The greatest ideas always begin with a blank canvas.
So does the work that matters.
01 — The problem
Every task affects more people than you think.
Most work doesn’t stop because it’s difficult.
It stops because one person is waiting for another.
- A quick approval.
- A forgotten message.
- A five-minute decision.
Small delays quietly spread through the company.
By the time anyone notices, dozens of people are waiting.
Blank makes those invisible dependencies visible.
02 — Introducing Blank
Blank connects to the tools you already use.
Slack. Linear. Jira. Notion. Google Drive.
Every task, message, meeting and document adds context.
Blank uses that context to understand how work depends on other work.
Then it shows you the task that unlocks the most progress.
Instead of asking
“What’s on your to-do list?”
Blank asks
“If this gets done, who else can move?”
Most tasks move your work forward.
A few move everyone else’s.
Blank finds those first.
03 — In practice
One click. Six teams keep moving.
Slack
Just two words.
Most people see another notification.
Blank sees an entire chain waiting behind it.
- Approve
- Marketing publishes
- Sales announces
- Customer Success prepares onboarding
- Support updates documentation
- Launch happens
04 — About us
Two people, one blank page.
Johannes Renner
CEO & Founder
Business Analytics at WHU and the National University of Singapore (NUS). Loves ice cream, pitching ideas, and asking “what if?”
The connection
We met at Lio, a Y Combinator and a16z-backed startup. Watching an ambitious team scale at high speed, we kept seeing the same problem: great people were constantly blocked by work they couldn’t see. Blank started as our attempt to make those invisible dependencies visible.
Jannik Graf
CPO & Founder
Management & Digital Technologies at LMU Munich and NUS Singapore. Loves chocolate, building products, and obsessing over the smallest details.
Two people, one blank page — and a belief that the right work should always be obvious.
Our Philosophy
Every meaningful creation begins with empty space.
A painter starts with a blank canvas.
A writer with a blank page.
An architect with an empty site.
Not because nothing exists. Because clarity comes first.
We believe companies are no different.
Progress doesn’t slow down because people stop working.
It slows down because the work that matters becomes hidden.
The next important decision is buried beneath notifications, meetings and endless task lists.
Blank exists to bring that clarity back.
One point of clarity moves everything around it.