A Smart Home That
Actually Works
Professional smart home automation without DIY complexity or enterprise pricing. We design, install, and manage your system. You own all the hardware. Your data never leaves your home.
Tired of configuring Home Assistant or fixing it when it breaks? We handle all of that. You just enjoy the results.
Serving Chicagoland | Limited availability
Starting from $3,300 — one-time setup + equipment you own. Free assessment. See pricing →
Don't have $5K upfront? Start with the foundation and add capabilities as your budget allows. See phased pricing →
What We Actually Do
Think of us as your personal smart home engineer. Here's what that means in plain English:
We Install It
We set up a small computer at your location that runs everything. Smart locks, thermostats, sensors, databases—whatever you need.
We Manage It
Your system sends automated alerts when something needs attention. If something breaks, we fix it—so issues get addressed quickly. Updates, backups, security—all handled.
You Enjoy It
Your home responds intelligently. Lights, climate, security—all working together. You get dashboards and apps to control everything—without becoming a tech expert.
Your smart home dashboard — control everything from one place
The best part? You own all the hardware.* No subscriptions to big tech companies. No data leaving your home. Cancel anytime and keep everything.
* Year 1 hardware covered by manufacturer warranty. Year 2+ replacements at cost (~$200-400).
Currently serving select Chicagoland properties—you work directly with the founder, not a call center.
Annual Care Plans cost $750-1,100/year. That's automated alerts, all updates, support, and someone to call when something needs attention.
WHY SOMNI
What Makes Us Different
Not another cloud subscription. Not a DIY kit. A fully managed service built on technology you own.
Fully Managed
We handle all the technical complexity. You just enjoy a home that works. See what's included →
- +We install and configure everything
- +Automated alerts catch issues early
- +Response times from same-day to 48hr (with Annual Care Plan)
- +Direct access to Somni Labs team
Professional Results
Get a smart home that actually works—designed by an engineer, not cobbled together from YouTube tutorials.
- +Devices that work together seamlessly
- +Automations that don't randomly break
- +Updates tested before they reach you
- +Someone to call when things go wrong
True Ownership
Your data stays in your home. Your hardware belongs to you. Cancel anytime and keep everything.
- +All data stored locally—no one at Amazon can see your cameras or know when you're home
- +Local automations work even when internet is down
- +Works with devices from any manufacturer — no vendor lock-in
- +You own the hardware forever
* Year 1 hardware covered by manufacturer warranty. Year 2+ replacements at cost (~$200-400).
Not another cloud subscription. Not a DIY kit. A fully managed service built on technology you own. See how we compare →
ONE SERVICE, CONFIGURED FOR YOU
Works for Homes & Small Properties
Same technology, same service. We just configure it for your needs.
For Your Home
Houses, townhomes, condos
- • Lights that adapt to you throughout the day
- • AI that screens your calls and wastes scammers' time
- • One app for your whole life — tasks, calendar, health, finance
For Your Properties
2-4 unit buildings, HOAs
- • Catch leaks before they cost $15k
- • Contractor codes that expire automatically
- • Tenant portal your residents actually use
INTELLIGENCE BUILT IN
Your Home Gets Smarter Over Time
Every Somni system includes AI capabilities that learn your patterns and adapt to how you live.
AI Concierge
Ask your home to do things in plain language. “Turn on the porch lights and lock the front door” just works.
- • Multi-provider AI (Claude, OpenAI, local models)
- • Voice and chat control for lights, locks, climate, and more
- • Persistent memory across conversations
Spatial Intelligence
Your home learns how you move through it. Lights anticipate your path. Climate adjusts before you arrive. Rooms prepare themselves.
- • Rooms prepare themselves as you move through your home
- • Your home learns your daily patterns
- • Comfort settings follow you from room to room
Technical details for the curious
AI Concierge: LLM-as-control-flow architecture with tool-calling loop (max 5 iterations per request). Context rebuilt per request with full home state injection. Multi-provider failover: Claude > OpenAI > Ollama (local-first). Action cards rendered for every tool execution.
Spatial Intelligence: Room adjacency modeled as a weighted directed graph. Dijkstra’s algorithm calculates influence propagation with configurable decay. Historical movement data trains predictive occupancy models. All processing runs locally on your hardware.
YOUR DATA. YOUR HOME. PERIOD.
A Smart Home That Belongs to You
Imagine a home that's intelligent, responsive, and completely private. Where the technology that knows when you wake up, when you leave, and when your children come home keeps that knowledge exactly where it belongs—inside your four walls.
This isn't just a technical distinction—it's peace of mind. Your home should be your sanctuary, the one place where you're not being watched, tracked, or monetized. With Somni Labs, your cameras, sensors, and automations work together seamlessly without ever sending your personal patterns into the cloud.
And because we build on open-source technology with hardware you own, you're never locked in. Your investment in a smarter home is exactly that—yours. The system grows with you, adapts to your needs, and remains under your control today, tomorrow, and for years to come.
Complete Privacy by Design
Your daily patterns, camera footage, and home activity exist only on your property, visible only to you.
Independence from the Cloud
Core automations keep running even when the internet goes down, because intelligence lives locally. Remote access requires internet.
Freedom Without Fine Print
You own the hardware, you control the software, and you can take it all with you if you ever choose to leave.
Your home works for you—not for a quarterly earnings report.
Camera Footage
Ring stores 24/7 video on Amazon's servers. Law enforcement can request access without your knowledge.
With Somni: Your cameras record to local storage only. No one sees your footage but you.
Activity Patterns
Nest and Alexa track when you sleep, leave, and return. This data trains ad models and gets shared with third parties.
With Somni: Activity data never leaves your hardware. Not even Somni can see it.
Service Shutdown
Google killed Nest Secure. Insteon shut down overnight. Your “smart” home becomes dumb.
With Somni: Open-source software on your hardware. Works forever, even if Somni disappears.
80+
Integrated Projects
162+
Automations Available
10+
Custom Components
0
Cloud Dependencies Required
REAL RESULTS
Built and Tested In Real Homes
The Somni platform has been running 24/7 in production properties for over 3 years.
Reference Deployment
Running in production since 2022
Founder's Home
Chicago, IL • Running since 2022
Built for real daily use. 3+ years of production use, power outages, network failures, and every edge case imaginable. The system has handled them all—and that's exactly what I deploy for clients.
Deployment Example
3-unit building, Chicagoland
Multi-Unit Property
Chicagoland • 3 units
Contractor accountability, solved. Temporary access codes that expire automatically. Full entry/exit logging. Leak sensors at every high-risk point. Building-wide visibility from one dashboard.
Currently serving 5 properties — working directly with the founder means exceptional service quality.
Client testimonials coming soon. In the meantime, book a call and we'll connect you with a reference.
THE SOMNI PLATFORM
Purpose-Built Apps. One Platform.
Smart home control, property management, document processing, and more—purpose-built apps that all work together on your hardware.
PROVEN FOUNDATION
Built on Years of Real-World Use
This isn't a startup with untested technology. The Somni platform has been running in production for years—built and tested on real properties first.
Real Properties
Running 24/7 for 3+ years. Every automation, every integration tested in daily life.
Production-Proven
Power outages, network failures, device malfunctions—we've handled them all and built resilience in.
Continuously Improved
Thousands of hours refining automations, dashboards, and monitoring based on real usage.
How It Works (For the Curious)expand
The Hub: A small, silent computer (about the size of a paperback book) installed in a closet or utility area. Uses about as much power as a light bulb. This is the brain of your smart home.
The Software: Runs Home Assistant—the most popular open-source home automation platform. All updates are tested before reaching you and can be rolled back instantly if needed.
The Connection: Everything stays on your local network. We connect securely for updates and monitoring, but your data never leaves your home. Core automations work even when internet is down; remote access requires internet.
The Alerts: Your system sends automated health alerts when something needs attention. We get notified and investigate as early as possible.
You work directly with the founder — data scientist, Army veteran, 10+ years in smart home engineering. Meet Gerardo →
LIMITED AVAILABILITY
Stop Fighting Your Smart Home
Get a system that works from day one. We'll typically call within 1-2 business days to discuss your home and provide a custom quote.
No obligation
Free discovery call
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