Chicago, October 22, 2025. The National Association of REALTORS has selected Arqaios, Inc. as one of six finalists in its 2025 Tech Innovation Pitch Battle. Founder and CEO Bruce Ross pitched ALLIE on stage at NAR NXT, The REALTOR Experience, in Houston on November 15, 2025.
NAR described Arqaios as a company that transforms ordinary outlets, switches and vents into AI-enabled fixtures that automate energy use, detect emergencies and enhance occupant safety without cameras or wearables. The other finalists were 1031 Specialists, LernMore, NEO, Pairgap and SingleKey.
The selection was Arqaios' first national recognition, ahead of the CES 2026 Innovation Awards honor and the Residential Systems 2026 Picks Award that followed in January 2026.
Sources and coverage
- tech.realtor, 22 October 2025: Meet the finalists, six startups to compete in NAR's 2025 Tech Innovation Pitch Battle
- tech.realtor: Pitch Battle contestants
About Arqaios
Arqaios, Inc. is a Chicago-based technology company building ALLIE, a fixture-native sensing platform that embeds privacy-first 60 GHz mmWave radar and edge AI, with optional acoustic sensing, into standard light switches, power outlets and HVAC vents. ALLIE delivers camera-free fall detection and resident safety for senior living communities, and occupancy-based energy reduction and housekeeping awareness for hotels, with no cameras and no wearables. Arqaios is a CES 2026 Innovation Awards Honoree and a Residential Systems 2026 Picks Award winner and holds issued U.S. patents on its technology.
Press contact: info@arqaios.com. Logos, headshots and product renders are in the press kit.