"Innovators," [the *Inside Higher Ed* headline has it](https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/09/29/companies-and-instructors-build-technology-take-remote-instruction-video-tools-next), "see Zoom University 2.0." By "innovation," though, *Inside Higher Ed* seems to mean "venture-backed profit-seeking." Here's the latest entrant in the "space":
> Developed in just a few months, Hall and her team have been furiously coding to create a beta version of [InSpace](https://inspace.chat) that Champlain College and several other institutions will try in the coming weeks. The university recently awarded InSpace $50,000 to run a pilot program and cover its cloud computing expenses.
The [VC-backed ed-tech gold rush](https://www.jeffpooley.com/2020/09/here-comes-the-post-covid-ed-tech-vc-rush/) continues. The stakes shouldn't need restating: Will our teaching infrastructure get handed over to for-profit corporations?