A new tool for distributed teams (early preview) ✨

Expa, the startup studio led by the co-founders of Uber, Foursquare, Envoy, Addthis, Metrolyrics and others, and known for companies with amazing domain names like mix.com and kit.com, is working on the next great collaboration tool for teams. It's called Input.

We've seen soooo many attempts to replace email and help teams coordinate. There's an AI-powered scrum master for your daily stand-ups, a cloud-based Sketch competitor for designers, and Facebook's big bet with Workplace.

Input takes a unique approach, blending familiar email-like threading with a Slack-like chat interface. Its beta users are using Input to collaborate on projects, brainstorm, host wikis, and coordinate their Product Hunt launch. 😉

The Input team is heads down, preparing for public release. If you'd like a sneak peek and early access to the beta, claim your spot.

This update was written by the Product Hunt team in partnership with Expa. Learn more about Ship.

We asked 34 customers what Viktor does for them. Not one said chatbot.

They kept using words like colleague, coworker, team member. One CEO called it the glue holding their e-commerce business together, which is a lot, but also… you see why. It lives in Slack and plugs into 3,000+ tools, so instead of jumping between tabs, you just ask for the thing. Pull Stripe against HubSpot, check Sentry alerts, spin up a campaign brief, build a landing page, send a report upstairs. It all happens there.

It has already hit top 5 on Product Hunt with 130 comments, is SOC 2 certified, and your data does not train models.

One user said it was the first time AI felt like a real coworker, which is either exciting or slightly concerning depending on your week.