You will never take notes again.
Feel like your drowning during meetings? This post is going to change your life.
TL;DR ✨
✅ AI notetakers automatically create meeting notes, saving time and improving focus.
✅ They provide smart summarization, topic extraction, and sometimes sentiment analysis.
✅ AI-generated notes enable deeper analysis of user feedback for customer discovery.
✅ We personally use Fathom as an AI notetaker solution (this is not a sponsored post).
As product people we spend way too much time in meetings.
I cannot count how many times I suddenly had existential crisis during weekly company hands-on meetings.
When you think about it, it's crazy how many hours we sink into talks, brainstorming, and updates every single week. Studies show that executives spend an average of 23 hours a week in meetings.
That's more than half of a standard work week!
The worst thing about meetings is not the meeting itself - it's how poorly they are managed. No agenda, endless small talk, and... terrible note-taking.
Things are said, decisions are made, but people rely on their memory too much. This results in wasted time, miscommunication, and often, repeated discussions on topics we thought we'd already settled. 😭
How many times have you left a meeting feeling productive, only to realize a week later that you can't remember half of what was discussed? Or worse, you and your colleague have completely different recollections of what was decided?
We've all been there, and it's frustrating.
But here's the good news: There's a solution. ✨
Like not having to take notes during a meeting EVER.
At The Product Courier, we love easy, efficient, free solutions to help you.
Using an AI will save you hours.
Why AI Notetakers are a huge time-hack.
An AI notetaker is a tool that listens to your meetings and automatically creates notes for you. It's like having a personal assistant who never gets tired or distracted. These tools use tech like speech recognition and natural language processing to catch important points, action items, and decisions made during your meetings.
The best part?
You don't have to do anything except focus on the conversation. The AI does all the hard work of writing things down.
No more hours wasted on writing notes - AI does it in seconds
Fully engage in discussions without worrying about missing details – you will get access to its recording.
Catch everything, even tiny details humans might miss (great for discovery).
Share notes with your team instantly after meetings. (You will save the day of your distracted colleagues.
AI notetakers are about to be widely adopted among companies. If your company doesn’t use one already, you should start using one and start sharing summaries of meetings. It’s such a great way to bring instant VISIBLE value to your peers. They are going to love you for this.
Which solutions should you use:
Well, there are a bunch of solutions available on the market.
I personally use Fathom and I’m highly satisfied with the results I get. Toni used to be a TL;DV user, until I convinced him to change. I like the fact that Fathom can be directly linked to Notion.
Let’s have a closer look.
AI notetakers provide of their main features.
(I feel like I’m working as a PM for one of these companies).
Smart summarization: They distill hour-long meetings into concise, actionable summaries.
Topic extraction: Automatically identify and categorize key discussion points.
Action item detection: Flag and compile to-dos and assignments.
Sentiment analysis: Some advanced tools can even gauge the mood of the meeting.
Integration capabilities: Many AI notetakers sync with your calendar, task management tools, and CRM systems.
So they gather basically everything you need to be able to easily recover what happened during a meeting.
Here’s a few screenshots from a meeting I just had with Toni.
For customer discovery, AI-generated notes enable deeper analysis of user feedback. By reviewing transcripts from multiple interviews, you can quickly identify patterns, pain points, and feature requests. It’s really easy, you just have to gather all your meeting minutes in a Notion database and use Notion’s built-in AI to query it!
✨ In a Nutshell. ✨
Perks of using an AI notetaker are many
Enhanced focus: you can fully engage in discussions without multitasking.
Faster follow-ups: With clear action items, teams can start on next steps immediately.
Improved accountability: Assigned tasks are clearly documented, reducing confusion.
Better knowledge management: Create a searchable database of institutional knowledge.
Inclusivity: Team members who couldn't attend can quickly catch up.
Fathom’s free version is good enough for 90% of use cases, but if you like great meeting minutes like I do, I would recommend the investment (15$ per month)
Your time is priceless.
Save it for things that matter.
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AI notetaker won’t save you from 8hrs meeting still.
We use fathom and the transcripts and summaries are good but the lack of automations is super annoying so it’s basically impossible to send the transcripts anywhere for further processing without manually copy and pasting