Vibe

What Vibe does

Vibe Inc. is a privately held contextual AI workspace company that designs, manufactures, and sells hardware devices bundled with an AI software platform targeting hybrid and distributed teams. Founded in 2016 by Charles Yang and headquartered in Cerritos, California (with a founding/operational base in Bellevue, Washington), the company was originally backed by HongShan (formerly Sequoia Capital China) and pivoted to an AI workspace focus in 2024. Its product lineup comprises three hardware tiers — the Vibe Dot wearable AI recorder ($199, MagSafe-attached to iPhones, pre-order launched May 2026), the Vibe Bot AI conference device ($1,599, launched at CES 2026, with 4K camera, 360-degree audio, and the proprietary BotOS), and the Vibe Board S1/S1 Pro smart whiteboards ($5,999+, Chrome- and Windows-based, Amazon's #1 Best Seller in 2026).

The software backbone is the Vibe AI platform, powered by the proprietary Memory Engine and the OpenClaw agentic layer, with multi-model AI integrations including Anthropic Claude AI for reasoning and OpenAI Codex for structured output. Vibe AI is offered as a tiered subscription (Starter free, Pro $9/seat/month, Max $29/seat/month) plus a Bot-specific $379/year plan, and is accessible via iOS app. The company sells primarily through its direct e-commerce storefront (vibe.us, US shipping only) and a reseller program, with enterprise field sales for larger deployments. Vibe targets professional services, consulting, legal, healthcare, government, education, architecture and construction, and marketing agencies, and reports more than 40,000 customers. Certifications include SOC 2 Type 2, HIPAA, FERPA, NDAA eligibility, GDPR, CCPA, and on-device TPM 2.0 hardware encryption.

Name

Vibe

Legal name

Vibe Inc.

Website

https://vibe.us

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Vibe Inc. builds AI-powered hardware and software — including the Vibe Dot wearable, Vibe Bot conference device, and Vibe Board smart whiteboards — that capture, transcribe, and contextualize workplace conversations for hybrid teams and professional services firms across regulated industries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

AI Collaboration Devices

NAICS

Software Publishers (513210), Custom Computer Programming Services (541511), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYHDAAAFAC

Conversational AI Platforms (chat/voice bots, orchestration)

Hardware, Technology & Telecom/Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning/Speech, Audio & Conversational AI

SECONDARYHDAEANAJ

AI Application Enablement Platforms (Copilot/Agent Frameworks, SDKs)

Hardware, Technology & Telecom/Enterprise Platforms & Databases/Artificial Intelligence Platforms for Enterprise

SECONDARYHDAAAJAI

Edge AI Deployment, Orchestration & OTA Model Updates

Hardware, Technology & Telecom/Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning/Edge AI & On-Device Machine Learning

SECONDARYHDAEANAC

Model Serving, Inference & Deployment Platforms (APIs, Edge/On-Prem)

Hardware, Technology & Telecom/Enterprise Platforms & Databases/Artificial Intelligence Platforms for Enterprise

Keywords

• AI meeting devices
• Smart whiteboards
• AI transcription software
• Collaboration hardware
• Enterprise AI workspace

Headquarters

HQ city

Bellevue

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Operations

Revenue model

1. Hardware Device Sales: Vibe sells physical AI devices — Vibe Dot ($199), Vibe Bot ($1,599), Vibe Board S1 ($5,999+), Vibe Board S1 Pro — as one-time hardware purchases. Devices come with a 1-year warranty and 30-day return policy. This represents the primary upfront revenue stream, with add-on accessories (e.g., Vibe Battery for Bot at $200) as supplementary hardware revenue.
2. Vibe AI SaaS Subscriptions: Vibe AI software subscriptions are bundled with devices and offered in tiers: Starter (free, 300 mins/mo transcription), Pro ($9/seat/month, 1,200 mins + 100 AI credits), and Max ($29/seat/month, unlimited transcription + 400 AI credits). Annual billing provides cost savings. Subscriptions provide AI transcription, summaries, memory retention, workflow integrations, and agentic features.
3. Enterprise B2B Contracts: Vibe offers dedicated enterprise plans with advanced admin controls, SSO, company-branded live decks, and deep CRM integration targeting organizations. Sales are conducted through Contact Sales / Request Quote, indicating negotiated enterprise contracts beyond standard retail pricing.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Vibe designs, manufactures, and sells AI-powered collaboration hardware devices (Vibe Dot wearable AI recorder, Vibe Bot conference device, Vibe Board S1/S1 Pro smart whiteboards) and the Vibe AI contextual workspace software platform. The software provides real-time transcription, AI-generated summaries and action items, knowledge retrieval through the proprietary Memory Engine, and agentic workflow automation across tools like Slack, Notion, Jira, Salesforce, and CRMs via the OpenClaw agentic layer.

Product overview

Vibe is a contextual AI workspace company that offers a portfolio of hardware devices and AI-powered software services. The core product lineup includes: (1) Vibe Dot - a portable AI wearable recorder for personal productivity; (2) Vibe Bot - an AI conference device for meeting rooms with camera, audio, and AI capabilities; (3) Vibe Board S1 and S1 Pro - smart whiteboards in Chrome-based and Windows-based variants. All devices are powered by the Vibe AI platform, which provides transcription, summarization, knowledge retrieval, and agentic workflow capabilities. Vibe AI is offered in three tiers: Starter (free), Pro ($9/mo), and Max ($29/mo), with increasing features for memory retention, integrations, and automation. The ecosystem is designed to capture, organize, and act on conversations across personal and professional settings.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Vibe Dot A palm-sized AI wearable device that magnetically attaches to iPhones via MagSafe, functioning as a personal AI-powered recorder for capturing conversations, generating summaries, and managing follow-ups with agentic AI capabilities. Features a 5-mic array (4 MEMS + 1 VPU bone-conduction microphone), 30-hour battery life, 16-foot listening range, and dedicated hardware encryption (TPM 2.0/FIPS 140-3).
• Vibe Bot An AI conference device with memory that sits in meeting rooms, featuring a 4K UHD camera with AI speaker tracking, 360-degree audio via 6-mic beamforming array, real-time transcription, AI summaries, and in-room AI agent capabilities for automated meeting documentation and task execution. Runs on BotOS (ChromeOS-based) with a built-in 6 TOPS NPU AI accelerator.
• Vibe Board S1 A Chrome-based smart whiteboard available in 55-inch and 75-inch sizes, designed for meeting collaboration, brainstorming, and presenting with interactive display capabilities. Supports standard warranty and ships within 1-3 business days.
• Vibe Board S1 Pro A Windows-based smart whiteboard available in 55-inch and 75-inch sizes, offering enhanced computing capabilities and Windows OS flexibility for enterprise meeting and collaboration environments.
• Vibe AI The contextual AI workspace platform that powers all Vibe devices, providing transcription, summarization, knowledge retrieval, and agentic workflows. Built on the proprietary Memory Engine that carries context forward across conversations and integrates with Claude AI, Codex, and the OpenClaw agentic layer for cross-tool automation across Slack, Notion, Jira, Salesforce, HubSpot, and more.
• Vibe Battery Optional battery accessory for the Vibe Bot AI conference device, enabling cable-free wireless operation and easy movement between rooms. Sold separately at $200.

Quantifiable outcome

• 5 hours/week saved per employee by eliminating time wasted recalling decisions
• +8 more outcomes

Named customers18 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration15 records

AI capability11 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• Anthropic (Claude AI)coreTechnology or IntegrationClaude AI from Anthropic is integrated into Vibe Dot's AI stack, handling the 'thinking' layer — providing deep reasoning and nuanced context to ensure summaries feel human and capture the actual conversation context, not just the words.
• OpenAI (Codex)coreTechnology or IntegrationCodex from OpenAI handles the 'structure' layer in Vibe Dot's AI stack, translating messy spoken dialogue into clean, organized data and ensuring project plans and tasks are formatted with technical precision.
• OpenClawcoreTechnology or IntegrationOpenClaw is Vibe's proprietary agentic layer that handles the 'action' layer — serving as the 'hands' that carry work across favorite tools like Slack, Notion, and CRM systems to move projects forward automatically.
• Amazon Web Services (AWS)coreTechnology or IntegrationAWS provides cloud storage infrastructure for Vibe, with data encrypted using industry-standard protocols and stored under full customer ownership. AWS KMS is used alongside SSL v2 and AES-256 encryption for data protection.
• ZoommajorTechnology or IntegrationVibe Bot fully supports Zoom with one-tap join capability. Integration enables AI meeting recording, transcription, and summaries within Zoom meetings.
• Google MeetmajorTechnology or IntegrationVibe Bot supports Google Meet with one-tap join. OAuth tokens stored on-device enable the integration for AI meeting recording and transcription.
• Microsoft TeamsmajorTechnology or IntegrationVibe Bot fully supports Microsoft Teams with one-tap join. Vibe receives primary email and display name from Microsoft accounts for the integration.
• SlackmajorTechnology or IntegrationSlack integration enables workflow automation and cross-platform workflow orchestration in Vibe AI Max plan. OAuth-based identity and authorization for seamless connection.
• JiramajorTechnology or IntegrationJira integration enables cross-platform workflow orchestration in Vibe AI Pro and Max plans, allowing autonomous follow-up loops and task creation directly in Jira.
• LinearmajorTechnology or IntegrationLinear integration enables cross-platform workflow orchestration in Vibe AI Pro and Max plans, supporting autonomous follow-up loops and project management task automation.
• Google DrivemajorTechnology or IntegrationGoogle Drive integration enables cloud storage for Vibe AI, with Google Drive and Dropbox available on Pro and Max plans for document imports and file management.
• SalesforcemajorTechnology or IntegrationDeep CRM integration with Salesforce available on Vibe AI Max plan, enabling agentic workflows and autonomous follow-up loops that sync with CRM data.
• NotionmajorTechnology or IntegrationNotion integration enables cross-platform workflow orchestration in Vibe AI Max plan, allowing Vibe's agentic actions to create and update Notion pages automatically.
• Microsoft 365majorTechnology or IntegrationMicrosoft 365 integration enables identity and authorization for Vibe services. SSO support includes SAML-based SSO from Azure and Okta identity providers.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Plaud: Plaud sells AI voice recorder hardware (Plaud Note) with transcription and summarization subscriptions. It directly competes with Vibe Dot in the always-on personal AI recorder category and shares a hardware-plus-AI subscription business model.
• Read AI: Read AI delivers AI meeting summaries, transcripts, and cross-meeting analytics across Zoom, Teams, and Meet with a strong freemium GTM. It competes for the same SMB and mid-market budgets that Vibe targets through its PLG storefront and enterprise demo motion.
• DTEN: DTEN builds AI-enabled meeting-room hardware (all-in-one displays and whiteboards) sold primarily to enterprises. It is a direct competitor to Vibe Bot and Vibe Board in the smart-conference-device category and overlaps in Zoom/Teams certification positioning.
• Fireflies.ai: Fireflies.ai provides AI notetakers, conversation intelligence, and workflow automation integrated with Slack, Salesforce, HubSpot, and Jira — directly overlapping Vibe AI's cross-platform workflow orchestration across Max-tier integrations.
• Avoma: Avoma offers AI meeting assistance, conversation intelligence, and revenue coaching with deep CRM integrations. It competes for the same customer-facing professional services and sales-led budgets that Vibe addresses with its Salesforce/HubSpot-enabled Max plan.
• Otter.ai: Otter.ai is a direct competitor offering AI meeting transcription, summaries, and action items across Zoom, Teams, and Google Meet. Both target the same knowledge-worker persona with freemium-to-paid transcription and summarization, competing head-to-head with Vibe AI's Starter/Pro/Max tiers.
• Fathom (Fathom Health): Fathom is a free AI meeting notetaker that records, transcribes, and summarizes Zoom/Meet/Teams calls. It pressures Vibe's Starter tier and freemium conversion funnel by offering unlimited meeting capture at no cost to individual users.

Broad incumbents

• Microsoft (Microsoft Teams + Copilot): Microsoft Teams with Copilot adds meeting intelligence, task creation, and agentic workflows inside the Microsoft 365 suite. It is a broad incumbent competing with Vibe for enterprise IT budgets, especially where SSO via Entra ID, NDAA, and FedRAMP are procurement requirements.
• Zoom (Zoom Workplace / Zoom AI Companion): Zoom bundles AI Companion meeting summaries, transcription, and action items natively into its dominant video conferencing platform. While not a direct hardware peer, Zoom's free-bundled AI features compress the standalone value proposition of Vibe AI for customers already paying for Zoom Workplace.
• Cisco (Webex + Webex Board): Cisco sells Webex collaboration software alongside Webex Board interactive whiteboards for meeting rooms. It is a broad incumbent that competes with Vibe on both AI meeting software and the conference-room hardware form factor (Vibe Bot, Vibe Board).

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/thevibeboard
• Facebookfacebook.com/thevibeus

Compliance10 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds4 records

Investors8 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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