Plaud develops AI-powered note-taking solutions designed to capture and process spoken, heard, seen, and thought information. The company's product line includes the hardware devices Plaud Note, NotePin, and NotePin S, which serve as physical companions to its software platform. Its technology stack spans natural language processing, speech recognition, and data security.
The company reports serving over 1.5 million professionals globally, with transcription support for 112 languages. Plaud states it is bootstrapped and profitable, with a revenue run rate of $250 million. It maintains offices in San Francisco, Singapore, Tokyo, Shenzhen, Seattle, and Beijing.
Plaud's engineering team utilizes tools such as Cursor, GPT models, Gemini, and Claude. The company holds multiple compliance certifications, including ISO 27001, ISO 27701, GDPR, SOC 2, HIPAA, and EN 18031, reflecting a focus on data security standards.






