Gatheround Ships AI Agenda Builder and Inline Slide Imports.

Gatheround announced on LinkedIn a batch of features designed to make virtual connection sessions easier to run. The platform, which specializes in structured video meetings for teams and communities, now lets hosts import slides directly into sessions and generate agendas using AI.

Hosts can now upload presentation slides into Gatheround sessions without needing to share their screen. The feature aims to reduce technical friction during meetings, particularly for sessions where multiple presenters or facilitators need to reference visual content. Slides appear natively in the interface, visible to all participants without the usual screen share workflow that can slow down transitions or introduce audio issues.

This matters for remote teams running structured workshops, onboarding programs, or community events where slide decks are a core part of the agenda. As we previously covered, Gatheround has been steadily building out meeting management features to compete with tools like Zoom and Gather Town while maintaining its focus on interaction design.

The platform also introduced an AI-powered agenda builder. Hosts can describe the type of session they want to run, and the system generates a structured agenda with suggested activities, timing, and discussion prompts. The tool draws from Gatheround's library of meeting templates, which include icebreakers, retrospectives, and team-building formats.

For organizations running recurring virtual events or onboarding cohorts, this automates a chunk of the prep work that typically falls to facilitators. The feature fits into Gatheround's broader push into AI tooling, following their recent launch of an AI Onboarding Agent integrated with Donut.

The agenda builder appears aimed at users who run sessions frequently but lack dedicated instructional designers or community managers. It's a similar play to what Notion did with AI page generation: reducing the blank-canvas problem for users who know they need structure but aren't sure where to start.

In the announcement, Gatheround framed the updates around making virtual connection "more inclusive and engaging." The company has consistently positioned itself as an alternative to standard video calls, prioritizing breakout discussions, timed activities, and facilitation tools over traditional meeting interfaces.

The slide import and AI agenda features both support that positioning. By removing screen share dependencies and automating agenda creation, Gatheround is betting that lower friction leads to higher adoption for structured connection formats, especially in distributed teams where engagement often drops off in standard Zoom calls.

The updates arrive as Gatheround continues to expand beyond its initial community-building use case into team meetings and employee onboarding. According to a recent case study, the platform powered Ontra's onboarding program with zero dropoff and a 95 eNPS score, suggesting its structured format resonates with organizations looking to improve remote program delivery.

The company did not specify pricing changes or availability tiers for the new features. The LinkedIn post encouraged users to try the updates in their next session, indicating general availability across the platform.