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You can use the smartphone app to operate air conditioners and lighting at home, and record TV programs.Smart home, which has begun to spread a few years ago, is spreading with the advent of smart speakers released by Amazon and Google.The IoT (Internet conversion of things) and services used in the house are increasing like bamboo shoots after the rain, and the number of enterprises, such as housing, home appliances, and online ventures.

SOUSEI TECHNOLOGY is a startup venture in the fierce fierce fierce battle.President Kazumasa Nomura (43) founded SOUSEI, a custom -built house in 2010.SOUSEI is now a top -class housing builder in Nara Prefecture, and is a heretical in the industry, which has expanded to over 1.3 billion yen in annual sales.SOUSEI Technology was established in 2018 with the SOUSEI IT department.

We started the development of IoT devices exclusively for smart home, and released "V-EX", which is a residential OS (basic software) in 2018.The reason for the development was the encounter with Nesture, a venture that has been developing a smart thermostat, acquired by Google for $ 3.2 billion (about 400 billion yen).

Sell residential OS to small and medium -sized builders

The concept of the V-EX is, so to speak, the brain of the house.By attaching a set top box with a V-EX on the wall of the house, air conditioners, lighting, and TV can be operated through smart speakers and smartphone apps.Furthermore, by managing building materials with IoT, the timing of aging and renovation can be predicted.Nomura's idea is that he wants to increase the number of V-EX compatible apps and make it look like a housing version iPhone, although there is no particular novelty so far.

V-EX is basically free for users (residents) as building materials.Currently, in addition to working with more than 10 major building materials manufacturers, they are negotiating with multiple manufacturers such as housing equipment and home appliances.In the medium term, the company plans to increase paid apps such as health management for users, and depicts business models that make money with platform fees.

"When I buy a house, I go to an average of 3-5 exhibition halls, but I want to make V-EX in two of them," Nomura breathe.Although it is open to small and medium -sized builders that are more difficult to differentiate than major house makers, small and medium -sized builders account for 70 % of Japanese new houses.The goal is to expand to 1,000 locations in 500 housing exhibition halls and model houses within the year.