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Jeremy Bernard, essensys’ Americas CEO, On the End of the Office As We Know It

For the companies that would occupy the office of the future, the world is a strange and unpredictable place. This is not your parents’ workplace. Nor is it your own workplace of, say, 20 years ago (or make up your own timeline). It’s not just a row of desks, computers, a phone and a coffee machine. Maybe.

SmartRent’s losses widen as supply-chain crisis lingers

SmartRent’s beaten-down shares got some relief Thursday after the smart-home technology provider reported the highest quarterly revenue in its five-year history.

Major UK Modular Housebuilder Falls Into Administration

Better.com CEO Vishal Garg says he is ‘personally liable’ for $750M SoftBank loan

Better.com CEO Vishal Garg has acknowledged to employees that he “personally guaranteed” the $750 million cash infusion provided to the online mortgage lender last November in an email seen by TechCrunch.

WeWork Loss Narrows as Desk Sales Reach Prepandemic Levels

WeWork Inc.’s first-quarter loss narrowed sharply as gross desk sales reached prepandemic levels with the gradual return of employees in the U.S. to in-person work. The shared-office company said Thursday its top line rose 28% from a year ago, with 166,000 desks sold, the highest level since the first quarter of 2020. Revenue was higher than WeWork’s forecast for the period and the company raised the low end of its revenue outlook for the year….

“A lack of public sector competence” limits proptech’s growth but Gmaven is providing solutions

Using terminology like Proptech and Fintech (popular buzzwords in today’s tech scene) would have elicited raised eyebrows only 16 years ago. During that time period, technology was only marginally accepted throughout businesses and economies.

Israeli startup Firmus raises $4.5m for pre-construction AI software

Israel-based pre-construction AI and computer vision startup, Firmus, has raised $4.5m in seed funding. The company says that the fresh funding will help to bring data-driven decision-making capabilities and AI-based risk management to the early stages of construction projects. …

Smart Home Devices in the MDU Market: Connectivity, New Partnerships & Proptech Solutions

Multidwelling units (MDUs) and multifamily properties are buildings designed to house several different families and contained in a single building or several buildings within one complex. The building is typically divided into separate housing units and is owned by one entity.

Tech Layoffs And Hiring Freezes Appear To Accelerate

While earlier in the year, much of the talk in the tech sector focused on falling valuations, dropping stock prices and slower funding rounds, a lot of chatter the past two months has been around something that hits much closer to home for many people.