Show of hands: Who’d prefer to spend less time going through their message? That could be in the future from Grammarly, which announced it’s expanding its set of office equipment with the order of Superhuman, an email productivity tool.
Grammarly, the organization behind the famous language police application of the same title, has acquired the AI-powered Superhuman application as part of its push to build out its business productivity offerings, the company said in a press release today.
” Email is the main communication tool for billions of people worldwide and the number-one use case for Grammarly customers, ” Rahul Vohra, CEO of Superhuman , said in a speech. ” By joining forces with Grammarly, we will invest even more in the main Superhuman experience, as well as make a new way of working where AI agents work across the communication devices that we all use every day. “
The announcement follows Grammarly’s 2024 order of Coda, a production platform that offers a collection of products including record software and charts. Both acquisitions level to Grammarly’s possible desire to break free of its linguistic roots and compete on a bigger level with technology titan Google and Microsoft, which have launched their own AI tools ( Google Gemini and Microsoft Copilot ) that operate across all their software products.
Started in 2009, Grammarly is a Ukraine-founded cloud-based browsing associate. It combines AI to help correct standard writing issues, senses theft and propose edits for your reading across multiple platforms. It even assesses the tone of your writing, although Grammarly, the product, has told me many times that my writing is too sarcastic. Thanks for that brilliant insight, Grammarly. Oh wait, I see what you mean there.
Superhuman‘s website boasts that its email productivity app can help you save four hours every week on email by organizing your inbox and drafting email messages.
Here’s what you need to know about Grammarly’s expansion.
Could Grammarly replace Google Suite?
Grammarly’s recent purchases raise a larger question about the grammar app. Reuters reports that the company is working on a name change that sells it as more than just a writing improvement tool. But could its collection of Coda and Superhuman really make it a viable competitor with the likes of Google Suite?
” My sense is that Grammarly is trying to position itself as the company that sells the next layer on top of workplace software for companies,” said Jon Reed, a CNET senior editor who covers AI.
While versions of generative AI have been criticized for inaccuracies and hallucinations, tech giants continue to invest and expand the use of this technology across all platforms, including chatbots and image generators. To set itself apart from grammar-focused competitors like ProWritingAid and Wordtune, Grammarly may be feeling the heat as it anticipates increased AI adoption.
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