Top 8 Startups developing AI for Smart Home

Updated: Nov 17, 2025
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These startups develop AI applications for smart home including smart speakers, IoT automation systems, security systems, waste sorting, energy saving systems, etc.
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Rokid
Rokid
Country: China | Funding: $643.9M
Rokid is an innovative technology company specializing in robotics research and AI development. It develops Pebble virtual assistant.
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The Bot Company
The Bot Company
Country: USA | Funding: $300M
The Bot Company is a household robot startup.
3
SoftBank Robotics
SoftBank Robotics
Country: Japan | Funding: $236M
SoftBank Robotics develops robots and offers robot-related products and services, including “Pepper”.
4
Sense
Sense
Country: USA | Funding: $174.6M
Sense is offering home owners better insight into their energy usage levels, so they can adjust accordingly. The tech, which relies on AI/ML, works with smart meters from companies like Landis+Gyr and Schneider Electric.
5
ecobee
ecobee
Country: Canada | Funding: $149.4M
Ecobee is a provider of Wi-Fi enabled smart thermostats comes with Amazon's Alexa voice assistant built in for residential and commercial applications.
6
Josh.ai
Josh.ai
Country: USA | Funding: $22.6M
Josh.ai is an AI platform that provides smart home automation space services.
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Sighthound
Sighthound
Country: USA | Funding: $5.2M
Sighthound develops smart surveillance software powered by Computer Vision, provides computer vision cloud API for developers and Vision SDK, accelerating third-party products with proprietary deeply-learned computer vision technology
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Bin-e
Bin-e
Country: Poland | Funding: €2.3M
BIN-e is a smart building solution company that provides smart waste bin for office and public spaces. It uses a set of sensors to identify the type of waste that is being disposed of, segregates the waste, compresses it, and places it in the relevant chamber. The integrated computer gathers data about every item that is disposed of.
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