Read AI
Read AI develops productivity software that summarizes meetings, emails and messages using AI. The 117-person company raised $81M in a Series B round in October 2024.
The growth story
Read AI grew from 11 to 117 employees between 2022 and 2026, raising $81M along the way, most recently a Series B in October 2024.
About
Read AI sells workplace productivity tools that automatically generate summaries and recommendations from meetings, emails and messages. Its software targets knowledge workers looking to reduce information overload.
The company has grown to 117 employees since its 2021 founding, with engineering making up nearly a third of staff. Its $81M Series B suggests strong investor confidence in its AI-powered productivity niche.
Founders and leadership
Engineering dominates the org chart with 33 staff, representing 28% of total headcount. The company maintains a relatively flat structure with a median tenure of just one year.
The Read AI org chart
David Shim (Co-Founder, CEO) leads 25 mapped leaders with 4 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Engineering 48 (+20% YoY), Sales 18 (+100% YoY), Education 10 (+43% YoY), Business Development 9 (0% YoY), Information Technology 6 (+50% YoY), Product Management 5 (+150% YoY).
Talent flow
Read AI recruits heavily from location data firms like Foursquare (11 hires) and Placed (10), plus tech giants Amazon (11) and Microsoft (9). Alumni most frequently move to Meta, though outflow remains minimal with just 2 departures there.
Most common previous employers of Read AI staff: Foursquare (11), Amazon (11), Placed (10), Microsoft (9), Amazon Web Services (AWS) (8), Mapbox (4). Former Read AI employees most often moved to Meta (2), Keywords Studios (1), KamiwazaAI (1), Vanta (1), Demandbase (1), Okta (1).
Alumni worth knowing
The Read AI mafia
Three alumni-founded startups have emerged, including IP Copilot (10 staff) and AllStay.ai, both leveraging AI in professional services contexts.
3Austin Walters, was Staff Software Engineer until 2023Daniel Kang, was Mobile Developer until 2026Tamzin Selvi, was Engineering Manager until 2026Hiring now
Web traffic
Traffic mix: 24% direct, 9% search, 3% social, 1% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at Read AI: Python (Programming Language) (45), Java (39), JavaScript (36), Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) (31), SQL (29), Amazon Web Services (AWS) (27), Leadership (26), Git (25).
Where the team actually sits
Read AI people are concentrated in Washington, United States (44), Greater Seattle Area (18), United States (6), San Francisco Bay Area (2).
Search footprint
Read AI attracts about 53,779 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $52K a month if bought through ads. It gained 1,828 ranking keywords and lost 1,729 in the last period.
Frequently asked
Read AI has 117 employees as of September 2026.
Read AI has raised $81M in total, most recently a Series B round in October 2024.
Read AI was founded in 2021 by David Shim, Robert Williams, Elliott Waldron.
David Shim (Co-Founder, CEO) sits at the top of Read AI's reporting structure, with 4 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current Read AI staff are Foursquare (11 people), Amazon (11 people), Placed (10 people).
Former Read AI employees most often move to Meta (2), Keywords Studios (1), KamiwazaAI (1).
At least 3 companies have a founder who previously worked at Read AI, including IP Copilot, AllStay.ai, root.
Read AI attracts about 53,779 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $52K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among Read AI staff are Python (Programming Language), Java, JavaScript, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), SQL.
Read AI staff are concentrated in Washington, United States (44), Greater Seattle Area (18), United States (6).
Read AI has about 48 people in Engineering, up 20% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Read AI has about 18 people in Sales, up 100% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 78 current and 33 former Read AI profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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