Fireflies.ai is a Miami-based AI meeting assistant company, founded in 2016 by Krish Ramineni and Sam Udotong, that reached a $1 billion valuation in June 2025 having raised only $19 million in total funding — after its earliest "AI" product was actually the two founders manually taking notes by hand while posing as a bot named Fred. Reported valuation: $1B. Headquarters: Billion One Fireflies.ai is a Miami. Profile auto-generated from the CrackTheDeck blog deep-dive on publish.
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Fireflies.ai
UnicornFireflies.ai is a Miami-based AI meeting assistant company, founded in 2016 by Krish Ramineni and Sam Udotong, that reached a $1 billion valuation in June 2025 having raised only $19 million in total funding — after its earliest "AI" product was actually the two founders manually taking notes by hand while posing as a bot named Fred. Reported valuation: $1B. Headquarters: Billion One Fireflies.ai is a Miami. Profile…
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