ANCI was born from a simple frustration: calendars haven't changed in 50 years, but the way we work has become infinitely more complex. We're fixing that — one meeting at a time.
A world where location, timezone, and calendars are not a bottleneck. Where coordinating meetings across teams, companies, and continents is just one message away. Where scheduling is invisible — handled by AI so you can focus on the work that actually matters.
That's not a dream. That's what we're building. And it's already working for 128 organizations across 49 countries.
Cluttered Calendar — CONFLICT! ??
"What am I doing with my life? Wasting hours coordinating meetings?"
— Raj, staring at his calendar, 2019
Organized by ANCI AI
"Scheduling should be invisible — handled by AI, so you never think about it."
— The vision that drives ANCI
ANCI AI → From cluttered calendar to stress-free workday
Here is the story of how a cluttered calendar inspired us to build a solution that saves thousands of hours.
Calendars haven't changed in 50 years, but the way we work has become infinitely more complex. Distributed teams, multiple time zones, external stakeholders — none of it is handled by the colorful blocks on traditional calendars. Instead of helping, they create more stress and waste valuable time.
"What am I doing with my life? Wasting hours trying to coordinate meetings?"
— Raj, staring at his calendar one morning while working at Bill.com
External meetings were even worse — they could take weeks of back-and-forth emails to finalize. I realized something had to change. I started looking for a solution but couldn't find one. So, I decided to build it.
I quickly prototyped an idea and shared it with my colleagues and Lakshmi Chava (who would later become my co-founder). The excitement was contagious. A month later, I quit my job to focus on solving this problem.
"Three months, and I'll change the world."
Boy, was I wrong!
It took years, not months. But when we landed our first pilot customer — someone who believed in us so much they paid while we were still building — it validated all the hard work and laid the foundation for what is now ANCI.
The real problem wasn't just scheduling; it was the outdated tools we've been relying on. Google Calendar and Outlook don't work together. They don't respect focus hours, handle multiple time zones, or manage the complexity of today's work. Scheduling has become unnecessarily complex, error-prone, and downright frustrating.
That's why we built ANCI AI.
"Scheduling is broken"
Quit job to build it
First paying customer
Co-founder joins
AI engine launched
iOS app, Chrome extension
Agentic scheduling arrives
Natural language, autonomous
128 organizations
49 countries, 49s/meeting
10,000 companies
Calendars disappear
ANCI AI automates scheduling for internal teams, external stakeholders, and cross-timezone coordination. It handles the back-and-forth, resolves conflicts, follows up with unresponsive attendees, and books confirmed meetings — all through natural language. Our Voice AI enables hands-free scheduling in seconds.
We're not just saving time; we're redefining collaboration.
Time is our most valuable resource, and we're here to help people reclaim it. Stories like these inspire us every day:
These stories fuel our passion for making scheduling stress-free.
Teams using ANCI worldwide
From San Francisco to Singapore
Over 6 full work days returned to teams
And growing every month
vs $5-8 for manual coordination
99% cheaper than doing it yourself
From hours to seconds
Verified across 1,318 requests
Scheduling will become invisible — powered by ANCI AI and Voice AI. You'll simply express intent, and the right meeting happens at the right time with the right people. No calendar apps. No booking links. No back-and-forth. Just outcomes.
We aim to help 10,000 companies in the next five years and become the center of enterprise collaboration. With ANCI, we're saying goodbye to scheduling stress and hello to a world where productivity thrives.
"Let's reclaim our time and focus on what truly matters."
— Raj Lal, Founder, ANCI
"ANCI, schedule a meeting with the board"
No screens. No typing. Just voice.
Scheduling becomes a conversation
Available now on mobile
AI that knows what meetings you need before you ask for them.
From reactive to proactive
Coming 2027
Scheduling happens without a calendar app. You express intent. ANCI delivers outcomes.
The calendar disappears
The ultimate vision
From scheduling tool → scheduling agent → scheduling that disappears entirely
The principles that guide everything we build.
Every feature we build is measured by one metric: how much time does it give back? If it doesn't save time, it doesn't ship.
We build agents that take ownership of outcomes, not copilots that suggest buttons to click. Delegation, not assistance.
Calendar data is never stored. Never used for training. Never shared. We earn trust by design, not by policy.
49 countries and counting. We don't assume everyone is in one timezone or one calendar platform. Real work is cross-everything.
Human-in-the-loop by design. AI handles logistics; humans make decisions. Governance is a feature, not friction.
From idea to pilot customer while still building. We move fast because the people waiting for better scheduling can't wait.
To make the world more efficient. We want to help 10,000 teams in the next 5 years because everyone deserves a stress-free workday to reach their full potential.
Increase the world's productivity by 20%.
Whether you're a team of 10 or 1,000 — let's reclaim your time together.