Rachio announces a new smart sprinkler controller, raises $10M
TECHCRUNCH Rachio, the company that builds WiFi controllers for your garden sprinklers (think Nest Thermostat, but for watering your plants instead of heating your house), is back with a new one. They’ve also raised $10M in a Series B round. So what’s new in this Gen 3 version? A new hardware design, which the company tells me is meant to feel “sort of like an MP3 player” 5ghz WiFi support (in addition to the existing 2.4ghz support) Support for a new Flow Meter that the company says will ship in May, allowing the Rachio to know exactly how much...
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