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Otter.ai, the leading AI meeting agent tool, announced a landmark year of achievements that have established the company as the definitive corporate knowledge base for the enterprise. From crossing $100 million in ARR to launching the industry's first AI Meeting Agent suite, 2025 marks Otter.ai's evolution from meeting transcription tool to the comprehensive corporate knowledge base that powers how organizations capture, search, and activate their most valuable asset: institutional knowledge.

Otter.ai, the creator of the leading AI meeting agent, today announced it is expanding to the Japanese market with the addition of real-time Japanese transcription. The expansion of its language capabilities builds on Otter’s commitment to enabling teams worldwide to capture and leverage their meeting conversations, driving collaboration and productivity.

Otter.ai, the creator of the leading AI meeting agent, today unveiled a comprehensive suite of enterprise features that builds on its proven track record of generating over $1 billion in customer ROI. The new enterprise offering optimizes how organizations capture, organize, and leverage meeting conversations, establishing Otter as the secure, centralized knowledge base that turns lost, unstructured voice data into measurable business value.

Otter.ai, the leading AI meeting agent, has today announced that it has become Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) compliant. Through a rigorous and independent assessment, Otter has successfully demonstrated its unwavering commitment to safeguard sensitive health information and reinforced its dedication to conversation and data privacy and security.

Otter.ai, the leading AI meeting productivity platform, today announced it has surpassed $100 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR). Building on this momentum and accelerated growth, Otter is unveiling a groundbreaking evolution in AI-powered collaboration, launching a first-of-its-kind suite of voice AI meeting agents designed to supercharge business meetings. This innovative suite includes the flagship Otter Meeting Agent—a transformative evolution from Otter's passive AI meeting assistant to a voice-activated participant that leverages company-wide meeting data to answer questions and complete tasks. Then there’s the Otter Sales Agent that empowers sales teams to close more deals with real-time guidance. Lastly, the revolutionary Otter SDR Agent that scales lead generation and shortens sales cycles through autonomous product demos. All these agents work together to redefine meeting productivity and drive business success.

Otter.ai, the leading AI meeting assistant, today announced the addition of real-time French and Spanish transcription, marking a milestone as Otter continues to break down communication barriers and provide a more collaborative experience for teams worldwide. Otter is among the first to develop its AI language transcription capabilities entirely in-house which enable Otter to provide real-time transcription that outperforms other solutions in terms of accuracy, especially when it comes to handling noisy environments and/or difficult accents.

Otter.ai, the leading AI meeting assistant that has transcribed over 1 billion meetings, today announced research findings highlighting just how much time professionals are saving by using their AI Meeting Assistant. Specifically, 62% of working professionals reclaim four or more hours per week - over one month a year of time savings using Otter’s AI Meeting Assistant.

Otter.ai, the leading AI meeting assistant, today announced the launch of My Action Items, a new feature designed to enhance productivity and streamline the modern workflow.

Today, Otter.ai, the leading AI-powered meeting assistant that has transcribed over 50 billion minutes, proudly introduces Meeting GenAI, a transformative set of AI tools that unlocks the untapped insights of your company’s meeting history. While other tools such as Microsoft Copilot, Zoom AI Companion, and Google Duet are only beginning to dabble in AI-powered meeting notes, Otter is already seamlessly integrating advanced GenAI across its platform, elevating the role of meeting minutes from passive records to dynamic repositories of collective knowledge and actionable insights.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming how we live and work. A recent survey conducted by Otter.ai found that 71% of professionals are using AI at work, and almost 100% say AI has made them more productive. Most managers (96%) know their employees use AI at work, in fact, nearly 75% of managers recommend it to them. Over 86% of professionals think their work will look different in 2024 because of AI.

Otter.ai today unveiled OtterPilot™ for Sales, an AI sales assistant that will transform how sales teams operate and help them close more deals and generate more revenue more efficiently.

Today, Otter.ai announced the Otter app for Slack. Otter’s AI-powered meeting assistant transcribes over 1 million spoken words per minute, and now, with Otter’s integration with Slack, Otter users will be able to share key meeting insights into their Slack channels automatically.

Otter.ai, the world’s leading tool for meeting transcription, summarization, and collaboration, today announced the launch of Otter AI Chat - collaborative AI intelligence that acts as a meeting participant instantly answering questions, collaborating with meeting participants, and generating content based on meeting data. Teams can also collaborate using Otter AI Chat to message each other and Otter, bringing the smart AI assistant into the meeting discussion.

Today Otter.ai launched the new Otter® Chrome Extension for Zoom and Google Meet.

Otter.ai is launching OtterPilot™, the smart AI meeting assistant that automates meetings from start to finish to help professionals and teams save time and increase meeting productivity. OtterPilot uses AI to automate the entire meeting process with automated live notes (auto-join and auto-share), automated slide capture, and automated summaries. The launch comes at a significant milestone for the company, with millions of professionals trusting Otter for their meeting notes, Otter has reached the milestone of transcribing over 1 billion meetings.

Today, Otter.ai announced the appointment of Darius Contractor as Chief Growth Officer.

Today Otter.ai is proud to announce that it has successfully completed its SOC 2 Type II audit and received a SOC 2 Type II report, reaffirming its commitment to keeping your information private and secure. This rigorous and independent assessment of its internal controls provides assurance that Otter.ai has the appropriate security measures.

Today Otter.ai announced the appointment of Zack Cable as Chief Revenue Officer and Treena Diebolt as Vice President of People. In addition, Darius Contractor has joined as a growth advisor. All three join Otter at an important time of strategic growth for the company where, in the last two years, Otter has experienced over 600% increase in product-use. Now Zack, Treena, and Darius will bring valuable bottoms-up SaaS experience to growing Otter’s customers and employees.

Otter.ai, the world’s leading meeting transcription and collaboration tool, in partnership with the University of North Carolina Chancellor’s professor and award-winning author, Dr. Steven Rogelberg, today released new findings on the cost of unnecessary meetings and its impact on organizations and their employees. The report found that almost a third of meetings are unnecessary and organizations waste millions of dollars on them.

Today Otter.ai announced the new Otter, releasing a major update to its AI-powered meeting collaboration and note-taking tool (iOS and android updates coming in the weeks ahead).

Today Otter.ai announced the appointment of Greg Holmes as a strategic advisor to the company. Greg brings over 20 years of experience in sales and GTM leadership and will bring valuable guidance to Otter.ai’s continued growth specifically to efficiently turn individual users into a full enterprise deployment.

Today Otter.ai expands its Chrome Extension to make it easier to add meeting notes directly to Google Calendar invites, with just a click of the "Add Otter Meeting Notes" button. Otter Basic, Pro, and Business plan users will be able to easily send Otter meeting note links ahead of time so the meeting host and participants can collaborate during the meeting. No more scrambling to share the Otter link once the meeting begins—now all participants can access the Otter meeting notes easily within the calendar invite. Once the meeting starts, just press record (Otter Business plan users can skip this step by enabling auto-join).

Today Otter.ai announced the launch of Otter Assistant for Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, and Cisco Webex for Otter Business Plan users. After an initial one-time user permission, Otter Assistant automatically joins calendared meetings to record, take notes, and share transcripts with meeting participants so users can focus on collaborating and connecting in meetings knowing Otter is automatically transcribing it, or they can skip meetings altogether and catch up on notes afterward.

Today Otter.ai announced the appointment of Richard Ward to chief design officer and the additions of Adam Cheyer and Larry Heck as strategic technology advisors to the company. With these additions, the AI-powered collaborative note-taking and productivity company continues to build a team that will redefine the future of work.

Today Otter.ai announced the launch of Otter Assistant, which automatically joins calendared Zoom meetings on a user’s behalf, records, takes, and shares those notes with other meeting participants whether they are in the meeting or not.