Density raises $51M Series C led by Kleiner Perkins
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Re: Density raises $51M Series C led by Kleiner Perkins
#2I have to admit, more and more I read about things on HN and just reason "ah this is tech beyond my grasp, and it makes sense to someone somewhere but not me". Lots of developer tools for languages I've not heard of or libraries that seem so remote and arcane I wonder who is using them.
Now in this case, it is solving a real problem, with a clear way to make money. Go Density Go.
Re: Density raises $51M Series C led by Kleiner Perkins
#3This is a great example of taking an innovation and positioning it as a solution to a real, painful, and timely business problem.
Many startups in their place try to come up with some original messaging and as a result overcomplicate everything. Density keeps it simple: "Count people."
Re: Density raises $51M Series C led by Kleiner Perkins
#4Anyone know what kind of depth measurement they are making? It looks like some kind of radio widget
Re: Density raises $51M Series C led by Kleiner Perkins
#5A pretty cool product and very useful! I hope something like this becomes super wide spread (maybe with competitors as pricing is a bit wack) so we can always know how busy our local stores etc are before heading out.
Re: Density raises $51M Series C led by Kleiner Perkins
#6I remember when this was a Show HN, it was my first comment to say that the homepage didn't work for me in an old version of Firefox (and the developers reached out, thanked me for the report, and fixed the problem).
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9878597
Now so many businesses needs to count capacity, and they're perfectly positioned with 5 years of experience in the space. Amazing foresight (and/or a bit of luck).
Re: Density raises $51M Series C led by Kleiner Perkins
#7Oh man, I remember about 10 years I got so annoyed with my buys-ass gym and having to wait in line to use a machine that I came up with the idea to track real-time gym attendance and machine usage. It was going to be called WaitLift. It never went further than that awesome name.
Re: Density raises $51M Series C led by Kleiner Perkins
#8Anyone know what kind of depth measurement they are making? It looks like some kind of radio widget
Density (software) engineer here. Our sensor uses active infrared lasers to read depth, and it classifies "persons" with a deep-learning algorithm that runs on the device.
Re: Density raises $51M Series C led by Kleiner Perkins
#9Re: Density raises $51M Series C led by Kleiner Perkins
#10Oh man, I remember about 10 years I got so annoyed with my buys-ass gym and having to wait in line to use a machine that I came up with the idea to track real-time gym attendance and machine usage. It was going to be called WaitLift. It never went further than that awesome name.
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