Garageio
{{Infobox website
|name = Garageiorori
|logo = Garageio logo.png
| company_type = Private
|url = {{URL|garageio.com}}
|location = Columbus, Ohio
|key_people = Zak Dziczkowski
(Co-Founder, CEO)
Dave Reif
(Co-Founder)
|industry = Internet of Things
|employees = 4 {{citation needed|date=November 2016}}
|parent = Alottazs Labs LLC
|founded = 2012
|native_clients = iOS, Android
}}
Garageio is a smart home garage door controller created by Alottazs Labs, LLC headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. Alottazs Labs, LLC is a privately held company founded in October 2012. Garageio is an Internet of Things product providing managed garage and gate access via a smartphone and other web-enabled devices.{{cite web|title=Garageio brings smarts to your garage door (hands-on)|url=http://www.cnet.com/products/alottazs-labs-garageio/|publisher=CNET|access-date=6 June 2015}}{{cite web|title=DIY Resolution: Improve Home Security This Year |url=https://www.foxnews.com/real-estate/diy-resolution-improve-home-security-this-year|publisher=Fox News|access-date=6 June 2015}}
Garageio consists of a WiFi enabled control hub which attaches to the garage door opener and controlled through the Garageio mobile or desktop application.{{cite web|title=Open source the Smart Home:Cure app fatigue|date=4 November 2013 |url=http://siliconangle.com/blog/2013/11/04/open-source-the-smart-home-cure-app-fatigue/|publisher=SiliconANGLE|access-date=6 June 2015}} The control hub can connect up to three separate garage doors from the same device.{{cite web|title=Garageio Takes Your Garages to Smart, Intelligent Territory|url=http://www.devicemag.com/2013/11/04/garageio-takes-your-garages-to-smart-intelligent-territory/|publisher=Device Magazine|access-date=6 June 2015|archive-date=1 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150201042214/http://www.devicemag.com/2013/11/04/garageio-takes-your-garages-to-smart-intelligent-territory/|url-status=dead}}{{cite web | url=https://simongaragedoorsandrepair.com/ | title=Garage Doors Jacksonville FL | access-date=2021-09-23 | archive-date=2021-09-30 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210930200011/https://simongaragedoorsandrepair.com/ | url-status=dead }} Thursday, September 23, 2021
The Garageio iOS and Android application allows the user to remotely manage each connected garage door independently.{{cite web|title=AT&T Digital Life expands to more US cities, gains a garage-door controller|url=http://www.cnet.com/news/at-t-digital-life-expands/|publisher=CNET|access-date=6 June 2015}} The user can also grant and accept access to other garage doors from other Garageio users.{{cite web|title=Control your garage door opener from your smartphone with Wi-Fi connected Garageio|date=4 November 2013 |url=http://www.techspot.com/news/54557-control-your-garage-door-opener-from-your-smartphone-with-wi-fi-connected-garageio.html|publisher=TechSpot|access-date=May 3, 2015}}
History
The idea for Garageio began in 2012 when co-founder Zak Dziczkowski discovered his garage door remote was missing.{{Cite news|url=http://www.dispatch.com/article/20140427/NEWS/304279890|title=CEO Zak Dziczkowski: Frustrated shopper co-founds garage door remote business|work=The Columbus Dispatch|access-date=2017-10-11|language=en}} Zak soon discovered that the replacement cost for a new remote was too expensive and envisioned a better way to control the garage door. That same night Zak called co-founder Dave Reif and together they began to work on the Garageio prototype.{{cite web|title=Smartphone-based garage-door opener Garageio getting trial run|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2013/11/20/smartphone-based-garage-door-opener.html|publisher=BizJournal|access-date=6 June 2015}}{{cite web|title=Frustrated shopper co-founds garage door remote business|url=http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/business/2014/04/27/frustrated-shopper-co-founds-business.html|publisher=Columbus Dispatch|access-date=6 June 2015|archive-date=14 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150414122848/http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/business/2014/04/27/frustrated-shopper-co-founds-business.html|url-status=dead}}
=2012=
In October 2012, Garageio became a product of Alottazs Labs, LLC bringing aboard additional co-founders, entrepreneur Greg Colarich, creative designer Jess Boonstra, and marketer Zach Cochran.{{cite web|title=Garageio + the business possibilities in the Internet of Things (IoT)|date=23 January 2014 |url=http://siliconangle.com/blog/2014/01/23/garageio-the-endless-possibilities-of-the-internet-of-things-iot/|publisher=Silicon Angle}}
=2013=
Garageio spent the early part of the year focusing on application development and product design. Garageio was the recipient of the Cool Idea! Award by Minnesota-based plastic manufacturer Proto Labs which provided gratis prototype casings and a subsequent production run of parts.{{cite web|title=Proto Labs Wants to Help You Create a Cool Prototype for Free|date=18 December 2013 |url=http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/230453|publisher=Entrepreneur Magazine|access-date=6 June 2015}}{{cite press release|title=Proto Labs Helps Open Doors for Latest Cool Idea! Award Winner|date=18 December 2013 |url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20131218005148/en/Proto-Labs-Helps-Open-Doors-Latest-Cool#.VXNWktJcXPF|publisher=Business Wire|access-date=6 June 2015}} In November 2013, Garageio launched a successful crowd-funding campaign through Fundable raising $30,000 in pre-order sales.{{cite web|title=Alottazs Labs starts shipping Garageio smartphone garage door controllers after raising $30K|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2014/01/27/alottazs-labs-starts-shipping-garageio.html|publisher=BizJournal|access-date=6 June 2015}}
=2014=
Garageio began shipping early in 2014 to its early crowd-funding backers and continued to take orders through its website. Garageio released an updated version of the application and announced additional platform integrations such as IFTTT (if this than that), which allows users to create recipes that trigger customized events.{{cite web|title=IFTTT IS QUIETLY BECOMING A SMART HOME POWERHOUSE|date=6 November 2014 |url=http://www.digitaltrends.com/home/ifttt-quietly-becoming-smart-home-powerhouse/|publisher=Digital Trends|access-date=6 June 2015}}{{cite web|title=IFTTT updated with new channels plus optimizations for iOS 8 and iPhone 6|date=26 October 2014 |url=http://appadvice.com/appnn/2014/10/ifttt-updated-with-new-channels-plus-optimizations-for-ios-8-and-iphone-6|publisher=appadvice.com|access-date=6 June 2015}}{{cite web|title=IFTTT compatible hardware: 25 devices to recipe your life|date=7 May 2015 |url=http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/133826-ifttt-compatible-hardware-25-devices-to-recipe-your-life|publisher=Pocket-lint|access-date=6 June 2015}} Garageio IFTTT recipes include events such as if it rains then close my garage or if I leave my house close my garage.{{cite web|title=IFTTT Garageio Recipes|url=https://ifttt.com/recipes/search?q=garageio&ac=false|access-date=6 June 2015}} Garageio increased its manufacturing network and continued to ship throughout North America.
=2015=
Garageio was one of the first recipients of the Alexa Fund, a fund by Amazon.com to support startups on voice control technology.{{Cite news|url = http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2015/06/25/amazon-invests-in-columbus-startup-with-debut-of.html|title = Amazon invests in Columbus startup with debut of Alexa Fund|last = Ghose|first = Carrie|date = June 25, 2015|publisher = Columbus Business First}} As such, Garageio will be one of the first smart home devices that will be controllable with the Amazon Echo.