Oosto Cuts Execs, Expands to Cloud And Reidentification

Published May 24, 2023 11:37 AM

Oosto is going through a major management shake-up, while also announcing a significant shift in architecture and analytics offering.

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Oosto (originally AnyVision) has gone through multiple significant challenges and pivots since its founding, including a rebrand, rapid sales expansion, and contraction, mass layoffs, the access control pivot, and issues over ethical facial recognition usage.

See also: Oosto Facial Recognition Tested

Inside this note, we examine the departures and Oosto's latest strategic pivot, including feedback from the company.

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Edge-To-Cloud ********

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Re-Identification / ******** ******

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Active ******* *******

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Comments (6)
JH
John Honovich
May 24, 2023
IPVM

********* ******* *****

* ****** ***** **** ***. * lot ** ******* *** *******.

**** ** * **** ******** ** the ********** ** ********* ******* / market *** ****** ********* *** ******* through **** ** ******** ** *******.

** ******** ** *** ******* *****, they ********* * **** ********* *********. Recall **** ********* *** ****** ****** ****** *********** ** $*,*** **** per ******* ** ****. **** *** *** ** ** incredibly **** ***** *** **** *************. I ****** ******** **** **** *** then-CEO ** **** **** *** *** full ********** ** ****.

*** *** ***** * ***** ***** that *** *** **** ***** ** the **** ****** (*.*.,********* ******** ** *****, ******* ****** Security). ***** *** ******** *** **'* strategy *** *********, *** ******* ****** don't **** ** ** ********** **** the **** "*****".

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Undisclosed Manufacturer #1
May 24, 2023

*** ********** * **** ***** ** that ***** ** ********* ********** ** the ******* ********** ** **** ***** can *** **'* **** *********** **** to ******** ************ **** *** ** problematic *** *** ***.

*** **** ** *****'* **** ** that *** ** ****** *****, **'* IPVM. ** ** **** ***** ** as ****** ** *** *********** ** what ********* ** ***** ** *****.

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Charles Rollet
May 24, 2023

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*** ****, *********/********* *** ****** ******** ************ ********

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Taylor May
May 24, 2023
SVIP

** * ****** ******** ** *********, I **** ***** ****** *** **** “Oosto”. *** ******** ** ***** ** clients ***’* ******.

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Charles Rollet
May 25, 2023

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Charles Rollet
May 26, 2023

******:*** *** *****"** ** ****** **** ***** ** of *** **, ****" ***** ***** IPVM.

**** ***** * ***** ** * high-level ********** **** ******** **** *** company:***,***,** *******,**** ** ********,***** ** *********.

** **** ***** ****, * ****** told **** **** ***** *** "********" in *** **** *** "*** ******** candidate" ** ******* *****'* ***. ** this, ***** ********** **** "*** ***** ******* ***** ********* ******* (CEO) ** ***** *** ***** *** no ***** ** ****** ****".

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