Async standups for engineering teams
Standups without the meeting.
Cadence turns daily updates into written check-ins your team actually reads — AI summaries, surfaced blockers, and team pulse, without the 9 a.m. call.
Engineering · Today
✨ AI summary
Auth service migration shipped this morning. Two engineers unblocked since yesterday. One open blocker: staging DB migration is waiting on review from the platform team.
DR
Dana shipped the auth service migration. ✓ unblocked
ML
Marcus is wiring up the new Slack digest. • in progress
PS
Priya is blocked on the staging DB migration. ⚑ needs review
Trusted by teams shipping every day
Northwind · Foldspace · Kestrel · Lumen · Parsec
Everything a standup was supposed to be
Visibility, blocker-clearing, and a written record — minus the interrupted mornings.
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Written check-ins
Everyone posts a short update on their own schedule. No meeting to interrupt deep work.
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AI summaries
Cadence reads every update and writes a one-paragraph digest of what moved and what’s stuck.
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Blocker radar
Anything flagged as blocked jumps to the top and gets routed to the right person automatically.
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Slack & GitHub
Check-ins post to Slack. Commits and pull requests attach themselves to the right update.
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Team pulse
Track momentum, response rates, and recurring blockers over time — no spreadsheet required.
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Private by default
Updates stay in your workspace. SOC 2 Type II, SSO, and role-based access come standard.
Up and running in an afternoon
01
Connect
Add Cadence to Slack and pick your team’s check-in window. Two minutes, no config.
02
Check in
Everyone answers three quick prompts — done, next, blocked — whenever it suits them.
03
Catch up
Read the AI digest, clear the blockers that surfaced, and get on with your day.
Made for makers
Your team’s best hours shouldn’t start with a meeting.
Cadence hands the morning back to your engineers — two minutes to check in, zero minutes in a circle waiting their turn.
Teams that stopped meeting
“We killed our daily standup and shipped more in the first week than the whole month before.”
Chris Fowler
Engineering Manager, Northwind
“The AI summary is the first thing I read every morning. It’s a standup that already happened.”
Dana Reyes
CTO, Foldspace
“Blockers used to hide for days. Now they surface in minutes and get picked up the same morning.”
Elena Marsh
Staff Engineer, Kestrel
Simple, per-seat pricing
Start free. Upgrade when your team feels the difference.
Free
$0
For small teams trying async.
- Up to 5 members
- Daily written check-ins
- Slack integration
- 7-day history
★ Most popular
Team
$8 /user / mo
For teams that ship every day.
- Everything in Free
- AI summaries & blocker radar
- GitHub integration
- Team pulse analytics
- Unlimited history
Enterprise
Custom
For orgs with compliance needs.
- Everything in Team
- SSO / SAML
- SOC 2 report & audit log
- Priority support & onboarding
Questions, answered
Is there really no meeting?
Correct. Cadence replaces the synchronous standup with written check-ins people post on their own time. Some teams keep a weekly live sync for bigger discussions — that’s up to you.
How does the AI summary work?
Once everyone has checked in, Cadence reads the updates and writes a short digest — what shipped, who’s unblocked, and which blockers still need attention. It posts to your channel automatically.
Which tools does it integrate with?
Slack and GitHub today, with Linear and Jira in progress. Check-ins live where your team already works — no new app to open.
Is my team’s data secure?
Updates are isolated to your workspace. Cadence is SOC 2 Type II, supports SSO and role-based access, and never trains models on your content.
Give your team its mornings back.
Set up Cadence in an afternoon and run tomorrow’s standup in writing.