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Search, productivity and consumer

AI Market Atlas · by Pro Pluribus

Answer engines, knowledge-work tools, meeting notes and companion apps.

16 companies and products

Updated 10 Nov 2026. Select one for its offerings, news and links.

Search, productivity and consumer

PerplexityUpdatedThe leading AI answer engine.Gemini NotebookUpdatedResearch over your own documents; renamed in July.Notion AIUpdatedAgents, meeting notes and search inside Notion.GranolaUpdatedMeeting notes without a bot joining the call; now with free system-wide dictation (29 Oct).SuperhumanGrammarly renamed itself Superhuman.GammaAI presentations, documents and websites; Gamma 5 (6 Oct) rebuilds the platform; claims 100M+ users.Canva AIUpdatedAI across the Canva design suite; cut or moved 22% of staff (1,271 roles) in November as growth slowed.Otter · FirefliesUpdatedEstablished meeting-transcription tools. Otter took $320M of repayable growth financing from General Catalyst (20 Oct): 40M users, $100M+ annual revenue; now 31 languages.Elicit · ConsensusResearch assistants for academic literature.Character.aiUpdatedCharacter chat, in Chapter 11 since 13 Oct. Court-run sale with Disney as $20M stalking-horse bidder; auction 1 Dec. The platform may wind down if no buyer keeps it running.SesameLifelike voice assistant, now open to everyone; each agent gets its own computer and connectors. Glasses slipped to 2027.ReplikaLong-running companion app with long-term memory.Wispr FlowVoice dictation breakout valued at $2B, moving into meeting notes.AndoNewA new kind of team chat: a Slack alternative where AI agents have their own identities and inboxes, working alongside people (24 Sep).AmbiNewAmbient AI that listens all day across iPhone, Mac and Watch, remembering context and suggesting next steps; $26M (12 Oct).OpenEvidenceNewThe AI answer engine for clinicians, free to doctors and ad-funded; used by 40%+ of US physicians (company figure); reportedly valued at $15B.

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Compiled from public sources by Pro Pluribus; updated 10 Nov 2026. General information, not advice. Company names and logos belong to their owners and are used to identify them, without affiliation or endorsement. Terms