Control4 is a provider of

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and networking systems for homes and businesses, offering a personalized and unified

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system to automate and control connected devices including lighting, audio, video, climate control, intercom, and security. The Control4 platform interoperates with more than 13,500 third-party products and is available in over 100 countries. As of August 2018, it manages 370,000 homes. The company is based in

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. Control4 was a publicly traded company (on the

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stock exchange under the stock symbol CTRL) from 2013 until 2019, when it merged with SnapAV.

History

Founded in 2003 by Eric Smith, Will West, and Mark Morgan, Control4 debuted at the 2004 CEDIA Expo home technology trade show and released its first products later that year, as an early entrant in the home automation market. Smith and West had previously created PHAST, an early home control system that was acquired by

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in 1997; and

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, a provider of Internet service for the hospitality industry. Control4 received funding from Foundation Capital,