS - locks, touch and face readers, a coin-sized Matter hub, sensors and finger robots - aimed at making smart-home access affordable, rental-friendly and developer-open.

- **Founded:** 2014
- **Headquarters:** Palo Alto, California, United States (with offices in Tokyo, Shenzhen and Taiwan)
- **Founders:** Jerming Gu (Founder & CEO), Gary Chang (Co-founder (later left to start a 3D-printer company)), Sungjune Jang (Co-founder (engineering))
- **Team size:** ~13 employees
- **Products:** Sesame 5 / 5 USA, Sesame 5 Pro, SESAME Touch / Touch Pro, SESAME Face / Face Pro, Hub 3
- **Notable:** Launched what it billed as the world's first instant retrofit smart lock., Hit its Kickstarter goal in about nine hours and raised ~$1.4M from 7,493 backers in 2015., Built a full access-control ecosystem - locks, touch/face readers, Matter hub, sensors - on its own SesameOS.

## Products & services

- **Sesame 5 / 5 USA** — Retrofit Bluetooth smart lock that mounts over an existing deadbolt with 3M adhesive tape; auto-lock, keyless entry and exact angle control via the Sesame app.
- **Sesame 5 Pro** — Higher-durability model using a brushless motor rated for 1M+ cycles, aimed at rentals, Airbnbs and high-traffic doors.
- **SESAME Touch / Touch Pro** — Card, fingerprint and PIN reader so kids and elders without smartphones can unlock doors.
- **SESAME Face / Face Pro** — 3D facial recognition and palm-vein authentication unlock module.
- **Hub 3** — Coin-sized hub packing Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, infrared remote and Matter support for remote control and smart-home integration.
- **Accessories** — Open Sensor 2, SESAME Bot 3 finger robot, SESAME Bike 2 lock, and Remote / Remote nano.
- **SesameOS 3** — The platform behind the devices, offering a free Bluetooth API, open-source app, multi-device pairing and Matter compatibility.

## Achievements

- Launched what it billed as the world's first instant retrofit smart lock.
- Hit its Kickstarter goal in about nine hours and raised ~$1.4M from 7,493 backers in 2015.
- Built a full access-control ecosystem - locks, touch/face readers, Matter hub, sensors - on its own SesameOS.
- Ships a free Bluetooth API and open-source app, rare among smart-lock makers.
- Raised a ~600M yen Series A from major Japanese corporates in 2022.
- Revived the US product line a decade later as Sesame 5 USA.

## Latest updates

- **2025** — Sesame 5 / Hub 3 generation in full swing; ~350M yen MIWA Lock partnership announced.
- **2024** — Hub 3 released with Matter and IR; facial-recognition products (Face / Face Pro) introduced.
- **2023** — Sesame 5 and 5 Pro launched alongside the Touch series; Sesame 5 USA revives the US line after 10 years.
- **2022-10** — ~600M yen Series A from ITOCHU, APAMAN, Wiz and Asterisk.

## Links

- Website: https://candyhouse.co
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/candy-house-inc-
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/candyhouse_Inc
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/candyhouseINC

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