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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.
Level Home
Level Home is a Redwood City smart-lock company founded by ex-Apple engineers that builds the world's first invisible smart lock - all the electronics hidden inside the deadbolt itself. Backed by Walmart, Lennar, and Cox Communications, Level raised $171M and was acquired by ASSA ABLOY in 2024.