{"id":61599,"date":"2021-04-30T10:10:23","date_gmt":"2021-04-30T08:10:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zenkit.com\/press-kit\/zenchat-press-release-copy\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T16:41:54","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T15:41:54","slug":"zenchat-press-release","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/zenkit.com\/en\/press-kit\/zenchat-press-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Zenchat Press Release"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group width--950 has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div style=\"height:45px;--tablet-height:45px;--mobile-height:16px\" class=\"wp-block-lookeen-blocks-responsive-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" style=\"margin-bottom:8px\">Zenchat seamlessly combines team chat and task management<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center subheading\">Zenkit team releases chat app with built-in task management functions to enable holistic collaboration in teams<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:48px;--tablet-height:36px;--mobile-height:24px\" class=\"wp-block-lookeen-blocks-responsive-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center press__headline has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-bb59a525abad2b99f7de8794f459a871\" style=\"color:#939393;font-size:24px;font-style:normal;font-weight:700;line-height:1.5\">November 5, 2020 \u2013 Karlsruhe, Germany<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:88px;--tablet-height:72px;--mobile-height:40px\" class=\"wp-block-lookeen-blocks-responsive-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-b8d659ec wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-da-grey-2-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4bd3c0a3c8a4e25f49bfa286a6142ffe\">The team behind award-winning project management solution Zenkit releases Zenchat, a collaboration app that seamlessly combines chat and task management for a more complete communication experience. Zenchat will be available on all app stores and as desktop versions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-da-grey-2-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8c16bc819d74d81a3ffc19a703d72135\">The use of chat apps as a normal or even necessary part of work has been rising in recent years, and the increasing number of people working from home due to COVID has only caused its use to skyrocket in 2020.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-da-grey-1-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-312d0317de7f43864b1fd8bd5d289092\">According to a September 2020 Statista&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/statistics\/1170480\/percentage-increase-in-enterprise-devices-with-collaboration-apps\/\">report<\/a>, \u201cThere was a more than 100 percent increase in the number of enterprise devices installed with collaboration apps at the end of March, 2020 compared to pre-COVID level, and a 176 percent increase in mid May, 2020.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-da-grey-1-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d4e97ac504e0354e36d21dbb6f591405\">Additionally, the global online collaboration market is expected to grow to $59.86 billion by 2023, based on a predicted CAGR of 11.6% from 2018 to 2023\u201d according to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketsandmarkets.com\/PressReleases\/enterprise-collaboration.asp\">Markets &amp; Markets<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8412c99a wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-radius:20px;background-color:#efefef;margin-bottom:24px;padding-top:20px;padding-right:20px;padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:20px\">\n<p class=\"has-da-grey-1-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-0d6f4b2661da0b7ef182341d061330a4\" style=\"font-size:14px\">\u201cPeople love to chat. It\u2019s human nature. But chat apps don\u2019t provide the structure needed for sustainable productivity like lists and Kanban boards do\u201d says Zenkit CEO Martin Welker.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:45px;--tablet-height:45px;--mobile-height:16px\" class=\"wp-block-lookeen-blocks-responsive-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized border-radius--20 overflow__hidden  box__shadow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"538\" src=\"https:\/\/zenkit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/zenchat-social-1024x538.jpg\" alt=\"zenchat social\" class=\"wp-image-55187\" style=\"width:491px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zenkit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/zenchat-social-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/zenkit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/zenchat-social-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/zenkit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/zenchat-social-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zenkit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/zenchat-social.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:88px;--tablet-height:72px;--mobile-height:40px\" class=\"wp-block-lookeen-blocks-responsive-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" style=\"margin-bottom:0px\">\u201cWith Zenchat we aim to solve that problem by meeting people where they are.\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:48px;--tablet-height:36px;--mobile-height:24px\" class=\"wp-block-lookeen-blocks-responsive-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list list__with-checkmark-blue-and-underline has-da-grey-2-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f1608870250de0f22b265057fb64c36f\">\n<li>Zenchat is the first chat app that seamlessly integrates task management into your messages.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Quickly turn any message into a task &amp; assign or edit within your chat. Never switch apps for routine task management again.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Get in the habit of directly chatting about tasks so valuable information stays where it belongs.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Optionally see chats related to all tasks in a project, or choose to focus only on your tasks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list list__with-checkmark-blue-and-underline has-da-grey-2-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a4c3b164f8fe8cdd3abe41bfe4bbabb2\">\n<li>Optionally connect to the Zenkit Universe to see your tasks in advanced views like Kanban, Gantt, to do list apps, and vice versa!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Like other Zenkit products, Zenchat is enterprise-ready: SSO, SCIM provisioning, admin tools, identity management &amp; more.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Zenchat is a free app with an optional paid plan.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:88px;--tablet-height:72px;--mobile-height:40px\" class=\"wp-block-lookeen-blocks-responsive-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-7cc94c3e wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-da-grey-2-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b5ac4ec5631d31b3b85129800efb12b1\">\u201cSo we have a catch-22: People don\u2019t want to leave their chat, but they have to in order to track their work. When you use an external app to manage tasks, you lose all the valuable commentary and feedback related to that task because\u2014let\u2019s face it\u2014you\u2019d always rather have a quick chat about something than use the comment function in a task app.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-da-grey-2-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-ee5adb27a5b831151eaf622eb9313fb0\">To learn more about Zenchat, please visit<a href=\"https:\/\/zenkit.com\/en\/hypernotes\/\"> <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/zenkit.com\/en\/chat\/\">https:\/\/zenkit.com\/chat\/<\/a>. To use the Zenchat app, visit:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/zenkit.com\/en\/chat\/platforms\/\">web<\/a>, or download to iOS, Android, Mac, Windows, or Linux after release.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:88px;--tablet-height:72px;--mobile-height:40px\" class=\"wp-block-lookeen-blocks-responsive-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" style=\"margin-bottom:8px;font-style:normal;font-weight:700\">About Zenkit<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-da-grey-2-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-68de7a1678a8c10ff38dc41fca8fcb46\">Zenkit is a startup formed under Axonic GmbH, a German company founded in 2003. The SaaS project management and collaboration platform was launched in October of 2016. 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