Long-Range Google Product Bet: Making Face-to-Face Meetings Happen

Google's CEO asks you to create a product that makes in-person meetings possible, looking out over the next five to ten years. What would you build? ```hint Decide what "in person" means The ask can be read more than one way. Commit to a reading, say why it is the bigger opportunity for Google, then work out where getting people together breaks down today. ``` ### Clarifying Questions - Does "meetings in person" mean helping people physically get together, or making remote meetings feel as if everyone shares a room? - Are we focused on work meetings, such as hybrid teams and client visits, or also on friends and family? - Should the product extend Google products like Calendar, Maps and Meet, or can it be a new stand-alone product or device? - What does the CEO want from it over that horizon: Workspace growth, new revenue, or a new platform? ### What a Strong Answer Covers - A stated interpretation of the ask, a mission, and the long-term trend that makes it worth a five-to-ten-year bet - A chosen user segment with reasons, and the concrete points where meeting in person fails for that segment - A phased roadmap from a near-term product to the long-term vision, built on what Google already owns - Prioritization with explicit criteria, plus a success metric and guardrails - Risks, especially location privacy and workplace surveillance concerns, and how they shape the design ### Follow-up Questions - How would your answer change if the CEO meant technology that makes a remote meeting feel in person? - What would you ship in the first year to learn whether the long-term bet is right? - How would you keep managers from using the product to monitor attendance?