Superhuman is buying Fathom, a meeting notetaker backed by Y Combinator. The deal moves Superhuman further into the growing market for AI-powered productivity tools.
Superhuman already offers an email client, a docs app, a calendar, and a database tool. It also recently launched an AI agent builder platform.
Adding a notetaker gives Superhuman a new way to capture information from meetings. That data can then feed into its other tools.
Why Superhuman Chose to Buy Instead of Build
Superhuman tested an internal notetaker earlier this year with a small group of users. The company ultimately decided to acquire a finished product instead.
CEO Shishir Mehrotra said the internal test taught the team how difficult it is to build a strong notetaker. He said many products in this space look simple on the surface but require deep technical work.
Mehrotra said he was impressed by parts of Fathom's technology. He did not share specific details about which features stood out to him.
He also said a notetaker will let Superhuman surface meeting context to users in real time.
Fathom's Background and User Base
Fathom was founded in 2020. It has raised more than $30 million in funding since then.
The company was valued at $94 million in 2024, according to data from PitchBook. Its investor list includes the Zoom Apps Fund, Telescope Partners, BoxOne Ventures, Character Capital, and Maven Ventures.
Individual investors in Fathom include Reddit CEO Steve Huffman, former Twitch CEO Emmett Shear, and Cruise co-founder Kyle Vogt.
Fathom offers a free plan with generous features. That has helped it grow to more than 400,000 monthly active users.
More than 1 million people have used Fathom to record meetings so far.
Fathom CEO Richard White explained why he agreed to the deal. He said Superhuman's user base of 40 million people was a strong reason to join forces.
White said building a standalone company would require Fathom to create many tools that already exist inside Superhuman. He said M&A can be a faster path to reaching a large number of users than building alone.
The meeting notetaker market has become crowded in the past year. Competitors include Granola, Read AI, and Wispr, all of which have raised large funding rounds.
These startups have strong user numbers and revenue, but face pressure to expand beyond basic notetaking. That pressure was part of what pushed Fathom toward a sale.
With Fathom's technology in place, Superhuman plans to connect meeting data across its other products. This could include drafting emails, updating records, and scheduling follow-up meetings automatically.
Superhuman also plans to have its AI agents pull insights directly from meeting transcripts. The company has not shared a timeline for when these features will roll out.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
