You can buy almost every element of a smart home from Amazon so, “would it make sense that Amazon take it to the next level and simply start a construction company to build smart homes?” asked customer experience futurist, keynote speaker and author, Blake Morgan during a speech back in April. It is a topic we discussed at length in an article titled ‘Would you Live in a Smart Home Built by Amazon, Apple or Google?’ the same month. Just last week, an investment by the Amazon Alexa Fund suggests the firm is taking big steps towards that goal. On September 25th, Amazon was announced as a major investor as part of the $6.7 million Series A funding round for Plant Prefab, a modular home design and prefabrication company based in Rialto, California. The firm claims to be the first “home factory” in the US focused on sustainable construction, materials, processes and operations, proved by […]