August
acquired by Assa Abloy9 known investors
August manufactures Wi-Fi-enabled smart locks and keypads that allow homeowners to remotely control door access and integrate with voice assistants like Alexa, Siri, and Google Assistant. The company designs smart home security devices for residential consumers without requiring hardware replacement.
Also known as August Home
Investors · 9
Company profile
researched Aug 2026August (August Home) designs and sells smart locks and related access accessories for residential doors. Its core products include the August Wi-Fi Smart Lock, the August Smart Lock paired with a Connect Wi-Fi Bridge, the Yale Approach Lock with Wi-Fi, a doorbell camera, keypads (including the Yale Keypad and Yale Keypad Touch with fingerprint access), and matching door hardware such as the Valdosta Lever. The retrofit design mounts on the interior side of an existing single-cylinder deadbolt, leaving exterior hardware and existing keys unchanged, which the company positions as suitable for both homeowners and renters.
Locks are controlled through the August app on iOS and Android, and on Apple Watch, with features including auto-lock and auto-unlock, remote lock/unlock (requiring a Connect Wi-Fi Bridge or built-in Wi-Fi), an activity feed showing entries and exits, shareable virtual guest keys with time-limited or recurring access, customizable alerts, and DoorSense, a sensor that reports whether the door is both closed and locked. The company states it uses data encryption and mandatory two-factor authentication. Products carry a one-year warranty. Recent site messaging notes compatibility with both the August App and the Yale Access App.
Founding story
Company materials published in 2014 identify Jason Johnson as co-founder and CEO and designer Yves Behar as co-founder. Johnson was previously a managing partner of the startup incubator Founders Den, chairman of the Internet of Things Consortium, co-founder of mobile security company AirCover and of BookShout!, a vice president at Dolby Laboratories and at Global IP Solutions, and co-founder and CEO of InterQuest. Behar is the founder and CEO of design and branding firm fuseproject, established in 1999, and served as chief creative officer at Jawbone.
Business model
Direct-to-consumer sale of smart lock hardware, bundles and accessories through the company's online store, with listed prices such as $229.99 for the Wi-Fi Smart Lock, $249.99 for the Wi-Fi Smart Lock with Keypad Touch bundle, $199.99–$210.99 for the Smart Lock + Connect bundle, $119.99 for the Yale Keypad Touch and $29.99 for the Valdosta Lever, and periodic promotional discounts.
Latest developments
The product line now spans August-branded and Yale-branded locks, including the Yale Approach Lock with Wi-Fi and Yale Keypad Touch, which work with both the August and Yale Access apps. The site also promotes an integration allowing August smart locks to connect with ecobee Smart Security.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography
Market position
The company states on its site that August is the number one smart lock in the US and cites awards and more than 10,000 five-star reviews of its products and customer experience.
Installation on the interior of the door over an existing deadbolt, so exterior hardware and physical keys remain usable; the DoorSense sensor distinguishing a closed door from a merely locked one; and broad smart home interoperability.
Technology
Retrofit smart lock hardware that attaches over an existing single-cylinder deadbolt, with Bluetooth LE in all locks and either built-in Wi-Fi or an external Connect Wi-Fi Bridge (802.11 b/g/n 2.4GHz) for remote access and voice-assistant integration. Software features include auto-lock/auto-unlock, virtual guest keys, an activity feed, smart notifications and the DoorSense closed-and-locked sensor, with encryption and mandatory two-factor authentication on accounts.
Go-to-market
Online direct sales via august.com with product bundles, promotional sales events and integration partnerships that place the locks within broader smart home ecosystems.
Residential consumers, including homeowners and renters, families sharing access with children, relatives and service providers such as dog walkers and house cleaners, and vacation rental hosts who grant time-bound access to guests.
Geography
United States-focused consumer sales, with the company describing itself as the leading smart lock in the US.
Compiled by commissioned research from 8 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
Competitors · 2
by search overlap
Companies competing with August for the same Google search keywords, organic and paid, via search-intersection analysis.
Timeline · 2
launches, deals, and filingsAugust markets an integration under which its smart locks connect with ecobee Smart Security.
August announced an integration with Philips Hue enabling lights to respond to home access events.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
▸Research sources · 8
primary sources listed
- Augustaugust.com · web
8 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.
Frequently asked questions
- What does August do?
- August Home makes retrofit smart locks, keypads and Wi-Fi bridges for keyless, app-controlled residential door access.
- Who are August's investors?
- August's investors include Bessemer Venture Partners, Comcast Ventures, Global Brain, KDDI Open Innovation Fund, Maveron, Moderne Ventures, Rho Capital Partners, Rho Ventures and 1 more.
- Who acquired August?
- August was acquired by Assa Abloy.