Our vision at beams is to help tech teams work better, not more. We’re building an AI-powered workflow automation platform for tech teams. We call it “Fitbit for work”.

beams started as a productivity app for tech employees and is becoming an integrated, data-driven work intelligence platform that understands behavior, detects patterns and automates workflows for teams.

The beams Mac Menu Bar App (download here)

beams gently guides you through your day from the top of your screen. It’s integrated with Google Calendar, Slack and Gmail and makes your most frequent workflows magically better ✨

Start your day with beams

Our users tell us that the first thing they do after opening their computer in the morning is checking beams to:

• See your daily schedule (from multiple calendars), incl. meetings and focus blockers
• Start the day mindfully by prioritizing your (up to 3) most important daily goals and actually get them done

You can open your beams menu by clicking on it or by using your global keyboard shortcut ⌥B (Option + B)

Join calls with beams

With beams you will never forget or be late to a meeting again.

• Receive your meeting reminder 1,3 or 5 minutes before the meeting starts
• Click auto-join and the meeting window will open the second the meeting starts
• Use your global keyboard shortcut ⌥J (Option + J) to join the call
• If you’re running late, email meeting participants with one click from your beams action bar

• Meeting insights: beams also presents you the most relevant meeting context information at the moment you need it the most
  • e.g. unread emails from event participants (via Gmail integration)

Beam yourself into focus mode

Start a ☂️ focus time for your daily goal. It will:

• Launch a 🍅 Pomodoro inspired timer that reminds you to take breaks ☕️

• Put your Mac into 🌙 Focus mode where all notifications are snoozed

• Auto-update your Slack status, so that your colleagues will know that your busy. You can even share what your working on

  

• Create an automatic calendar blocker, so no one creeps in with an adhoc meeting

End your day feeling accomplished

beams will inspire you to a regular work journalling practice. You will quickly notice the benefits of taking the minute at the end of the day to reflect on your day:

• Did I achieve my goals? 👉 check them off
• How do I feel? 👉 track your mood and write a brief reflection

Now go and enjoy your well-deserved Feierabend (German expression meaning something like “the evening of celebration.”)

You can always review and track your past reflections on the beams web app.

The beams Web App (sign in here)

This is your space to understand your work behaviour better. It detects patterns and gives actionable suggestions across how you use beams and your daily SaaS tools - starting with calendar.