The company "Avroid," which develops applications for the Russian operating system "Aurora," has announced a temporary suspension of operations from March to the end of June. Employees are not receiving salaries. The reason for the suspension is related to financial difficulties.
Employees have not been paid salaries since March. Due to the lack of work, people are gradually resigning. Some employees have also been transferred to remote work.
The debt to employees is primarily due to negotiations to attract a new investor. Currently, "Avroid" is working on restructuring its business to reduce dependence on the "Aurora" OS.
According to him, it was expected at the beginning of the year that 50,000 devices would be shipped with "Aurora." However, this quantity was not enough to ensure a stable income. In this regard, the shareholders decided to expand the product range for other operating systems.
Since "Avroid" is currently developing software products for the "Aurora" OS, our financial performance directly depends on the number of devices on the "Aurora" OS. With current forecasts for 2025, we are reducing investment in development for this operating system and attracting a new investor to diversify the product portfolio. At the same time, obligations to employees remain our top priority in this situation.
According to Pavel Eiges, CEO of "Open Mobile Platform," which develops the "Aurora" operating system, "Avroid" is creating two popular products. The first is the TAVRO messenger, which allows you to use Telegram on devices with the "Aurora" operating system.
The second product is a container for running Android applications on devices with the "Aurora" operating system. It is called "AVROID Platform."
At the same time, Eiges emphasized that "Avroid" is not the only creator of applications for "Aurora." Currently, there are more than a hundred applications for the domestic operating system available in the Russian Rutore store.
According to Eiges, more than 500,000 devices manufactured at the "Aurora" plant have been delivered to the market since 2016. Avroid LLC was registered in January 2023 in the city of Svetlogorsk, Kaliningrad Region.
Earlier, www1.ru reported that a prototype payment terminal running the "Aurora" operating system was presented for the first time at the Finopolis 2024 forum. This Russian mobile operating system was developed and promoted by the company "Open Mobile Platform."
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