The Arqai story is one of sustained evolution, originating over three decades ago. Our history began in 1984 with the founding of Vitex, Inc. in West Bloomfield, Michigan, by Tom Yesowich, dedicated to meeting the emerging technology needs of local home builders.

Key Milestones in Florida Growth

2002: Florida Founding
Vitex’s focus moved south with the launch of Vitex Systems in Marco Island, Florida, co-founded by Tom Yesowich and Ed Carbary on November 15, 2002. This new entity was built to serve Florida’s booming residential builder market with essential smart home products and cloud services.

2015: Expansion and Support
On September 18, 2015, we created Uxari to meet the growing demand from homeowners for direct sales of products like Sonos, smart security, and lighting control. This expansion necessitated the opening of our Fort Myers call center, establishing our commitment to customer satisfaction by providing 7-day-a-week, live, Tier 3 and Tier 4 help desk support for hundreds of thousands of customers. Later that year, on December 10, Anthony Leo, who was instrumental in automating our business systems, was named President and became the company’s third partner.

2016: The Luxury Tier
Continuous exponential growth in the custom home market led to the launch of Elxai on November 1, 2016. Created to bring our best expertise and a more corporate structure to the high-end sector, Elxai introduced “artificial intelligence” into its branding, setting the new norm for advanced intelligent homes.

2020: Specialization in Landscape
To provide greater autonomy and accountability to a specialized division, Uplight Pro was created on September 17, 2020, formally separating our successful landscape lighting business and allowing it to flourish across the state.

2022: The Arqai Holding Company
The final restructuring was announced on October 1, 2021, and completed on January 1, 2022, resulting in the formation of Arqai, LLC, a privately held American holding company headquartered in Naples, Florida. This restructuring was driven by the desire to make the individual business units cleaner and more accountable while granting greater autonomy to companies operating outside of residential new construction. The three original shareholders of Vitex Systems remained shareholders and employees at Arqai. Today, Arqai’s collective of companies makes us the largest Smart Home technology provider by revenue in the state of Florida.