Izingxenyekazi zekhompuyutha zingase zibe nzima ngempela, kodwa isiqalo esakhe inkundla singasiza ukuphula lo mbono ngokwenza i-hardware ibe lula ukukhiqiza, imemezele uxhaso oluthe xaxa ukuze uqhubeke nokwakha inkundla yayo.
I-Fictiv izibeka njenge- "AWS ye-hardware" - inkundla yalabo abadinga ukukhiqiza i-hardware ethile, indawo abazoyiklama, intengo futhi bahlele lezo zingxenye futhi ekugcineni bazithumele kusuka endaweni eyodwa kuya kwenye - $ 35 million iphakanyisiwe.
I-Fictiv izosebenzisa uxhaso ukuze iqhubeke nokwakha inkundla yayo kanye nochungechunge lokuhlinzekwa kwempahla olusekela ibhizinisi layo, ukuqaliswa okulichaza ngokuthi "i-ecosystem yokukhiqiza yedijithali."
U-CEO nomsunguli u-Dave Evans uthe ukugxila kwenkampani bekungeyona imikhiqizo ekhiqizwe ngobuningi futhi isazoqhubeka nokuba ama-prototypes neminye imikhiqizo ethengiswa ngobuningi, njengemishini ethile yezokwelapha.
“Sigxile ku-1 000 kuya ku-10 000,” esho engxoxweni, wathi wumthamo wezolimo oyinselelo ngoba lolu hlobo lomsebenzi aluboni umnotho omkhulu, kodwa usemkhulu kakhulu ukuthi ungabhekwa ukuthi mncane futhi ushibhile."Leli yibanga lapho imikhiqizo eminingi isafa khona."
Lo mzuliswano wokuxhaswa ngezimali - u-Series D - uqhamuke kubatshalizimali bamasu nakwezezimali. Uholwa yi-40 North Ventures futhi uhlanganisa i-Honeywell, i-Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, i-Adit Ventures, i-M2O, kanye nabasekeli bangaphambilini i-Accel, G2VP kanye noBill Gates.
U-Fictiv wagcina ukukhuphula uxhaso cishe eminyakeni emibili edlule - umzuliswano wamaRandi ayizigidi ezingama-33 ekuqaleni kuka-2019 - futhi isikhathi soguquko sibe isivivinyo esihle, sangempela sombono webhizinisi ayewubonile lapho eqala ukwakha isiqalo.
Ngisho nangaphambi kwalolu bhubhane, "sasingazi ukuthi kuzokwenzekani empini yezohwebo phakathi kwe-US neChina," esho. Kungazelelwe, ukuthengwa kwempahla yaseChina "yabhidlika futhi yonke into yavalwa" ngenxa yalezi zingxabano zentela.
Isixazululo sikaFictiv kwaba ukuthuthela ezokukhiqiza kwezinye izingxenye ze-Asia, njenge-India ne-US, okwasiza inkampani ngesikhathi igagasi lokuqala le-COVID-19 liqala ukugadla eChina.
Kwabe sekuqubuka udlame emhlabeni wonke, futhi uFictiv wazithola eshintsha futhi njengoba amafektri emazweni asanda kuvulwa evaliwe.
Kwathi lapho ukukhathazeka kwezohwebo sekupholile, uFictiv wavuselela ubudlelwano nokusebenza eChina, okwakuqukethe i-COVID ezinsukwini zokuqala, ukuqhubeka nokusebenza lapho.
Eyaziwa kusenesikhathi ngokwakha ama-prototypes ezinkampani zobuchwepheshe ezizungeze i-Bay Area, isiqalisi senza i-VR namanye amagajethi, ahlinzeka ngezinsizakalo ezihlanganisa ukubumba umjovo, umshini we-CNC, ukuphrinta kwe-3D, nokusakazwa kwe-urethane, imiklamo yesofthiwe esekwe emafini nezingxenye zoku-oda, abese ethunyelwa yi-Fictiv iye efektri efaneleka kakhulu ukuwenza.
Namuhla, ngenkathi ibhizinisi liqhubeka nokukhula, i-Fictiv futhi isebenza nezinkampani ezinkulu zomhlaba wonke ukuze kuthuthukiswe imikhiqizo emincane ekhiqizayo emisha noma engakwazi ukucutshungulwa kahle ezitshalweni ezikhona.
Umsebenzi ewenzela u-Honeywell, isibonelo, uhlanganisa kakhulu i-hardware yesigaba sayo se-aerospace.Imishini yezokwelapha namarobhothi ezinye izindawo ezimbili ezinkulu inkampani enazo njengamanje, yasho.
I-Fictiv akuyona ukuphela kwenkampani ebheke leli thuba. Ezinye izimakethe ezisunguliwe zingaqhudelana ngokuqondile nalezo ezisungulwe i-Fictiv, noma ziqondise ezinye izici zochungechunge, njengemakethe yokuklama, noma imakethe lapho amafekthri axhuma khona nabaklami, noma abaklami bezinto ezibonakalayo, okuhlanganisa i-Geomiq yase-England, i-Carbon (naleyo ethola ama-40 eNyakatho), i-Auckland's Fathom, i-Kreatize yaseJalimane, i-Plethora (eyesekelwa okuthandwa yi-GV ne-Founders Fund), ne-Xometry (esanda kuphakamisa umzuliswano omkhulu).
U-Evans nabatshalizimali bakhe bayaqikelela ukuthi bangachazi abakwenzayo njengobuchwepheshe bezimboni obukhethekile ukuze bagxile emathubeni amakhulu alethwa ukuguqulwa kwedijithali, futhi vele, amandla enkundla eyakhiwa yi-Fictiv.kwezinhlelo zokusebenza ezahlukene.
“Ubuchwepheshe bezimboni buyigama elingelona iqiniso.Ngicabanga ukuthi wuguquko lwedijithali, i-SaaS esekelwe emafini kanye nobuhlakani bokwenziwa,” kusho uMarianne Wu, umqondisi ophethe kwa-40 North Ventures.” Umthwalo wobuchwepheshe bezimboni ukutshela konke mayelana nethuba.”
Isiphakamiso sika-Fictiv siwukuthi ngokuthatha ukuphathwa kwe-supply chain yokukhiqiza i-hardware yamabhizinisi, ingasebenzisa isiteji sayo ukukhiqiza i-hardware ngeviki, inqubo ngaphambili eyayingathatha izinyanga ezintathu, okungasho izindleko eziphansi nokusebenza kahle okuphezulu.
Kodwa-ke, usemkhulu umsebenzi okusamele wenziwe.Iphuzu elikhulu lokunamathela ekukhiqizeni i-carbon footprint elidalayo ekukhiqizeni, kanye nemikhiqizo ekhiqizwayo.
Lokho kungaba yinkinga enkulu uma abaphathi beBiden bephila ngokuvumelana nezithembiso zabo zokunciphisa ukukhishwa kwegesi futhi bathembele kakhulu ezinkampanini ukufeza lezo zinhloso.
U-Evans uyazi kahle le nkinga futhi uyavuma ukuthi ukukhiqiza kungaba enye yezimboni okunzima kakhulu ukuziguqula.
"Ukusimama kanye nokukhiqiza akufani," uyavuma. Nakuba ukuthuthukiswa kwezinto zokwakha kanye nokukhiqiza kuzothatha isikhathi eside, uthe manje okugxilwe kukho ukuthi kusetshenziswe kanjani izinhlelo ezingcono kakhulu ezizimele nezikahulumeni kanye ne-carbon credit. Uthe ubheke imakethe engcono carbon credits, futhi i-Fictiv yethula ithuluzi layo lokulinganisa lokhu.
"Isikhathi sesivuthiwe sokuthi ukusimama kuphazamiseke futhi sifuna ukuba nohlelo lokuqala lokuthumela i-carbon neutral ukuze sinikeze amakhasimende izinketho ezingcono zokusimama okukhulu.Izinkampani ezinjengezethu zisemahlombe okuqhuba lo msebenzi.”