Can a daily AI summary replace the morning standup? In some teams, absolutely. In others, you'd be removing the only 15 minutes of human contact left. This episode is a practical decision tree: when to drop the meeting, when to keep it, and how to design an async version that surfaces blockers instead of hiding them.

AI can replace the standup as an information ritual, but not as a social ritual. The PM's job is to know which one their team actually needs, design the async version to surface blockers rather than hide them, and keep enough synchronous human contact to preserve cohesion.