Punkto encodes the Lean Coffee format — invented in Seattle in 2009 — into a real-time collaborative tool. Below is exactly what happens, minute by minute, when you run a session.
Lean Coffee is a 20-year-old format used by agile teams worldwide. Punkto turns it into software — same rhythm, less paperwork.
One click. Share the link or a 6-digit code. No accounts needed for participants.
Topics are added live. The group votes — priorities surface in seconds.
Top topic gets a 5-minute timer. The fair-turn queue gives quiet voices the floor.
AI writes the summary. Action items get owners and dates. Sent by email, never trains a model.
Invented in Seattle in 2009 by Jim Benson and Jeremy Lightsmith. Punkto is the format, encoded — for distributed teams, on a screen, with a timer that actually rings.
Whoever shows up brings what matters. Less prep, less politics.
30 seconds of dot-voting. The group's priorities surface — not the loudest voice's.
5 min by default. When it rings, a Roman vote: extend or move on.
The speaking queue rotates. Quiet voices get the floor.
Punkto records your session host-side, transcribes it privately, then writes a structured AI summary — decisions, action items, owners, and a searchable transcript. No live captions to distract anyone, no human note-taker.
Self-hosted in the EU. Up to 25 participants, every browser, no install.
EU-hosted speech AI in FR / EN / DE / ES and 30+ more. Audio is transcribed and discarded.
A European LLM writes a structured recap: decisions, actions with owners and due dates.
Replace the Miro chaos. Topics get votes, decisions get owners, the summary lands in Slack before standup.
Confidential agenda. EU-hosted. Signed DPA. Zero audio retention.
Public link, no signup, voting from a phone. Run a meetup with 30 people.
No. Only the host (facilitator) needs a Punkto account. Participants join by clicking the share link or entering a 6-digit code, with just a display name.
No. Punkto records audio only, and only when the host explicitly clicks "Start recording". Audio is transcribed in memory and immediately discarded.
Yes. The Punkto Chrome extension overlays a structured-meeting sidebar onto Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, and Zoom calls — no migration needed.
Account deletion cascades to all sessions, transcripts, summaries and action items. Backups are purged within a defined window. A deletion attestation is provided on request.
In the European Union, on EU-incorporated infrastructure. Not subject to the US CLOUD Act, FISA 702, or other US extraterritorial laws.
Lean Coffee works best for regular sync meetings (weekly stand-ups, retros, alignment). It is a bad fit for meetings with a single predefined deliverable. Read our practical guide.
Three free sessions per month. Forever. Upgrade when you're ready, cancel from the Stripe portal in two clicks.