Before two months, just was judged to be by Fast Company " 2019 year whole world has innovation power company most " the Anki of robot domain No.1, die suddenly.
Anki is cereal suffers a Ceng Zaigui fully chase after the star that hold in both handsDo poineering workCompany, the financing that has obtained amounts to 200 million dollar (add up to a RMB about 1.347 billion) . Investment just includes Silicon Valley A16Z of compose of famous wind spec, Index Ventures, Magendatong, anderson of · of A16Z author mark is the directorate member of this company for a time.
First their product ascends malic WWDC, get Cooke's height is evaluated, it is more later byMediaJudge for can with " Gu Ge race " company; Microsoft and Yamaxun ever had thought income commander...
The small robot Cozmo that its rolled out 2016 is to lead an upsurge more, become Kaneijimeilong the education robot of university government attestation.
Sell in it piece 6.5 million + product, year income is close after 100 million dollar -- go no further this year in April.
Become another flat robot company.
Of Anki dead
Recode of media of science and technology reports, the United States local time on April 29 morning, anki holds plenary meeting of a staff, its Boris Sofman tells many 200 employee, they will get the air in Zhou San, everybody can obtain the demobilize fee of a week.
Be in several days ago, these employee people still be informed, after round of new financing fails, anki plans to seek additional capital.
Finally, financing did not succeed, of the tycoon such as Microsoft, Yamaxun and Kangkasite buy also fail to knock calm.
Anki expresses in statement:
Although the success was gained in the past, but still need all sorts of finance channel to be product development and platform patulous bankroll.
If do not have many capital to be hardware and software business to provide support, development is afterwards hard.
They express, the company is doing his best take care of each employee and its family, administrative group will explore all possibility further.
This closes down come so that have a place dash forward if like that.
This year on March 3, its are presiding apparitor Boris Sofman still is celebrated in the dispatch on gregarious media, anki judged pitch on to achieve good result in Fast Company.
Between only month Yu Shi, produced the change of world-shaking.
To this Anki close down, also caused a large number of discussion on gregarious media.
The comment weighs somebody, it is very difficult really to establish company of hardware of a consumer, calculate it to have the hardware of special cruel, very difficult also.
Recode was to give out more " It ' S A Hard, hard Fall " evaluation.
A what kind of company is this?
Anki by be graduated from Kaneijimeilong 3 doctoral students of university robot institute found, ever was the robot learns to mix the poineering company with artificial intelligence hot field.
The company held water 2010, the first product Anki DRIVE that rolled out 2013 (intelligent car toy) ascended malic WWDC, the library overcomes an evaluation to say, it " made a kind of all-around toy new experience " .
Second year, this product makes the 2nd popular toy.
2016, the small robot Cozmo that Anki rolls out is to lead an upsurge more. It becomes Kaneijimeilong not only the education robot of university government attestation, this meeting acts like a spoiled child can sell bud a bit small still disposition " play essence " the robot still is on gregarious media get extremely tall attention, evaluation video is brushed to explode.
Be in this year, the Anki OVERDRIVE of 2 acting products of Anki DRIVE is released, and Cozmo sell like hot cakes, the name of Anki was introduced to 2016 holiday season a list of names posted up of 4 big popular and high-grade toys is odd.
2017, the toy sells Yamaxun on pop chart, cozmo becomes a that when sell best, this company discloses, income of this year has approached the company 100 million dollar.
Anki did not stop offal pace here, 2018, they rolled out Vector of family expenses robot.
Although follow Cozmo to grow very to resemble, but actually Vector is close to demon of the speech on market more kind product, that is to say it already can hypostatic Mai Meng, can help you take a picture again, time, calm alarm clock.
But notable is Anki this the choice was initiated on Kickstarter numerous chip, official explanation is, they hope to be able to put Vector bigger design among platform and technical community.
End now, anki has sold gave 6.5 million robots, only in August 2018, sell gave 1.5 million.
Although sell very well, also hold back development declining tendency hard, also can get a final result that close down only finally.
Many users are right express very " sadness " , " regretful " etc, after all the Cozmo experience that they develop is very good.
Robot company closes down wet
It is Anki not merely, in recent years already many robot companies close down.
In August 2018, robot of the Kuri below Bo Shiqi announces stop production; In October, MIT robot is patristic the robot company Rethink Robotics that establish announces to close down. In December, jibo of gregarious robot originator closes down.
Enter since 2019, the company Seven Dreamers that development folds dress robot automatically also suspend payment.
In the statement that closes down in these companies, also uncovered the cause that these companies close down. Basically have 3:
The first, will support company development without sufficient financing; Next, the market still was not achieved anticipate; Finally, it is there is a breakthrough hard on the technology.
Now, on this one list much an Anki.
