ADT Acquires Origin AI

BOCA RATON, Fla. — ADT, a provider of smart home solutions serving residential and small business customers in the U.S., has announced that it has acquired Origin Wireless, Inc. (d/b/a “Origin AI” and “Origin”), bringing Origin’s AI sensing platform and related intellectual property into the ADT ecosystem.

Origin AI’s sensing technology enables the home to better understand classification of motion and human detection without cameras, audio, or wearable devices. Once integrated into ADT’s platform, these capabilities are expected to enable new customer use cases and safety enhancements by providing deeper understanding of presence, occupancy, motion, and related activity within the home.

“This acquisition represents a major step forward in our vision to deliver a safer, smarter home that understands context, recognizes risk, and provides peace of mind, all while protecting customer privacy,” said ADT Executive Vice President and Chief Business Officer, Omar Khan. “By integrating AI sensing into the home, we plan to add a new intelligence layer, elevating traditional security and smart home capabilities by allowing ADT to verify human presence, classify and analyze motion, and add context to alarm events and other conditions within the home.”

The acquisition of Origin includes a portfolio of more than 200 early-priority global patents, providing a core intelligence layer designed to power future security and smart home capabilities, including applications supporting aging in place.

By adding real-time understanding of presence and activity within the home and analyzing any anomalies, this technology adds critical context with the potential to reduce false alarms, improve municipal compliance, and enhance coordination with first responders. AI sensing also enables smarter automation and personalization across the connected home, with potential applications that range from occupancy-based comfort settings to aging in place and health solutions.

“Joining ADT allows our AI platform to scale across millions of homes, combining enhanced situational awareness with unmatched monitoring expertise. Together, we will move the industry to continuous, meaningful home awareness,” said Spencer Maid, President and CEO of Origin Wireless.

ADT expects to begin commercializing new offerings that incorporate Origin’s AI sensing technology into the ADT ecosystem in 2027. 

The purchase price for the transaction was $170 million in cash, subject to customary purchase price adjustments.