I think the biggest reasons WeWork was never a tech company was because they were a real estate company...look at their capital expenditures. Usually, a large part of the ability for tech startups (specifically software) being able to scale is low capex. Adding software to optimize operations wouldn't have changed this for WeWork.<p>What may have made this more of a tech startup is if WeWork approached the inventory issue like Airbnb. This article lists 8 companies taking that approach <a href="https://coworkingmag.com/blog/airbnb-for-office-spaces/" rel="nofollow">https://coworkingmag.com/blog/airbnb-for-office-spaces/</a>