Cofounder & General Manager

Meet Trent Dutt

Call Akita and you get Trent. Fifteen years in home tech taught him to listen first, cut the gear you don't need, and put every dollar into the system that truly delivers the experience you're after.

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Trent Dutt, Cofounder and General Manager of Akita AV, outdoors among autumn trees

His Story

Tech Has Always Been His Thing

Over 15 years at Best Buy, Trent held nearly every leadership role in the store — learning product, systems, and smart home design from the ground up. Not from a spec sheet: from thousands of real customers, real rooms, and real budgets.

Then he went and collected the lessons most home-tech guys never get. Amazon taught him to obsess over the customer — and the logistics behind every promise. A turn into automotive with Ken Garff taught him to "Listen" — and to stand behind his name. Carvana taught him to question "how it's always been done" and find the better way.

But home theater and smart home tech never stopped pulling at him. So he brought it all back to what he loves and cofounded Akita AV: technology that enhances life, not complicates it. And he still gets excited about a clean job done right.

Trent Dutt smiling in a studio portrait

The Road Here

Every Stop Taught Him Something

  1. Best Buy

    15+ years

    Nearly every leadership role in the store — product, systems, and smart home design, learned from the ground up.

  2. Amazon

    Obsess over the customer — and the logistics behind every promise.

  3. Ken Garff Automotive

    "Listen." And stand behind your name.

  4. Carvana

    Question "how it's always been done" — and find the better way.

  5. Akita AV

    Cofounder

    Home theater and smart home tech never stopped pulling at him — so he brought it all back to what he loves. Technology that enhances life, not complicates it.

Why That Matters in Your Living Room

What You Get When Trent Picks Up

Every dollar he talks you out of goes back into the experience you actually came for.
  • Product knowledge that runs deep — 15 years of hands-on home tech means he'll tell you what not to buy as readily as what to buy.
  • Promises with logistics behind them — when he gives you a date or a number, the plan to keep it already exists.
  • He listens first — the design starts with how you live, not with a package he wants to sell.
  • Better ways, not default ways — if "how it's always been done" isn't right for your home, he'll find what is.
  • A clean job done right — he still gets excited about it. That's the guy you want in your walls.

Talk It Through With Trent

Tell him about your space and what you're dreaming of. He'll listen — and the consultation is always free.

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