Tasks
Turns observations into work that needs doing.
Turn what happens into what happens next.
01The problem
Built top down
Bottom up
Software was built from the top down.
Never for the ones holding the tools.
We started from the other end — and let the information travel upward instead.
Signal lost
Someone says something on site.
Nobody writes it down.
Signal lost
Hundreds of photos.
Nobody remembers why they were taken.
Signal lost
Until somebody forgets.
Signal lost
Hours spent reconstructing what already happened.
Signal lost
Calls. Messages. Email.
Notes. Photos. Different systems.
Signal lost
Instead of helping you do it.
02Where EMO came from
Before EMO, we spent six years building software with the people doing the work.
1000+
Workers
400+
Worksites
50K+
Tasks
6
Years in the field
Built where the work happens.
03Then everything changed
Built from the ground up for the AI era.
04A different model
Work shouldn't adapt to software.
Software should adapt to the work.
Speak. Take a photo. Record video. Add a document. Keep working.
05The container
A Session is where real work enters EMO. Apps observe Sessions and react to what happens inside them.
Session_01
Building A · 3rd floor · open
“Two ceiling panels are missing on the third floor.”
3 photos · 3rd floor hallway
Markus mentioned
Issue · location · person · deadline
Task createddone
Drawing attached · A-301.pdfdone
Daily report updateddone
Apps watching
Nobody opens a form. The Session keeps everything — voices, images, people, decisions — attached to the work it came from.
06From signals to action
Signals
Action
07One moment, in detail
Voice
Listening“There are two ceiling panels missing on the third floor. Markus said he'll fix them tomorrow.”
Spoken on site. Nothing typed.
Understanding
Issue detected
2 ceiling panels missing
Location
3rd floor hallway
Person
Markus
Deadline
Tomorrow
Create task
CreatedInstall two missing ceiling panels
MarkusTomorrow3rd floor hallway
08EMO Apps
Apps understand what happens in a Session and react when something requires attention.
Turns observations into work that needs doing.
Builds reports from what actually happened.
Keeps photos, video and documents connected to their context.
Holds the shape of the work over time.
Knows who was there and who is responsible.
Recognises things that may require attention.
Keeps standards attached to the work itself.
EMO is an open platform.
09Open by design
EMO is a layer inside a larger operational environment — and it is built to be extended.
What EMO manages: Sessions, apps, and the memory of the work.
What others build on top of it.
What already runs the company.
EMO core
Everything else
10Developers
The platform is designed to extend beyond the applications we build ourselves.
Create sessions, read understanding, subscribe to actions.
React the moment EMO detects something.
Build apps that observe Sessions like ours do.
One identity across companies, sites and apps.
Connect the systems the work already depends on.
Distribution for third-party apps.
11The opportunity
Different industries. The same challenge of getting work done.
12The road ahead
Phase 01
NOW
Phase 02
NEXT
Phase 03
PLANNED
Phase 04
PLANNED
Phase 05
VISION
13Our mission
Build the world's best software
for people who do the work.
14Early access
Tell us how you work. About 45 seconds. Then join the list.
We ask for your email at the end.
15Human contact
Partnerships, press, early access or simply an idea worth discussing.