AI Chat: ChatGPT & AI News, Artificial Intelligence, OpenAI, Machine Learning Revolutionizing Meeting Productivity with Richard White
Oct 16, 2025
In this insightful discussion, Richard White, Founder and CEO of Fathom, an AI-powered meeting tool, shares his journey in tackling productivity challenges. He reveals how Fathom evolved from a personal struggle with note-taking into a unique AI app that highlights meetings and delivers concise notes. Richard discusses the importance of user behavior in shaping features, the ethical considerations around AI in meetings, and exciting upcoming functionalities like AI coaching and ambient capture. Get ready to rethink how meetings can revolutionize productivity!
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Stubbing Your Toe Led To Fathom
- Richard White began building Fathom after doing 20 user-research Zooms a week and hating taking notes during calls.
- He realized great conversations were wasted because notes were slow and forgettable, sparking the idea for automated meeting capture.
Speed Beats Fancy AI Early On
- The hard early engineering problem was fast, reliable meeting capture, not the AI summarization.
- Richard pushed the team from 30-minute delays down to ~30 seconds to make recordings feel instantaneous versus notes.
AI Quality Is A New Kind Of Product Work
- High-quality AI features demand a new QA mindset focused on output usefulness, not just technical success.
- Fathom prioritizes tuning AI to produce summaries and action items that match user needs and allow customization.