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 more 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 more 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