Tuya — Inc Exclusive

In 2021, Tuya went public on the NYSE (ticker: TUYA) with a valuation near $14 billion. Then came the "smart home winter." Supply chain shocks, the US-China tech war, and consumer fatigue hit hard. The stock plummeted.

Walk through your house. Look at your smart plug, your robotic vacuum, your air purifier, your video doorbell, and that quirky light bulb that changes to “deep coral” when it rains. They likely bear different brand names—Philips, GE, Lenovo, or a dozen alphabet-soup Amazon brands. But here’s the secret: under the hood, a surprising number of them speak the same digital language. That language is Tuya. tuya inc

Tuya plays a brilliant game of chess. Because Tuya-powered devices speak a common protocol, a single Tuya app can control a lamp from India, a fan from Poland, and a garage door opener from Brazil. More importantly, Tuya bridges the giants. A single Tuya device can simultaneously work with Alexa, Google Assistant, and even IFTTT. In 2021, Tuya went public on the NYSE

Here is where Tuya becomes truly interesting—and controversial. We live in a world of fiefdoms: Apple’s HomeKit, Google Home, Amazon Alexa, and Samsung SmartThings. These giants want you to buy their branded plugs and their branded bulbs. Walk through your house

But here is the twist: Tuya is smarter than a light switch. They realized that selling modules for smart bulbs is a low-margin game. The real future is "SaaS" (Software as a Service) for businesses.