Zoom AI Companion jumps into your Zoom meeting to transcribe what everyone's saying in real time. It can scan your company's chat threads from last week—can figure out what decision got made while you were out. Zoom AI Companion lives inside where you're already working.
It pulls context from your actual conversations and documents. You're in a meeting? It's taking notes. You missed a chat thread? It summarizes what happened. It drafts your follow-up email using what was actually discussed (not some generic template you'd get from a standalone chatbot). This assistant knows what's going on in your workspace. It's sitting right there with you.
Sales teams can use it to capture client conversation insights. No switching apps required. Product managers get meeting summaries that don't miss the nuanced debate about feature priorities. It handles the repetitive stuff—polishing messages and brainstorming ideas when you're stuck. The federated approach means it works across different parts of your workflow instead of being siloed in one chat window.
You can build custom AI helpers too. That's useful if your team has specific workflows that off-the-shelf tools miss. Real-time transcription catches multiple languages, which helps if you're working with international colleagues.
The catch? You need an eligible Zoom plan to access it. If you're not already paying for Zoom, this won't be your entry point. But if you live in Zoom meetings anyway, having AI actually present during those calls changes what's possible. It's included free with qualifying plans.