UK-based AI startup Meet-Ting, also known as Ting, has raised €289k in an oversubscribed SEIS round backed by a group of prominent British entrepreneurs to develop its AI-powered scheduling assistant designed to book meetings directly through email.
“Imagine a world where meetings book themselves, people meet faster, and you never have to deal with endless emails back and forth or those link-based scheduling tools that make your guests do all the work. That’s the future we’re building with Meet-Ting,” says Dan Bulteel, CEO and Founder of Meet-Ting. “It lives in your inbox – just CC it – and helps you seem thoughtful. Because how you meet says a lot about who you are. And when we meet, amazing things can happen.”
Founded in 2025 by Dan Bulteel, formerly Global Head of Social at TikTok/ByteDance and adidas, Meet-Ting was co-founded with the venture studio Cocreatd, led by Oliver Yonchev and James Lawson Baker. Both Co-founders bring experience from ventures like Flight Story and Social Chain AG, along with a portfolio spanning companies including Amazon, Apple, TikTok, Disney, and Google.
Ting was conceived out of frustration. After years navigating the corporate calendar shuffle, Bulteel experienced yet another flurry of rescheduled meetings. A simple message to Yonchev – “Surely AI can fix this?” – kicked off a sprint that saw Ting built and funded in just two months.
Since then, the team has attracted advisors from Netflix, Disney, Google, and TikTok to help shape the product’s roadmap.
The result is a tool that reportedly operates with minimal setup – under one minute – and currently integrates with Google Calendar, with Outlook support on the way. Unlike traditional scheduling tools, there are no dashboards, no extra logins, and nothing to install.
The assistant reads the email conversation, understands the intent, checks availability, proposes suitable times, and sends calendar invites. The goal is to reduce the administrative drag that often delays or derails meetings – particularly for Founders, freelancers, consultants, and small business owners.
“Thanks to AI, scheduling doesn’t have to be so rigid any longer,” adds Bulteel. “Software can now adapt to us – our routines, our changes, and our painfully dynamic calendars.”
Meet-Ting is currently rolling out its closed beta, with early access available via Product Hunt and a waitlist now open at meet-ting.com. Ting’s model rejects rigid, link-based scheduling tools in favour of a flexible, conversational approach that works within email threads. By CC’ing ting@meet-ting.com, users can have meetings proposed, booked, rescheduled, and confirmed without leaving their inbox.
The startup is part of the Google AI Startup Program, receiving up to €303k in credits over two years for Google Cloud and Gemini infrastructure. Built using Gemini, Ting positions itself not just as a bot but as an assistant that adapts to the dynamic nature of human schedules – a problem the founders argue current scheduling tools fail to address.
Looking ahead, Ting plans to introduce features like persistent memory, allowing the assistant to learn user behaviour and scheduling patterns to make increasingly personalised suggestions. For now, the team is focused on refining the experience within Gmail, expanding compatibility, and welcoming users onto the beta.
Read the orginal article: https://www.eu-startups.com/2025/07/surely-ai-can-fix-this-londons-meet-ting-just-raised-e289k-to-set-you-free-from-calendar-jail-with-its-ai-scheduling-assistant/
