<s>
Garageio	B-Application
is	O
a	O
smart	O
home	O
garage	O
door	O
controller	O
created	O
by	O
Alottazs	O
Labs	O
,	O
LLC	O
headquartered	O
in	O
Columbus	O
,	O
Ohio	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Garageio	B-Application
is	O
an	B-Operating_System
Internet	I-Operating_System
of	I-Operating_System
Things	I-Operating_System
product	O
providing	O
managed	O
garage	O
and	O
gate	O
access	O
via	O
a	O
smartphone	O
and	O
other	O
web-enabled	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Garageio	B-Application
consists	O
of	O
a	O
WiFi	O
enabled	O
control	O
hub	O
which	O
attaches	O
to	O
the	O
garage	O
door	O
opener	O
and	O
controlled	O
through	O
the	O
Garageio	B-Application
mobile	O
or	O
desktop	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Garageio	B-Application
iOS	B-Application
and	O
Android	B-Application
application	I-Application
allows	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
remotely	O
manage	O
each	O
connected	O
garage	O
door	O
independently	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
user	O
can	O
also	O
grant	O
and	O
accept	O
access	O
to	O
other	O
garage	O
doors	O
from	O
other	O
Garageio	B-Application
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
idea	O
for	O
Garageio	B-Application
began	O
in	O
2012	O
when	O
co-founder	O
Zak	O
Dziczkowski	O
discovered	O
his	O
garage	O
door	O
remote	O
was	O
missing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
That	O
same	O
night	O
Zak	O
called	O
co-founder	O
Dave	O
Reif	O
and	O
together	O
they	O
began	O
to	O
work	O
on	O
the	O
Garageio	B-Application
prototype	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2012	O
,	O
Garageio	B-Application
became	O
a	O
product	O
of	O
Alottazs	O
Labs	O
,	O
LLC	O
bringing	O
aboard	O
additional	O
co-founders	O
,	O
entrepreneur	O
Greg	O
Colarich	O
,	O
creative	O
designer	O
Jess	O
Boonstra	O
,	O
and	O
marketer	O
Zach	O
Cochran	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Garageio	B-Application
spent	O
the	O
early	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
year	O
focusing	O
on	O
application	O
development	O
and	O
product	O
design	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Garageio	B-Application
was	O
the	O
recipient	O
of	O
the	O
Cool	O
Idea	O
!	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2013	O
,	O
Garageio	B-Application
launched	O
a	O
successful	O
crowd-funding	O
campaign	O
through	O
Fundable	O
raising	O
$	O
30,000	O
in	O
pre-order	O
sales	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Garageio	B-Application
began	O
shipping	O
early	O
in	O
2014	O
to	O
its	O
early	O
crowd-funding	O
backers	O
and	O
continued	O
to	O
take	O
orders	O
through	O
its	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Garageio	B-Application
released	O
an	O
updated	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
application	O
and	O
announced	O
additional	O
platform	O
integrations	O
such	O
as	O
IFTTT	B-Application
(	O
if	O
this	O
than	O
that	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
create	O
recipes	O
that	O
trigger	O
customized	O
events	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Garageio	B-Application
IFTTT	B-Application
recipes	O
include	O
events	O
such	O
as	O
if	O
it	O
rains	O
then	O
close	O
my	O
garage	O
or	O
if	O
I	O
leave	O
my	O
house	O
close	O
my	O
garage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Garageio	B-Application
increased	O
its	O
manufacturing	O
network	O
and	O
continued	O
to	O
ship	O
throughout	O
North	O
America	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Garageio	B-Application
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
recipients	O
of	O
the	O
Alexa	B-Application
Fund	I-Application
,	O
a	O
fund	O
by	O
Amazon.com	B-Application
to	O
support	O
startups	O
on	O
voice	O
control	O
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
such	O
,	O
Garageio	B-Application
will	O
be	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
smart	O
home	O
devices	O
that	O
will	O
be	O
controllable	O
with	O
the	O
Amazon	B-Device
Echo	I-Device
.	O
</s>
