Superhuman acquires YC-backed notetaker Fathom
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- Superhuman is acquiring Y Combinator-backed Fathom, an AI-powered meeting notetaker, instead of building one internally.
- Fathom, founded in 2020, has raised over $30 million and was valued at $94 million in 2024, with investors including Zoom Apps Fund and Telescope Partners.
- Fathom has over 400,000 monthly active users and more than 1 million people have recorded meetings using its free plan.
- Superhuman tested a notetaker internally but decided to acquire a finished product due to the complexity of building one, as acknowledged by CEO Shishir Mehrotra.
- The acquisition aims to integrate meeting context into Superhuman's productivity suite, enabling real-time insights and automated workflows.
- Competition in the meeting notetaker space is intense, with startups like Granola and Read AI raising significant funding, and Fathom's CEO cites Superhuman's 40 million user base as a key distribution opportunity.