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Founder · Executive · Engineer
Josh Matthews Is Giving Every Used Device a Memory
The Apkudo co-founder spent years teaching machines to understand phones. Now he is building a record of what every device has been through - and what it should become next.
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Executive · Operator
Tim Brown Is Selling the Afterlife of Your Phone
The Apkudo revenue chief works in the unglamorous, consequential minutes after a phone is returned - when data, trust and a second life are all still up for grabs.
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Saas · Enterprise · Logistics
How Apkudo Turned Returned Phones Into a $72 Million Case for Giving Every Device a Passport
The used-phone economy has a trust problem: nobody agrees on what a device is worth, where it has been or whether the repair worked. Apkudo’s answer is equal parts software ledger, diagnostic lab and robot line - with a decade-long carrier case study showing why the plumbing matters.
device-lifecycle-management · reverse-logisticsRead →