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FOUR KINDS OF WORK AI · ONE SITS IN THE MEETING

Where the AI actually sits.

Note-takers (Otter, Fathom, Fireflies) watch the meeting and hand you a document. Platform AI teammates automate work after the call, inside their own workspace. Chat-based AI colleagues run approved chores from your DMs — and read about your meetings afterward. Harlyn sits in the meeting itself — with a voice, your brief, and your tools.
NOTE-TAKERS
They record.
Transcripts, summaries, action-item lists. The output is a document — the work it describes is still yours.
PLATFORM AI TEAMMATES
They work after the call.
Drafts, decks, and CRM updates — generated later, in the platform's own workspace, metered by AI credits. Useful; not present.
AI COLLEAGUES
They live in your chat.
Assistants you text — in Slack, iMessage, or Teams — that run approved errands across your tools. Capable hands; but meetings reach them as notes afterward, and nobody covers your seat.
HARLYN
It's in the room.
A participant with a voice: it answers aloud from your data, represents you when you're absent, and executes what the room approves — before the wrap-up.
Side by side.
NOTE-TAKERS PLATFORM AI TEAMMATES AI COLLEAGUES HARLYN
Notes, summaries, transcripts Yes Yes Notes after the call Yes — with chapters, open questions, and click-to-seek playback
Search & ask across your meetings Most Yes Via chat memory Yes
Pre-meeting briefings Some Yes A daily brief, not per-meeting Yes — drafted from your CRM, calendar, and past meetings; you edit what it may say aloud
Executes action items — CRM updates, tasks, follow-ups No — hands you a list After the call, in its workspace After the call, from your chat In the meeting — read back to the room, run on a spoken yes; or one click after
A trace of who approved what — Varies Yes Yes — every staged plan, spoken yes, click, and result on the meeting's activity record
Tells the room it's an AI Display name only A small badge Not in the room Three ways — on its tile, in chat when it arrives, and out loud the first time it speaks
Speaks in the meeting No No No Yes — answers from your CRM out loud, in about a second
Attends for you when you're absent No No No — reads the notes after Yes — delivers your briefed update, asks your questions, defers what you didn't authorize
Reaches you live when the room needs you No No No Yes — pings you in Slack; your reply is spoken into the room, attributed to you
Guards your data in mixed company — — — Yes — outsiders can't pull your CRM aloud without your side's okay
Tracks commitments from both sides of the table No No Your to-dos only Yes — a ledger that checks itself against later meetings and your task tools
A record both companies can sign No No No Yes — mutually confirmed meeting records
Works across meeting platforms Mostly Tied to its own platform Lives in chat — iMessage, Slack, Teams Zoom, Meet, and Teams — recaps land in Slack and email
Pricing model Per seat Per seat + metered AI credits Per user subscription Private beta — free while we build with you
Category columns describe the common shape of each product class as of July 2026; individual products vary. Every Harlyn claim is shipped behavior — see use cases.
The difference is presence.
A summary can't answer the room. A workflow can't cover your seat. Put a delegate in the meeting and see what changes.
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