7 Interesting Startups helping Remote Workers
Jaspal Singh
Senior Director - Membership and Global Operations | Founder @ Mobility Innovation Lab (MIL) | Included VC Fellow (Class ‘23)
I am personally working from home for the last 5 years. Thus, the pandemic does not change much for me, except for no travel at all. There are millions of individuals who have been affected by the pandemic, which has pushed remote working to its maximum level. In the United States alone, 36.2 million executives will be working remotely by 2025, according to?Upwork (December 2020).
Many experts believe that working?from home will become more common in the future. A hybrid working approach has already been approved by the majority of businesses. 70% of companies plan to implement the hybrid approach, according to?Mercer’s report (May 2021).
However, the topic of this article is to share some interesting startups which can make remote working or the life of remote workers easier. Here is the list of 7 startups:
Gather is a video chat platform, designed to make virtual interactions more human. Interestingly, Gather platform allows the user to create custom 2D virtual spaces to organize various events like conferences, networking events, social events, virtual offices. The company is founded in 2020 but has already raised more than $75 million at a $700 million post-money valuation. As the metaverse world is gaining popularity, Gather can be a game-changer in a metaverse environment.
2. Oasis (www.theoasis.com)
Oasis is a synthetic video chat mobile app where you talk through an AI-generated avatar that looks like a real person & mirrors everything you do in real-time. Simply, it is a video chat that talks through an AI-generated avatar, instead of showing the real video. The company is using deep fake technology to generate real-time visuals. The company has raised $7 million in seed funding so far and is in the early stage of product-market fit.
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3. Lano (www.lano.io)
Organizations are facing the big challenge of sourcing, hiring, and managing the global workforce. Lano is a Berlin-based early-stage startup that is helping organizations to manage both compliance and make payments instantly in any one of 50 currencies globally.?
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