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Private AI Home Assistant Installation in Mexico City
Kotoh Home designs and commissions private AI home assistants in Mexico City for Estate projects. We start by video, specify everything to Mexican standards, and fly in to commission the system.
For Estate projects in Mexico City
Mexico City is the most populous city in North America and one of the world's leading financial centers. Many of the households that ask us about it keep a house in the city and another on the coast or in the U.S. We take these on as Estate projects. We don't have an office in Mexico. We do a video walk-through, design the system, and fly in to commission it.
A city built on a lake bed
The city sits at a minimum altitude of about 2,200 meters, mostly on the bed of the former Lake Texcoco. That soft, saturated clay amplifies shaking from distant earthquakes, and parts of the city have sunk as much as nine meters since the early 20th century. Two earthquakes, 32 years apart on the same date, show the risk. On 19 September 1985, a magnitude 8.0 earthquake centered more than 350 km away killed at least 5,000 people. On 19 September 2017, a magnitude 7.1 earthquake collapsed more than 40 buildings and killed 228 people in Mexico City.
Earthquake alerts, and what comes after
After 1985, the city built an earthquake early-warning system, publicly available since 1993 and now part of SASMEX, which can give Mexico City up to about 60 seconds' warning of an earthquake along the southern coast. That alert is the one that matters in the moment, and nothing we install replaces it. Keep the official alert and any receiver your building has.
Where the assistant helps is the next hour, especially at a house you're not in. After shaking, it can check door, water and gas sensors, power and the network, and send you and the household a single summary: what's normal, what tripped, and who has checked in. If water sensors detect a leak, an automatic valve can shut off the supply. The hub runs these routines locally, so they work even if the internet is down, and a battery backup keeps the hub and network up through short outages.
Built to Mexican standards
Mexico uses Type A and B plugs at 60 Hz, with both 120/240-volt and 127/220-volt supplies. Many North American devices would physically plug in, but we still specify equipment sold for the Mexican market, so warranties, radio approvals and local support apply, and a licensed electrician handles any wiring.
What we set up
- A private assistant you text from WhatsApp or iMessage, connected to calendars, email and the house.
- After-earthquake check-ins, leak shutoff, power and gas alerts.
- Staff and guest access for house managers, housekeepers, drivers and security, with a log of who did what.
- A hardened network with smart devices kept apart from your computers.
How a project in Mexico City runs
- Video walk-through. We look at the house, your devices, the network and how the household runs, and agree on what the assistant should handle.
- Design and specification. We specify equipment made for the local market, the network, and any electrical work, then send a fixed quote that includes travel.
- Local work, to our spec. Where local rules require it, the physical installation and any electrical work are done by a locally licensed installer or electrician working to our specification. Work-visa and permit rules vary by country, and we confirm what applies before we quote.
- Commissioning visit. We configure and commission the hub, the AI computer and the network, connect your devices and accounts, and train the household and staff.
- Care. Updates, monitoring and new routines continue remotely under your care plan; on-site visits are quoted when needed.
Where your data lives
Every install puts a smart-home hub in the house, running your devices and routines locally. For clients in Mexico City we generally recommend Private Home: the AI runs on a dedicated computer in your home, so your household's requests are processed there and nothing goes to a cloud AI service. Private Cloud, our lower-cost tier, uses a private server in a U.S. data center. If you want your data to stay in Mexico, choose Private Home. Data-protection rules apply in many countries; we aren't lawyers and don't advise on them, so your own advisers should confirm what applies to you.
Pricing
Projects in Mexico City are Estate projects, quoted individually in U.S. dollars after the walk-through, with travel in the quote. For reference, Private Home starts at $24,995 for a single home, with care at $399 a month. See estates and house managers for what an Estate project covers.
To begin, request a video walk-through on our contact form or email hello@kotohhome.com. We reply within one business day.
Common questions
Do you work in Mexico City?
Yes, for Estate projects. We start with a video walk-through, design the system, and travel to commission it. Where local rules require it, installation and electrical work are done by a locally licensed installer or electrician to our specification. Pricing is in U.S. dollars.
Does it replace the earthquake alert?
No. Keep the official SASMEX alert and any receiver your building has. What the assistant adds is what happens after shaking: a check of doors, water and gas sensors, power and the network, and a message to you and the household.
Will US devices work in Mexico?
Many will plug in, because Mexico uses Type A and B plugs at 60 Hz, with 120/240 V and 127/220 V supplies. We still specify equipment sold for the Mexican market so warranties, radio approvals and support apply locally.
Can my data stay in Mexico?
With Private Home, the AI runs on a computer in your house, so your household's requests are processed there. Private Cloud uses a server in a U.S. data center. If keeping data in the country matters to you, choose Private Home. We don't give legal advice on data rules.
Can staff use it without seeing everything?
Yes. House managers, housekeepers, drivers and security each get access to only what they need, and every action is logged.