SmartThings Inc. is an American home automation company headquartered in Mountain View, California.

[2] Founded in 2012, it focuses on the development of eponymous automation software and an associated array of client applications and cloud platforms for smart homes and the consumer Internet of things.

[8] Through 2011 and 2012, Hawkinson and his SmartThings co-founders worked to build a prototype of their desired solution to such problems.

[8][9] That prototype would go on to form the basis of a successful Kickstarter campaign which the developers launched in September 2012 and that would go on to secure US$1.2 million in backing, making it the second largest, smart-home focussed crowdfunding project to date.

[18] Initially SmartThings produced a suite of custom hardware and software services, including smart home hubs and sensors.