The company upgrades its entire hardware line and launches a new AI-powered cross training service. All products featured on WIRED are independently selected by our editors. However, we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through these links. Do you remember whatever became of your old Peloton bike or tread? The at-home fitness company was one of the most famous casualties of the postpandemic bust.

Peloton had a great pandemic. It's a weird thing to say, but the company's premium exercise equipment (expanding from bikes to treadmills and even weight-training tech) were the hot workout-from-home products. That boom made some people (not normal, sensible people) suggest we were never going back to bricks-and-mortar gyms once the world reopened. Now, Peloton's latest financial numbers and statements are not great, and further cuts, nips and tucks are now on the cards. Its shares have gone from 156 in 2021 to less than 3 today.

The Enterprise Data team works alongside multiple departments to help them get the most out of their data. As an Analytics Engineer, you'll work with stakeholders to build models and serve as a subject-matter guide on the best processes surrounding analysis. Peloton is looking for a talented individual to build and maintain foundational data infrastructure crucial to gaining insights. The base salary range represents the low and high end of the anticipated salary range for this position based at our New York City headquarters. The actual base salary offered for this position will depend on numerous factors including individual performance, business objectives, and if the location for the job changes.

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Sign up to receive the Future Tense newsletter every other Saturday. I showed up for my first "Flow sesh" feeling sluggish. It was 6 p.m. on a Monday, and I had promised myself I was going to use the time to try to make headway on a writing project I had been putting off all day. But I was also pretty skeptical. Flow Club, a platform for virtual coworking sessions, promises to allow members to "Feel good getting work done."

AI is driving the future of fitness, and companies like Peloton are leveraging the technology to enhance products and improve experiences for users. But what role will AI and data play in the future of at-home and connected fitness, and how it will increasingly shape the landscape? It's hard to justify paying $2,300 for a smart exercise bike. Luckily, there are a few alternatives to Peloton available. Peloton Guide (Peloton's first connected strength device) is a good case study.

Consumers have invited AI into their lives with voice-activated personal assistants like Siri and Alexa, but how do they feel about computer vision technologies that can provide visual coaching and feedback in their homes? Sanjay Nichani, vice president of artificial intelligence and computer vision at Peloton Interactive, describes one compelling use case in the at-home fitness space. Sanjay Nichani is vice president of artificial intelligence and computer vision at Peloton Interactive. In that role, he leads an AI/computer vision team focused on human pose estimation, activity recognition, and movement-tracking technologies for the fitness domain. He also leads the ongoing development of Peloton Guide, a new camera-based interactive strength-training product. Previously, Nichani was vice president of the computer vision and machine learning team at Acuant, working on document forensics technologies for detecting fraud. Before that, he was vice president of the Mitek Labs R&D group, where he led the development of a deep learning-based image-processing pipeline for identity verification. He also founded 3D sensor technology company Merakona and cofounded Pelfunc, developer of a photo-sharing app/service. He has advanced degrees in business from Babson College and computer science from the University of South Florida.

Ask any Peloton user what they like about their bike, and most answers would probably include some reference to a Peloton instructor rather than the bike itself. It's been written many times before, but it's worth noting again: Peloton's big draw is a combination of the instructor personalities, pick-me-up mantras, and music playlists. As the company wades through the hardware muck and a massive corporate restructure, its special sauce--and source of recurring revenue--is still its software platform. So it makes sense that Peloton's first big new feature in a long while is a software feature. What's more interesting is that it involves no instructors at all.

One of the stars of the working-out-from-home boom is struggling. Peloton won't go quietly though and is making some big changes. The company will replace the CEO and co-founder, John Foley, who will become executive chairman, with former Spotify COO Barry McCarthy reportedly set to step into his shoes. While Foley is sticking around, the company is cutting around 2,800 corporate positions -- these won't include Peloton's instructors who lead its live classes. The company said in a press release about the lay-offs that its "monthly membership will be complimentary for impacted team members for an additional 12 months."