A technology founder has announced that his calendar assistant is no longer an app but a critical pillar of national technological sovereignty.
The software still reminds people about meetings. The difference is that forgetting a meeting is now presented as a strategic vulnerability rather than something Oliver in Accounts does because he has three actual jobs.
The revised pitch deck features a data centre, a flag and arrows connecting things which do not yet exist. Customers previously paid £4.99 a month. The new proposition requires a patient investor and an institutional understanding of the word “potential”.
Founder Oliver Marsh said Britain could not afford to depend on foreign technology to tell it that a meeting was starting. Asked where his product was hosted, he explained that sovereignty was a journey.
The company is seeking a demonstration facility, an advisory board and a partnership announcement. Its one engineer would also welcome a second engineer, although this has been classified as a less visible form of progress.
The first national milestone will be handling British Summer Time. Last year the software moved every appointment by an hour and apologised automatically. Marsh says this proves it can already deliver a complex nationwide failure without assistance from overseas.
