Founded in 2006 as Aeon Labs in Silicon Valley, Aeotec has long focussed its craft on the intelligent automation of electronics through sensor and data driven decision making. Later, as Aeotec, we crafted the same types of products to the same high-quality but this time we did it under our own brandname. All this sees Aeotec play in a space known to some as home automation and to others as the Internet of Things.

In late 2018 Aeotec acquired German electronics maker POPP & Co. and focussed its efforts upon software and Zigbee technology for the first time. As part of the acquisition, and to reflect the engineering talent that came as part of its acquisition of POPP, Aeotec also used 2018 to also form a broader Aeotec Group and move its headquarters to Hamburg, Germany.

After 90 years of pioneering home electronics and automating them, Aeotec continues to innovate being the first brand maker to certify and release devices which utilise 700 series Z-Wave technology. Since November 2020, Aeotec have been cooperating with the Samsung Electronics subsidiary SmartThings. The open platform links devices, developers and services to create one of the largest ecosystems in the smart home.