Theatro announced that it has joined forces with Cisco and Honeywell to transform the future of retail, hospitality, manufacturing and other markets with large deskless workforces.
Theatro’s voice-driven Intelligent Assistant platform, offered as a ”hardware-enabled” software as a service solution, gives deskless employees a “heads up and hands-free” connection to their enterprise systems and leadership teams. The investments by Honeywell and Cisco will assist in expanding the reach of Theatro’s in-ear virtual assistant for hourly associates and expand the industries and geographies Theatro can serve.
“We are proud to have Cisco Investments and Honeywell Ventures join us in our journey as investors,” Chris Todd, CEO, Theatro, said. “Companies across a wide variety of industries are recognizing the significant customer experience and productivity benefits of a connected and engaged workforce. Our collaborations with Cisco and Honeywell ensure that Theatro will remain at the cutting edge of both networking and mobile standards and help us bring these benefits to more organizations, in a seamless and comprehensive manner.”
Cisco’s investment extends the company’s strategic vision of Cognitive Collaboration, which leverages software, hardware, artificial intelligence, machine learning and network synergies to drive interoperability and workforce transformation. Theatro’s mobile voice platform gives this vision reach beyond professional staff, to hourly associates working on the front line.
Theatro similarly aligns with Honeywell’s efforts to enable deskless workers and harness the power of IoT-generated data and insights. Through its relationship with Honeywell’s Safety and Productivity Solutions business, Theatro expands the set of options available to empower every hourly employee with mobile, hands-free information.
“As we continue to develop and invest in software-driven industrial innovation, we understand the tremendous value in leveraging Theatro’s platform into new technologies, verticals and geographies,” John Waldron, President and CEO, Honeywell Safety and Productivity Solutions, said. “It adds an established, highly incremental new platform to Honeywell’s mobile solutions portfolio, and we look forward to exploring new applications for the technology in the near future.”