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Zoom AI Companion 3.0 Empowers Workers to Reclaim Time, Backed by New Research on Lost Lunch Breaks
Morning Consult study inspires Zoom’s “Hard Stop Burger Shop” pop-up in NYC, highlighting how AI automation can reduce meeting overload and restore balance to
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[{"type":"text","content":"Morning Consult study inspires Zoom’s “Hard Stop Burger Shop” pop-up in NYC, highlighting how AI automation can reduce meeting overload and restore balance to the workday\nNEW YORK, March 25, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, Zoom Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: ZM) enters the next phase of its Zoom Ahead campaign with Take Back Lunch, a cultural movement designed to help workers reclaim time in their day, starting with lunch. The initiative brings together new research in partnership with Morning Consult, product innovation powered by Zoom AI Companion 3.0, and an experiential activation in New York City to show productivity gains in action. A new national study conducted by Morning Consult on behalf of Zoom found that 60% of U.S. knowledge workers squeeze in a short lunch between meetings or tasks, 35% skip lunch at least once per week, and three in four regularly eat at their desks while actively working. Heavy workloads (63%) and meetings scheduled over lunch (54%) are the biggest contributors to lost lunch time. And in the era of video-first work, nearly three in four workers (72%) say they would rather skip lunch than eat on camera during a meeting. Making Productivity Tangible “While much of the conversation around AI focuses on future potential, most teams are still dealing with a very present challenge: time lost to fragmented tools and manual follow-through,” said Kimberly Storin, Chief Marketing Officer at Zoom. “Zoom’s AI Companion 3.0 automates what happens before, during, and after meetings so teams can reclaim time in their day. ‘Take Back Lunch' is designed to make a broader shift visible. When AI is embedded into the flow of work, time isn’t just saved, it’s returned to people.”Zoom AI Companion is an agentic AI assistant that automates tasks, connects workflows, and helps teams move from conversation to execution across Zoom Workplace. Key capabilities include: Automated meeting summaries and decision capture: Instantly generates notes, highlights, and action items so teams can stay aligned without manual follow-up.Cross-platform context unification: Connects to data from meetings, messages, files, and third-party apps to provide a single, intelligent view of work.Proactive task management and follow-up generation: Identifies next steps, assigns tasks, and keeps projects moving with less manual coordination.Real-tim...