[ngould]

> We hope to ultimately build a Slack/Teams alternative designed for rich, asynchronous human interactions that encourage deep work.

All I can say is keep going. I've been feeling the absence of this for a while, and have taken to making occasional videos on Loom to supplement live meetings and Slack messages. But it's a disjointed experience, and Loom is not trying to be a collaboration tool at all. It would be great to have a solution that does the whole thing end-to-end, with a focus on being more async-friendly than Slack.

By the way, I downloaded the PingPong app, and it seems great. Are you selling subscriptions, or just putting the free version out there for now?

P.S. If you haven't read this article on Figma's growth strategy, I'd take a look. There are some parallels with what you're doing -- i.e. SaaS, collaboration-focused, and attempting to dislodge incumbents with a similar list of features, but less focus on collaboration pain points. https://kwokchain.com/2020/06/19/why-figma-wins/

[vhiremath4]

> Loom is not trying to be a collaboration tool at all

ngould I'd love to understand this point of view. What are the pain points of the experience being disjointed between Loom and Slack for your team right now?

[jeffwhitlock]

Thanks for the encouragement and article on Figma.

> By the way, I downloaded the PingPong app, and it seems great. Are you selling subscriptions, or just putting the free version out there for now?

No paid subscription for now; we're optimizing for usage and feedback. We should always have a free plan and introduce new features into a paid tier in the long run.

[sebmellen]

Any expectation on pricing? Would be nice to know what your prospective model looks like before diving in.

[jeffwhitlock]

We don't have definitive plans at this point, but it will likely be a few dollars per user per month. But what's currently in the product will probably be free indefinitely.

We hope to encourage people to pay with new, great features. I'm against moving features we've already given our users for free behind a paid plan.

[sebmellen]

Sounds great!