# Gumdrop

> Gumdrop is a Boston-based AI meeting assistant that preps you before a meeting and handles the follow-up after it. It pulls context from past meetings, recent emails, and your contact history to build a short briefing that lands about five minutes before you walk in, then runs an AI notetaker during the call that turns spoken promises into a list of action items. Built by Kayak co-founder Paul English, it also handles the boring scheduling logistics through booking links and an email address you can CC to find a time.

- **Headquarters:** Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- **Founders:** Paul English (Founder & CEO)
- **Team size:** ~17 employees (per third-party company databases)
- **Products:** Pre-meeting briefings, AI meeting notetaker, Booking links, Email scheduling (magic@gumdrop.ai), Mobile and desktop apps
- **Notable:** Founded by Paul English, co-founder and former CTO of Kayak, which was acquired by Priceline for $1.8 billion in 2012., Ships across Gmail, Google Calendar, Outlook, iOS and Android at launch., CASA Tier 2 security certification and OAuth-only authentication.

## Products & services

- **Pre-meeting briefings** — Short prep summaries pulled from past meetings, recent emails and contact history, delivered roughly five minutes before a meeting - including a headshot of who you're meeting.
- **AI meeting notetaker** — Records and transcribes meetings, then extracts commitments and action items into a to-do list rather than a wall of text.
- **Booking links** — Personal 1:1 links and group links that find open time across multiple calendars, with one-click reschedule for other Gumdrop users.
- **Email scheduling (magic@gumdrop.ai)** — CC an email address on a thread and let Gumdrop coordinate meeting times across participants' calendars.
- **Mobile and desktop apps** — iOS and Android apps plus integrations with Gmail, Google Calendar and Microsoft Outlook.

## Achievements

- Founded by Paul English, co-founder and former CTO of Kayak, which was acquired by Priceline for $1.8 billion in 2012.
- Ships across Gmail, Google Calendar, Outlook, iOS and Android at launch.
- CASA Tier 2 security certification and OAuth-only authentication.
- Companion to Paul English's book The Meeting Book, released May 26, 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-05** — Paul English published The Meeting Book (May 26, 2026), a companion to Gumdrop's meeting-hygiene approach.
- **2026-07** — Gumdrop live with AI meeting prep, notetaker, action items, booking links and email scheduling across Gmail, Outlook, iOS and Android.

## Links

- Website: https://gumdrop.ai/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/englishpaulm

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Last updated: 2026-07-29