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Senic (YC S13) — Simple controls for Sonos, philips hue and other smart home products

Our mission is to empower every family member and business to set the right ambience of sound and light for every moment. Our company offers simple wireless switches and remotes for products like Sonos or Philips Hue, software and simplify the installation of Smart Home systems and add-on solutions to create a great smart home experience for consumers, prosumers and professionals.

Senic is a Y Combinator company in the Summer 2013 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: Simple Controls for Sonos, Philips Hue and other Smart Home products. The founders listed are Tobias Eichenwald (Founder/CEO), Lech Alexander Murawski (Founder/CTO), Johannes Berdin (Founder) (Y Combinator directory entry, May 2, 2013).

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Senic

New accelerator entry · 2013-05-02 · the record

Summer 2013
batch
16
people
Early
stage
Germany
region
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What the record says

BatchSummer 2013
Announced2013-05-02
StageEarly
StatusAcquired
Team size16
IndustryConsumer
Sub-industryConsumer -> Consumer Electronics
SectorsHardware
RegionsGermany, Europe, Remote, Partly Remote
BasedBerlin, Berlin, Germany
HiringNo
Sitehttp://senic.com

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Our mission is to empower every family member and business to set the right ambience of sound and light for every moment. Our company offers simple wireless switches and remotes for products like Sonos or Philips Hue, software and simplify the installation of Smart Home systems and add-on solutions to create a great smart home experience for consumers, prosumers and professionals.

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