Insights
Trends, analysis, and what is shifting in the meeting tool ecosystem.
The AI Notetaker Price War: Who Blinks First
Fathom is free. tl;dv undercuts Fireflies. Otter is losing share. Map the pricing race across AI notetakers and where this ends.
Microsoft Teams Is Blocking Third-Party Recording Bots
Starting May 2026, Teams will detect and label third-party bots in meetings. What this means for your recording setup.
Recording Without Bots: The Post-Bot Era Begins
Teams is blocking bots. Zoom launched RTMS. Fathom went native. The architecture of meeting recording is changing, and most tools are not ready.
Your Meeting Data Is the Next AI Training Goldmine
Every AI notetaker has thousands of hours of your conversations. Who owns that data, who is training on it, and what the privacy policies actually say.
The Gong Tax: What Revenue Intelligence Actually Costs at Scale
Break down the real cost of Gong for a 50-person sales team. License fees are just the start.
Voice AI Agents in Meetings: Hype Check
Vapi, Retell, Bland, and Synthflow are raising money. Can an AI agent actually run a meeting? We checked.
Meeting Recording Laws by State: The Compliance Map Nobody Cares About (But Should)
One-party or two-party consent? State by state, what the law says about recording meetings.
The Hidden Cost of Free Notetakers
Fathom, Otter Free, and tl;dv Free cost nothing. But what do they do with your data? We read the privacy policies.
Remote Teams Are Having 30% More Meetings Than in 2023
Meeting volume keeps climbing. The solution is not fewer tools; it is better ones.
Why Mid-Market Teams Are Leaving Gong
At $100-150 per user per month, mid-market sales teams are finding the math no longer works.
The Async Video Market Is Consolidating. Here Is Who Survives.
Loom set the category. Atlassian bought it. Now the rest of the market is splitting into winners and walking dead.