--- --- Nov 10, 2022 # Super Flexible Virtual Work Environment Switchboard by Joe Mullich  Many virtual meetings grow tedious due to screen-sharing problems, tab toggling, or too much face staring. Serial entrepreneur Amir Ashkenazi decided to dream up something closer to real work life: a [cloud-based platform](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1usz8TTcQE) with meeting “rooms” that simultaneously display all the [web-based apps and files](https://www.fastcompany.com/90755196/switchboard-zoom-google-meet-alernative) your team needs for real-time collaboration (and then remembers them for the next meeting with the same group). No more sending URLs through chat boxes: [Switchboard](https://www.switchboard.app/) goes well beyond the videoconferencing and communication tools offered by Google Meet and Microsoft Teams. The interactive workspace allows everyone to do more than talk or listen—each cursor has a name attached. The “platform allows people to do things together as if they were sitting side-by-side,” says Ashkenazi, CEO of Switchboard. After the product launched in July, investors were so impressed they plowed $25 million into it. Switchboard: The 200 Best Inventions of 2022 ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2022/6224843/switchboard/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2022/6224843/switchboard/"},"headline":"Super Flexible Virtual Work Environment","datePublished":"2022-11-10T11:02:24.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-03T00:07:36.725Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2022/6224843/switchboard/","keywords":["list","franchise","ecommerce","best inventions","Best Inventions 2022"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt90b00eef2d4cc5c8/698a375d47ca3852073ba2f0/best-inventions-2022-switchboard.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt90b00eef2d4cc5c8/698a375d47ca3852073ba2f0/best-inventions-2022-switchboard.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2022/6224843/switchboard/","name":"Super Flexible Virtual Work Environment"}}]}] ```