Meeting notetaker Circleback adds a free tier to attract more customers
THE SO WHAT
The AI notetaker market is sliding toward freemium and bundling, compressing willingness to pay for standalone tools. If you’re building in this category, you either move up-stack into workflow and CRM integration or accept that per-seat pricing will be thin.
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