WeWork spent years going after big businesses. Now, its new owner wants to look at the little guys.

• Anant Yardi took a majority stake in WeWork through its bankruptcy process.
• WeWork struggled post-2019 from pandemic constraints and long lease obligations.
• Yardi plans to focus on small businesses and use hotel-like tech for real-time booking.

WeWork's new owner prefers to stay out of the spotlight — and he's already sketching out new plans for the embattled office company.