Zoom: every ending

12 ways the next five years go down, by the layer they land in.

Won the relationship

2030From video app to one of 12 agents.2031Apple buys the agent that attends for you.2031Zoom stays independent. Still in San Jose.2030The spinout attends more meetings than Zoom.

Settled for plumbing

2030Every agent's phone call runs on Zoom.2030The notary of every face on camera.2029ZoomMate dissolves. The calls keep connecting.

Lost as a feature

2029Zoom and Webex merge into a Teams tab.2028The agents stopped holding meetings.2030Safe calls on Zoom only. Then Teams caught up.2029Salesforce buys Zoom for the Slack huddle.2030Google buys Zoom for the video pipes.