(Original title: Founder of Yifeng started business again, this time he wants to distribute AI application on smart home)
In August 2013, Baidu purchased Android application distribution platform 91 Wireless for US$1.9 billion, becoming the largest amount of acquisitions in China’s Internet history; one month later, A-share listed company Aishide announced that it intends to acquire another Android in three separate acquisitions. Application distribution platform - machine front network. Founder Feng Feng 6 years, the founder Tan Yi believes that the independent third-party application market is difficult to survive in the future. Looking at it now, Tan Yi's judgment is very accurate. He took the company out of a good node and held 49% of the stock, which also brought him a huge return.
In the second half of 2015, Tan Yi officially withdrew completely from Ji Feng. He went to the United States and bought a villa in Silicon Valley. The house was built in the mountains and could directly overlook Stanford University. The only downside is that this villa is relatively old, and Tan Yi decided to tear it down and rebuild it. He was born in the technology industry. He also wanted to use the house for the latest smart home. It was this decision that led to his start-up: The smart home product systems on the market are scattered, and various apps are installed on mobile phones. At the same time, most apps simply transplant the remote control. on the phone.
Tan Yi is good at discovering the potential of emerging markets. In 2007, Google launched the open-source Android system. When there is not yet an Android mobile phone listed, Tan Yi founded the first Android Chinese forum - Android Developer Forum, which is the predecessor of the machine front network. Earlier, Tan Yi also participated in the creation of Cyberstar Starbucks, the earliest online game operator in China. The famous Japanese online game “Magic Baby†was first operated by Netstar in China.
Tan Yi told Lei Fengnet that in the next five years, the number of smart homes in the US market will increase from 1.1 million to 24.7 million, and the corresponding market capacity will grow from the current 4.5 billion US dollars to 32 billion US dollars. The smart home market in China will also grow to 30 billion U.S. dollars in 2021.
Of course, smart homes are not a particularly new industry. In 2013, the domestic Internet giants and startup companies all made efforts in single boxes such as TV boxes, smart TVs, routers, and smart sockets. Earlier, there were industrial alliances led by home appliance manufacturers that wanted home appliances connected. However, as mentioned at the beginning, Tan Yi believes that none of these provide a good experience. In his opinion, the core and entrance of smart home applications in the future should not be apps, but should be all AI stewards in charge of the home. A truly smart home should realize intelligent interaction between humans and home hardware. Whether it is voice, behavior, position or action, AI stewards can give accurate responses. Moreover, AI stewards can learn the user's living habits and bring more Smart experience.
In 2016, Tanyi officially launched IMIO Building Blocks Intelligence to promote smart home solutions with AI as the core of control. IMIO hopes to become an intelligent home service provider in the AI ​​era.
In order to realize this vision, IMIO has launched two platforms:
1. PaaS Smart Cloud Service for Smart Hardware
The IMIO intelligent cloud has a complete API Lib design to meet the cloud service and APP management requirements for various types of hardware that access IMIO. In addition, IMIO has also prepared customized communication modules and development boards for third-party developers. Developers can directly embed them, connect cloud services through IMIO OS, and can also connect infrared shielding detection, temperature and humidity sensors, RBG lights, and buzzer. , relays, LCD screens, soil moisture sensors, air sensors, etc.
At present, third-party hardware products that have been connected to the IMIO intelligent platform include smart door locks, curtains, switches, sockets, ultra-short focus projections, and smart mirrors.
2. AI App platform for third-party AI companies
This is an access platform for third-party AI companies. IMIO hopes to provide a new distribution channel for vertical-domain AI applications.
IMIO's AI platform provides a fully interactive interface that supports interactive, motion, location, video, full-environment data, voice, graphics, and text and other interactive methods. This is to enable AI to develop suitable applications for vertical scenes. At the same time, IMIO also promised to open to third-party AI companies a clean, authentic mass data of daily life authorized by the user, accumulate data for AI companies, and promote practical AI innovation.
So what IMIO does is a platform for connecting third-party smart hardware and AI development companies. To connect more hardware, get comprehensive voice information, and run AI applications faster, IMIO also provides smart home infrastructure components including Wi-Fi routers, IoT gateways, microphone arrays, and support for GPU acceleration and local distribution AI Box.
As a company wishing to provide a complete smart experience, IMIO certainly cannot cut in from a single product. It walks through experience-based sales, provides personalized smart home design and equipment installation for customers, and provides the overall service of artificial customer service.
In this way, in the business model, IMIO can continue to make profits through the sales, installation, and maintenance of hardware devices, as well as data and software service fees collected from AI companies.
It looks like this is a good business. However, like the current artificial intelligence, smart home services with AI housekeepers also need to find specific landing scenes.
IMIO development board
Tan Yi told Lei Fengnet that IMIO has sought two scenarios for the United States and China respectively: The United States is a society with complex ethnic conflicts and almost everyone has guns, so intelligent security is a real demand. IMIO's AI stewards combine intelligent hardware—such as high-definition/depth cameras, smart access control systems, infrared sensors, temperature and humidity sensors, and garage door controllers—intelligence scenarios such as access management, intrusion prevention, and risk monitoring. Unlike some current smart door locks, IMIO wants to use AI to achieve smarter functions. For example, by arranging RGB and depth cameras indoors and outdoors, it can automatically enter the guard mode when a stranger is recognized. And open AI dialogue mode, the AI ​​steward sends a simple question to the visitor and alerts the owner.
In China, it is very common for two generations to raise a child together, so the smart housekeeper in a baby room is just a need. AI housekeeper can coordinate with the depth camera, smart atmosphere light, ultra-short projection, Bluetooth audio, smart toys, etc. to monitor the changes in the room, when the baby wakes up, automatic voice comfort, background walls and other automatic management, You can also perform AI interactions such as hard language tutorials. When abnormal behavior occurs in the room, such as crying or falling, the AI ​​system will perform warning and soothe and save camera video recordings.
For several years, smart homes have also undergone a shuffle. Most attempts to occupy the living room entrance through routers, TV boxes, and smart sockets have failed. Now Xiaomi Ecological Chain Company is infiltrating into low-end and middle-end markets with its strong brand and price/performance advantages; BroadLink and Oribo, which are the earliest start-up start-up companies, are beginning to focus on the B-side market; IMIO is positioned at the Regal market and hopes to be the target. Users provide an overall smart experience. In Lei Feng network (public number: Lei Feng network) view, the AI ​​steward as the center of smart home, is a radical and very worth trying.
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