Chirp

CHIRP is a smart-home monitoring and automation platform for remote residences, using sensors and control devices from many brands to help owners prevent damage when a home is vacant or far away. Users describe the situations they worry about to an AI assistant, which helps build the alert, close a valve, turn off a device or notify the person who can respond.

The platform covers vacation homes, Airbnb hosts, realtors and student rentals, protecting against water leaks, smoke and fire, vacant homes, noise occupancy and security cameras. Its selling point is alerts that can act: a leak sensor that finds seepage can, with a controllable shutoff valve, have CHIRP close the water automatically, confirm it worked and alert the user if it did not. The project stresses devices from multiple manufacturers with no vendor lock-in, AI-assisted setup and a free starter device.