The problem
Professionals lose details from in-person meetings and phone calls and waste time writing notes
What they do
AI voice recorders and wearables with transcription and summary subscriptions for professionals
Traction $100M+ software ARR; 2M+ devices sold; 2.5M users; profitable
Hiring trend
- Open roles
- 51
- Ops roles
- 4
- Headcount
- ~450
Headcount +29% YoY (~451, Revelio); postings +185% in 2026; 52 open roles
Hiring in
- San Francisco
- Seattle
- Palo Alto
- Remote (Singapore)
- Remote (Europe)
Glassdoor
3.9 ★ 8 reviews ↗Funding
- Stage
- No disclosed VC round (profitable)
Led by Vertex Holdings (Temasek), largest investor
- Hiring+251 open roles on the live job board (30+ roles = +2)
- Funding recency0No disclosed VC round (profitable): no round date on file, so no recency points
- Traction—$100M+ software ARR; 2M+ devices sold; 2.5M users; profitable
- Red flags—None on file
- Total5.0Stored score → Sprint (4.75 or more)
Hiring and funding from the stored fields add up to +2. The stored score of 5 includes a judgment call the fields don't capture (often a boundary month or a round we don't count), so traction and red-flag points can't be split out exactly.
Distance (Half) is a separate read on how long the lead can last. It doesn't change the score.
Distance
Half · edge: cheaper at size
No.1 AI note-taking device brand by units with $100M+ subscription ARR, but DingTalk, Anker/ByteDance and Pocket can copy the hardware cheaply.
Sources: TechCrunch: Plaud tops $100M ARR after 2M devices (Jun 2026) ↗ · 36Kr: copycat hardware from DingTalk, Anker/ByteDance (May 2026) ↗
Last checked Oct 25, 2026