CES 2025: Inside the $100,000 mini smart home revolution

AC Future debuted its award-winning smart home designs at CES 2024, receiving an honorary award in the Fast Company Design Innovation Awards and two Good Design Awards in the Transportation and Graphic Design categories. Now the company is back Consumer Electronics Show 2025 With a more established vision: collaboration with an Italian design company Pininfarina, Future AC It arrived with complete models for several different types of small smart homes — and you can pre-order one now.

The live solutions are (currently) called AI-THu, AI-THt, and AI-THd. Each offers a look at what advanced smart home living could be as a possibility Providing a traditional home It has become out of reach for many people. Our favorite is the flagship AITHu, a complete, sustainable 400-square-foot smart home that starts at $98,000.

The AI-THu features a basic deck complemented by a 40-square-foot outdoor patio. The highly modular design begins with a main multi-purpose living area that can be converted into office space or an additional bedroom as needed. The house can then be expanded on multiple sides to add a primary bedroom and other spaces. Additions, from barbecue setups to underfloor storage, allow buyers to choose what they want, creating up to 1,200 square feet of home layout.

AI-THu comes smart Artificial intelligence technology Which helps control lighting, heating, cooling, and appliances, among other things. Solar panels (which can contribute to water heating), a water recycling system and atmospheric water generation are also integrated. Smart options like a multi-zone sound system and home security with optional monitoring complete the tiny home of the future that does it all.

This whole home setup allows AI-THu to do just that Go off the grid in a pinch – but the freelancer in particular may want to check out AC Future’s other offerings, including a 24-foot home trailer and an AI-THd drivable home for those who You want high-tech van life.

Initial deliveries of the tiny smart home are expected to begin in the fourth quarter of 2026, so eager buyers will have to wait a bit. There’s also another catch – AC Future is collaborating with cryptocurrency company Biomatrix at CES, and we highly recommend you download the Biomatrix app and use their tokens to secure your pre-order for any AC Future house.

However, tiny homes under $100,000 seem like a pretty good deal when packed with this kind of technology, and We recommended tiny houses As a great way to live well on smaller budgets (or go on the road). It’s also nice to see a lot of energy and water saving features built into it.

However, you may want to wait until the smart technology and built-in sustainability features have been thoroughly tested before making the final call. Right now, there are so many models and design promises, we want to see real performance.

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