Meeting research

Walk into every external meeting knowing who you are meeting and why it matters.

Before an investor, partner or customer meeting you want the background: who they are, what they care about, what they have said publicly. Hops builds the brief from your calendar, past email threads and public sources.

How it runs: Ask Hops. No skill or automation needed. Connect your apps and ask in any chat.

What it does

• Finds the meeting. Hops reads Google Calendar to identify the attendees and companies for the meeting you name.
• Researches each person and company. Role, background, recent news and anything they have said publicly, found through web research.
• Checks your history. Hops searches Gmail for past threads so the brief includes what was already discussed.
• Suggests an angle. The brief covers why they are meeting you, what to ask and what to avoid.
• Cites every source. Each fact links to where it came from, and gaps are called out instead of guessed.

Ask Hops

Copy a prompt into any chat with Hops, or mention @Hops in a Space.

Research my 2pm with Northwind Capital. Who is attending and what should I know?

Brief me on every external meeting on my calendar tomorrow.

What have we discussed with Globex over email, and what is their latest public news?

Research Maya Chen at Northwind Capital: background, recent deals and what she cares about.

Save the Northwind Capital brief as a doc so I can share it with my co-founder.

Example reply:

Brief for Northwind Capital:

• Attendees: Maya Chen (partner) and Leo Park (principal).
• Recent deals: two Series A rounds in workflow software.
• Past threads: intro email from Sep 4, no follow-up yet.
• Suggested angle: our enterprise expansion numbers.

What you get

• An answer in chat, in the same thread, with a linked source for every point.
• A saved Doc, when you ask for one. Say “save this as a doc” and Hops writes the brief to Docs in the Space.

Connections needed

Connect the apps Hops uses for context. Web research needs no connection. Each card opens Connections in the app.

Google Calendar

Meetings and attendees.

Gmail

Past threads with the people you are meeting.

Set it up

1. Connect your apps

   Connect Google Calendar and Gmail in Connections.

   See Connections.

2. Pin your one-pager (optional)

   Create a leadership Space and pin your company one-pager in Space context so briefs suggest the right angle.

   See Spaces and Space context.

3. Ask

   Ask Hops in chat. That’s it.