"Slock.it ...simultaneously cracks the challenge of trusting strangers in the sharing economy while ripping up the rulebook for how those same platforms make their money"

"We think of IoT as an extended new vertical for network infrastructure. We know it's going to be the backbone for a lot of the data that needs to transact in the cloud for smart cities, fleet management, etc"

A low-cost, private-by-design “democracy of devices” will emerge that will enable new digital economies and create new value, while offering consumers and enterprises fundamentally better products and UX.