# HOMMA Group, Inc.

> HOMMA Group is a Palo Alto-based smart-home developer that builds residences with proprietary technology baked in from day one, rather than bolted on by the resident afterward. Founded in 2016 by former Sony and Rakuten executive Takeshi (Ted) Homma, the company designs the architecture, hardware, and software together so lighting, shades, thermostats, and door locks adapt to residents automatically. Its Cornerstone AI platform lets builders embed and remotely manage smart systems across multi-unit developments, with projects spanning Portland townhomes, a Boston high-rise, and a 30-unit Portland tower built with Mitsubishi's Diamond Realty Investments.

- **Founded:** 2016
- **Headquarters:** Palo Alto, California, United States
- **Founders:** Takeshi (Ted) Homma (Founder & CEO)
- **Team size:** ~13 employees
- **Products:** Cornerstone AI, HOMMA HAUS Mount Tabor, HOMMA HAUS Waterside, HOMMA ZERO, HOMMA mobile app
- **Notable:** Built the nation's first pre-configured multi-family smart townhome community (HOMMA HAUS Mount Tabor)., Raised $22.7M total across five rounds from investors in the US and Japan., Secured a $4.1M seed round in 2016 - an unusually large seed for a Japanese-founded startup at the time.

## Products & services

- **Cornerstone AI** — Proprietary smart-home platform that lets builders embed smart systems into projects and centrally manage installed devices and services, including over-the-air software updates that add features after residents move in.
- **HOMMA HAUS Mount Tabor** — The nation's first pre-configured multi-family smart townhome community, a 2- and 3-bed rental development in Portland, Oregon with integrated smart intelligence.
- **HOMMA HAUS Waterside** — A prototype smart home unveiled in 2019 to demonstrate an ideal model of future smart living.
- **HOMMA ZERO** — An early smart home concept combining HOMMA's architectural design with integrated IT, introduced in 2018.
- **HOMMA mobile app** — Resident-facing app that connects to each unit's central hub to control lighting, shades, thermostats, and door locks.
- **Willamette Tower smart MDUs** — 30 rental units in a Portland high-rise fitted with HOMMA's Cornerstone smart-home solution, developed with Diamond Realty Investments.

## Achievements

- Built the nation's first pre-configured multi-family smart townhome community (HOMMA HAUS Mount Tabor).
- Raised $22.7M total across five rounds from investors in the US and Japan.
- Secured a $4.1M seed round in 2016 - an unusually large seed for a Japanese-founded startup at the time.
- Partnered with Mitsubishi Corporation's Diamond Realty Investments on a 30-unit smart high-rise.
- Attracted investment from NTT DOCOMO Ventures.
- Transformed a Boston high-rise apartment into a smart-living proof of concept.

## Latest updates

- **2023-04** — HOMMA Group partnered with Mitsubishi's Diamond Realty Investments to build ubiquitous smart homes with built-in intelligent features.
- **2023-08** — HOMMA transformed a traditional Boston high-rise apartment unit into a smart-home living proof of concept.
- **2023** — Willamette Tower development in Portland set to feature 30 smart MDUs powered by HOMMA's Cornerstone solution.
- **2024-11** — HOMMA refreshed its public site and case studies around the Willamette Tower smart-unit deployment.

## Links

- Website: https://hom.ma
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/homma
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/HommaInc
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCM7fp-bhIAxTJuZObvnJh5Q
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hommainc/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hommainc

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Last updated: 2026-07-11