探访聊天宝北京办公地:员工未收到回流锤子科技消息
“聊天宝团队是要被锤子收购了吗?”
“不知道,反正我还没收到过这样的通知。”
对于仍然留在快如科技(聊天宝所属公司)的员工来说,每天的工作似乎没有太多变化,但外界的风暴已经有点愈演愈烈。

从子弹短信到聊天宝
来到快如科技北京办公地点的启明国际大厦二层,这家外界热议的公司,员工们仍在照常地进进出出。而据36氪爆料,聊天宝团队于3月5日宣布就地解散,原来大约两百人的团队,“只保留二三十人”,或将回流到锤子科技。
聊天宝前身为子弹短信,同属快如科技。去年8月20日的坚果Pro 2S发布会上,这款由快如科技开发、锤子科技投资的全新社交软件被罗永浩首次推出。据官方介绍,它是一款极速高效的聊天软件,可将语音与文字完美结合,满足个人及团队高效沟通的需求。
借助锤子科技CEO罗永浩和锤子的高调背书,子弹短信曾短暂占据过App Store免费榜第一。
在推出半年多时间里,就已经完成了3轮融资,目前已知的最大一笔融资达到1.5亿元,当时外界给出了6亿元的预估值。

今年1月15日晚,子弹短信升级为聊天宝,仍然是由快如科技投资人兼网红大V的罗永浩站台主持了这场发布会,并介绍聊天宝会采用全新社交网赚的运营模式,增加“好东西、领取”功能,用户可以一边社交、购物、玩游戏,一边赚金币,希冀用粗暴撒币来吸引用户。
显然,这套玩法没有奏效。截至目前,快如科技官网的招聘岗位还停留在子弹短信项目上并未更新需求,而聊天宝的现金提现额度也悄然从门槛1元骤升到了100元。

帮手锤子和罗永浩
据启明国际大厦不足500米,就是锤子科技北京总部所在地的中国数码港大厦。仅隔了一条广泽路的锤子,绝对是中国好“邻居”的榜样。
在罗永浩牵线下,子弹短信不仅顺利完成了从0到1的冷启动艰难开局,更是在上线短短七天内就拿到了1.5亿元融资款。现在回头来看,颇有点出道即巅峰的感觉。
不仅如此,整个子弹短信的高管架构,要么是曾经跟随罗永浩创业的好伙伴,如子弹短信创始人王力,曾在008年11月至2011年5月任职老罗英语培训学校的董事总经理;要么就直接是从锤子科技过去帮忙的员工,如子弹短信联合创始人&CPO郝浠杰和联合创始人&CTO汪兆飞,都曾任职于锤子科技。
不过,罗永浩现在也有点顾不上帮忙了。据天眼查信息显示,罗永浩已经退出了股东行列。而且从2018年底开始,锤子科技频繁曝出资金链紧张、裁员以及员工工资发放延迟消息,甚至还遭到部分供应商上门讨债,并被一些供应商因欠款而告上法庭。
但哪怕是在同一层楼办公的其他公司员工看来,快如科技就等同于锤子科技。
问:“快如科技是在这里办公吗?”
隔壁二手时尚电商平台员工:“你是说锤子科技吗,就是这。”
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