Plaud AI

Plaud AI is a hardware-software combination that pairs an ultra-thin AI voice recorder with a mobile app for automatic transcription and AI-powered summarization. The company offers two devices: the Plaud Note (0.12 inches thin, 1.06 oz) and the Plaud Note Pro, both designed for capturing meetings, interviews, lectures, and phone calls with high-fidelity audio.

The Plaud Note Pro features a 4-MEMS microphone array with AI beamforming that captures voices clearly up to 16.4 feet while filtering background noise. The device records offline and syncs later, stores up to 64 GB of audio locally, delivers up to 30 hours of continuous recording, and holds standby for 60 days. It automatically switches between phone call and in-person recording modes.

The companion app uses GPT-4o and Claude 3.5 Sonnet to transcribe recordings in over 112 languages and generate multidimensional summaries tailored to different roles or purposes. Features include multimodal input (audio, notes, images, highlights), an Ask Plaud Q&A function, and AutoFlow for automating the transcription-to-delivery pipeline. Recordings can stay on-device or sync to Plaud's encrypted private cloud.

Plaud has shipped over one million units with more than 50% of customers converting to paid subscriptions. The free tier provides 300 minutes of monthly transcription, while the Pro plan at $99/year offers 1,200 monthly minutes. The platform is GDPR compliant and designed for professionals, students, and content creators who need reliable portable recording with AI-powered post-processing.