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The $12 Relay That Wants to Run Your Whole House
Shelly's tiny relays slip behind the switches you already own and quietly automate the house - no hub, no subscription, and a following of DIY installers who treat local control like a religion.
The Standards Group That Made 4,500 Smart-Home Gadgets Actually Talk to Each Other
It doesn't sell a single gadget. It sells a promise - that the smart lock, the motion sensor and the hub in your hallway will all speak the same language, no matter whose name is on the box.
The Company Behind the Switch: How Jasco Quietly Wired 100 Million Homes
You may not recognize the name Jasco, but you have probably handled its work. The Oklahoma City company built a 50-year business by hiding in plain sight - behind familiar brands, ordinary household problems and an uncommon promise to give half of its owned-brand profits away.
LEXI
LEXI is a California-founded IoT company that builds a universal, multi-protocol platform connecting smart-home and commercial-building devices across Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Zigbee, Z-Wave, 900MHz, LoRaWAN, Thread and Matter. Its Universal IoT Gateway, white-label devices, mobile apps and cloud stack help enterprises retrofit buildings for energy efficiency and decarbonization compliance.