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Fathom

YC W21

San Francisco, US · Founded 2020 · 95 employees · Hiring · 8 known investors

Fathom provides AI-powered meeting intelligence that automatically captures notes, summaries, and transcripts while surfacing decisions and action items across Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams. The platform integrates with enterprise tools like Slack, Salesforce, and HubSpot to help teams—particularly sales, operations, marketing, and customer success—maintain shared context and reduce administrative overhead.

Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (W21)

Fathom was founded in 2020 by Richard White.

RWRichard White
Richard WhiteinFounder / CEORichard White was an early employee and designer at Kiko, a Y Combinator-backed calendar application, alongside Justin Kan and Emmett Shear. He later founded UserVoice and served as its CEO, where he built feedback management software for B2B companies.

Investors · 8

Funding

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Founder mafia

5 people who came through Fathom went on to found or lead other companies.

Competitors · 10

by search overlap
Zoom246 shared keywordsZoom operates an AI-powered work platform for video communications and collaboration, including products such as Zoom Contact Center. It serves businesses and enterprises for remote and hybrid work communication.
Zapier241 shared keywordsZapier provides a platform for connecting AI models and agents to workflows and business applications, enabling teams to automate tasks across over 9,000 apps without coding. The platform serves enterprises, operations teams, and businesses of all sizes looking to deploy AI-driven automation for lead capture, customer support, employee onboarding, and other business processes.
otter ai237 shared keywordsOtter.ai is an AI-powered meeting assistant that records, transcribes, and summarizes conversations in real time across multiple languages, automatically capturing decisions and action items. The platform serves teams and enterprises seeking to automate meeting documentation and knowledge management through integrations with productivity and CRM tools.
tl;dv229 shared keywordstl;dv is an AI meeting recorder that transcribes, summarizes, and analyzes sales and customer calls, turning conversations into insights, CRM updates, alerts, and shareable clips. It serves marketing, sales, customer success, and product teams looking to mine call data for messaging, coaching, and product decisions.
Read206 shared keywordsRead AI builds automated meeting summaries, transcripts, and action items using AI to help knowledge workers reduce time spent on meetings, emails, and messages. The platform integrates with Gmail, Outlook, Teams, and Slack for enterprises and individual users.
Docket HQ201 shared keywordsZoom offers an AI-first work platform for video communication and collaboration, used by businesses for meetings, contact center operations, and customer engagement. It provides developer tools like the Zoom Video SDK for embedding video experiences into third-party applications.
AI tools188 shared keywordsNotta provides AI-powered transcription tools available as a web app, mobile app, and Chrome extension, along with features such as AI summaries, meeting minutes, screen recording, and a sales-focused AI agent for recording and analyzing meetings and syncing with CRM. It serves individuals and businesses looking to transcribe and organize voice and meeting content.
Fireflies Ai161 shared keywordsFireflies.ai provides a voice assistant and transcription platform that automates team workflows by converting conversations into actionable insights. The platform serves enterprise teams looking to optimize meeting and call management through AI-powered transcription and automation.
Notion146 shared keywordsNotion offers a workspace platform for teams to manage projects, documentation, and tasks through customizable views like Gantt charts and Kanban boards. The product serves small to large organizations across multiple functions including engineering, product, and design teams.
Krisp143 shared keywordsKrisp builds real-time voice AI products that enhance communication through noise cancellation, accent conversion, voice translation, transcription, and summarization across audio hardware and applications. The company serves organizations and individuals using voice communication tools.

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Frequently asked questions

What does Fathom do?
Fathom provides AI-powered meeting intelligence that automatically captures notes, summaries, and transcripts while surfacing decisions and action items across Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams. The platform integrates with enterprise tools like Slack, Salesforce, and HubSpot to help teams—particularly sales, operations, marketing, and customer success—maintain shared context and reduce administrative overhead.
Who founded Fathom?
Fathom was founded by Richard White in 2020.
Who are Fathom's investors?
Fathom's investors include ACTAI Ventures, Earl Grey Capital, Telescope Partners, Y Combinator, Character, Chemistry, Maven Ventures, Sutter Hill Ventures.
Where is Fathom headquartered?
Fathom is headquartered in San Francisco, US.