Superhuman Acquires Fathom to Add AI Meeting Notes for 40 Million Users
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Updated · TechCrunch · Sep 14
Superhuman Acquires Fathom to Add AI Meeting Notes for 40 Million Users
1 articles · Updated · TechCrunch · Sep 14
Summary
Fathom brings Superhuman more than 400,000 monthly active users and a meeting-transcription product the company had tested building itself before deciding to buy.
Superhuman CEO Shishir Mehrotra said internal trials showed how difficult high-quality meeting recording is, pushing the company to acquire a mature product instead of finishing one in-house.
Richard White said Fathom chose the deal partly for Superhuman’s 40 million-user distribution, which could scale the product faster than operating as a standalone startup.
Founded in 2020, Fathom has raised more than $30 million and was valued at $94 million in 2024 as competition from rivals such as Granola, Read AI and Wispr intensifies.
Inside Superhuman’s broader platform—email, docs, calendar, database tools and an AI agent builder—the notetaker could feed follow-up emails, scheduling, data updates and real-time meeting context.