Grammarly Inc has acquired email startup Superhuman in a move to expand its artificial intelligence-powered writing tools beyond its core grammar-checking product.
- **Deal Details**: Grammarly has agreed to acquire Superhuman, an email efficiency tool, to expand its AI-powered productivity suite. Financial terms were not disclosed.
- **Superhuman's Valuation**: Last valued at $825 million in 2021, Superhuman has an annual revenue of about $35 million.
- **Grammarly's Recent Funding**: Grammarly raised $1 billion from General Catalyst, enabling it to create a collection of AI-powered workplace tools.
- **Superhuman's Impact**: Superhuman claims its users send and respond to 72% more emails per hour, with AI tool usage increasing fivefold in the past year.
- **Leadership Changes**: Superhuman CEO Rahul Vohra will join Grammarly and continue running Superhuman, with over 100 Superhuman employees also transitioning.
- **Future Plans**: The acquisition aims to integrate Grammarly’s AI agents into Superhuman, expanding into calendars, tasks, and collaboration tools.
- **Competition**: Grammarly will compete with tech giants like Salesforce and other startups in the AI productivity
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