Business TREND. Businesses Thriving in COVID.

A sampling of business booms in the time of COVID:

• Coursera, the Mountain View, Calif.-based online learning platform with university classes
• ZOOM, video conferencing
• Instacart has seen a 150 percent increase in demand
• a course from the Imperial College London on the science of COVID-19 has more than 66,000 students enrolled after launching less than two months ago
• Automation Anywhere, a San Jose-based leader in AI technology
• Safeway, the grocer, announced last week it wants to hire 2,000 workers

Who is hiring in droves:

• Grocery stores
• online delivery
• post office

The Mercury News via Governing | For Some Companies, Coronavirus Brought a Business Boom