The problem
Teams lose decisions and follow-ups across meetings, email and chat, and waste hours writing notes and updating tools
What they do
AI meeting notetaker and copilot that summarizes meetings, email and chat, then acts on them
Traction 5M+ monthly active users, ~1M new users a month; revenue at all-time high Aug 2026
Hiring trend
- Open roles
- 18
- Ops roles
- 1
- Headcount
- ~95-118
Headcount ~52 → ~91 Q4 2024 to Q1 2026 (Revelio), CEO says near 100 (Sep 2026); postings -24% YoY (Revelio)
Hiring in
- Read AI - Seattle
- Remote
Latest news
May 2026
Launched MCP server plus ChatGPT and Claude connectors; usage growing ~40% weekly ↗Glassdoor
No rating yet · see Glassdoor ↗Funding
- Last round
- $50M
- Stage
- Series B
- Date
- Oct 2024
Led by Smash Capital, Madrona, Goodwater Capital
- Hiring+1.518 open roles on the live job board (10–29 roles = +1.5)
- Funding recency+0.5Series B · $50M, Oct 2024 (24 months ago): 12–24 months = +0.5
- Traction+1.5Strong growth: 5M+ monthly active users, ~1M new users a month; revenue at all-time high Aug 2026
- Red flags0None found in the last 24 months
- Total3.51.5 + 0.5 + 1.5 − 0 = 3.5 → Tempo (3.5–4.24)
Distance (10K) is a separate read on how long the lead can last. It doesn't change the score.
Distance
10K · edge: learns from use
Broad adoption (5M+ monthly users, viral free tier), but Zoom, Microsoft and Google bundle notetakers and Otter, Fireflies and Granola crowd the category; several universities ban it over privacy.
Sources: TechCrunch: Read AI launches email-based digital twin, 5M+ MAU (Feb 2026) ↗ · GeekWire: Read AI digital twin enters market crowded by Microsoft and Google (Feb 2026) ↗ · Lifehacker: AI note-taking apps and privacy; Read AI banned at several universities (Aug 2026) ↗
Open ops roles · 1
Last checked Oct 25, 2026