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Butlr Technologies is an American technology company based in San Francisco, California. It was founded by Honghao Deng and Jiani Zeng in 2019. Butlr Technologies provides software and hardware for gathering spatial intelligence. It also manufactures wireless sensors that use body heat to track location occupancy data and body movement.
History
Butlr was founded by San Francisco-based engineers Honghao Deng and Jiani Zeng in 2019 as a spinoff of MIT Media Lab.
During the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Butlr retooled its technology by adding software features such as maximum occupancy and queue management to help businesses comply with pandemic-related restrictions.
Deng and Zeng were named to 2020 Forbes 30 Under 30 List in the Manufacturing & Industry category for their work with Butlr.
In November 2022, Butlr announced a partnership with real estate technology company Propstack to provide occupancy sensing technology for commercial real estate projects in India. Butlr was named one of the World Economic Forum's Technology Pioneers of 2022.
In 2022, Butlr also announced a marketing partnership with GP Pro, a division of Georgia-Pacific. Butlr also collaborated with Carrier Global Corporation to embed its technology into Carrier's cloud-based digital platform Abound.
In 2023, Butlr announced the Heatic 2, the latest edition of its mountable wireless sensor.
The World Economic Forum also selected Butlr for its Yes San Francisco program, which was created to revitalize the city's business district.
In 2024, Butlr began providing heat sensor technology and an artificial intelligence query tool named Butlr Care GPT to healthcare companies through its Butlr Care brand. Butlr also won the Sustainability Award at the 2024 Core 77 Design Awards.
Butler has an additional office in Boston, Massachusetts.