Every year, CEDIA Expo draws a wave of new exhibitors eager to introduce their products to the custom integration channel for the first time, and this year’s crop reflects just how far the industry’s definition of “smart home” has stretched. From micro-LED video walls and network-native shading motors to AI-powered sleep systems and a home companion robot, these companies are betting that CEDIA Expo’s dealer and integrator audience is the right one to help scale their technology.
It’s worth paying attention to this list. Plenty of categories that are now considered pillars of the custom integration business — whole-home audio, networked lighting control, motorized shading itself — started the same way: as an unfamiliar name on a new exhibitor’s badge, pitching integrators on a product they hadn’t yet found a place for in a proposal.
Just think of the brands you met on the show floor just a handful of years ago. Companies like Josh.ai and Just Video Walls are still relative newcomers compared to their competitors in the control and display markets, but they’re making quite a bit of noise with innovative solutions and dealer-focused initiatives.
Some of this year’s 60-plus newcomers are chasing that same trajectory: a micro-LED brand with a channel-first pricing and support model, a shading platform that treats every motor as a network device, a mattress that talks to Crestron and Control4, a home robot built to move through a house rather than just listen in it. Any of these could be a footnote or a future category leader, and CEDIA Expo is where that first bet gets placed.
For readers, that makes this feature more than a booth directory. It’s an early look at technology that may be showing up in client proposals within a year or two, and a chance to hear — in each exhibitor’s own words — what they’re showing, why they chose CEDIA Expo, and what they believe sets them apart from everything else already competing for a dealer’s attention.
Here’s a snapshot of some of the new exhibiting brands that have a chance to revolutionize your business in the coming years.
For the full list of new CEDIA Expo 2026 exhibitors, visit here.
DreamWall Brings Cool-Running MicroLED Walls to the CEDIA Channel
Booth #1332
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What made CEDIA Expo the right place to exhibit for your company this year?
CEDIA Expo is the ideal platform for DreamWall’s introduction to the residential and resi-mercial integration markets, bringing together dealers, integrators, designers, and technology professionals seeking innovative solutions and trusted partnerships. The show showcases DreamWall’s premium COB MicroLED portfolio and its partner advantage — protected pricing, healthy margins, U.S.-based support, installation assistance, training, and warranty — built on four decades of CEDIA experience, and a chance to introduce new MicroLED solutions to the community.
What products, solutions, or innovations will you be showcasing in your booth, and why are they particularly relevant to the custom integration channel?
DreamWall will showcase 11 live display systems across Classic, Elite Gold, Elite Platinum, Indoor/Outdoor SMD and COB, the debuting GOB Curved Sales Counter, and the Monarch™ Folding & Rising Portable LED Display, which rolls through doorways and rises into position in minutes without permanent mounting. Screens range from 136 to 162 inches with Full HD and true 4K. The proprietary CooLED™ platform runs many systems on a single 20-amp circuit with minimal heat.
What are your goals for your first CEDIA Expo? Are you looking to build brand awareness, recruit dealers, launch products, or something else?
DreamWall’s goals go beyond a brand launch: introducing its complete MicroLED portfolio across residential, resi-mercial, and commercial markets; expanding its dealer network through the partner advantage of protected pricing, margins, support, training, and warranty; demonstrating CooLED’s low-heat performance firsthand; and showcasing installation efficiency through live mounting demonstrations. Above all, DreamWall wants dealers and integrators to leave understanding it offers a true partnership, not just industry-leading MicroLED technology, to help grow their businesses profitably.
What do you think differentiates your company or technology from what’s already available to CEDIA attendees?
DreamWall’s proprietary CooLED technology sets a new standard for efficiency, running many indoor systems on a single 20-amp circuit with minimal heat and lower installation costs. Its portfolio’s breadth — spanning home theaters, luxury living, commercial, signage, and outdoor installations, plus the Monarch Display’s mounting-free design — sets it apart further. Most importantly, DreamWall combines premium MicroLED technology with protected pricing, margins, support, training, and warranty for a complete business ecosystem, not simply another manufacturer.
Why should integrators make your booth a stop during the show, and what can they expect to experience there?
DreamWall’s CEDIA Expo debut features one of the largest MicroLED showcases on the floor, with 11 live systems for residential, outdoor, commercial, portable, and specialty applications. Visitors can watch live installation demos and talk with specialists about CooLED technology, while a beer pour, prize drawings, and other activities add to the experience. Whether exploring MicroLED for the first time or expanding a video wall business, attendees can see what makes DreamWall a new force.
Dendo Systems Debuts Network-Native PoE Shading with the RENKEI Platform
Booth #3246
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What made CEDIA Expo the right place to exhibit for your company this year?
We believe that CEDIA Expo is the perfect setting as it brings together the integrators, technology partners and manufacturers for whom our RENKEI Platform was specifically developed. We are excited to speak directly with the professionals who design, install and support integrated shading systems.
What products, solutions, or innovations will you be showcasing in your booth, and why are they particularly relevant to the custom integration channel?
We will showcase the RENKEI Platform, which comprises our network-native PoE shading motors and the RENKEI Processor. Each motor receives power and control through a single Ethernet cable, while the Processor simplifies discovery, limit setting, grouping and third-party integration.
What are your goals for your first CEDIA Expo? Are you looking to build brand awareness, recruit dealers, launch products, or something else?
Our primary goal is to introduce our brand to the North American custom integration market and establish relationships with integrators, shading specialists, technology partners and potential channel partners. We also want direct industry feedback as we build the support and distribution structure required for the market.
What do you think differentiates your company or technology from what’s already available to CEDIA attendees?
Our architecture treats every shade motor as a true network device. Instead of proprietary motor-control wiring and centralized power panels, each motor connects directly to standard Ethernet and PoE infrastructure. An internal energy buffer keeps the required PoE budget to approximately 3 watts per motor while supporting individual addressing, synchronized control and real-time position feedback.
Why should integrators make your booth a stop during the show, and what can they expect to experience there?
Visitors will see a motor get plugged in, automatically appear in the commissioning interface, and then be configured, grouped and controlled live. It is a practical demonstration of how network-native shading can simplify installation while providing precise control and feedback to the automation system.
RYSE Targets the Retrofit Market with Motorized Shades for Existing Homes
Booth #2538
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What made CEDIA Expo the right place to exhibit for your company this year?
RYSE was founded to solve one of window automation’s biggest challenges: motorizing shades in existing homes without expensive renovation or rewiring. Early consumer traction, plus strong dealer and integrator interest at IWCE, confirmed demand within the custom integration channel. CEDIA Expo, the industry’s premier event, is the ideal place to introduce RYSE to integrators seeking innovative, retrofit-friendly shading that expands business opportunities while delivering greater value to clients.
What products, solutions, or innovations will you be showcasing in your booth, and why are they particularly relevant to the custom integration channel?
RYSE will showcase its smart shading portfolio — SmartShade, SmartCurtain, and the award-winning Motorized Hem Bar. Unlike treatments requiring shade replacement or running power, RYSE products retrofit onto existing coverings with minimal installation time and no structural modifications, letting integrators add motorization to previously cost-prohibitive projects and generate retrofit revenue without electrical work or renovation. The Hem Bar also relocates the motor into the hem bar itself, improving battery access and simplifying maintenance.
What are your goals for your first CEDIA Expo? Are you looking to build brand awareness, recruit dealers, launch products, or something else?
Our primary objective is to build relationships with dealers, integrators, distributors, and technology partners across the custom integration industry. We’re looking to expand our dealer network while increasing awareness of RYSE as an innovative retrofit shading solution that complements today’s smart home ecosystem. Just as importantly, we see CEDIA as an opportunity to gather valuable feedback from professional installers as we continue developing products specifically for the custom integration market.
What do you think differentiates your company or technology from what’s already available to CEDIA attendees?
Most motorized shading solutions target new construction or full shade replacement. RYSE takes a different approach, enabling installers to motorize existing window coverings — creating a lower-cost entry point for homeowners and a new retrofit category for dealers. Combined with the Motorized Hem Bar, RYSE helps integrators complete projects faster, reduce complexity, and minimize service calls, unlocking opportunities for customers who previously considered motorized shades out of reach, rather than replacing what homeowners already own.
Why should integrators make your booth a stop during the show, and what can they expect to experience there?
Visitors will see live demonstrations of RYSE’s retrofit shading, discover how quickly it installs, and see how it fits today’s integration projects. The team will discuss dealer partnerships, installation and onboarding, margins and revenue opportunities, the product roadmap, and smart home integration. Whether looking to grow a shading business, offer retrofit automation, or differentiate a portfolio, attendees are invited to stop by Booth 2538 to see how RYSE is redefining motorized window coverings.
Unique Lighting Systems Extends the Connected Home Outdoors
Booth #732
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What made CEDIA Expo the right place to exhibit for your company this year?
CEDIA Expo brings together the exact professionals Unique Lighting Systems is built to support: integrators who own the whole-home technology relationship and want profitable ways to extend it outdoors. Outdoor lighting remains an underleveraged opportunity in the CEDIA channel, and integrators are well-positioned to lead the next phase of connected outdoor environments. After 30-plus years in professional landscape lighting, the company is bringing its products, training, design resources, and field support directly to CEDIA dealers.
What products, solutions, or innovations will you be showcasing in your booth, and why are they particularly relevant to the custom integration channel?
The company will showcase its full ecosystem: the Inspira Series smart outdoor lighting platform, Odyssey Series premium brass fixtures, patented HUB low-voltage wiring system, SMRT Logic control platform, and its CEDIA Partner Program. For integrators, these solutions create new opportunities to extend the connected home outdoors, deliver premium experiences, and grow profitability — simplifying installation and service while enabling immersive lighting control and luxury design that helps dealers differentiate and win more outdoor projects.
What are your goals for your first CEDIA Expo? Are you looking to build brand awareness, recruit dealers, launch products, or something else?
The company’s primary goal is introducing itself as a true growth partner for the CEDIA channel, not just another lighting manufacturer — offering a complete path into outdoor lighting: premium products, training, design and specification support, financing, and national field support. Brand awareness matters, but dealer recruitment and education are equally critical, as the company connects with integrators new to outdoor lighting and lighting dealers seeking a stronger factory-direct partner and broader support.
What do you think differentiates your company or technology from what’s already available to CEDIA attendees?
What differentiates Unique Lighting Systems is its combination of proven category experience, premium engineering, and a complete dealer support infrastructure, built over 30 years helping professionals grow outdoor lighting businesses. The patented HUB system reduces field splices and simplifies low-voltage distribution, while the Inspira Series offers tunable white, RGB color, wireless fixture control, and app-based adjustment. The products are backed by training, design services, field support, financing resources, and the stability of The Toro Company.
Why should integrators make your booth a stop during the show, and what can they expect to experience there?
Integrators should stop by because outdoor lighting can become a natural, profitable extension of the connected home — and the team can show how to get started without added complexity. At the booth, attendees learn about the Inspira and Odyssey platforms, explore the HUB wiring system and SMRT Logic control, and discuss training, support, and the CEDIA Partner Program, leaving with a clear plan to sell, install, and scale outdoor lighting confidently.
Oval Home Brings AI-Powered Sleep Recovery into Smart Home Integration
Booth #4015
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What made CEDIA Expo the right place to exhibit for your company this year?
Wellness and health technology have rapidly become top priority investments for luxury homeowners, making sleep tech the next major category to evolve into an integrated smart home cornerstone. The bedroom remains the “last unowned room” for custom integrators. CEDIA Expo is the premier stage to show dealers how intelligent recovery infrastructure can be seamlessly integrated into central automation systems alongside AV, lighting, and shades.
What products, solutions, or innovations will you be showcasing in your booth, and why are they particularly relevant to the custom integration channel?
We are showcasing our flagship Oval Home Generation-3 Intelligent Sleep System, featuring an AI-Adaptive Smart Mattress and 4-Zone Temperature Control Cover. Key highlights include the Closed-Loop OVAL-AI® Engine, an FDA 510(k)-registered algorithm that adjusts pneumatic air springs in real time for spine support, and a Native CI Driver Ecosystem with two-way Crestron and Control4 integration that triggers whole-home lighting, shade, and HVAC scenes.
What are your goals for your first CEDIA Expo? Are you looking to build brand awareness, recruit dealers, launch products, or something else?
Our primary goal is to officially launch Oval Home into the North American custom integration channel and recruit top-tier CEDIA integrators, distributors and regional rep partners. We want to establish “active recovery” as a new, high-margin category for dealers and integrators — one that provides pure incremental profit without competing with existing lines.
What do you think differentiates your company or technology from what’s already available to CEDIA attendees?
Unlike direct-to-consumer sleep tech brands that bypass the channel, or legacy luxury mattress brands that offer zero automation/connectivity, Oval Home bridges luxury sleep with true smart home infrastructure. While most smart beds merely track data passively, our system actively intervenes overnight to adjust physical alignment and dual-zone temperature microclimates. Furthermore, we are the only AI sleep system built for deep integration into the Crestron & Control4 ecosystems.
Why should integrators make your booth a stop during the show, and what can they expect to experience there?
Our Precision Recovery Mobile Van, parked on the show floor, houses a live demo of the Generation-3 Intelligent Sleep System inside an interactive luxury bedroom vignette. Visitors can lie on the bed to feel real-time pneumatic spine-alignment adjustments and dual-zone temperature regulation, see its integration with Control4 and Crestron platforms, and learn how the high-margin, consignment drop-ship model creates a profitable, incremental product line for whole-house integrations.
Homebot One Introduces KOKO, an AI-Powered Companion Robot for the Home
Booth #3742
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What made CEDIA Expo the right place to exhibit for your company this year?
CEDIA Expo brings together the professionals shaping the future of connected living, making it the ideal place for Homebot One to introduce KOKO — the next step beyond connecting devices, bringing embodied AI into the home. KOKO is a new category: an AI-powered home robot designed to understand, move, interact, and assist in real living environments. Homebot One is excited to meet integrators and smart home leaders envisioning the next generation of residential experiences.
What products, solutions, or innovations will you be showcasing in your booth, and why are they particularly relevant to the custom integration channel?
Homebot One will showcase KOKO, an AI-powered companion robot built for natural interaction, mobility, visual understanding, and personalized assistance. Unlike a stationary smart speaker, KOKO physically moves through the home, interacts with family members, and becomes part of everyday life. This matters to the integration channel because KOKO offers a new intelligent interface for the connected home, combining robotics, AI, and home intelligence as homeowners expect more natural interaction with their environments.
What are your goals for your first CEDIA Expo? Are you looking to build brand awareness, recruit dealers, launch products, or something else?
Our primary goal is to officially launch Homebot One and KOKO to the custom integration community and begin building meaningful relationships across the smart home ecosystem. We are looking to build brand awareness, connect with integrators and potential channel partners, gather feedback from industry professionals, and explore future collaboration opportunities. CEDIA Expo is also an important opportunity to demonstrate how home robotics can create new value for homeowners, integrators, and technology partners.
What do you think differentiates your company or technology from what’s already available to CEDIA attendees?
Most smart home products are designed to control devices; KOKO is designed to assist people. What differentiates KOKO is its combination of embodied AI, autonomous mobility, natural conversation, visual perception, and contextual understanding — participating in the home more naturally than voice commands or app-based control allow. The vision is a helpful companion that understands routines, responds to real-world situations, and creates more personal, human-centered smart home experiences.
Why should integrators make your booth a stop during the show, and what can they expect to experience there?
Integrators should visit to get an early look at how AI and robotics can become part of the connected home. At the booth, visitors can experience KOKO in person, see how it interacts with people, and leave with a clear sense that home robotics is becoming a practical layer of the smart home. For those wondering what comes after traditional automation, KOKO offers a glimpse of a home that’s connected, intelligent, and personal.
M&K Sound Returns to the U.S. Custom Channel Through Audio Collective Group
Booth #C811
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What made CEDIA Expo the right place to exhibit for your company this year?
CEDIA Expo is the perfect stage for M&K Sound to return to the U.S. custom installation market through Audio Collective Group. It’s where we reconnect with longtime dealers, meet a new generation of integrators, and show that one of home theater’s most respected loudspeaker brands is again backed by dedicated U.S. inventory, faster fulfillment, and installer-focused service. For us, this isn’t simply exhibiting — it’s reintroducing an iconic brand to the market.
What products, solutions, or innovations will you be showcasing in your booth, and why are they particularly relevant to the custom integration channel?
We’ll showcase M&K Sound’s custom installation portfolio — in-wall, in-ceiling, and on-wall loudspeakers, 5.1 surround systems, and architectural solutions for premium home theaters. Highlights include the IW500, one of only a few THX Dominus Certified in-wall speakers, built for the largest cinemas; the legendary S150, a THX-certified studio favorite trusted in mixing for the Star Wars films; and the X15+ flagship subwoofer, carrying forward M&K’s legacy as inventor of the world’s first active subwoofer.
What are your goals for your first CEDIA Expo? Are you looking to build brand awareness, recruit dealers, launch products, or something else?
Our biggest goal is to reconnect M&K Sound with the U.S. custom integration community and demonstrate the support now in place through Audio Collective Group. We’re looking forward to meeting longtime M&K dealers and new integration partners, expanding our dealer network, and introducing the ACG team supporting customers with inventory, logistics, and service. We’ll also give attendees an exclusive preview of a new loudspeaker series launching later this year.
What do you think differentiates your company or technology from what’s already available to CEDIA attendees?
M&K Sound has spent more than 50 years building loudspeakers around one principle: accuracy, faithfully reproducing what the filmmaker or mixer intended rather than sounding impressive in a showroom — earning a worldwide reputation in production and reference home theater. That philosophy runs through the S150 (Star Wars mixing), the IW500 (a THX Dominus Certified in-wall speaker), and the X15+, built on M&K’s invention of the active subwoofer, for reliable, timbre-matched loudspeakers at attainable prices.
Why should integrators make your booth a stop during the show, and what can they expect to experience there?
If you’ve been waiting for M&K Sound to return to the U.S., this is the booth to visit. Meet the Audio Collective Group team bringing M&K back to the American market, along with product specialists ready to discuss system design and selection. Experience popular installation solutions, get an exclusive look at new speakers, and learn why M&K Sound remains one of the world’s most respected names in audio.
iLLumenate Lighting Builds a Manufacturer Model Made by Integrators, for Integrators
Booth #1543
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What made CEDIA Expo the right place to exhibit for your company this year?
CEDIA Expo aims to attract the same audience iLLumenate was created for. Our focus is offering solutions tailored to the integration market, and we sell exclusively to professionals in this industry. Our owners have been integrators for over 22 years and understand firsthand the lack of manufacturer support, which inspired them to make a difference in the industry.
What products, solutions, or innovations will you be showcasing in your booth, and why are they particularly relevant to the custom integration channel?
We’re excited to showcase four product categories — LED Neons, LED Sheets, LED Tapes, and Extrusions — around 19 products total, designed to simplify selection for integrators. Our LED Neons help avoid mistakes caused by underperforming outdoor neon from other suppliers. LED Sheets introduce a slim, flexible backlighting solution, while our LED Tapes eliminate dotted reflections and uneven hotspots. We’ve also developed extrusion kits that make customizing and integrating tapes and channels simple.
What are your goals for your first CEDIA Expo? Are you looking to build brand awareness, recruit dealers, launch products, or something else?
Our main goal is to attract and bring in new dealers. We’re making the most of the CEDIA Expo to boost our visibility and show that we’ve developed solutions to address both everyday and unique challenges integrators encounter. We’re excited to showcase our latest products and also share more about our design services.
What do you think differentiates your company or technology from what’s already available to CEDIA attendees?
We are proud to be integrators ourselves, having built this company exclusively for fellow integrators. We understand what it takes to create a successful project and know what can happen when manufacturers leave you stranded. Our experience on the manufacturing side has given us the knowledge and confidence to create iLLumenate Lighting and be the partner installers deserve.
Why should integrators make your booth a stop during the show, and what can they expect to experience there?
Integrators are encouraged to visit our booth to explore our full product lineup and learn more about the design services we offer, such as photometric calculations, renderings, custom install instructions, takeoff drawings, and more. They’ll have a chance to demo our products and chat with the team they’d work with daily, hopefully walking away with a solution for their project challenges.