Superhuman bought Fathom after concluding it couldn't build a notetaker.

Acquired September 14, terms undisclosed (TechCrunch). Fathom had over 400,000 MAUs, more than a million people who'd recorded meetings, $30M+ raised and a $94M valuation in 2024. CEO Shishir Mehrotra said Superhuman tested an internal notetaker and found the category deeper than expected, so it bought a finished product. The strategic point is the meeting transcript as a trigger for agents that already own email, calendar, docs and a database, which is pressure Granola, Read AI, Otter and Fireflies can't answer with a better notetaker.