# AI Notetakers: Otter, Fireflies, Granola, Fathom, Read AI, Gumdrop

> Six AI notetakers are quietly rewiring the meeting: Otter and Fireflies chase scale, Granola bets on augmenting your own notes without a bot in the room, Fathom wins on a generous free tier, Read AI reads the room's mood, and Gumdrop (from Kayak co-founder Paul English) prepares you before you ever say hello. Together they map an entire category racing from novelty to default.

## Achievements

- Otter.ai: 35M+ users, 1B+ meetings processed, $100M ARR (2025), transcription engine built in-house
- Fireflies.ai: 20M+ users, 500,000+ organizations, ~$1B valuation on ~$19M raised
- Granola: ~$0 to $1.5B valuation in roughly three years, VC and founder favorite
- Fathom: ARR growth from $100K (2022) to $30M (2025), 500,000+ users, Zoom Apps Fund investment
- Read AI: ~$450M valuation, pioneered engagement and sentiment analytics for meetings
- Gumdrop: pre-meeting briefing model built by Kayak co-founder Paul English

## Latest updates

- **2025-12** — Otter.ai announces crossing $100M ARR and launches a suite of autonomous AI voice meeting agents
- **2026-03** — Granola announces $125M Series C at a $1.5B valuation, led by Kleiner Perkins with Lightspeed and Spark Capital
- **2025** — Fireflies.ai reaches roughly a $1B valuation; Read AI raises $50M Series B at a ~$450M valuation

## Links

- Website: https://otter.ai

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Last updated: 2026-07-30