SmartThings

SmartThings Inc. ni kompanyi yo muri Amerika ikora ibyerekeye kugenzura no guhanga ingo z'ikoranabuhanga (home automation), ikaba ifite icyicaro gikuru i Mountain View, muri leta ya Californiya . Kuva muri Kanama 2014 ni ishami rya Samsung Electronics . 

Yashinzwe mu mwaka wa 2012, yibanda ku iterambere rya porogaramu zikoresha amazina atazwi hamwe n’ibisobanuro bifitanye isano na porogaramu zabakiriya hamwe n’ibicu bigenewe amazu meza hamwe na interineti y’abaguzi. SmartThings ivuga ko urubuga rwayo rufite miliyoni 62 zikoresha abakoresha, umubare uvuga ko wiyongereyeho 70% kugeza muri 2019 na 2020. 

 Amateka 
SmartThings yatekerejwe n’umushinga washinze kandi wahoze ari umuyobozi mukuru, Alex Hawkinson mu itumba ry’umwaka wa 2011. Hawkinson avuga ko inzu y’imisozi y’umuryango we idatuwe muri Colorado yangijwe cyane n’imiyoboro y’amazi yabanje gukonja hanyuma igaturika bikaviramo kwangirika kw’amadolari 80.000.      Hawkinson yavuze ko yashoboraga gukumira ibyangiritse aramutse amenye ibibera mu nzu.  Kuva mu mwaka wa 2011 na 2012, Hawkinson hamwe n’abafatanyabikorwa be ba SmartThings bakoze kugira ngo bakore prototype y’ibisubizo bifuza gukemura ibibazo nkibi. [   Icyo cyitegererezo cy'imbere cyaje kuba ishingiro ry'ubukangurambaga bwabereye kuri Kickstarter bwatangijwe muri Nzeri 2012 bukaza gukusanya miliyoni1.2 z'amdolari y'Amerika, biza kuba umushinga wa kabiri munini watewe inkunga n'abantu benshi (crowdfunding) ugamije guteza imbere ingo z'ikoranabuhanga kugeza ubu.  

Gukusanya miliyoni 3 z'amadolari y'inkunga y'itangira y'umushiga mu ukuboza 2012  Toscana, Samantha (30 June 2014). "Take A Tour Of THE Smartest Home In America (VIDEO)". HuffPost. Archived from the original on 10 July 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2014. SmartThings yaje gushyira ku isoko ibicuruzwa byayo mu buryo bwa k'ubucuruzi mu kwezi kwa kanama 2013, mbere yo gukusanya miliyoni 12.5 z'inyongera mu cyiciro cy'ishoramari cya Series A mu mpera za 2013.    

Muri Kanama 2014, Samsung Electronics yatangaje ko imaze kumvikana yo kugura SmartThings.   Amasezerano y’imari y’amasezerano ntabwo yigeze atangazwa ku mugaragaro ariko yagereranijwe agera kuri miliyoni 200 z’amadolari y’ibitabo by’ubucuruzi icyo gihe. 

 Ibicuruzwa na serivisi 
Ku ikubitiro SmartThings yabyaye suite yibikoresho byabigenewe na serivisi za software, harimo inzu yo mu rugo ifite ubwenge hamwe na sensor. Muri Kamena 2020, umuyobozi ushinzwe ubwubatsi bwa SmartThings, Mark Benson, yatangaje ko SmartThings izitandukanya no gukora ibyuma byayo ahubwo ikibanda kuri software. Isosiyete irizera kwinjiza andi masosiyete gukora no gukwirakwiza ibyuma bya SmartThings. Mu Williams, Joe. "Why Samsung's SmartThings arm is pivoting entirely into software". Business Insider. Retrieved 10 December 2020., SmartThings yatangaje ko Aeotec izafata umurongo w’ibikoresho by’i Burayi.  Mu Kuboza 2020, Aeotec yatangaje ko izanacunga ibikoresho bya SmartThings portfolio muri Ositaraliya, Kanada, Ubwongereza, na Amerika. 

Kuva muri Gashyantare 2021, SmartThings itegura porogaramu na serivisi zicu. Williams, Joe. "Why Samsung's SmartThings arm is pivoting entirely into software". Business Insider. Retrieved 10 December 2020.