Two Engineers Turned Lost Meeting Insights Into a $2.5M Startup Of Work Conversations

In January 2023, two software engineers, Ali Haghani, formerly of Stripe, and Kevin Jacyna, formerly of Tableau, embarked on a journey to solve a pervasive problem: the loss of valuable information shared in meetings. They began writing the first lines of code for Circleback, a platform designed to ensure no critical insight from a conversation goes unnoticed. Little did they know, their idea would soon evolve into a game-changing tool used by thousands and earn recognition from TIME as a top AI note-taking solution. Circleback’s inception was inspired by the ever-growing capabilities of large language models, which Haghani and Jacyna saw as a golden opportunity to unlock the potential buried within conversations. By July 2023, they had left their jobs to fully dedicate themselves to