A crop of tools promises to kill the meeting — or at least make it shorter.

The premise is that most meetings are a failure of writing, and better tools can fix that.

Whether habits will follow the software is another matter.

War on the calendar

Culture, founders admit, is the hardest thing to ship.

"You cannot install your way out of a bad meeting culture."

Analysts point to a handful of forces driving the story forward:

  • Async-first collaboration
  • AI-written summaries
  • A skeptical, overworked audience

The tools are ready; the office may not be.