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How Smart Home Tech is Driving Business Results | Allegion plc's (Yonomi) Kent Dickson

IoT For All Podcast · 7 Apr 2022 · 24m

What this episode covers

Kent Dickson, formerly CEO of Yonomi and now VP/GM at Allegion, discusses how the smart home landscape is shifting from consumer convenience to business automation for vacation rentals and multifamily properties. He explains that Yonomi’s platform aggregates hundreds of device integrations via a unified API to solve interoperability challenges, allowing developers to focus on user experience rather than plumbing. Dickson also highlights the role of the Matter standard in simplifying device commissioning while noting that aggregated developer APIs remain essential for building complex business solutions.

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companies scaling up

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Allegion, Hospitable
Products
Yonomi, Schlage
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Matter

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