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

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

Viam has announced a new partnership with KUKA.