Plaud builds AI-powered work companions and note-taking solutions designed to capture, extract, and utilize professional conversations. The company's product line includes hardware devices such as Plaud Note, NotePin, and NotePin S, which integrate with AI software to process spoken interactions. Its technology spans natural language processing, speech recognition, and hardware-software integration, supporting 112 languages.
The company reports a user base of 1.5 million professionals globally and a revenue run rate of $250 million. Plaud is bootstrapped and maintains a presence across San Francisco, Singapore, Tokyo, Shenzhen, Seattle, and Beijing. Its stated goal is to amplify human intelligence for 50 million professionals by 2030.
Plaud operates with a focus on craftsmanship, ownership, and velocity. The company uses AI tools including Cursor, GPT models, Gemini, and Claude in its workflows, and adheres to data security standards such as ISO 27001, ISO 27701, GDPR, SOC 2, HIPAA, and EN 18031.
