Stunning, unprecedented, chaotic…relentless. At some point, each of us at Bee Partners used those–and many other colorful–words to make sense of 2020. But, we also tested our ability to pivot quickly and effectively in order to provide the support our portfolio companies needed as we all adapted to our new reality. Perhaps surprisingly, 2020 brought a … Read more
The “robots are coming” narrative has two parallel conversations. One is a dialogue over whether or not this is a good thing. Team Bee collaborated (argued, postulated, wrote, erased, and wrote again) over several months last year to develop our core thesis, Machines Will Win on that topic. Spoiler alert: Yes, they will win, and … Read more
We believe that it is not a question of if, but when and how quickly collaborative robots and the surrounding software and services layer penetrate the global workforce at scale (most imminently the U.S. and China) amidst unprecedented technological convergence, rising labor costs, reduced productivity, and the emergence of the robots-as-a-service business model and full-stack solution providers.
Moving to the Edge for Speed and Autonomy Making Decisions at the Edge WHAT IS EDGE COMPUTING? How quickly what’s new becomes commonplace. Cloud computing has been one of the biggest conduits for innovation over the past 10 years and will remain an important part of the computing infrastructure for the foreseeable future. But as … Read more