I'm on this beta and I highly recommend it!!
Remote work is far harder than any of us expected. Especially with building team bonds and company culture. Most legacy comms platforms do not focus on contextual info (we are all just a green dots in Slack) and they weren't designed with remote and hybrid teams in mind. Also, Zoom (video call) fatigue is also a very real thing.
Lounge feels like it has been designed and built specifically for this new future of work phase we are all in. Especially love the no video component cuz I cringe every time I'm asked (or I have to ask others) to turn on video on a call. It's also surprising how full featured it is for an early stage startup! One really cool feature is the step counting team competition - it displays your step count from phone/watch and makes it into a competition for your team.
Primary use case seems to be for enterprises, but I'd actually love to have this for my personal life too! A Lounge for my friends or fantasy football group or even one with my family. Excited to see how Lounge grows and what features are coming next!