Otter.ai
AI meeting assistant that records, transcribes, and summarizes meetings automatically
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About
Otter.ai is one of the most widely used AI meeting assistants, providing automatic transcription, summarization, and action item extraction for meetings across Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, and in-person conversations. It joins meetings as an AI participant, captures everything said with speaker identification, and produces searchable transcripts and summaries available immediately after the meeting ends.
The platform's OtterPilot feature goes beyond transcription: it identifies key discussion points, extracts action items with ownership and deadlines, and sends summaries to participants automatically. Otter Catch Me Up helps users who missed meetings or are joining late understand what was discussed. Otter AI Chat allows users to ask questions about meeting content — 'what did we decide about the budget?' — and get immediate answers with timestamps.
Otter.ai is used by teams across industries for meeting productivity, but is particularly popular in sales (for capturing customer conversations), education (for lecture notes), journalism (for interview transcription), and executive teams who participate in more meetings than anyone can fully recall.
The platform's OtterPilot feature goes beyond transcription: it identifies key discussion points, extracts action items with ownership and deadlines, and sends summaries to participants automatically. Otter Catch Me Up helps users who missed meetings or are joining late understand what was discussed. Otter AI Chat allows users to ask questions about meeting content — 'what did we decide about the budget?' — and get immediate answers with timestamps.
Otter.ai is used by teams across industries for meeting productivity, but is particularly popular in sales (for capturing customer conversations), education (for lecture notes), journalism (for interview transcription), and executive teams who participate in more meetings than anyone can fully recall.
Product Features
- Automatic meeting recording and transcription
- Speaker identification and diarization
- Real-time live transcription for in-person meetings
- AI-generated meeting summaries
- Action item extraction with ownership tracking
- Otter AI Chat: Q&A over meeting content
- Integration with Zoom, Teams, and Google Meet
- Automated calendar integration for auto-joining
- Searchable transcript archive
- Team workspaces with shared meeting libraries
- Speaker identification and diarization
- Real-time live transcription for in-person meetings
- AI-generated meeting summaries
- Action item extraction with ownership tracking
- Otter AI Chat: Q&A over meeting content
- Integration with Zoom, Teams, and Google Meet
- Automated calendar integration for auto-joining
- Searchable transcript archive
- Team workspaces with shared meeting libraries
About the Publisher
Otter.ai was founded in 2016 by Sam Liang and Yun Fu in Mountain View, California. Sam Liang previously founded Alohar Mobile (acquired by Alibaba) and brings expertise in AI and machine learning. Otter.ai has raised over $40 million in funding and serves millions of users, including individuals, teams, and enterprise clients. The company was recognized on Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies list and has been a key player in transforming how organizations capture and learn from their meeting discussions.