Superhuman buys Fathom to turbocharge agentic work
superhuman acquires yc-backed fathom to integrate ai-powered notetaking into its productivity suite, pushing for agentic work automation.
superhuman, an ai-powered productivity platform, is acquiring fathom, a yc-backed notetaker founded in 2020. fathom has raised over $30 million in funding and was valued at $94 million in 2024. with over 400,000 monthly active users and 1 million people having recorded meetings, fathom's technology will be integrated with superhuman's suite to automate work through meeting notes and action items. superhuman's ceo, shishir mehrotra, noted that building a notetaker internally was challenging, but fathom's product offered technical intricacies that impressed him. this acquisition enables superhuman to draft emails, update data entries, schedule follow-up meetings, and have ai agents start work and extract insights from meeting data.