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Big news! Paulus Schoutsen (Founder & CEO) and Marcel van der Veldt (Ecosystems Lead) from Home Assistant came to visit us at Aqara HQ. We had a lot of good conversations about where both companies are headed, and we’re excited to explore future possibilities together.
We’ve agreed to deepen our collaboration going forward. This fits squarely with the direction Aqara has been moving toward a more open ecosystem with a stronger focus on the smart home DIY community: people who love building, exploring, and making their home work exactly the way they want it to.
We also discussed a bit on the future.
A big chunk of our chat was about what the agentic smart home might look like — not just a home that responds to your commands, but one that actually thinks and acts on your behalf. Projects like OpenClaw are an early example of this: autonomous agents that can coordinate across devices, understand context, and get things done without constant input from you. It’s a space we’re paying close attention to, and something we’ll be exploring together with Home Assistant.
It’s still early days for a lot of this, but we’re excited about the direction - and we hope you are too.
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