His teammates had various experience at software supernovas like Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo. Based out of Los Altos, California, CEO and Cofounder Sam Liang assembled a crack team of tech-industry vets under the shared ideological drive to develop AI tools to foster better human-to-computer synergy. So if you happen to have attended Disrupt’s 2018 bonanza in their flagship town of San Francisco, chances are you saw a live action display of the AI-powered transcription software Otter.ai.Īs titans of tech and plucky upstarts orated and fielded Q&As on the main stages during keynotes and panels, the Otter Voice Note engine was proudly chugging away to cast up real-time transcriptions on huge screens.įor those not fortunate enough to possess all-access passes, live transcriptions were on display at locations across the event grounds.Īnd what good is a live transmission if you can’t revisit that content at a later time? Otter, together with TechCrunch, set it up that Disrupt attendees could get a free Otter account and from there browse through the transcriptions of the events for later digesting.Īll this to say that if an industry king-maker like TechCrunch trusted Otter to handle all their recording, sharing and transcription needs, that must mean Otter is a royally-fantastic piece of tech. Film buffs descend upon Sundance sports fanatics flock to the Olympics Wagner enthusiasts feel the eternal pull towards Bayreuth.Īnd for those for whom technology is the thrilling apex of cultural output, the place to be is TechCrunch Disrupt.

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