With SmartRent going public last month, the acquisition last year of Stratis by RealPages, and an increased focus on implementing smart home features across a portfolio of rental units, multifamily IoT is having a moment. That is why I was intrigued … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week for August 27, 2021
Foghorn gets a big win with Saudi Arabia's Aramco: Foghorn, a startup providing data processing and analytics at the edge for industrial IoT clients, has signed a deal with Aramco, the oil and gas giant. Aramco will use Foghorn's software for … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week for April 23, 2021
SmartRent goes public via a SPAC: Property tech is hot hot hot in the public markets as SmartRent, a company that provides software and hardware to building owners to make their apartments smart, goes public via a special purpose acquisition company, … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week for May 29, 2020
Savant's GE Lighting buy is a big deal: We discussed this deal on the podcast, but The Wall Street Journal puts the price of GE's lighting business at around $250 million, which is much less than what GE had hoped for. The sale gets GE out of the … [Read more...]
Podcast: Yes, I want Amazon Alexa eyeglasses
This week we returned to the Amazon announcements from last week, so Kevin and I could share our thoughts in depth. We hit the popular gadgets, Sidewalk and even delved into the smart oven. We also covered funding news for two companies trying to … [Read more...]