Сингапурский микробиологический стартап Beam привлекает 26 миллионов $

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01.06.2020

Beam, находящаяся в Сингапуре микромобильная компания со штаб-квартирой, предлагающая совместные электронные скутеры, привлекла 26 миллионов $ США в рамках нового раунда финансирования, чтобы расширить свое присутствие в Корее, Австралии, Малайзии, Новой Зеландии и Тайване.

«Sequoia India» и «Hana Ventures» возглавили раунд финансирования «Series A» стартапа в два с половиной года, в котором приняли участие еще несколько инвесторов из Азиатско-Тихоокеанского региона, сообщил Бим, не раскрывая своих имен. На сегодняшний день стартап привлек 32,4 миллиона $, сообщил TechCrunch пресс-секретарь.

Beam, как Bounce и Yulu в Индии, предлагает электрические скутеры на пяти вышеупомянутых рынках. Электрические и бензиновые мотороллеры стали популярны в нескольких азиатских странах и в других странах, т.к. люди ищут альтернативные транспортные средства, чтобы перемещаться быстрее и с меньшими затратами.

В то время как эти машины проникают на различные рынки, нередки случаи, когда эти скутеры небрежно оставляют на улицах. По словам Бима, в отличие от других стартапов, он стимулирует своих гонщиков с помощью встроенных в них предложений парковать скутеры в заранее определенных местах.

«Я действительно взволнован нашей новой технологией и ее способностью уменьшать проблемы, связанные со случайно разбросанными скутерами по городу. Это помогает нам еще больше улучшить наши лучшие в отрасли показатели удержания автомобилей, снизить эксплуатационные расходы и, что самое важное, выгодно общинам за счет поддержания чистоты городских улиц », – сказал соучредитель и главный исполнительный директор Beam Алан Цзян.

Компания Beam, которая не раскрывает, сколько клиентов она накопила, будет использовать новый капитал для повышения своей операционной и технической направленности и углубления на существующих рынках. Он также «ускорит» запуск своего электронного скутера третьего поколения, Beam Saturn, который предлагает заменяемые батареи, улучшенную сборку, для большего числа рынков, говорится в сообщении.

Абхик Ананд, управляющий директор Sequoia Capital По словам Индии, сотрудничество Beam с регуляторами, технологиями и понимание ситуации на транспорте способствуют развитию Азиатско-Тихоокеанского региона.

Сбор средств стартапом происходит в то время, когда многие молодые фирмы, особенно те, которые работают в транспортной сфере, в Азии пытаются привлечь капитал. Компания Beam заявила, что внедрила строгие методы очистки и эксплуатации, чтобы ограничить возможность передачи вируса, чтобы успокоить гонщиков.

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Сообщение от Марк Цукерберг на Пятница, 29 мая 2020 г.

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После нанесения ярлыка с проверкой фактов u00a0вторник на вводящий в заблуждение твит с голосованием по почте, сделанный президентом США Дональдом Трампом, Twitter находится в списке и пометил еще один твит президента - на этот раз экранируя его слова со случайного взгляда с помощью так называемого «уведомления об общественных интересах», в котором говорится о твите Нарушил свои правила о прославлении насилия. u00a0

Вот как выглядит твит без дальнейшего взаимодействия (второй твит на скриншоте ниже):

Уведомление об общественных интересах заменяет содержание того, что написал Трамп, означая, что пользователь должен активно переходить по ссылке, чтобы просмотреть оскорбительный твит.

В результате этот ярлык также ограничивает возможности взаимодействия, то есть пользователи могут только ретвитнуть оскорбительный твит с комментарием; им это не может нравиться, отвечать на него или ванильно ретвитнуть.

TwitterДалее в уведомлении объясняется, почему он не полностью удалил оскорбительный твит - и именно здесь в действие вступает элемент общественных интересов политики - компания пишет: «Twitter определила, что это может быть в интересах общественности, чтобы Tweet оставался доступным ». u00a0

Twitter кажется, игнорирует решение президента вчерашний день подписать распоряжение о правовом щите, на которое полагаются интернет-компании, чтобы защитить их от ответственности за контент, созданный пользователями, что удвоило недовольство Трампа, который, как правило, обвинял платформы социальных сетей в намеренном подавлении консервативных взглядов, несмотря на много доказательств что алгоритмы платформы таргетинга рекламы реально стимулируют содержание и представления, вызывающие возмущение, что, наоборот, способствует усилению консервативных точек зрения.

В последнем столкновении Трамп написал в Твиттере о насильственных демонстрациях, происходящих в Миннеаполисе, вызванных убийством темнокожего мужчины, Джордж ФлойдБелым полицейским - с заявлением президента, что «Бандиты позорят память Джорджа Флойда» перед угрозой отправки в «Военные».

«Любая сложность, и мы возьмем на себя управление, но, когда начнется грабеж, начнется стрельба. Спасибо!" Трамп добавил - создавая лысую угрозу применения военной силы против мирных жителей.

Twitter боролся с проблемой того, как обращаться с мировыми лидерами, которые годами нарушают его правила содержания. Чаще всего в результате Трампа, который обычно использует свою платформу для запугивания всевозможных целей - от конкурирующих политиков до ненавистных журналистов, непослушных бизнес-лидеров и даже актеров, которые ему не нравятся, а также для устранения прямых и иногда насильственных угроз.

После избрания Трамп также использовал TwitterГлобальная платформа как внешнеполитическое оружие, запускающее военные угрозы в адрес Северной Кореи и Ирана в виде твитов.

Например, в 2018 году он дразнил северокорейского лидера Ким Чен Уна ядерным уничтожением нажатием кнопки (см. Ниже твит) - прежде чем перейти к «влюблятьсяС диктатором, когда он встретил его лично.

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Лидер Северной Кореи Ким Чен Ун только что заявил о том, что «Ядерная кнопка» всегда на его столе. «Будет ли кто-нибудь из его истощенного и голодного от еды режима, сообщите ему, что у меня тоже есть ядерная кнопка, но она гораздо больше». более мощный, чем его, и моя кнопка работает!

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- Дональд Дж. Трамп (@realDonaldTrump) 3 января 2018 г.

TwitterОбвинение в том, что в прошлом президент США не нарушал твиты Трампа, заключалось в том, что, как президент США, сущность того, что этот человек пишет - каким бы безумным, плохим и опасным он ни был, - по сути своей заслуживает освещения в печати.

Однако совсем недавно компания создала инструмент политики, который позволяет ей вмешиваться - определяя условия прошлым летом вокруг «общественного интереса» контента на Twitter,

Тогда он предупредил (почти год назад, в июне 2019 года), что он мощь разместите уведомление об общественных интересах на твитах, которые в противном случае нарушали бы его правила (и, следовательно, заслуживали бы удаления) - для того, чтобы «обеспечить дополнительный контекст и ясность», а не удалять оскорбительный твит.

Перенесемся на год вперед, и технический гигант начал наносить ярлыки на твиты Трампа - начиная с ярлыка с проверкой фактов в начале этой недели, связанного с предстоящими выборами в США, и заканчивая сейчас публичным уведомлением об интересе, связанном с Трампом, прославляющим насилие.

Итак, наконец, технический гигант, похоже, стремится приблизить границу вокруг Трампа почти в реальном времени.

Объясняя свое решение придать знак угрозе президента США приказать военным стрелять в мародеров в Миннеаполисе, компания пишет: «Этот твит нарушает нашу политику в отношении прославления насилия, основанную на историческом контексте последней линии, ее связи с насилием, и риск, который это может вдохновить на подобные действия сегодня ».

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Мы разместили уведомление об общественных интересах в этом твите от @realdonaldtrump, https: / / t.co / 6RHX56G2zt

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- Twitter Comms (@TwitterComms) 29 мая 2020 г.

«Мы предприняли действия, направленные на то, чтобы другие не вдохновлялись на совершение насильственных действий, но сохранили твит Twitter т.к. важно, чтобы публика все еще могла видеть твит, учитывая его актуальность для текущих вопросов общественной важности ». Twitter продолжается.

Это также ссылки на его политика против твитов, которые прославляют насилие - который утверждает однозначно [in bold]: «Вы не можете угрожать насилием против человека или группы людей«.

В июне, когда Twitter объявил лейбл «оскорбительного поведения», а также предупредил, что твиты, которые проверяются с уведомлением общественности, не выиграют от какого-либо алгоритмического ускорения, написав: «Мы также предпримем шаги, чтобы убедиться, что твит не алгоритмически повышен в нашем сервисе, чтобы найти правильный баланс между предоставлением свободы выражения мнений, усилением ответственности и уменьшением потенциального вреда, причиненного этими твитами».

Однако достойна TwitterРешение наконец применить свои собственные правила в отношении Трампа обеспечит множество неалгоритмических усилений (и нет маленькой иронии).

Мы обратились к компании с вопросами о ее решении применить экран общественного интереса к последнему твиту Трампа, но на момент написания он не ответил.

На В среду вечером, Twitter CEO и соучредитель Джек Дорси опубликовал серию твитов, в которых отстаивало свое решение применить ярлык для проверки фактов к ранее вводящим в заблуждение твиттам Трампа о голосовании по почте.

«Это не делает нас« арбитром истины », - писал Дорси. «Мы намерены соединить точки противоречивых утверждений и показать спорную информацию, чтобы люди могли судить сами. Для нас важна большая прозрачность, чтобы люди могли ясно видеть причину наших действий ».

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Проверка фактов: есть кто-то, кто в конечном итоге несет ответственность за наши действия как компания, и это я. Пожалуйста, оставьте наших сотрудников вне этого. Мы будем продолжать указывать неверную или спорную информацию о выборах во всем мире. И мы будем признавать и признавать любые ошибки, которые мы совершаем.

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- Джек (@jack) 28 мая 2020 г.

Замечания Дорси последовали за резкими комментариями facebook CEO Марк Цукерберг из Fox News, стремясь противопоставить заявленный «нейтралитет» Facebook, контролируя свою платформу Twitterполитика принятия решения по таким вопросам, как политическая реклама (который Twitter не позволяет).

«Я просто твердо верю, что Facebook не должен быть арбитром правды всего, что люди говорят онлайн», - заявил Цукерберг консервативной новостной станции. Частные компании, особенно эти платформенные компании, не должны этого делать.

Примечательно, что Дорси использовал точную фразу Цукерберга - «обманщик истины» - чтобы отклонить атаку Facebook на TwitterПолитика как аргумент соломенного человека.

Обновление I, Трамп реагирует: В начале реакции на TwitterТеперь администрация Трампа цитирует и ретвитит оскорбительный твит из официального Белого дома Twitter аккаунт - усиление президентской насильственной угрозы.

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Эти бандиты позорят память Джорджа Флойда, и я не позволю этому случиться. Просто поговорил с губернатором Тимом Вальцем и сказал ему, что военные с ним все время. Любые сложности, и мы возьмем на себя управление, но, когда начинается мародерство, начинается стрельба. Спасибо! U201d https: / / t.co / GDwAydcAOw

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- Белый Дом (@WhiteHouse) 29 мая 2020 г.

Трамп также повторил свою угрозу регулирования социальных сетей, отозвав раздел 230 Закона о приличии в сфере коммуникаций в новой серии твитов этим утром - обвиняя Twitter игнорировать «ложь и пропаганду, разносимую Китаем или Радикальной левой демократической партией».

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Twitter ничего не делает со всей ложью и пропагандой, которую распространяет Китай или Радикальная левая демократическая партия. Они предназначались для республиканцев, консерваторов и президента Соединенных Штатов. Раздел 230 должен быть отменен Конгрессом. До тех пор это будет регулироваться!

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- Дональд Дж. Трамп (@realDonaldTrump) 29 мая 2020 г.

Обновление II, Whack-a-mole: Twitter в настоящее время просмотрел цитированную в твиттере копию твита Трампа, которую администрация отправила из Белого дома Twitter Счет.

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ВАШИНГТОН, DC - 30-ОЕ ЯНВАРЯ: Президент США Трамп поставляет замечания в начале встречи с людьми мелкого бизнеса в комнате Рузвельта на Белом Доме 30-ое января 2017 в Вашингтоне, DC. Во время встречи Трамп сказал, что он объявит о своем «невероятно уважаемом» выборе, чтобы заменить покойного Верховного суда Антонина Скалиа во вторник вечером. (Фото Чипа Сомодевиллы / Getty Images)

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When news brokeu00a0Friday morning that Britain is looking to propose an alliance of democracies to build a 5G alternative to Huawei, you might think that that was the worst thing to happen to the controversial Chinese telecoms giant this week. In fact, it just caps off a series of fast-moving events that surely makes this one of the most decisive weeks yet in the global fight over next-generation 5G networks.

So letu2019s go back a step. After all, readers who have been following the Huawei debate might recall that not long ago the UK had controversially agreed to позволять Huawei to attain up to 35% market share in u201cnon-core areasu201d of its 5G network. So what was behind Londonu2019s sudden about-face?

The answer is politics. There was always a loud group of China-skeptic dissenters in Parliament, but anger over Chinau2019s handling of the novel coronavirus pandemic pushed more MPs from Prime Minister Boris Johnsonu2019s own Conservative Party into the anti-Huawei camp and made the governmentu2019s position untenable. Rather than face a large parliamentary rebellion and possible legislative defeat later this year, Johnson instead gave in and объявленный plans earlier this week to phase out Huawei’s participation in Britainu2019s 5G network by 2023.

UK government reverses course on Huawei’s involvement in 5G networks

Now, Johnson seems to be going a step further. Reports indicate that he is seeking to organize fellow G7 countries Canada, France, Germany, Japan, and the United States, as well as Australia, South Korea, and India on the issue. Skeptics of the U.S. campaign against Huawei have long lamented that Washington is asking governments to oppose Huawei without proposing a viable alternative. Londonu2019s so-called D10 alliance is the first attempt to explicitly try to answer that question.

Meanwhile on the legal front, British Columbia’s Supreme Court правил on Wednesday that proceedings to extradite Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou to the United States could go ahead. Instead of being released and on her way back to China, Meng, who is the daughter of Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei, is now one step closer to facing trial in the U.S. on fraud charges relating to Huaweiu2019s circumvention of U.S. sanctions on Iran.

Canada court finds against Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou on double criminality; extradition trial to continue

Huawei is used to geopolitical maneuvering, of course. After all, its plans to build an underseas cable last year connecting Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands with high speed internet were preempted when Australia, wary of growing Chinese influence in its South Pacific backyard, offered to pay for it instead.

When the Chinese ambassador to Denmark threatened to scuttle a trade deal with the Faroe Islands, a semi-autonomous Danish region, if Denmark didnu2019t choose it for its 5G network, Copenhagen responded by issuing tough new security requirements that Huawei has сказал would give it no choice but to leave the country entirely. And as I wrote in March, the question of Huawei has been increasingly debated at the highest levels of government around the world.

How Huawei is dividing Western nations

Yet, this week does seem to mark a dramatic turning point in the global 5G battle.

First, even limited access to the UK market had been a coup for Huawei. With its well-regarded Huawei Cyber Security Evaluation Centre, Britain’s seal of approval was a valuable signal to other governments on the fence about whether or not Huawei is worth the security risk. For Britain to not only reverse itself but then take the lead on coordinating an international alternative just a few days later marks a remarkable course correction.

A former British diplomat told me in March that the Westu2019s lack of cooperation on the issue was u201ca striking failureu201d of political coordination. Thatu2019s certainly not the case anymore u2013u00a0and as other NATO, EU, and Five Eye intelligence allies consider whether or not to permit Huawei themselves, the existence of a democratic anti-Huawei consortium (should it truly develop) would make it that much harder for them to justify going against the U.S.

Second, the Meng case might be soundly based in international law, but to paraphrase Clausewitz: itu2019s international relations by other means. After all, U.S. investigators, concerned that Huawei was acting as an arm of the Chinese government, had been looking for an excuse to file charges against the company for years. Fittingly enough, the charges against Meng were linked to an unrelated geopolitical issue: violating U.S. sanctions on Iran.

A defeat for the U.S. in the British Columbia Supreme Court would have struck a blow to the U.S. governmentu2019s attempts to extend its legal reach around the globe. Instead, its victory solidifies an already escalating global sanctions regime that is proving devastating for any company caught in its dragnet. As if the Meng case werenu2019t enough, TSMC, one of the worldu2019s largest semiconductors contractors, also объявленный that it would no longer sell to Huawei in order to comply with new US export controls.

TSMC reportedly stops taking orders from Huawei after new U.S. export controls

The question is thus: if this does mark a turning point in the US-China global tech rivalry, what will the next stage look like?

Given its history, thereu2019s not much suspense in what the Trump administration will likely do next. Certainly it will keep pursuing Huawei’s Meng in court. And count on a new round of pressure in Europe as the EU deadline for members to stake out their 5G security protocols fast подходы this summer. Butu00a0Americau2019s 5G diplomatic push has было seen as tone deaf in European capitalsu00a0u2013 now that Britain is onside, Washington would be smart to let London take the lead.

How China responds is the more important question. Its continued strong and vocal support for Huawei should be assumed, but what form will it take? Huaweiu2019s conciliatory approach in the UK has now clearly failed. But so too did its attempts to strong-arm Denmark. Will the gloves now come off? Or will Beijing be forced to distance itself from its national champion for Huaweiu2019s own good?

Huawei has tried to have it both ways, benefiting from the support it draws from the Chinese government while assuring foreign governments of its independence at the same time. But as global public opinionu00a0harden against Beijing in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and Western nations take stronger actions against his company, Huawei CEO Ren might consider just how hazardous being yoked to a superpower can be.

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Welcome back to Thisu00a0Weeku00a0in Apps, the Extra Crunch series that recaps the latest OS news, the applications they support and the money that flows through it all.

The app industry is as hot as ever, withu00a0a recordu00a0204 billion downloads and $120 billion in consumer spending in 2019. People are nowu00a0расходыu00a0three hours and 40 minutes per day using apps, rivaling TV. Apps arenu2019t just a way to pass idle hours u2014 theyu2019re a big business. In 2019, mobile-first companies had au00a0комбинированныйu00a0$544 billion valuation, 6.5x higher than those without a mobile focus.

In this Extra Crunch series, we help you keep up with the latest news from the world of apps, delivered on a weekly basis.

This week weu2019re continuing to look at how the coronavirus outbreak is impacting the world of mobile applications, with fresh data from App Annie about trends playing out across app categories benefiting from the pandemic, lockdowns and societal changes. We’re also keeping up with the COVID-19 contact-tracing apps making headlines, and delving into the week’s other news.

We saw a few notable new apps launch this week, including HBO’s new streaming service HBO Max, plus three new app experiments from Facebook’s R&D group. Android Studio 4.0 also launched this week. Instagram is getting better AR tools and IGTV is getting ads. TikTok got spammed in India.

Meanwhile, what is going on with app review? A shady app rises to the top of the iPhone App Store. Google cracks down on conspiracy theory-spreading apps. And a TikTok clone uses a pyramid scheme-powered invite system to rise up the charts.

COVID-19 contact-tracing apps in the newsu00a0

Латвия: Reuters this week reported that Latvia aims to become one of the first countries to launch a smartphone app, Stop Covid, using the new toolkit created by Apple and Alphabetu2019s Google to help trace coronavirus infections.

Австралия: The role of the country’s Covidsafe app in the recovery appears to be marginal, The Guardian reports, In the month since its launch, only one person has been reported to have been identified using data from it. A survey even found that Australians were more supportive of using telecommunications metadata to track close contacts (79%) than they were of downloading an app (69.8%). In a second survey, their support for the app dropped to 64%. The app has been maligned by the public debate over it and technical issues.

Франция: The country’s data protection watchdog, CNIL, reviewed its contact-tracing app StopCovid, finding there were no major issues with the technical implementation and legal framework around StopCovid, with some caveats. France isn’t using Google and Apple’s contact-tracing API, but instead uses a controversial centralized contact-tracing protocol called ROBERT. This relies on a central server to assign a permanent ID and generate ephemeral IDs attached to this permanent ID. CNIL says the app will eventually be open-sourced and it will create a bug bounty. On Wednesday, the app passed its first vote in favor of its release.

Qatar: Serious security vulnerabilities in Qataru2019s mandatory contact-tracing app were uncovered by Amnesty International. An investigation by Amnestyu2019s Security Lab discovered a critical weakness in the configuration of Qataru2019s EHTERAZ contact-tracing app. Now fixed, the vulnerability would have allowed cyberattackers to access highly sensitive personal information, including the name, national ID, health status and location data of more than one million users.

Индия: India’s contact-tracing app, Aarogya Setu, is going open-source, according to Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology Secretary Ajay Prakash Sawhney on Tuesday. The code is being published on GitHub. Nearly 98% of the app’s more than 114 million users are on Android. The government will also offer a cash bounty of $1,325 to security experts who find bugs or vulnerabilities.

Switzerland: Several thousand people are now testing a pilot version of Switzerland’s contact-tracing app, SwissCovid. Like Lativia, the app is one of the first to use Apple and Google’s contact-tracing API. Employees at EPFL, ETH Zurich, the Army and select hospitals and government agencies will be the first to test the Swiss app before its public launch planned for mid-June.

Китай: Chinau2019s health-tracking QR codes, embedded in popular WeChat and Alipay smartphone apps, are raising privacy concerns, Reuters reports. To walk around freely, people must have a green rating. They also now have to present their health QR codes to gain entry into restaurants, parks and other venues. These efforts have been met with little resistance. But the eastern city of Hangzhou has since proposed that users are given a color-coded health badge based on their medical records and lifestyle habits, including how much they exercised, their eating and drinking habits, whether they smoked and how much they slept the night before. This suggestion set off a storm of criticism on China’s Weibo, a Twitter-like platform.

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As tech companies подобно Twitter а также facebook gear up for longer-term remote work solutions, the future of work is becoming one of the more exciting opportunities in venture capital, Charles River Ventures general partner Saar Gur told TechCrunch.

And as loneliness mounts with shelter-in-place orders implemented in various forms across the world, investors are looking for products and services that foster true connection among a distributed workforce, as well as a distributed society.

But the future of work doesn’t just entail spinning up home offices. It also involves gig workers, freelancers, hiring tools, tools for workplace organizing and automation. The last couple of years have particularly brought tech organizing to the forefront. Whether it was the Google walkout in 2018 or gig workers’ ongoing actions against companies like Uber, Lyft and Instacart for better pay and protections, there are many opportunities to help workers better organize and achieve their goals.

Below, we’ve gathered insights from:

Saar Gur, general partner at Charles River Ventures

Roy Bahat, head of Bloomberg Beta

James Cham, partner at Bloomberg Beta

Karin Klein, partner at Bloomberg Beta

Ann Miura-Ko, co-founding partner at Floodgate

Quentin Clark, managing director at General Catalyst

Saar Gur, Charles River Venturesu00a0

What are you most excited about in the future of work?

Future of work is one of the most exciting opportunities in venture.u00a0u00a0

Pre-COVID, few tech companies were fully remote. While it seems obvious in retrospect, the building blocks for fully remote technology companies now exist (e.g. high-speed internet, SaaS and the cloud, reliable video streaming, real-time documents, etc.). And while SIP may be temporary, we feel the TAM of fully remote companies will grow significantly and produce a number of exciting investment opportunities.

I donu2019t think we have fully grokked what it means to run a company digitally. Today, most processes like interviewing, meetings and performance/activity tracking still live in the world of atoms versus bits. As an example, imagine every meeting is recorded, transcribed and searchable — how would that transform how we work?u00a0u00a0u00a0

There is an opportunity to re-imagine how we work. And we are excited about products that solve meaningful problems in the areas of productivity, brainstorming, communication tools, workflows and more. We also see a lot of potential in infrastructure required to facilitate remote and global teams.

We are also excited by companies that are enabling new types of work. Companies like Etsy (founded 2005), Shopify (2004), TaskTabbit (2008), Uber (2009), DoorDash (2013) and Patreon (2013) have helped create a new workforce of entrepreneurs. But many of these companies are over a decade old and we fully expect a new wave of companies that give more power to the individual.

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Intuitively, stores that sell online should be making a killing during the COVID-19 pandemic. After all, everyone is stuck at home u2014 and understandably more willing to shop online instead of at a traditional retailer to avoid putting themselves and others at medical risk. But the truth is, most smaller online stores have seen better days.

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Due to COVID-19, business continuity has been put to the test for many companies in the manufacturing, agriculture, transport, hospitality, energy and retail sectors. Cost reduction is the primary focus of companies in these sectors due to massive losses in revenue caused by this pandemic. The other side of the crisis is, however, significantly different.

Companies in industries such as medical, government and financial services, as well as cloud-native tech startups that are providing essential services, have experienced a considerable increase in their operational demands — leading to rising operational costs. Irrespective of the industry your company belongs to, and whether your company is experiencing reduced or increased operations, cost optimization is a reality for all companies to ensure a sustained existence.

One of the most reliable measures for cost optimization at this stage is to leverage elastic services designed to grow or shrink according to demand, such as cloud and managed services. A modern product with a cloud-native architecture can auto-scale cloud consumption to mitigate lost operational demand. What may not have been obvious to startup leaders is a strategy often employed by incumbent, mature enterprises — achieving cost optimization by leveraging managed services providers (MSPs). MSPs enable organizations to repurpose full-time staff members from impacted operations to more strategic product lines or initiatives.

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The landscape shifts quickly, but managed services providers enable organizations to repurpose full-time staff members from impacted operations to more strategic product lines or initiatives.

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The global spread of COVID-19 and resulting orders to shelter in place have hit retailers hard.

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As the pandemic drags on, temporary halts are becoming permanent closures, whether itu2019s the coffee shop next door, a historic bar или a well-known lifestyle brand,

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But while the present is largely bleak, preparing for the future has retailers adopting technologies faster than ever. Their resilience and innovation means retail will look and fee different when the world reopens.

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We gathered four views on the future of retail from the TechCrunch team:

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Natasha Mascarenhas says retailers will need to find new ways to sell aspirational products u2014 and what was once cringe-worthy might now be considered innovative.

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Devin Coldewey sees businesses adopting a slew of creative digital services to prepare for the future and empower them without Amazonu2019s platform.

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Greg Kumparak thinks the delivery and curbside pickup trends will move from pandemic-essentials to everyday occurrences. He thinks that retailers will need to find new ways to appeal to consumers in a u201cshopping-by-proxyu201d world.

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Lucas Matney views a revitalized interest in technology around the checkout process, as retailers look for ways to make the purchasing experience more seamless (and less high-touch).

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Alexa, how do I look?

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Natasha Mascarenhas

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