Grammarly is now Superhuman! CEO Shishir Mehrotra explains the rebrand | E2201

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Oct 30, 2025

In this discussion, Shishir Mehrotra, the innovative CEO transitioning Grammarly into Superhuman, shares insights on the ambitious rebrand. He explains why a name change is pivotal for broadening the company’s vision. Shishir unveils Superhuman Go, an AI assistant designed to seamlessly integrate into daily workflows. He dives into their strategy for developing adaptable agents that empower users while addressing AI’s impact on jobs. Plus, he discusses privacy measures and the pricing model for their new product suite, emphasizing user-centric design.

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Grammarly Rebrands As Superhuman

Grammarly rebrands the corporate parent to Superhuman to reflect broader ambition across products and mission.
Shishir says the company will shift from making people better writers to empowering super humans across many surfaces.

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Embed Agents Directly In Workflows

Build agents that live where people work and bring contextual data into their apps.
Open the platform for partners and customers to create specialized agents that hook into internal systems.

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Agents As Domain Specialists

Agents act like domain specialists on your shoulder (sales, product, calendar) and combine signals across tools.
That lets you write with grammar help while pulling CRM, product, and scheduling context automatically.

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Today’s show:

*Why rebrand an app with 40 million daily active users?

On TWiST, Grammarly CEO Shishir Mehrotra swings by to explain why he’s renaming his company after the mail app he just purchased, Superhuman.

Plus he’s giving us a first look at the startup’s new AI assistant, Superhuman Go, digging into their new agent-centered strategy, looking ahead at the potential for AI job displacement, and more.

Jason and Alex also talk about our new nuclear deal with Westinghouse and Japan, OpenAI’s conversion and what it means for Microsoft, 1x’s tele-operated Neo-bot for chores, and much more!

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(00:33:01) Will income inequality become a concern, even for the wealthy? Jason says YES.

(00:37:29) Shishir Mehrotra from Gram— NO WAIT, Superhuman! joins us to talk name changes

(00:38:16) Using Grammarly as a model for the new AI assistant, Superhuman Go.

(01:08:39) Nvidia shot past $5 TRILLION in value… How is no one freaked out about this?!

(01:14:52) OpenAI executed their conversion… but Jason says “public benefit corporation” status is pretty meaningless

(01:25:02) Checking out the Neo robot from 1x… he wants to help you with chores and he’s for sale!

(01:32:09) Uber’s speeding up its self-driving plans

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