Tandem provides a persistent virtual office that displays teammate availability and enables one‑click audio/video drop‑ins for ad‑hoc collaboration. The platform includes real‑time video, screen sharing, shared cursors, remote control, customizable meeting widgets, and integrates with over 200 tools such as Slack, Jira, and Figma. It offers cross‑platform clients for desktop, web, and mobile, targeting remote‑first and hybrid product, engineering, and design teams.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Remote and hybrid teams often struggle with fragmented communication tools that require scheduling overhead, lack real‑time presence awareness, and do not replicate the informal “watercooler” interactions of a physical office. This leads to delayed decision‑making, reduced collaboration efficiency, and a sense of isolation among distributed employees.
Solution
Tandem delivers a persistent virtual office that surfaces teammate availability and enables one‑click audio/video drop‑ins, eliminating the need for calendar coordination for short conversations. The platform combines real‑time video, instant screen sharing, shared cursors, and remote‑control capabilities with customizable meeting widgets such as timers, agendas, polls, and music playlists to support both structured meetings and spontaneous chats. Integrated presence indicators and auto‑join reminders keep users in the flow, while notification bots alert you when colleagues become free. A flexible room and table model lets teams create public or private spaces, simulate open‑floor dynamics, and host music rooms that sync with Spotify for co‑working ambience. Seamless 200+ integrations with tools like Slack, Jira, Figma, VS Code, and calendar services embed the virtual office into existing workflows, and cross‑platform support (macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android) ensures accessibility for any device.
Target Audience
The primary customers are remote‑first or hybrid organizations—typically small to mid‑size product, engineering, design, and operations teams—that need low‑latency, ad‑hoc collaboration alongside scheduled meetings.
Features
- Real‑time video drop‑in with one‑click connection to any teammate’s avatar or name tag
- Instant screen sharing, shared cursors, and one‑click remote control for collaborative debugging or design reviews
- Presence dashboard showing availability, upcoming meetings, and auto‑join functionality to reduce scheduling friction
- Meeting widgets library (timer, stand‑up, agenda, poll, music, high‑five/rockets) that can be added to any room on the fly
- Persistent virtual spaces: tables for open‑floor conversations, private rooms for focused work, and Spotify‑linked music rooms for ambient co‑working
- 200+ native integrations via OAuth and webhook APIs (Slack, Jira, Figma, VS Code, Google Calendar, etc.) to synchronize status and launch actions from existing tools
- Cross‑platform client (desktop, web, mobile) built on WebRTC with adaptive bitrate and low CPU usage for smooth performance on varied hardware
- Notification engine that alerts users when a colleague becomes free, with configurable “wave” gestures to initiate informal chats