**Smart Home Platform Takes a Leap with Open Home Foundation Ownership**
San Francisco, CA – Home Assistant, the popular open-source smart home platform, has taken a significant step forward by joining the Open Home Foundation. This newly formed non-profit organization will now own and oversee all aspects of Home Assistant and its related entities. The foundation, consisting of Home Assistant founders and board members like Paulus Schoutsen, Guy Sie, Pascal Vizeli, and J. Nick Koston, is dedicated to promoting privacy, choice, and sustainability for smart home …