[citation needed] Daintree was founded in 2003 by Bill Wood, who had previously worked as a General Manager for Agilent Technologies, and Hewlett-Packard.

[citation needed] Daintree managers have previously held roles within wireless standards bodies, including chair of several working groups within the Zigbee Alliance.

In 2007 the company began developing and delivering wireless systems for specific purposes; by 2009 it had narrowed its focus to lighting and building control.

[2] Zigbee is a specification for a suite of high-level communication protocols using small, low-power digital radios based on the IEEE 802.15.4 standard for wireless personal area networks (WPANs).

Zigbee was targeted at RF applications that require a low data rate, long battery life, and secure networking.