又一家無(wú)人機(jī)公司突然倒閉!與大疆競(jìng)爭(zhēng)太難了?
無(wú)人機(jī)市場(chǎng)競(jìng)爭(zhēng)激烈,公司生存艱難,尤其是一些初創(chuàng)公司,因?yàn)楫a(chǎn)品開(kāi)發(fā)周期長(zhǎng),很可能會(huì)在產(chǎn)品還沒(méi)有推到市場(chǎng)上之前,就會(huì)陷入資金短缺的困境。最近又有一家無(wú)人機(jī)公司把融資耗盡之后,突然停止運(yùn)營(yíng)。
據(jù)消息了解,美國(guó)無(wú)人機(jī)公司Airware突然告知員工,該公司將立即停止運(yùn)營(yíng),該公司曾有多達(dá)140名員工,現(xiàn)在所有員工都失業(yè)狀態(tài)。該初創(chuàng)公司最初專門為無(wú)人機(jī)提供自動(dòng)駕駛系統(tǒng),曾耗費(fèi)了所有資金用于嘗試自己生產(chǎn)硬件,后嘗試設(shè)計(jì)了兩款無(wú)人機(jī),但是根本無(wú)法與中國(guó)的大疆這樣的無(wú)人機(jī)巨頭競(jìng)爭(zhēng)。
據(jù)悉,Airware成立于2011年,是由Jonathan Downey創(chuàng)立的,該公司之前已獲得了安德森·霍洛維茨、谷歌的GV和凱鵬華盈(Kleiner Perkins)等頂級(jí)投資者籌集了1.18億美元(約合8.1億人民幣)。
最后,Airware對(duì)所有員工安排將獲得一周的遣散費(fèi),保險(xiǎn)會(huì)繳到11月,公司還將支付未使用的帶薪休假費(fèi)用。有Airware前雇員透露:“認(rèn)為正是因?yàn)橛兄?.18億美元的資金才導(dǎo)致了Airware失去了耐心,還沒(méi)等到硬件足夠完善就過(guò)于提前發(fā)力并且將大量資金投入到了強(qiáng)行產(chǎn)生結(jié)果的錯(cuò)誤方法之中。”(天一)
以下Airware官網(wǎng)發(fā)布的關(guān)閉運(yùn)營(yíng)的解釋:
San Francisco, CASeptember 14, 2018
History has taught us how hard it can be to call the timing of a market transition. We have seen this play out first hand in the commercial drone marketplace. We were the pioneers in this market and one of the first to see the power drones could have in the commercial sector. Unfortunately, the market took longer to mature than we expected. As we worked through the various required pivots to position ourselves for long term success, we ran out of financial runway. As a result, it is with a heavy heart that we notified our team, customers, and partners that we will wind down the business.
This is not the business outcome we had worked so hard for over the years and yet we are deeply proud of our company’s accomplishments and our leadership in driving the adoption of drone powered analytics to improve productivity, mitigate risks, and take workers out of harm’s way.
As we close the book of Airware; we want to thank the partners and customers who believed in us and helped us along the way. And, while it is difficult to say goodbye to our team, we want to thank them for all they have contributed to Airware and the industry. We look forward to seeing how they will take their learnings from Airware to fuel continued innovations in the world around us.
翻譯:
“歷史經(jīng)驗(yàn)教會(huì)了我們抓住市場(chǎng)轉(zhuǎn)型的時(shí)機(jī)是多么的困難。我們已經(jīng)在商用無(wú)人機(jī)市場(chǎng)領(lǐng)會(huì)到了這一點(diǎn)。我們?cè)沁@個(gè)市場(chǎng)的領(lǐng)路人,并且也是最早預(yù)見(jiàn)到無(wú)人機(jī)的商用價(jià)值的一批人。但是不幸的是,市場(chǎng)走向成熟的時(shí)間要遠(yuǎn)比我們所認(rèn)為的要長(zhǎng)。當(dāng)我們努力熬過(guò)各種必要的轉(zhuǎn)折點(diǎn)并最終走向成功的道路上時(shí),我們用盡了所有的資金。因此,我們只能懷著沉重的心情向我們的團(tuán)隊(duì)、我們的客戶以及我們的合作伙伴宣布了這么一個(gè)決定——關(guān)閉我們的業(yè)務(wù)。
這不是我們這幾年來(lái)不斷努力工作所渴求的結(jié)果,并且我們依舊為我們公司所達(dá)成的成就而感到驕傲。我們?yōu)橥苿?dòng)了大眾采用無(wú)人機(jī)動(dòng)力分析技術(shù)以提高生產(chǎn)率、降低風(fēng)險(xiǎn)以及讓員工遠(yuǎn)離傷害等而深感自豪。
在如今關(guān)閉Airware之際;我們想要感謝所有曾經(jīng)相信著并一路幫助我們的所有的合作伙伴以及客戶們。另外,雖然要很難與我們的團(tuán)隊(duì)說(shuō)出再見(jiàn),我們依然想感謝他們?yōu)锳irware以及整個(gè)無(wú)人機(jī)產(chǎn)業(yè)所作出的貢獻(xiàn)。我們很期待看到他們今后依靠在Airware所學(xué)到的東西去繼續(xù)為我們的世界創(chuàng)造出有價(jià)值的東西。”
小編疑惑的是,融資用完之后為何不再進(jìn)行新一輪的融資呢,突然想起馬云的一句話,今天很殘酷,明天更殘酷,后天很美好,但絕對(duì)大多數(shù)人死在明天晚上。可能美國(guó)無(wú)人機(jī)公司Airware也是死在了黎明前的最黑暗期。