We work has made a surprising move in February by buying Euclid a service that tracks smartphones in retail spaces. This comes after purchasing Teem’,a Salt Lake City based office management startup pushing to also become a software-as-a-service provider.
WeWork Testing Sensor Technology.
WeWork is also testing several types of sensors including motion and thermal detectors, as well as Bluetooth Check-Ins. The aim is to analyse what the intent of use vs the actual use of the workspace consists of. Shiva Rajarama (WeWork’s Chief Product Officer) calls it “Google analytics for space”. Workplace Insights Rajarama also says that the platforms and its teams will become integrated into what WeWork is calling “Workplace Insights” a software analytics package that WeWork plans to sell to companies that's aren't renting we WeWork but wants to Wework-ify their own offices. Using Teem Technology, Customers can know when a conference room is being booked and with Euclid’s technology, we can also let the customer know how many people showed up to the meeting. these technologies will make it possible to test run spaces with data to back it up.