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Fireflies

Fireflies.ai is an AI notetaker that joins virtual meetings to transcribe, summarize, and analyze conversations for teams.

fireflies.ai · San Francisco

CALL NO.CS·FIREFLIES·26
StageSeries AMay 2021 · led by Khosla Ventures[3][4][6]
Raised$19Mdisclosed rounds[1][3][4][7]
Valuationnot publicly disclosedno source in ledger
Founded2016[7][9]
Money

Raised $19M across disclosed rounds.[1][3][4][7]

Series A closed May 2021, led by Khosla Ventures.[3][4][6]

post-money valuation is not publicly disclosed.

Secondary (Tender Offer) on Jun 2025.[1][5][8]

Named investors include Khosla Ventures, Canaan Partners, April Underwood.[3][4][6]

People

Krish Ramineni, Co-founder & CEO[9][10][24]

Sam Udotong, Co-founder & CTO[9][10][24]

Venu Ravi, Head of Engineering, VP Engineering[6][7][24]

Nishant Kumar, Head - GTM and Partnerships[6][7][24]

Sandhya Venkatachalam, Board Director[6][7][24]

Headcount: sources disagree
93as of Jun 2026

How this 'office-less' startup turns into a unicorn · Jul 2026[1]

Fireflies.ai company profile · Jul 2026[7]

Signals
Jul 15 2026hiringJobs at Fireflies.ai : Explore current Opportunities[26]
May 6 2026newsFrom Six Failed Ideas to 20 Million Users: How Krish Ramineni Built Fireflies.ai Into a Profita.[25]
Aug 21 2025launchFireflies Becomes First AI Meeting Tool in Claude's MCP Directory company claim, not independently confirmed[8]
Jun 23 2025newsHow this 'office-less' startup turns into a unicorn[1]
Jun 12 2025fundingFireflies Reaches $1 Billion Valuation, Partners With Perplexity to Bring Real-time Web Search to Meetings[8][5][27]
May 16 2025launchFireflies Introduces Tailored AI Meeting Assistant to Help Financial Advisors Focus on Clients, Not Paperwork company claim, not independently confirmed[8]
Comps

Otter.ai · otter.ai · Same buyer and same job to be done: AI meeting transcription and note-taking for business teams.[4]

Gong · gong.io · Overlaps on sales conversation analysis and CRM auto-logging workflow, though Gong is purpose-built for revenue teams while Fireflies is broader.[4]

Fathom · fathom.video · Same buyer and same job to be done: AI meeting notetaker for business professionals.

Risk

The customer proof is company-sourced only. No independent source in this ledger confirms it.[8]

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Fireflies.ai is an AI notetaker that joins virtual meetings to transcribe, summarize, and analyze conversations for teams.

fireflies.ai · San Francisco

StageSeries A
Raised$19M
Headcount93
Valuationnot publicly disclosed
Founded2016
CompsOtter.ai +2

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