Running Late

Internal memo · to: everyone who is 5 minutes out

Runninglate?
Send yourself.

One tap. An AI stand-in joins your Zoom, Meet or Teams call, apologises in your name, makes charming small talk, and holds the room until you actually get there.

I’m running late
no really,
it’s one tap

Works with Zoom, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams. Powered by MeetStream MIA voice agents.

An office manager sprinting down a cubicle corridor, coffee flying, two coworkers watching.

9:07 am. “almost there.”

meanwhile, in the meeting →
The same manager, calm, appearing on a laptop screen in a conference room while coworkers nod.

the stand-in

The ninety-second version

Three sticky notes. That’s the whole product.

01Pick the meetingWe read your calendar and find the one you are late for.
02Say what to sayA sincere apology, some small talk, or your own words.
03Send your cloneIt joins under your name, speaks, and waits for you.

From the break-room wall

Recreated memes. Zero trademarks. One clone.

An office manager pointing in disbelief at a laptop showing a video-call tile of himself.

WHEN THE CLONE

GETS THE JOKE BEFORE YOU DO

it also laughed at the right time. suspicious.
An office manager sprinting across a parking lot with toast in his mouth and a phone in hand.

“FIVE MINUTES AWAY”

(CAR NOT STARTED)

the button was pressed at 8:58.
A smartphone set inside a wobbly green gelatin dessert on an office desk while a smug coworker looks on.

THEY PUT MY PHONE IN JELLO

THE CLONE STILL JOINED

prank-proof. mostly.
A grinning office manager giving a thumbs up and holding a plain white mug.

WORLD’S MOST ON-TIME BOSS*

*ACCORDING TO THE CLONE

mug purchased by himself.

Built for the walk from the car

A chat, not a dashboard.

Everything happens in one thumb-friendly thread. Calendar, message, selfie, send. Your stand-in reports back with live status, and you pull it the second you sit down.

  • ✓ Reads your Google Calendar (or a demo one)
  • ✓ Always says it is an AI stand-in
  • ✓ Never commits you to anything
  • ✓ One button to pull it when you arrive
Which meeting are you late for?
Q3 Paper Sales Sync · started 7 min ago
Got it. What should your stand-in say?
Sincere apology. Five minutes. Don’t wait for me.
Sending your clone into Google Meet…
In the meeting · holding the room

The cast

Four people. One of them is software.

The Boss: Regional something. Perpetually 5 minutes out.
The Bossinterview · take 1

Regional something. Perpetually 5 minutes out.

“I’m not late. The meeting is early.”
The Stand-In: Joins as you. Apologises as you. Commits to nothing.
The Stand-Ininterview · take 2

Joins as you. Apologises as you. Commits to nothing.

“I am, legally speaking, an AI.”
Front Desk: Runs the chat. Finds your meeting. Judges silently.
Front Deskinterview · take 3

Runs the chat. Finds your meeting. Judges silently.

“Which one are you late for, hon?”
Attendance: Notices everything. Keeps a list. Has a stopwatch.
Attendanceinterview · take 4

Notices everything. Keeps a list. Has a stopwatch.

“That is not him. Or is it.”

Confessionals

Testimony from people who were “almost there”.

TALKING HEAD 01 REC
Regional manager, paper distributorinterview · 4:12 PM
“Honestly? Nobody noticed for eleven minutes. It complimented Kevin's new mug.”
TALKING HEAD 02 REC
Head of accountinginterview · 4:12 PM
“It said “I’ll pass that along” four times. That is more follow-through than I usually get.”
TALKING HEAD 03 REC
Sales, mid-levelinterview · 4:12 PM
“I was, for the record, in the parking lot. The clone was better in the meeting than me.”