Programmable Cloud Platform
for
IoT(Smart Home)
DashOS.net
Co-founder, Braden Napier, Wayne Zhao
Wayne.zhao@dashos.net
(408)421-9840
Market-Smart Home monitor and
control
•
Target Dealer installed smart home market (instead of
DIY market )
•
We provides programmable cloud platform for home
monitor and control.
•
Partner with installation dealers and hardware vendors
to reach customers
Problem and Our Solution
Problem of current smart
home control
Too hard to use!
1.Find the app
2. open app
3.find the button
4.click close light
Why cant I just
walk there and
turn off the light!
Our Solution:Program home
automation rules on cloud, receive
push notification, push to react
Program home automation on
Smart Home Cloud Platform
Trigger push
notification to
phone
Find App,
open app,
find button,
Click button
Click “OK”
Action!
Example 1
Program Home
automation in cloud: If
motion in front camera,
send push notification
Camera Detect
motion
Receive Push
notification in
phone
Choose action to
perform
Example 2
Program geofencing on cloud:
If within 100 feet
of home, send
push notification
Send push
notification:
Open garage
door?
confirm open
garage door
Our Solution-Smart Home Cloud OS
User programs
home automation
rules on cloud
platform
DashOS.net
Devices talk to Cloud
using DashOS API
(REST, Websocket,
MQTT)
•
Partner with Home controller hardware vendor such as URC
•
Provide open API for home device to connect to DashOS cloud. (REST,
Websocket, MQTT interface)
•
Program the home automation in cloud platform.
•
User can use smart phone to monitor and control home device from
anywhere
User use push
notification
reaction to
control home
devices
Our Solution
• We provide cloud platform for users to program home
automation rules in the cloud.
• Partner with hardware vendors. We provide open
API(Rest,Websoket, MQTT) for smart home device to
integrate with our cloud platform easily.
• Provide mobile app for users to control homes using
reactive push notification.
– No need to find app, open app, find button and click!
– Just one swipe to push notification!
Milestone and Customers
• Launched beta (DashOs.net) in early 2015.
– 400+ home automation integration companies as beta
customers. (installed in 2000 homes across north America)
– Beta customers are actively using the cloud platform(send 50k
push message in 3 months)
2000 Homes Monitored
The world
Los
Angeles
Area
Chicago
Area
Marketing Strategy
•
Our customers:
– Dealers who install home automation system for end home users.
– Help dealer to monitor, manager, debug system remotely.
– Help dealer provide push notification based cloud home automation solution for end customers
•
Partner with hardware vendors
– Partnership with Universal Remote Control(one of the major Home automation system vendor)
– Start with URC. Have 400 URC dealers as beta customers. Expect to reach thousands of URC
dealers within few months.
– Dealer can sell cloud home monitor and control service to customers.
•
Expand to other home automation system vendors
– Dealers normally use more than one vendors.
– Once dealer like to use our platform. They want to have our module on other vendor’s system too.
– We provide open API for other hardware vendors to add support for our cloud easily.
Beta Customers
Business Model
• Free basic cloud home monitor and control for
dealers. Charge for premium service such as unlimited
history data storage, push notification based control
and etc.
• Monthly charge to end customer through mobile app.
Provide cloud monitor/control of home automation.
Dealer sell to end customers and we keep 20% cut.
Team
• Braden Napier, CEO. Co-founder of home automation system
integration company presinium. Has many years of home
automation system installation experience. Known the industry
very well. In charge of business development, marketing and
overall operation.
• Wayne Zhao. CTO. Co-funder of software company Saitrong.
Worked in Cisco System for 10 years. Has extensive experience in
building cloud software. In charge of product development. Has
M.S of Computer Science from University of Southern California
and Tsinghua University.
Competitors
• Hardware system vendors:
– Crestron Electronics, ADT security, Control 4, Lutron, URC
– They focus on selling home control hardware. Most don’t’ have good cloud
solution. We provide cloud solution and partner with them.
• Software service vendors
– Alarm.com, iControl, Alertme, smartthings. They target consumer DIY market.
We target dealer installed home market.
– Our cloud programmable smart home cloud platform and push notification
reaction based app provides flexible and one touch operation.
– Our founders are system integrators. We know the industry and
customers(dealers) well. We can provides solution really needed by customers.
Summary
• Smart home has huge potential. Big market.
• Our unique programmable smart home cloud platform has
been proven by 300 dealers and 600 monitored homes.
• We have team with deep industry domain knowledge. We
have both strong marketing and technology background.
Both have entrepreneur experiences
• Have existing channel to reach customers. Has clear
marketing strategy to reach more customers.