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Owl Labs
IndustryVideo conferencing devices
Founded2014
Founders
  • Max Makeev
  • Mark Schnittman
HeadquartersSomerville, Massachusetts, United States
Key people
  • Frank Weishaupt (CEO)
  • Karen Rubin (CRO)
  • John Stevens (CFO)
  • Bob Breznak (VP Engineering)
  • Lauren Vingiano (VP Business Development & Partnerships)
  • Rebecca Corliss (VP Marketing)
ProductsMeeting Owl, Meeting Owl Pro
Number of employees
55 (2019)
Websitewww.owllabs.com
The Meeting Owl is a 360 degree video conferencing device.

Owl Labs is company that makes a 360° video conferencing device called "Meeting Owl".[1][2] It was founded in 2014 by robotics experts Max Makeev and Mark Schnittman.[3] It raised a total of $7.3M in venture capital from seed and Series A rounds led by serial entrepreneur Andy Rubin (via his Playground Global fund), Antonio Rodriguez (general partner at Matrix Partners) and iRobot Ventures.[4][5][6][7][8][9] In June 2017, it announced its Meeting Owl device.[10][11] VentureBeat noted that unlike others Meeting Owl has "...a single 360-degree camera that can recognize and highlight the person speaking..."[12] The device contains a Qualcomm Snapdragon.[13]

References

  1. ^ Rosen, Andy (2017-06-21). "Owl Labs unveils a new conferencing device". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2017-06-22.
  2. ^ "Owl Labs Unveils the First Intelligent All-In-One 360° Video Conferencing Device". PR Newswire (Press release). 2017-06-21. Retrieved 2017-06-22.
  3. ^ Martin, Dylan (2016-08-17). "Two iRobot Vets Have Raised $5M for Their Video Conferencing Startup, Owl Labs". BostInno. Retrieved 2017-06-22.
  4. ^ "Owl Labs". Crunchbase. Retrieved 2017-06-22.
  5. ^ Maffei, Lucia (2017-05-09). "iRobot and HubSpot Alumni Launch Owl Labs with a $6M Series A". BostInno. Retrieved 2017-06-22.
  6. ^ Engel, Jeff (2017-05-09). "Owl Labs Grabs $6M Led by Matrix, Teases Video Conferencing Device". Xconomy. Retrieved 2017-06-22.
  7. ^ Briodagh, Ken (2017-05-09). "Alumni from iRobot and HubSpot Launch Owl Labs with $6 Million Series A". IoT Evolution. Retrieved 2017-06-22.
  8. ^ Hofherr, Justine. "Somerville's Owl Labs busts out of stealth mode with $6M in funding". Built In Boston. Retrieved 2017-06-22.
  9. ^ O'Brien, Kelly J. (2017-05-09). "Andy Rubin-backed Owl Labs launches, but tech is still a mystery". Boston Business Journal. Retrieved 2017-06-22.
  10. ^ Davis, Cindy (2017-06-21). "The Coolest Product Cloaked in Secrecy at InfoComm17". AV Network. Retrieved 2017-06-22.
  11. ^ Goode, Lauren (2017-06-21). "Andy Rubin-backed Owl Labs just launched a robotic video conference camera". The Verge. Retrieved 2017-06-22.
  12. ^ Johnson, Khari (2017-06-21). "Meeting Owl is a 360-degree camera backed by Andy Rubin's Playground Ventures". VentureBeat. Retrieved 2017-06-22. Meeting Owl looks like a lot of smart speakers that have come to market but, unlike others, a single 360-degree camera that can recognize and highlight the person speaking sits atop the device.
  13. ^ "Video conferencing gets wiser with the Snapdragon powered Meeting Owl". Qualcomm OnQ Blog. 2017-06-22. Retrieved 2017-07-02.
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