Launch HN: Electric Air (YC W23) – Heat pump sold directly to homeowners
Chris, one of my biggest worries is that your startup will get acquired or go out of business and then the firmware will leave me with a $14,000 brick.<p>What if I want to keep using the cloud-based thermostat when your servers get shut off or moved to another system, or if something like Google Nest closing down their API happens after you've exited?<p>This is an expensive system with an expected long life, and I'd want some guarantees that I can control it entirely myself.