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Calculated Shard: 14 (from laksa196)

2. Crawled Status Check

Query:

curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa014.int.ahrefs:8124/' \
  -H 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
  -H 'X-ClickHouse-Database: crawler3' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YXBpOg==' \
  -d 'SELECT getAhrefsURLFromUnparsed(src_unparsed) AS found_url, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(download_stamp), 0) AS crawl_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(props_url_first_seen), 0) AS first_indexed_time, download_http_code AS http_code, src_unparsed AS src_unparsed, src_root_hash AS src_root_hash, history_drop_reason AS history_drop_reason, meta_title AS meta_title, meta_descriptions AS meta_descriptions, attrs_boilerpipe_text AS attrs_boilerpipe_text, attrs_markdown AS attrs_markdown, attrs_readable_markdown AS attrs_readable_markdown, meta_canonical AS meta_canonical FROM crawler3.page_info_local FINAL PREWHERE (src_root_hash, src_unparsed) IN ((getAhrefsRootHashFromUnparsed(getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.fastcompany.com/91236796/zoom-just-rebranded-itself-to-zoom\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.fastcompany.com/91236796/zoom-just-rebranded-itself-to-zoom\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

Response:

{"found_url":"https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/91236796\/zoom-just-rebranded-itself-to-zoom","crawl_time":1774787865,"first_indexed_time":1732710651,"http_code":200,"src_unparsed":"com,fastcompany!www,\/91236796\/zoom-just-rebranded-itself-to-zoom s443","src_root_hash":"6875757449678434414","history_drop_reason":null,"meta_title":"Zoom just rebranded itself to Zoom - Fast Company","meta_descriptions":["Zoom just dropped 'video' from its official name, and it’s a subtle change that's a big tell about where the company is headed."],"attrs_boilerpipe_text":"Zoom just announced that it’s changing its name. But its users will still call it Zoom.\nIn\na blog post published Monday\n, Zoom CEO Eric Yuan announced that the company formerly known as “Zoom Video Communications Inc.” will now simply be called “Zoom Communications Inc.” The rename seems almost negligible, given that the company is hardly ever actually referred to by its full title, with users preferring the colloquial name “Zoom.” (Its logo uses the concise version, too.) And while the change won’t alter how the company’s branding looks or sounds, it is significant for a different reason. \nZoom rose to prominence during the pandemic as a video calling tool to hold virtual meetings with colleagues, family, and classmates. Now, though, the company wants to reposition itself as an “AI-first work platform,” or a catch-all workplace productivity site—think an AI-driven combination of\nNotion\n, Google Docs, and Microsoft Teams. The first step was dropping “video” from its name altogether.\n[Image: Zoom]\nWhat to expect from Zoom 2.0\nZoom was founded by Yuan as a video conferencing app back in 2011. But the company truly boomed when the pandemic shut down in-person meetings, with usage of the platform\nskyrocketing by 1,900%\nbetween December 2019 and September 2020. Since that period of take-off, Zoom’s finances\nhave leveled off\n—though the company’s performance has proved to be better than expected in\nthe second\nand\nthird quarters\nof 2024.\nTo compete with rival giants like Microsoft and Google, which each tout their own meeting services and AI workplace tools (\nCopilot\nand\nDuet AI\n, respectively), Zoom is pivoting away from its video-forward identity and highlighting its new AI capabilities, like\nthe AI Companion\nit released in September 2023, which can summarize meetings, draft chat threads, and even help create visual whiteboards. (Zoom released a more advanced\nversion 2.0\nin October.) The company released\nZoom Docs\n, a kind of Google Docs competitor with built-in AI features like section suggestions and summarization capabilities, a month later.\n“To deliver on our mission over the long-term, we must stay ahead of trends, innovate rapidly, and develop solutions that reflect our customers’ biggest needs—which we see as going far beyond video in the future of work,” Yuan wrote in his blog post yesterday. “This is most evident in the AI explosion that has disrupted the workplace over the past year.” And Zoom wants a piece of it.\nPivot from video\nAside from yesterday’s name tweak, the company has yet to introduce any branding changes to usher in this new era (or “Zoom 2.0,” as Yuan terms it). At a conference last year, Zoom’s EMEA chief Frederik Maris\ntold\nInsider\n, “Our logo and our brand—it’s a blessing and a curse because everybody knows Zoom, but everybody knows us only for meetings.” He added: “Now we are becoming a completely different company.” ","attrs_markdown":"![Hamburger menu icon](https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/_public\/3_line_burger.svg)\n\nLOGIN\n\n[![Fast company logo](https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/_public\/fc_logo.svg)](https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/)\n\n[SUBSCRIBE](https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/subscribe?itm_source=topnav&itm_medium=button&itm_campaign=sticky)\n\n- [Premium](https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/premium?itm_source=dek&itm_medium=lander&itm_campaign=main)\n- [Tech](https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/technology)\n- [Design](https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/co-design)\n- [News](https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/news)\n- [Leadership](https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/leadership-2)\n- [Work Life](https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/work-life)\n- [Games](https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/games)\n- [Podcasts](https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/podcasts)\n- [Video](https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/videos)\n- [INNOVATION FESTIVAL](https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/section\/fast-company-innovation-festival)\n\n\\|\n\n[Custom Studio](https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/fcw)\n\n- [IBM](https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/fcw\/ibm)\n- [Texas A\\&M University](https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/fcw\/texas-am-university)\n\n![](https:\/\/b.scorecardresearch.com\/p?c1=2&c2=6916907&cv=2.0&cj=1)\n\nadvertisement\n\n11-27-2024[MARKETING INNOVATION](https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/section\/marketing-innovation)\n\n[Zoom just rebranded itself to Zoom](https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/91236796\/zoom-just-rebranded-itself-to-zoom)\n\nZoom just dropped the ‘video’ from its name, and is going all-in on AI.\n\nSHARE\n\nFacebook\n\nLinkedIn\n\nBluesky\n\nX\n\nLink\n\nADD ON GOOGLE\n\n![Zoom just rebranded itself to Zoom](https:\/\/images.fastcompany.com\/image\/upload\/f_webp,c_fit,w_1920,q_auto\/wp-cms-2\/2024\/11\/p-1-91236796-zoom-rebrands-as-zoom.jpg)\n\n\\[Illustration: FC\\]\n\n![Author's image](https:\/\/images.fastcompany.com\/image\/upload\/f_webp,c_fit,w_256,q_auto\/wp-cms-2\/2024\/12\/Snelling_Grace_grey_500x500.jpg)\n\nBY [Grace Snelling](https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/user\/gsnelling)\n\nZoom just announced that it’s changing its name. But its users will still call it Zoom.\n\nIn [a blog post published Monday](https:\/\/www.zoom.com\/en\/blog\/introducing-zoom-communications-inc\/?cms_guid=false&lang=null), Zoom CEO Eric Yuan announced that the company formerly known as “Zoom Video Communications Inc.” will now simply be called “Zoom Communications Inc.” The rename seems almost negligible, given that the company is hardly ever actually referred to by its full title, with users preferring the colloquial name “Zoom.” (Its logo uses the concise version, too.) And while the change won’t alter how the company’s branding looks or sounds, it is significant for a different reason.\n\nZoom rose to prominence during the pandemic as a video calling tool to hold virtual meetings with colleagues, family, and classmates. Now, though, the company wants to reposition itself as an “AI-first work platform,” or a catch-all workplace productivity site—think an AI-driven combination of [Notion](https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/91192119\/notions-new-animated-ai-assistant-looks-more-new-yorker-than-clippy), Google Docs, and Microsoft Teams. The first step was dropping “video” from its name altogether.\n\n![](https:\/\/images.fastcompany.com\/image\/upload\/f_webp,q_auto,c_fit\/wp-cms-2\/2024\/11\/i-1-91236796-zoom-rebrands-as-zoom.png)\n\n\\[Image: Zoom\\]\n## What to expect from Zoom 2.0\nZoom was founded by Yuan as a video conferencing app back in 2011. But the company truly boomed when the pandemic shut down in-person meetings, with usage of the platform [skyrocketing by 1,900%](https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/meet-zoom-billionaire-eric-yuan-career-net-worth-life#yuan-added-more-than-12-billion-to-his-net-worth-in-the-past-six-months-alone-8) between December 2019 and September 2020. Since that period of take-off, Zoom’s finances [have leveled off](https:\/\/www.financemagnates.com\/trending\/zoom-in-2024-from-pandemic-darling-to-corporate-crawler\/)—though the company’s performance has proved to be better than expected in [the second](https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/zoom-proves-more-pandemic-only-132707850.html) and [third quarters](https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2024\/11\/25\/zoom-zm-q3-earnings-report-2025.html) of 2024.\n\n![Design Newsletter logo](https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/_public\/fc-icon.svg)\n\nSubscribe to the Design newsletter.The latest innovations in design brought to you every weekday\n\n[Privacy Policy](https:\/\/www.mansueto.com\/privacy-policy\/)\n\n\\|\n\n[Fast Company Newsletters](https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/newsletters)\n\nTo compete with rival giants like Microsoft and Google, which each tout their own meeting services and AI workplace tools ([Copilot](https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/91213113\/microsoft-copilot-ai-agents-routine-tasks) and [Duet AI](https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/90947400\/google-is-putting-ai-into-your-business-processes-what-could-possibly-go-wrong?partner=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=rss+fastcompany&utm_content=rss), respectively), Zoom is pivoting away from its video-forward identity and highlighting its new AI capabilities, like [the AI Companion](https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/90948619\/zoom-ai-features-presentation-skills-bad-at-meetings?partner=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=rss+fastcompany&utm_content=rss) it released in September 2023, which can summarize meetings, draft chat threads, and even help create visual whiteboards. (Zoom released a more advanced [version 2.0](https:\/\/www.zoom.com\/en\/blog\/ai-first-solutions\/?amp_device_id=48948e97-9aeb-425d-ac07-02a429c2da53&amp_device_id=48948e97-9aeb-425d-ac07-02a429c2da53) in October.) The company released [Zoom Docs](https:\/\/www.zoom.com\/en\/products\/collaborative-docs\/?amp_device_id=48948e97-9aeb-425d-ac07-02a429c2da53&amp_device_id=48948e97-9aeb-425d-ac07-02a429c2da53), a kind of Google Docs competitor with built-in AI features like section suggestions and summarization capabilities, a month later.\n\n“To deliver on our mission over the long-term, we must stay ahead of trends, innovate rapidly, and develop solutions that reflect our customers’ biggest needs—which we see as going far beyond video in the future of work,” Yuan wrote in his blog post yesterday. “This is most evident in the AI explosion that has disrupted the workplace over the past year.” And Zoom wants a piece of it.\n\n## Pivot from video\nAside from yesterday’s name tweak, the company has yet to introduce any branding changes to usher in this new era (or “Zoom 2.0,” as Yuan terms it). At a conference last year, Zoom’s EMEA chief Frederik Maris [told *Insider*](https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/zoom-different-company-remote-working-return-to-office-2023-11), “Our logo and our brand—it’s a blessing and a curse because everybody knows Zoom, but everybody knows us only for meetings.” He added: “Now we are becoming a completely different company.”\n\nExpand to continue reading ↓\n***\n#### Explore Topics\n- [zoom](https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/section\/zoom)\n\nadvertisement\n\nFeatured Video\n\nRyan Coogler on how he became a creative leader\n\nRyan Coogler, Zinzi Coogler, and Sev Ohanian, the founders of Proximity Media, share their top leadership tips for creatives.\n\nMore Videos\n\n0 of 4 minutes, 14 secondsVolume 0%\n\nPress shift question mark to access a list of keyboard shortcuts\n\nKeyboard Shortcuts\n\nEnabledDisabled\n\nShortcuts Open\/Close\/ or ?\n\nPlay\/PauseSPACE\n\nIncrease Volume↑\n\nDecrease Volume↓\n\nSeek Forward→\n\nSeek Backward←\n\nCaptions 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[Learn More](https:\/\/www.newsguardtech.com\/ratings\/rating-process-criteria\/)\n\n![](https:\/\/secure-us.imrworldwide.com\/cgi-bin\/m?ci=us-805310h&cg=0&cc=1&ts=noscript)\n\n![](https:\/\/secure-us.imrworldwide.com\/cgi-bin\/m?ci=us-805310h&cg=0&cc=1&ts=noscript)\n\n[search by queryly](https:\/\/www.queryly.com\/)\n\n[Advanced Search]()\n\n![close](https:\/\/www.queryly.com\/images\/whitecloseicon.png)","attrs_readable_markdown":"Zoom just announced that it’s changing its name. But its users will still call it Zoom.\n\nIn [a blog post published Monday](https:\/\/www.zoom.com\/en\/blog\/introducing-zoom-communications-inc\/?cms_guid=false&lang=null), Zoom CEO Eric Yuan announced that the company formerly known as “Zoom Video Communications Inc.” will now simply be called “Zoom Communications Inc.” The rename seems almost negligible, given that the company is hardly ever actually referred to by its full title, with users preferring the colloquial name “Zoom.” (Its logo uses the concise version, too.) And while the change won’t alter how the company’s branding looks or sounds, it is significant for a different reason.\n\nZoom rose to prominence during the pandemic as a video calling tool to hold virtual meetings with colleagues, family, and classmates. Now, though, the company wants to reposition itself as an “AI-first work platform,” or a catch-all workplace productivity site—think an AI-driven combination of [Notion](https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/91192119\/notions-new-animated-ai-assistant-looks-more-new-yorker-than-clippy), Google Docs, and Microsoft Teams. The first step was dropping “video” from its name altogether.\n\n![](https:\/\/images.fastcompany.com\/image\/upload\/f_webp,q_auto,c_fit\/wp-cms-2\/2024\/11\/i-1-91236796-zoom-rebrands-as-zoom.png)\n\n\\[Image: Zoom\\]\n## What to expect from Zoom 2.0\nZoom was founded by Yuan as a video conferencing app back in 2011. But the company truly boomed when the pandemic shut down in-person meetings, with usage of the platform [skyrocketing by 1,900%](https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/meet-zoom-billionaire-eric-yuan-career-net-worth-life#yuan-added-more-than-12-billion-to-his-net-worth-in-the-past-six-months-alone-8) between December 2019 and September 2020. Since that period of take-off, Zoom’s finances [have leveled off](https:\/\/www.financemagnates.com\/trending\/zoom-in-2024-from-pandemic-darling-to-corporate-crawler\/)—though the company’s performance has proved to be better than expected in [the second](https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/zoom-proves-more-pandemic-only-132707850.html) and [third quarters](https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2024\/11\/25\/zoom-zm-q3-earnings-report-2025.html) of 2024.\n\nTo compete with rival giants like Microsoft and Google, which each tout their own meeting services and AI workplace tools ([Copilot](https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/91213113\/microsoft-copilot-ai-agents-routine-tasks) and [Duet AI](https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/90947400\/google-is-putting-ai-into-your-business-processes-what-could-possibly-go-wrong?partner=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=rss+fastcompany&utm_content=rss), respectively), Zoom is pivoting away from its video-forward identity and highlighting its new AI capabilities, like [the AI Companion](https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/90948619\/zoom-ai-features-presentation-skills-bad-at-meetings?partner=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=rss+fastcompany&utm_content=rss) it released in September 2023, which can summarize meetings, draft chat threads, and even help create visual whiteboards. (Zoom released a more advanced [version 2.0](https:\/\/www.zoom.com\/en\/blog\/ai-first-solutions\/?amp_device_id=48948e97-9aeb-425d-ac07-02a429c2da53&amp_device_id=48948e97-9aeb-425d-ac07-02a429c2da53) in October.) The company released [Zoom Docs](https:\/\/www.zoom.com\/en\/products\/collaborative-docs\/?amp_device_id=48948e97-9aeb-425d-ac07-02a429c2da53&amp_device_id=48948e97-9aeb-425d-ac07-02a429c2da53), a kind of Google Docs competitor with built-in AI features like section suggestions and summarization capabilities, a month later.\n\n“To deliver on our mission over the long-term, we must stay ahead of trends, innovate rapidly, and develop solutions that reflect our customers’ biggest needs—which we see as going far beyond video in the future of work,” Yuan wrote in his blog post yesterday. “This is most evident in the AI explosion that has disrupted the workplace over the past year.” And Zoom wants a piece of it.\n\n## Pivot from video\nAside from yesterday’s name tweak, the company has yet to introduce any branding changes to usher in this new era (or “Zoom 2.0,” as Yuan terms it). At a conference last year, Zoom’s EMEA chief Frederik Maris [told *Insider*](https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/zoom-different-company-remote-working-return-to-office-2023-11), “Our logo and our brand—it’s a blessing and a curse because everybody knows Zoom, but everybody knows us only for meetings.” He added: “Now we are becoming a completely different company.”","meta_canonical":null}

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Meta Description	Zoom just dropped 'video' from its official name, and it’s a subtle change that's a big tell about where the company is headed.
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Boilerpipe Text	Zoom just announced that it’s changing its name. But its users will still call it Zoom. In a blog post published Monday , Zoom CEO Eric Yuan announced that the company formerly known as “Zoom Video Communications Inc.” will now simply be called “Zoom Communications Inc.” The rename seems almost negligible, given that the company is hardly ever actually referred to by its full title, with users preferring the colloquial name “Zoom.” (Its logo uses the concise version, too.) And while the change won’t alter how the company’s branding looks or sounds, it is significant for a different reason. Zoom rose to prominence during the pandemic as a video calling tool to hold virtual meetings with colleagues, family, and classmates. Now, though, the company wants to reposition itself as an “AI-first work platform,” or a catch-all workplace productivity site—think an AI-driven combination of Notion , Google Docs, and Microsoft Teams. The first step was dropping “video” from its name altogether. [Image: Zoom] What to expect from Zoom 2.0 Zoom was founded by Yuan as a video conferencing app back in 2011. But the company truly boomed when the pandemic shut down in-person meetings, with usage of the platform skyrocketing by 1,900% between December 2019 and September 2020. Since that period of take-off, Zoom’s finances have leveled off —though the company’s performance has proved to be better than expected in the second and third quarters of 2024. To compete with rival giants like Microsoft and Google, which each tout their own meeting services and AI workplace tools ( Copilot and Duet AI , respectively), Zoom is pivoting away from its video-forward identity and highlighting its new AI capabilities, like the AI Companion it released in September 2023, which can summarize meetings, draft chat threads, and even help create visual whiteboards. (Zoom released a more advanced version 2.0 in October.) The company released Zoom Docs , a kind of Google Docs competitor with built-in AI features like section suggestions and summarization capabilities, a month later. “To deliver on our mission over the long-term, we must stay ahead of trends, innovate rapidly, and develop solutions that reflect our customers’ biggest needs—which we see as going far beyond video in the future of work,” Yuan wrote in his blog post yesterday. “This is most evident in the AI explosion that has disrupted the workplace over the past year.” And Zoom wants a piece of it. Pivot from video Aside from yesterday’s name tweak, the company has yet to introduce any branding changes to usher in this new era (or “Zoom 2.0,” as Yuan terms it). At a conference last year, Zoom’s EMEA chief Frederik Maris told Insider , “Our logo and our brand—it’s a blessing and a curse because everybody knows Zoom, but everybody knows us only for meetings.” He added: “Now we are becoming a completely different company.”
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In [a blog post published Monday](https://www.zoom.com/en/blog/introducing-zoom-communications-inc/?cms_guid=false&lang=null), Zoom CEO Eric Yuan announced that the company formerly known as “Zoom Video Communications Inc.” will now simply be called “Zoom Communications Inc.” The rename seems almost negligible, given that the company is hardly ever actually referred to by its full title, with users preferring the colloquial name “Zoom.” (Its logo uses the concise version, too.) And while the change won’t alter how the company’s branding looks or sounds, it is significant for a different reason. Zoom rose to prominence during the pandemic as a video calling tool to hold virtual meetings with colleagues, family, and classmates. Now, though, the company wants to reposition itself as an “AI-first work platform,” or a catch-all workplace productivity site—think an AI-driven combination of [Notion](https://www.fastcompany.com/91192119/notions-new-animated-ai-assistant-looks-more-new-yorker-than-clippy), Google Docs, and Microsoft Teams. The first step was dropping “video” from its name altogether. ![](https://images.fastcompany.com/image/upload/f_webp,q_auto,c_fit/wp-cms-2/2024/11/i-1-91236796-zoom-rebrands-as-zoom.png) \[Image: Zoom\] ## What to expect from Zoom 2.0 Zoom was founded by Yuan as a video conferencing app back in 2011. But the company truly boomed when the pandemic shut down in-person meetings, with usage of the platform [skyrocketing by 1,900%](https://www.businessinsider.com/meet-zoom-billionaire-eric-yuan-career-net-worth-life#yuan-added-more-than-12-billion-to-his-net-worth-in-the-past-six-months-alone-8) between December 2019 and September 2020. Since that period of take-off, Zoom’s finances [have leveled off](https://www.financemagnates.com/trending/zoom-in-2024-from-pandemic-darling-to-corporate-crawler/)—though the company’s performance has proved to be better than expected in [the second](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/zoom-proves-more-pandemic-only-132707850.html) and [third quarters](https://www.cnbc.com/2024/11/25/zoom-zm-q3-earnings-report-2025.html) of 2024. ![Design Newsletter logo](https://www.fastcompany.com/_public/fc-icon.svg) Subscribe to the Design newsletter.The latest innovations in design brought to you every weekday [Privacy Policy](https://www.mansueto.com/privacy-policy/) \\| [Fast Company Newsletters](https://www.fastcompany.com/newsletters) To compete with rival giants like Microsoft and Google, which each tout their own meeting services and AI workplace tools ([Copilot](https://www.fastcompany.com/91213113/microsoft-copilot-ai-agents-routine-tasks) and [Duet AI](https://www.fastcompany.com/90947400/google-is-putting-ai-into-your-business-processes-what-could-possibly-go-wrong?partner=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=rss+fastcompany&utm_content=rss), respectively), Zoom is pivoting away from its video-forward identity and highlighting its new AI capabilities, like [the AI Companion](https://www.fastcompany.com/90948619/zoom-ai-features-presentation-skills-bad-at-meetings?partner=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=rss+fastcompany&utm_content=rss) it released in September 2023, which can summarize meetings, draft chat threads, and even help create visual whiteboards. (Zoom released a more advanced [version 2.0](https://www.zoom.com/en/blog/ai-first-solutions/?amp_device_id=48948e97-9aeb-425d-ac07-02a429c2da53&amp_device_id=48948e97-9aeb-425d-ac07-02a429c2da53) in October.) The company released [Zoom Docs](https://www.zoom.com/en/products/collaborative-docs/?amp_device_id=48948e97-9aeb-425d-ac07-02a429c2da53&amp_device_id=48948e97-9aeb-425d-ac07-02a429c2da53), a kind of Google Docs competitor with built-in AI features like section suggestions and summarization capabilities, a month later. “To deliver on our mission over the long-term, we must stay ahead of trends, innovate rapidly, and develop solutions that reflect our customers’ biggest needs—which we see as going far beyond video in the future of work,” Yuan wrote in his blog post yesterday. “This is most evident in the AI explosion that has disrupted the workplace over the past year.” And Zoom wants a piece of it. ## Pivot from video Aside from yesterday’s name tweak, the company has yet to introduce any branding changes to usher in this new era (or “Zoom 2.0,” as Yuan terms it). 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Readable Markdown	Zoom just announced that it’s changing its name. But its users will still call it Zoom. In [a blog post published Monday](https://www.zoom.com/en/blog/introducing-zoom-communications-inc/?cms_guid=false&lang=null), Zoom CEO Eric Yuan announced that the company formerly known as “Zoom Video Communications Inc.” will now simply be called “Zoom Communications Inc.” The rename seems almost negligible, given that the company is hardly ever actually referred to by its full title, with users preferring the colloquial name “Zoom.” (Its logo uses the concise version, too.) And while the change won’t alter how the company’s branding looks or sounds, it is significant for a different reason. Zoom rose to prominence during the pandemic as a video calling tool to hold virtual meetings with colleagues, family, and classmates. Now, though, the company wants to reposition itself as an “AI-first work platform,” or a catch-all workplace productivity site—think an AI-driven combination of [Notion](https://www.fastcompany.com/91192119/notions-new-animated-ai-assistant-looks-more-new-yorker-than-clippy), Google Docs, and Microsoft Teams. The first step was dropping “video” from its name altogether. ![](https://images.fastcompany.com/image/upload/f_webp,q_auto,c_fit/wp-cms-2/2024/11/i-1-91236796-zoom-rebrands-as-zoom.png) \[Image: Zoom\] ## What to expect from Zoom 2.0 Zoom was founded by Yuan as a video conferencing app back in 2011. But the company truly boomed when the pandemic shut down in-person meetings, with usage of the platform [skyrocketing by 1,900%](https://www.businessinsider.com/meet-zoom-billionaire-eric-yuan-career-net-worth-life#yuan-added-more-than-12-billion-to-his-net-worth-in-the-past-six-months-alone-8) between December 2019 and September 2020. Since that period of take-off, Zoom’s finances [have leveled off](https://www.financemagnates.com/trending/zoom-in-2024-from-pandemic-darling-to-corporate-crawler/)—though the company’s performance has proved to be better than expected in [the second](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/zoom-proves-more-pandemic-only-132707850.html) and [third quarters](https://www.cnbc.com/2024/11/25/zoom-zm-q3-earnings-report-2025.html) of 2024. To compete with rival giants like Microsoft and Google, which each tout their own meeting services and AI workplace tools ([Copilot](https://www.fastcompany.com/91213113/microsoft-copilot-ai-agents-routine-tasks) and [Duet AI](https://www.fastcompany.com/90947400/google-is-putting-ai-into-your-business-processes-what-could-possibly-go-wrong?partner=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=rss+fastcompany&utm_content=rss), respectively), Zoom is pivoting away from its video-forward identity and highlighting its new AI capabilities, like [the AI Companion](https://www.fastcompany.com/90948619/zoom-ai-features-presentation-skills-bad-at-meetings?partner=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=rss+fastcompany&utm_content=rss) it released in September 2023, which can summarize meetings, draft chat threads, and even help create visual whiteboards. (Zoom released a more advanced [version 2.0](https://www.zoom.com/en/blog/ai-first-solutions/?amp_device_id=48948e97-9aeb-425d-ac07-02a429c2da53&amp_device_id=48948e97-9aeb-425d-ac07-02a429c2da53) in October.) The company released [Zoom Docs](https://www.zoom.com/en/products/collaborative-docs/?amp_device_id=48948e97-9aeb-425d-ac07-02a429c2da53&amp_device_id=48948e97-9aeb-425d-ac07-02a429c2da53), a kind of Google Docs competitor with built-in AI features like section suggestions and summarization capabilities, a month later. “To deliver on our mission over the long-term, we must stay ahead of trends, innovate rapidly, and develop solutions that reflect our customers’ biggest needs—which we see as going far beyond video in the future of work,” Yuan wrote in his blog post yesterday. “This is most evident in the AI explosion that has disrupted the workplace over the past year.” And Zoom wants a piece of it. ## Pivot from video Aside from yesterday’s name tweak, the company has yet to introduce any branding changes to usher in this new era (or “Zoom 2.0,” as Yuan terms it). At a conference last year, Zoom’s EMEA chief Frederik Maris [told Insider](https://www.businessinsider.com/zoom-different-company-remote-working-return-to-office-2023-11), “Our logo and our brand—it’s a blessing and a curse because everybody knows Zoom, but everybody knows us only for meetings.” He added: “Now we are becoming a completely different company.”
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