Circleback is an AI-powered meeting notetaker built to turn every conversation into structured, actionable output. It joins your calls to produce high-quality summaries and action items, makes past conversations fully searchable, automatically extracts information, and can trigger custom automations and workflows (including CRM updates) based on what was discussed. Founded in 2023 by Ali Haghani (previously an engineer at Stripe who led the first LLM integration into support, and earlier at Twitter) and Kevin Jacyna (formerly a senior engineer at Tableau), Circleback went through Y Combinator and raised a $2.5M seed round in November 2024 from Y Combinator, Rebel Fund, Pioneer Fund, and Transpose Platform, alongside angels including Kulveer Taggar, Oliver Jung, and Rich Aberman. Circleback aims to be the best-in-class meeting notetaker, competing with Granola, Fireflies, and Otter on note quality and automation depth.
Circleback
ActiveAI-powered meeting notes, action items, and automations for every call
Total raised
$2.5M
1 round
Stage
Seed
Team
1-10
since 2023
Pricing
Freemium
free plan
Founded
2023
San Francisco, United States
Agent-ready
API
Score 40/100
AI meeting notes and summaries
Automatic action item extraction
Searchable conversation history
Custom automations from meeting content
CRM and tool updates (HubSpot, etc.)
Multi-platform meeting support
Information extraction across calls
Unified task lists from discussions
40/100
Developing
MCP server
Public API
Webhooks
OAuth 2.0
SDKs
— Seed $2.5M incl. Kulveer Taggar +4
Capital network
$2.5M raised ·5 backers·10 network links
- Backers5
- Shared portfoliocompanies these backers also fund
- Extended networkfunds that co-invest alongside them
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- What does Circleback do?
- Circleback is an AI notetaker that produces meeting summaries and action items, searchable history, and automations from your calls.
- Who founded Circleback?
- Circleback was founded in 2023 by Ali Haghani (ex-Stripe) and Kevin Jacyna (ex-Tableau).
- How much did Circleback raise?
- Circleback raised a $2.5M seed round in November 2024 from Y Combinator, Rebel Fund, Pioneer Fund, and Transpose Platform.
- Can Circleback automate tasks?
- Yes, Circleback can trigger custom automations and update tools like CRMs based on what was discussed.
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