Detect’s current main business is to provide the rapid screening test tool “Detect Covid-19 Test” for new coronaviruses approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, allowing users to easily detect infection at home through online purchases. Each set of test tools It is sold for $49, emphasizing that it can be 50 times more accurate, allowing users to quickly confirm whether they are infected with the new coronavirus, and even advertises that they can check whether they are infected with the Omicron variant virus.
In the past, he was responsible for leading the Android team at Google, then joined Xiaomi as the global market leader, and later joined Facebook to lead the VR/AR team. Hugo Barra, after announcing his departure in mid-May of this year, is currently confirmed to join the US medical innovation The company Detect serves as the chief executive officer.
Detect was founded in Guildford, Connecticut, USA in 2017 by Dr. Jonathan Marc Rothberg, an American scientist and entrepreneur. Prior to this, Dr. Jonathan Marc Rothberg had founded Butterfly Network, and was well-known for creating ultrasonic scanning devices that can be connected to the iPhone for portable use.
Detect’s current main business is mainly to provide the rapid screening test tool “Detect Covid-19 Test” for new coronaviruses approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, allowing users to easily detect infection at home through online shopping, and each group of tests The tool is sold for $49, emphasizing that it can be 50 times more accurate, allowing users to quickly confirm whether they are infected with the new coronavirus, and even advertises that they can check whether they are infected with the Omicron variant virus.
At present, Detect has received a total of US$110 million in investment, including US$8.1 million provided by the National Institutes of Health, which will be used as a tool to expand the production of rapid screening tests for the new coronavirus.
Joining Detect as the CEO this time, although it looks obviously different from the past experience environment, Hugo Barra emphasized that Detect’s product layout goals are actually the same as smartphones, hoping to make it more convenient for more people to use at a reasonable price. Medical equipment can not only enjoy the convenience of medical treatment at an expensive price.
.