From the CPO's desk: Brass Tacks - Why Katmai Isn’t Zoom

TL;DR:
Zoom and Teams were built for meetings. Katmai was built for connection.

Teams using Katmai spend 94% of their week outside scheduled video calls while collaborating more often and more naturally. Conversations happen spontaneously, presence feels real, and culture thrives.

Katmai isn’t another meeting app - it’s a redefinition of how people connect and work together online.

Let’s get something straight.
Katmai isn’t Zoom.
It’s not Teams either. Or Meet.

Those tools are for meetings - scheduled, structured, and often draining. Katmai is for connection - spontaneous, human, and continuous. And the difference isn’t just philosophical, it’s measurable.

Here’s what the data shows (based on extensive research and review of publicly available data):

That means teams in Katmai spend 94% of their week working - not waiting for meetings.

The Difference

Zoom and Teams are 2D meeting grids.
You enter, talk, and leave - communication ends when the call does.
Katmai, on the other hand, creates a spatial environment where people can see, find, and talk to each other naturally, just like in a physical office.

Conversations aren’t scheduled, they emerge.
You walk over, say hi, ask a question, share a screen - and move on. It’s not a meeting, it’s collaboration in motion.

Why This Matters

When everything requires a calendar link, culture dies a little.
Spontaneous interaction - the heartbeat of creative, high-trust teams - disappears.

Katmai brings it back. It makes distributed work feel alive again.
You can sense presence, body language, tone, and context. You can see your team - and they can see you.

That’s not a tweak to remote work.
That’s a redefinition of it.

The Takeaway

If you want to run your company on meetings, use Zoom.
If you want to build a culture of visibility, speed, and connection - you’ll find it in Katmai.

It’s time to stop asking where people work, and start asking how they connect.

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Dan Kosh
Chief Product Officer, Katmai