In the fragmented smart home market, start-up Yonomi has a unique model. Founded in 2013 in the USA, it offers a smart home integration platform with the mantra of “agnostic interoperability”. Co-founder and CEO Kent Dickson explained in a recent interview with Rethink: “Our goal is to make it easy for innovators to build great apps that connect with the smart home.” This view works against the prospect that Google and Amazon will forge an effective duopoly, where newcomers are unlikely to survive unless they integrate with one of those ecosystems. Dickson responded: “I don’t think you have to choose your side early on. If you’re a device maker or service provider, you’ll want it to work with everyone else,…