We totally understand that this product isn't for everyone. Sidekick works best for teams that actually want to feel like they're in the same room with an always-on video. These are really fast-paced teams like cofounders or operations teams.

Sorry, but you do not understand that this product isn't for everyone. All it takes is one management loony to throw money at this and make employees own homes as their prisons.

How ever, unlike the parent comment I wish you would succeed and you will account for the visceral hatred from a lot of us to build a lot of privacy features into your product and not get tempted to turn this product into virtual peeping tom for micro managers.

For the sake of my mental health I hope it succeeds. My mental health has been in severe jeopardy just being in a room talking to coworkers just during specific topic-oriented meetings.

What stops you from talking to your coworkers casually using any other method? Half my chats are casual conversations, some of which will turn to a call if its specific topic-oriented.

I think looking for a product to solve this may not be the most efficient way to help the mental state. In fact, reaching out to more people into the company is easier than ever now, just a message away.

I don’t want to talk to them I just want to feel like someone is in the room.

Yep. Couldn't agree more. This reads like a group of co-founders and all their mates/YC cohorts saying how great a product is because they want it to be a great idea so bad.