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 SolutionProblem of current smart

home control

Our Solution:Program home automation rules on cloud, receive push notification, push to react

Too hard to use!

Why cant I just walk

there and turn off the light!

1.Find the app2. open app 3.find the

button 4.click close

light

Program home automation on Smart Home Cloud

Platform

Trigger push notification to phone

Action!

Find App, open app,find button,Click button

Click “OK”

Example 1Program Home

automation in cloud: If motion in front

camera, send push notification

Receive Push

notification in phone

Choose action to perform

Camera Detect motion

Example 2Program geo-

fencing 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

Devices talk to Cloud using DashOS API (REST, Websocket, MQTT)

User programs home

automation rules on cloud

platform DashOS.net

• 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)

Los Angeles Area

Chicago Area

The world

2000 Homes Monitored

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.