Viam offers an open-source platform that simplifies the creation and management of smart machines and IoT devices, including industrial robots and smart home appliances. Developers can use any programming language and existing hardware to build these machines, making the process user-friendly and similar to app development. Viam stands out by abstracting complex hardware and services into easily configurable components, allowing businesses to innovate quickly. The company's goal is to help enterprises efficiently build, manage, and enhance their smart machines using data.

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Former Facebook and Microsoft executive joins Viam board amidst accelerating enterprise interest in robotics, AI, and automation.NEW YORK, July 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Viam, the software platform for smart machines, is pleased to announce the appointment of technology executive Carolyn Everson as an independent board member.Everson brings extensive experience aligning breakthrough technologies with consumer-facing global commercial strategies, and will serve as a critical advisor as Viam accelerates its go-to-market strategies across fast-growing robotics, automation, AI, and IoT applications.Carolyn Everson brings extensive experience aligning breakthrough technologies with commercial strategies. She will serve as a critical advisor as Viam accelerates growth across robotics, automation, AI, and IoT applications.Currently a senior advisor at Permira Private Equity, Everson has over 28 years experience in senior operating roles in consumer facing technology and media. She was most recently President of Instacart, and was previously the Vice President, Global Business Group at Facebook (Meta), where she led a team of over 4,000 people in over 55 countries and was responsible for over $60B in revenue. Prior to Facebook, Carolyn was the Corporate Vice President of Microsoft's Global Advertising Sales and Trade Marketing Teams."Carolyn deeply understands the power of major inflection points in technology, having seen it first-hand for over a decade at Facebook, and now as an advisor to startups and leading global organizations," said Eliot Horowitz, Viam founder and CEO. "We're thrilled to partner with her in our mission to unlock the future of automation and make it easy for developers everywhere to build for the physical world."Based in New York City, Viam is led by Eliot Horowitz, who previously co-founded MongoDB and led the product and technology teams as CTO for 13 years. Since founding Viam in 2020, Viam has raised $87M in total funding, most recently a Series B round with Union Square Ventures and Battery Ventures, announced in March 2024."Viam's bold vision will help teams everywhere explore new solutions in climate, smart infrastructure, robotics, and more," said Carolyn Everson

Technology Executive Carolyn Everson Joins Viam Board Of Directors

The innovative machine shows how Viam helps companies capture data from diverse hardware, transform data into insights, and take action to enhance the customer experience.NEW YORK, May 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Viam, the software platform for smart machines, is proud to announce a partnership with Tennibot, the world's first robotic tennis ball collector, aimed at helping build, prototype, and scale its trailblazing fleet of autonomous tennis assistants as it expands sales to tennis clubs and enthusiasts nationwide.The partnership reflects growing widespread business interest in automation, and shows how the next generation of innovative companies are integrating data and AI to revolutionize the real-world consumer experience.The partnership shows how innovative companies are using data and automation to revolutionize consumer experiences. Post this Viam is proud to announce a partnership with Tennibot, the world’s first robotic tennis ball collector. The first-of-its-kind "Tennibot" robot leverages unique data technology from Viam, ensuring every machine is updated with the latest up-to-date software to identify tennis balls, skillfully self-navigate around obstacles, and collect data to improve and optimize machine performance.Unveiled by Tennibot in April 2024 at the inaugural RacquetX all-racquet sports conference alongside the Miami Open, the "Tennibot'' robot autonomously roves a tennis court to detect and recover balls, allowing players and coaches to save up to 30% of their time otherwise spent collecting them. The machine leverages unique data technology from Viam, ensuring every machine is updated with the latest up-to-date software to identify tennis balls, skillfully self-navigate around obstacles, and collect data to improve and optimize machine performance.As more Tennibot machines move into production, the company is also using the Viam platform to seamlessly and securely capture and synchronize aggregate data from machines in the field. The data then helps the Tennibot team monitor machine performance, conduct remote diagnostics, and guarantee a superior customer experience.Inspiration for the Tennibot struck CEO and co-founder Haitham Eletrabi during a frustrating practice session, prompting the inception of the cutting-edge machine. Working with co-founder and CTO Lincoln Wang, Eletrabi navigated through an iterative process of designing, prototyping, testing, and optimization

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Viam Raises $45M in Series B Funding

The cloud-based open source software platform — led by former MongoDB cofounder Eliot Horowitz — will use funding to deepen enterprise partnerships, advance a thriving developer ecosystem, and create a powerful bridge between software and hardware at scale.NEW YORK, March 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Viam , the software platform for smart machines, today announced that it has closed $45 million in Series B financing. The round includes participation from continuing investors, Union Square Ventures and Battery Ventures. The financing brings Viam's total funding to $87 million.As the extraordinary pace of global innovation continues to accelerate, advances in AI and machine learning, the massive rise of connectivity, and the prevalence of cloud and edge computing continue to dominate the software landscape. However, software to manage hardware has continued to make only moderate gains, stymied by proprietary and siloed solutions specific to individual machines, sensors, and equipment, leading to complex constraints that frustrate developers, impede growth, and stifle progress.Viam, the software platform for smart machines, announced that it has closed $45 million in Series B financing. Post thisViam is at the forefront of a transformative change, introducing a singular software platform that streamlines interaction with devices across IoT, robotics, smart home, and industrial automation. Viam is a fully modular, interoperable, and open source software solution that works seamlessly across all hardware and any fleet of machines

Viam Announces $45M Series B Funding For Revolutionary Software Platform Accelerating Ai, Data, And Innovation In Robotics, Iot, And Smart Machines

Viam, a software platform bringing automation for smart machines, has raised $45M in Series B funding from investors that include Union Square Ventures and Battery Ventures.

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Viam's innovative, open-source approach to data capture and analysis represents a paradigm shift in conservation strategies, showcasing the potential of AI-driven solutions and open data in wildlife protection.NEW YORK, March 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Whale and Vessel Safety Task Force is proud to announce a groundbreaking partnership with Viam, the software platform for smart machines, aimed at accelerating the establishment of an open data collection program crucial for North Atlantic Right Whale conservation efforts.The Whale and Vessel Safety Taskforce (WAVS) is a group of ocean stakeholders working together to test and reduce risk within existing ocean innovations to create more sustainable boating and marine mammal ecosystems.This partnership will drive the development of a robust, open-source database that will capture data from participating vessels across multiple sectors and use types. The data collected from this effort will serve as a much-needed accelerant and driving force to advance the agility and accuracy of AI in detecting large marine mammals. AI capabilities and accuracy requires continuous improvement, and WAVS and Viam are committed to building out this dataset to facilitate this.One of the world's most endangered large whale species, the North Atlantic Right Whale faces numerous threats, including the risk of vessel strikes. By leveraging advanced single-board computer technology developed by Viam, data from existing hardware such as navigation and communication systems, infrared and visual cameras can be efficiently captured from vessels. This data will be instrumental in developing the necessary tools to provide enhanced situational awareness and reducing the risk of vessel strikes, ultimately contributing to the long-term conservation strategy for the North Atlantic Right Whale."This partnership with Viam marks a significant step forward in our conservation efforts for the North Atlantic Right Whale," said John DePersenaire, chair of the Whale and Vessel Safety Task Force. "Producing a robust, open-source dataset is key to advancing AI capabilities in detecting large marine mammals, and we are committed to leveraging this data to drive innovation and conservation outcomes."Additionally, the dataset will serve as a valuable resource for ground-truthing products in development and launching research projects aimed at further understanding and protecting marine ecosystems."Viam's open-source architecture allows organizations to crowdsource public and open data sets to inform AI, enabling much more collaboration and transparency," said Eliot Horowitz, CEO and founder of Viam

Whale And Vessel Safety Task Force Announces Partnership With Viam To Accelerate Data Collection Program For North Atlantic Right Whale Conservation Efforts

The Modular Registry allows developers to easily add hardware components and services to their smart machines in the same way they would code a web or mobile application.NEW YORK, Sept. 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Viam , the software platform that simplifies turning great ideas into smart machines in production, today announced the release of its Modular Registry, which allows developers to publish, share, and leverage modules for effortlessly adding hardware and services to smart machines.Making Smart Machine Creation As Simple As SoftwareThe Modular Registry allows developers to easily add hardware components and services to their smart machines. Tweet thisAdding new functionality to a smart machine through a new hardware component like a robotic arm or sensor, or a service such as navigation or localization, is a time-consuming manual process further complicated by the sheer variety of available resources to potentially add.Viam's Modular Registry feature changes this dynamic by making the addition of new components and services as straightforward as coding software, so that it is easier and quicker to enhance smart machines' performance in response to their environments."Automation and machinery are well-suited to help solve global challenges like climate change and cleaning oceans," said Eliot Horowitz, Founder and CEO at Viam. "Viam's Modular Registry simplifies the process for developers to add what they need to their smart machines so they can spend more time solving our world's problems and less time troubleshooting the addition of new functionality."Viam's Modular Registry at a GlanceViam's Modular Registry allows developers to create, publish, use and share custom drivers for hardware and services with the wider smart machine developer community, enabling builders to:Publish modules on the registryAdd modules to any machine's configuration with a few clicksPick the version of the module they want deployed, change it whenever they want, and automatically deploy the change to a machine or a whole fleetThe Modular Registry can also be used to deploy code and content to an existing machine or fleet, and easily introspect existing systems without changing the way they work. Upcoming features will include custom APIs for even more component and service options for smart machines, and the ability for developers to charge for the modules they create on the registry, with the distribution and billing handled by Viam."Viam's Modular Registry keeps the kind of composability and extensibility we expect from software and applies it to everything on a smart machine from hardware to data," Horowitz continued. "We hope the Modular Registry will empower developers by making it far easier to build, configure, test, and deploy the smart machines the world needs."For more information about Viam's Modular Registry feature, please see the following resources:About ViamViam is a software platform that makes it easy to turn great ideas into production-ready smart machines

Viam Releases Modular Registry Feature To Streamline The Building And Customization Of Smart Machines

Fireline Science, a technology startup championing digital learning accessibility for marginalized groups and learners, has embarked on a new technical partnership with Viam.

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Listen to this articleViam is a software tool for developing robotic software with all of the cloud services necessary to build quickly and begin prototyping your robotic solution. The company is providing roboticists with a robust software development tool that is built for the rigors of real-world applications. Viam is a standard protocol for programming any robot, supporting development at every step, from prototype to production.“With innovation slowed down by the high time and resource costs for development, we felt that there was a significant opportunity to do something incredibly important,” said Eliot Horowitz, founder and CEO of Viam. “Robotics can help improve so many industries, from agriculture to food service, to medicine and climate solutions, but we need to break down barriers of working with robotics.”Horowitz brings real credibility to the company, as his roots are in enterprise cloud computing earned during his tenure as the CTO and co-founder of MongoDB. MongoDB is a source-available, cross-platform, secure, high-availability cloud database solution that is integrated into a number of enterprise applications used every day by millions of users.In 2020, Horowitz established Viam Robotics with the intent of establishing a similarly designed platform for robotic development. He foresaw the need for a solution based on safe and performant cloud-computing principles as robotics progressed from point solutions to connected swarms of mobile robots and cloud-monitored solutions.Compute workloads for robotics need to be balanced between the edge and the cloud, and the company seeks to provide a platform that abstracts the low-level software infrastructure.Viam enables you toPrototype quickly: Robot configuration is simple with any hardware and programming language.‍Robot configuration is simple with any hardware and programming language.‍ Start production: Managing robot fleets and data on the same platform speeds up development.These features are built into the Viam software and are taken care of by Viam:Data Management: Capture and sync data to the cloud, then view, sort, delete, or export data.Capture and sync data to the cloud, then view, sort, delete, or export data

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