A commutative monoid with zero is a commutative monoid $A$ together with an element $0_{A}$ such that $0_{A}a=a0_{A}=0_{A}$ for all $a\in A$. They are precisely the monoids (in the sense of monoidal categories) in the category of pointed sets, equipped with the smash product.

Passing to the derived world, commutative monoids get replaced by $\mathbb{E}_{\infty}$-monoids in spaces, while pointed sets get replaced by pointed spaces. So the natural analogue of a commutative monoid with zero in homotopy theory should be an $\mathbb{E}_{\infty}$-monoid in the symmetric monoidal $\infty$-category $(\mathcal{S}_*,\wedge,S^0)$ of pointed spaces, called an $\mathbb{E}_{\infty}$-space with zero.

**Question.** The May recognition principle states that a space is (weakly equivalent to) an infinite loop space iff it is a grouplike $\mathbb{E}_{\infty}$-monoid in spaces. Is there a recognition principle for $\mathbb{E}_{\infty}$-spaces with zero?

(Or of a subclass of them, such as some appropriate version of “grouplike” that works for the non-Cartesian monoidal $\infty$-category $\mathcal{S}_*$)