Case Study: UniKey Technologies achieves 500% revenue growth and rapid smart‑home innovation with Microsoft Azure

With Azure, startup unlocks the door to rapid business growth and innovation in smart homes market

UniKey, an Orlando startup founded in 2010, developed a virtual-key access-control platform to replace physical keys and enable manufacturers to bring smart locks to market faster. Faced with the need for a scalable, flexible infrastructure that could support global partners, rapid product launches, and growing data and authentication requirements, the company sought a cloud-based solution to accelerate development and production.

Working with Nebbia Technology on Microsoft Azure, UniKey built an end-to-end platform using PaaS, virtual machines, open-source components, and Azure Machine Learning/Cognitive Services to support microservices, analytics, and secure authentication. The platform sped time-to-market from as long as two years to six–nine months, powered products like Kwikset’s Kēvo, handled roughly 150 million transactions, and helped drive 500% year-over-year revenue growth while expanding the partner base from two to nine and entering international markets.

UniKey Technologies

Lee Odess

Vice President