Ryse

The Easiest Way To Automate Your Blinds

Set Your Own Schedule or Control Remotely for Added Privacy
Forgot to close your shades when leaving for your vacation? Don’t sweat it - control your shades anytime, anywhere. Or automate your shades to brighten up your space every morning, and close at night to give you privacy.

Enhance Your Space & Create a Relaxing Retreat
Unwind in style by creating the most comfortable experience for you and your guests. Block unwanted glare while resting on the sofa, or set the mood at just the right time by simply by saying “Hey Alexa, lower my shades”.

Voice Control for the Ultimate Convenience
Effortlessly control all of your shades using your voice. Easily open heavy shades and live comfortably.

Most of us already have window shades installed, whether it's at home, the office, or any other space. It would be such a waste of money if we had to replace them, just to experience the magic of motorized shades.

Founder, Trung Pham, discovered this when he moved into his new apartment. He had installed a set of beautiful floor-to-ceiling 9’ by 9’ roller shades - ones that were controlled via beaded chains.

When summer came around, the heat from the sunlight made his apartment feel like a sauna! So he went back to the same retailer he purchased his roller shades from and asked to buy a motor that he could DIY install on his existing shades at home.

And that’s when he learned that once you buy manually controlled window shades, it was impossible to motorize them - you’d actually have to replace them with brand new motorized shades, which was quoted at over $1,500 per window!

And that’s why only about 5% of window shades are motorized.
The astronomically high cost makes it a deterrent for any customer, and once you decide against motorized shades, there were no retrofit solutions or accessories to allow you to motorize them.

That’s when Trung had his eureka moment! Trung thought of a simple DIY product, one that anyone could install on the window frame and would mimic a pulley to control the shades’ chains or cords. It would be the first ever retrofit or after-market device to motorize any window shade, regardless of size or weight, and a true affordable luxury.

And of course, it had to be smart - controllable via smart phone or voice, with the ability to set schedules and routines. As we began working on developing the device and learned about automated shades, the more we realized that there were huge benefits beyond the cost and convenience of our idea.