In May 2020, Bright Machines established the Factory Resiliency Fund to get manufacturers back to work after Covid-19 upended the industry. The program committed $50 million to help manufacturers take advantage of no-upfront-cost automation, typically the major deterrent associated with automation-equipment purchasing. The program also allows customers to defer payments until 2021 and for the first three months after a solution passes the factory-site-acceptance test. The fund helps manufacturers weather future disruptions by future-proofing factory floors with flexible and scalable automation.

In 2020, Heal launched its Heal Pass initiative to bring house calls and telemedicine to the estimated 27 million Americans who lost their health insurance along with their jobs because of Covid-19. The service allows Heal to operate with a fixed monthly fee, eliminating copays, deductibles, and insurance. In response to the racial uprisings and protests, Heal offered free telemedicine services to protestors in New York, California and Washington D.C.

Trucker ranks at the top of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ list of most dangerous jobs in terms of worker fatalities, and since March, truckers have been tirelessly delivering supplies to hospitals and grocery stores. Samsara recently developed new A.I. safety features for dash cams to ensure drivers make it home safely. The company’s cameras interpret road scenes and driver behavior to detect distracted driving or tailgating, triggering real-time, in-cab alerts. When Covid-19 made New York City commercial ambulance provider SeniorCare EMS busier than ever, the company turned to Samsara’s AI-enabled dash cams.

In March, when a local food pantry was able to provide food for only five days because of the increased demand due to Covid-19, Senior Shopping Service set up an extra food pantry in a local laundromat that is still going strong. The company also set up a free shopping day in a local building to provide everything from clothes to toys. Senior Shopping Service contributed $25,000 for this Care and Share program.

After the pandemic struck, Squarespace allowed customers to pause their subscriptions, offered all customers with online stores the option to sell gift cards, and enabled features like announcement bars for our customers to provide timely alerts to their customers. In June, Squarespace made a long-term commitment to support organizations working toward social justice reform and alleviating racial inequality in the U.S. with a pledge to donate $500,000 to various organizations over the next three years.