Internet - San Ramon, Berkeley, CA
Ponga is a new software as a service for professionals in fields valued for their visual expertise that lets them collaborate with their clients using pictures. Using multilayer annotations, Ponga gives pros a platform to jump the expertise gap and collaborate with clients by pointing into pictures, instead of using lingo. While managing expectations has always been the #1 issue for architects and designers, camera phones have changed everything. Sharing pictures ratchets up expectations for clients. But for pros, those pictures are neither specific nor actionable. The Ponga solution is to use multi-layer annotations to connect context to observations. Annotations might be comments, but they can also be pictures, videos, and documents. Add-ons allow for image recognition, database lookups, bots asking questions — all functions run IN the annotation. Shared sets act like private project rooms to ensure that everyone gets the memo and is on the same page. The context drives collaboration, and channels the tide of pictures into a productive workflow for that serves the business. Pictures get specific — and actionable. The team has validated the value proposition by deploying the platform, and both web and iOS apps in a private, revenue-generating field trial with architects and designers. Service-providers report Ponga saving them hours of staff time in managing expectations and improving client satisfaction. The next step is expanding business development to reach new service provider customers and development to ensure that pictures can be shared with anyone, on any device. Ponga is reaching out to angel investors in the SF Bay Area to support the effort. For more information, contact [email protected].
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