2012 – SMARTTHINGS REVOLUTIONISED THE SMART HOME FIELD
One of the most notable entrants in the smart home sector is a company called SmartThings. The company managed to raise over $1.2 million using Kickstarter’s crowdfunding platform, with Ashton Kutcher among the prominent investors.
The reason this company was very popular was because it promised the capability of linking nearly all the connected gadgets at home. Using this application, consumers get the equivalent of having an intelligent conversation with their homes.
At the end of 2013, SmartThings had shipped over 100,000 hubs.