Scroll
Founded 2023 · 4 employees on LinkedIn · 16 known investors
Scroll AI is a browser-based AI notebook that ingests documents, media and web pages and answers questions about them.
Also known as Scroll AI
Investors · 16
Also in the syndicate · 5
Funding
SEC filings, press & company announcements- Undisclosed amountseed fundingOct 2025
1confirmation, Arrington Capital, Coinbase Ventures, Collider, DCG, F-Prime, Flyer One Ventures, Node Capital, SID Venture Partners
Source ↗ - Undisclosed amountSeries ASep 2025
Broadband Capital Investments (lead), D3
Source ↗
Source: company announcements and press reports — follow each round's link for the claim.
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Scroll (scroll.ai) offers a browser-based AI notebook tool that lets users collect study or research material in one place and query it through a built-in chatbot. Users create notebooks and upload sources in a range of formats, including web pages, PowerPoint and Word documents, PDFs, audio and video files, and YouTube videos. Each notebook contains a source list, a free-form notes area and a chat window; the assistant answers only from the material uploaded to that notebook rather than from the open internet, and cites the sources it draws on. Chatbot outputs such as summaries, quizzes or study schedules can be saved into the notebook.
Additional functions described in third-party testing include automatic transcription of uploaded audio with speaker labelling, a browser extension for clipping web pages directly into a notebook's source list, and detection and translation across more than 100 languages. The product runs in the browser only, with no dedicated mobile application, and new accounts begin with a non-deletable "Welcome Guide" notebook.
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Market position
Positioned in the AI notebook and study-assistant category alongside Google's NotebookLM, and characterised in an April 2025 Lifehacker review as bare-bones but effective, scoring 3.5 out of 5.
Reviewed as a simpler, more limited alternative to comparable AI notebook tools: the chatbot is the central feature, and the product does not generate audio study guides or mind maps as some competitors do. It adds audio transcription with speaker labelling, a web-clipping extension and multilingual detection and translation.
Technology
The service ingests heterogeneous file and media types — documents, presentations, PDFs, web pages, audio and video, and YouTube links — and makes them queryable through a retrieval-constrained chat assistant that answers solely from uploaded sources and cites them inline. Supporting capabilities include automatic audio transcription with speaker naming and language detection and translation covering more than 100 languages.
Go-to-market
Distributed as a self-serve web application that was free to use at the time of review, supported by a browser extension for capturing web pages into notebooks.
Students and self-directed learners preparing for coursework, exams or certifications, as well as knowledge workers consolidating mixed material such as internal data, news articles, podcasts and competitor information ahead of planning work.
Compiled by commissioned research from 8 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
In the news
▸Research sources · 8
primary sources listed
- Review: Scroll AI Is a Bare-Bones (but Effective) Study Companion | Lifehackerlifehacker.com · web
8 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.
Frequently asked questions
- What does Scroll do?
- Scroll AI is a browser-based AI notebook that ingests documents, media and web pages and answers questions about them.
- Who are Scroll's investors?
- Scroll's investors include GMG Ventures, Mercuri.vc, 1confirmation, Arrington Capital, Coinbase Ventures, Flyer One Ventures, Maelstrom, Node Capital and 3 more.