Read AI

What Read AI does

Read AI is an AI copilot that transforms meetings, emails, and messages into summaries, insights, and instant answers across various devices and platforms. It aims to automate mundane tasks in productivity workflows, centralizing and simplifying knowledge sources. The platform offers AI-generated summaries, transcripts, action items, and video highlights for meetings, emails, and messaging. Read AI is designed to be an independent, platform-agnostic system of record for productivity AI, connecting across all tools to deliver unified insights. It is built with privacy at its core, being SOC 2 Type 2 Certified, GDPR Compliant, and HIPAA Compliant, and does not train on user data by default. The company was founded in 2021 and is backed by Madrona Venture Group and Goodwater.

Products

• Read AIAn AI copilot that transforms meetings, emails, and messages into summaries, insights, and instant answers on every device, wherever you work.
• Ada (Digital Twin)An AI assistant that works alongside users, handling tasks, managing workflows, and learning from user interactions.
• Ask Read (Search Copilot)AI-powered search that connects meetings, emails, messages, and more to find answers, uncover insights, and streamline work, with direct access to native LLMs from Anthropic Claude and OpenAI GPT.
• Read Smart SchedulerAn AI tool for scheduling and workflow integrations.
• CRM CopilotAI-powered tools integrated with CRM platforms like HubSpot and Salesforce to help sellers work faster, qualify deals, close more, and manage pipelines, including auto-generated summaries, deal insights, risk detection, and follow-up automation.
• Meeting NavigatorAn in-meeting dashboard that provides transcription, summaries, and meeting metrics in real time, including engagement and sentiment.
• Read DashboardA hub for meeting analytics, trends, and recommendations.
• Meeting ToolsReal-time meeting metrics to help users understand meeting dynamics.
• WorkspacesAn enterprise solution to improve meetings company-wide, allowing for setting report distribution and sharing rules, controlling which meetings Read joins, and managing user licenses.
• RecommendationsHelpful insights to make meetings run smoothly and save time.

Key capabilities

• AI-generated meeting summaries, recaps, action items, and highlights
• Real-time transcription and notes
• AI-powered search across meetings, emails, chats, documents, and notes
• Seamless sharing of summaries and decisions to collaboration tools
• Email summaries and inbox insights
• Meeting Assistant that joins meetings, records, and delivers recaps
• Audio and video playback of meetings
• Meeting Coach with personalized reports on metrics like talking speed, filler words, bias, and charisma
• Multi-language support (20+ languages)
• Integration with various platforms and tools (Google Meet, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Slack, Gmail, Outlook, Salesforce, HubSpot, Jira, Confluence, Notion, Asana, Linear, Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive, Zapier, webhooks)
• Direct access to native LLMs from Anthropic Claude and OpenAI GPT
• Custom Assistant Branding for video conference calls
• Unlimited enterprise search
• File upload credits for analysis
• Domain capture and custom data retention policy for enterprise plans
• SAML & SCIM for enterprise plans
• Real-time engagement, sentiment, and attendance measurement for virtual classrooms
• Automated deal updates and contact management in CRM
• Intelligent deal progression and risk detection for sales
• Automated follow-up and CRM updates
• Performance tracking for sales meetings and rep engagement
• Customizable push controls for integrations (e.g., Jira, Confluence)
• Automated report pushing into clean, organized templates for Confluence
• Customizable fields for action items pushed to Jira

Use cases

• Transforming meetings into summaries and insights
• Automating email and message summarization
• Finding answers and insights across conversations and documents
• Breaking down silos by sharing knowledge across teams
• Streamlining workflows and making data-driven decisions
• Employee productivity and workflow management
• Managerial insights and team coordination
• Sales process optimization, lead qualification, and deal closing
• Customer success management and searchable intelligence
• Executive decision-making and strategic planning
• Project management and task tracking
• Administrative assistance and note-taking
• Product development and insights
• Recruiting and hiring processes
• Virtual classroom management, student engagement, and attendance tracking
• CRM data entry automation and contact management
• Pipeline management and deal risk detection
• Knowledge base creation and sharing
• Collaboration and task management in Jira and Confluence

AI approach

Read AI provides an AI copilot that transforms meetings, emails, and messages into summaries, insights, and instant answers. It uses AI for features like meeting recaps, enterprise search, email summaries, and a digital twin assistant. The platform integrates with various tools and offers direct access to native LLMs from Anthropic Claude and OpenAI GPT in its Search Copilot.

Tech named: Anthropic Claude, OpenAI GPT, Large Language Models

Industries served

• Sales
• Education
• Recruiting
• Engineering
• General Business (for productivity)
• Technology

What it says sets it apart

• AI copilot transforming meetings, emails, and messages into summaries, insights, and instant answers.
• Platform-agnostic, connecting across all tools for unified insights.
• Built with privacy at its core: SOC 2 Type 2 Certified, GDPR Compliant, HIPAA Compliant, and no training on user data by default.
• Offers a 'Digital Twin' (Ada) that learns from the user.
• Provides 'Ask Read' for AI-powered search across diverse content with LLM access.
• Includes a 'Meeting Coach' with personalized reports on speaking metrics.
• Supports 20+ languages.
• Integrates deeply with CRM systems like Salesforce and HubSpot for sales automation and insights.
• Offers comprehensive integrations with collaboration and productivity tools.
• Provides real-time meeting metrics and engagement insights.

Funding rounds we track

From the AI funding tracker — rounds as reported by the linked publications.