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Re:Show HN: Josh.ai, an AI for the home by ocdtrekkie on Friday December 18, 2015 @03:52PM (#10760839)
$5,000 is a pretty hefty price tag, can I assume there's some pretty impressive stuff under the hood here?

EDIT: Actually, the reservation, which is "50%", is $5,000. Is it $10,000?

Re:Show HN: Josh.ai, an AI for the home by alexcaps on Friday December 18, 2015 @04:03PM (#10760912)
Yep, price tag is $10k. There's quite a bit under the hood you're not seeing in this video, particularly considering large 10,000+ sq ft homes and managing full home automation. If you're familiar with Crestron or Control4, we're playing in that space for v1.
Re:Show HN: Josh.ai, an AI for the home by ocdtrekkie on Friday December 18, 2015 @04:18PM (#10761001)
I have little to no experience with houses that size (I live in a condo), but I understand the concept and the market segment, yes. It mentions that this functions locally, so I take it there's a server involved, that I imagine is some decent portion of this cost?

You may wish to find some way to clarify that market segment in your marketing, I think a lot of HN visitors might assume this is going to be a $99 hub or something similar. We need to see that value represented, because we are definitely going to dig up that price tag. ;D

Re:Show HN: Josh.ai, an AI for the home by alexcaps on Friday December 18, 2015 @04:29PM (#10761077)
Good points! Thanks for the feedback :)
Re:Show HN: Josh.ai, an AI for the home by hcoyote on Saturday December 19, 2015 @06:46PM (#10765390)
It's not that far off when you consider replacing just light switches with Z-wave switches in a 2000-2500sq ft home. Figure there's probably 25-30 light switches in a house that size. You're looking at about $900-$1200 worth of equipment just to control just whole room lighting. If you went the Phillips Hue route, as an example, you'd easily approach that with 2-3 rooms worth of light bulbs.

Add in control of individual outlets, motion sensing, thermal controls, security ... it adds up pretty quick, even for homes of the "middle class".

Re:Show HN: Josh.ai, an AI for the home by ocdtrekkie on Saturday December 19, 2015 @06:49PM (#10765398)
They're not talking about all the switches and sensors though, that's not included in this.