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Private by Default: The AI Smart Home

Build an AI Powered Smart Home In A Weekend

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This book takes you on a quick journey, getting you up to speed on the best open standards that can power a smart, local first, AI powered smart home.

We will dive into the right technologies to use, the right products to buy, and even dive into custom hardware that can be useful in certain situations.

At the end of the book, with hardware you may already have, you'll have a more powerful and private version of siri, that can do things like turning your outdoor lights on when your presence is detected in the area, and so much more.

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Zach Silveira

Over 10+ years, I've turned my obsession with bleeding-edge tech into real results: multiple startups, wins, and an $80M+ acquisition in early 2025 where I was one of the first engineers on the team.

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Table of Contents

Introduction

Required Hardware

  1. Product Recommendations

Secure Camera Recording

  1. Frigate & Local-First Facial Recognition

Home Assistant

  1. HA-MCP, powerful AI control of your home

Matter & Thread

  1. Border Routers
  2. Thread vs Matter over wifi

ESPhome

  1. custom firmware development

Other devices

  1. check for HA addons
  2. Bluetooth proxy

Private Voice Assistants

  1. Choosing STT and TTS Models

Powerful Automations

Remote Access

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