# Otter.ai

> Otter.ai builds AI meeting assistants that join your Zoom, Teams, and Google Meet calls, transcribe them in real time, summarize the noise, and pull out action items - so people stop scribbling and start paying attention.

- **Founded:** 2016
- **Headquarters:** Mountain View, California, United States
- **Founders:** Sam Liang (Co-founder & CEO), Yun Fu (Co-founder & CTO)
- **Team size:** ~200 employees
- **Products:** Otter Meeting Agent (OtterPilot), Otter AI Chat, OtterPilot for Sales, Otter for Education, Live Captions & Transcripts
- **Notable:** Transcribed the live audio of the 2018 IBM World of Watson conference, Crossed 1 million users by 2020, Hit 50 million meeting summaries milestone in December 2023

## Products & services

- **Otter Meeting Agent (OtterPilot)** — An AI assistant that auto-joins Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and Google Meet calls to record, transcribe, summarize, and pull out action items in real time.
- **Otter AI Chat** — Conversational Q&A interface for asking questions about any meeting or across all your meetings, with answers grounded in the transcripts.
- **OtterPilot for Sales** — A sales-focused agent that surfaces buying signals, drafts follow-ups, and syncs notes to Salesforce and HubSpot.
- **Otter for Education** — Real-time captions and lecture notes for students and faculty, with custom vocabulary for technical subjects.
- **Live Captions & Transcripts** — Real-time streaming captions during meetings, plus a searchable archive of every spoken word.

## Achievements

- Transcribed the live audio of the 2018 IBM World of Watson conference
- Crossed 1 million users by 2020
- Hit 50 million meeting summaries milestone in December 2023
- Raised $73M+ in total funding across four rounds
- Named to multiple AI50 and Fast Company most innovative lists

## Latest updates

- **2024-04** — Launched the Otter Meeting Agent - a voice-activated AI teammate that answers questions during the meeting.
- **2024-09** — Expanded language support to French and Spanish transcription.
- **2023-12** — Announced 50 million meeting summaries milestone.

## Links

- Website: https://otter.ai
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/otter-ai
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/otter_ai
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/OtterAi
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/otter.ai/
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/OtterAI

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Last updated: 2026-05-19