Scheduling an event for people who might use different calendar systems or work for different companies can often be a huge pain, especially in cases of groups of three or more. With Huddlebot, users can schedule meetings and conference calls without the email ping pong and phone tag, regardless of whether the users are on different calendar platforms or whether they work for different companies.

Huddlebot is downloadable software that allows users to create private availability sharing networks through the use of file-sharing platforms such as Dropbox.  Unlike other attempts at solving the scheduling pain, Huddlebot strikes the right balance among efficiency, privacy (no one can read a user’s calendar), and control (a user does not cede control over scheduling – only common availability is disclosed).

The Huddlebot software bridges many different calendar systems and enterprise IT domains through a patent-pending interconnectivity, file sharing, and common availability determination process.

When setting up a call, it is difficult to know everyone's availability when they are not on the same calendar system.

With Huddlebot, the different calendar systems used by all parties are connected to identify everyone's common availability and schedule the call.

Total addressable market is estimated at 35-40 million users of electronic calendars globally, including business professionals of all sorts, as well as academics and students.  The enterprise market segment is small, medium, and large businesses that do a fair amount of extra-organizational scheduling, such as professional services firms, high-touch sales organizations, etc.

The use of cloud-based file-sharing services expected to grow 5X by 2016 (Gartner Group); use of and reliance upon electronic calendaring is constantly growing.

Huddlebot expects to generate revenue through subscriptions and potentially advertising.

We have built a very nice beta version that is interoperable with Windows, Dropbox, Outlook, Exchange, and Google Calendar.  You can download the public beta version at www.huddlebot.co.

We have filed a provisional patent application (final application is in process), and we're currently working on customer development and "getting out of the building" with our public beta.