Master remote meetings

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There’s a new player in the video conferencing space, and it's addressing a lot of the most common pain points experienced by remote teams around the world.

Initially designed as a community building tool for celebrities, moguls, and influencers, Waitroom gained early traction with the help of users like Tan France from Netflix and Jimmy Wales, the co-founder of Wikipedia.

At the same time, serial maker and Waitroom CEO Vinny Lingham and his team were using the platform for their daily standups, and noticed their meetings were shorter and more engaging.

“Everyone got to participate and have their say,” remembers Lingham. “Waitroom simply made us better communicators, even in meetings held off-platform.”

This led the team to conduct extensive user research on meeting platforms. “We were surprised at the depth of the struggles people face with disorganization, interruptions, and lack of engagement,” says Lingham. “We knew we had to share our solution.”

Talking queues and timed slots: Waitroom's approach to remote meetings includes a queue for participants to wait their turn to speak and a timer to keep discussions succinct. Team members are encouraged to provide feedback using audience reactions or ‘chime-in’ requests.

Not speaking? No camera: To minimize distractions, Waitroom automates off-camera listening for those not actively speaking.

AI meeting summaries: Currently, Waitroom uses AI to generate summaries and post-meeting analyses, with Slack integration. Summa, their AI meeting assistant, is in development, and will add real-time translation and Drive, Notion, and Jira integrations to help users overcome language barriers and information gaps.

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