Hybrid Spaces by Tandem

Hello PH! I'm Rajiv, co-founder of Tandem.

We're fans of remote work. We've built a virtual office used by hundreds of companies worldwide to connect with their teammates, with over 2.7+ million call hours!

We also love being in the office. The fluidity and connection can lead to so much energy, creativity, and just overall mojo. Plus we love food and eating together :)

But it's hard to bridge the gap between in-office and remote teammates. Overall, remote teammates can feel left out, like 2nd-class citizens. The bottom line is, remote employees are under-powered.

The way we work in offices needs to evolve, but how?

We know the *wrong* answer: Bringing people back to the office only to take calls from separate rooms, have less spontaneous chats, and more scheduled meetings. This is truly the worst of both worlds.

Instead, we must make remote employees more powerful than ever before. This means the power to engage with in-person teammates as easily as a tap on the shoulder, join spontaneous brainstorms, and collaborate easily across many surfaces and tools.

For us, this problem is personal—we've lived it. Our team is hybrid, with two micro-offices in SF and Cupertino, and some fully-remote team members. We experimented relentlessly, attempting to solve the problems we felt, personally, and ultimately held a company-wide hackathon, where we made a major breakthrough.

If you are dealing with this pain, we have a solution that makes remote teammates feel like they’re in the office.

🚀 Introducing Hybrid Spaces!

Here's a 1-minute demo of Spaces in action: https://www.loom.com/share/ec885...

And here are some candid clips of us using Spaces: https://youtu.be/VkBQQOT3hyE

As an in-person user, seeing your remote teammates on larger surfaces in the office feels surprisingly natural, and makes it easy to interact spontaneously.

As a remote user, the feeling of visibility and power is visceral. There's a sense of mobility - it feels like you can teleport around the office, and be where you want to be. There's also a strong feeling of presence - your teammates know you're around, and you're aware of the hum and energy in the office.

Some more useful features: - Launch external meetings (Zoom, Teams, Meet, Webex) - Google Calendar resource support (launch meetings automatically) - Cast your local or remote screenshare with one click. - Support multiple cameras at the same time (e.g. show people and whiteboard at the same time)

🖥 It's quick to set up!

Hardware is flexible. You can get started with a spare laptop but investing in nicer kiosks (mic + camera + TV) allows for a more immersive and engaging experience. We recommend at least 2-3 kiosks to get started with Spaces. They're easy to swap out and rearrange around the office based on your floorplan and traffic.

Setup is fairly quick and self-serve, and we’re happy to schedule a 15 minute setup call to help.

Pricing: Spaces are available with any paid Tandem plan with an additional $50/month (for up to 25 kiosks).

💬 What some of our pilot companies say:

Jordan Arnold, Head of Product/Design at Lightfox Games "Lightfox Games is fully embracing a hybrid model, allowing people to work wherever they feel the most productive. As we moved back into a physical office space, we were worried about how we could ensure we maintain a collaborative environment with some team members together physically, and others working from home. Tandem Hybrid Spaces has been instrumental in ensuring that our remote employees and office employees feel effortlessly connected. From standups, to important meetings, to just watercooler chatter, The Kiosk is the heart of our office space."

Ian Villa, COO at Whisper Aero "Our common use cases include checking on the status of 3D prints, fostering a tighter hybrid community, and enabling the magical ability to truly teleport throughout a workspace."

David Bromberg, Founder at Lantern "Hybrid Spaces allow our team to recreate the serendipity of walking by a co-workers desk or dropping into their office for a quick chat. Although we are working thousands of miles apart, Hybrid Spaces help generate serendipitous interactions and make our team feel as if we are working together in the office."