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    Taper Labs, Inc.

    Shadow is a bot-free AI meeting assistant that captures everything said and shown to automate post-meeting tasks and productivity.

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    At a Glance

    1Tool Listed
    2Products
    5Tool Views
    5Capabilities
    Discussions
    San Francisco, CAHeadquarters
    2021Est.
    10Employees
    Focus Areas
    Conversational Agents
    Productivity Extensions
    Speech Recognition
    Connect
    Latest News
    Shadow launches on Product Hunt, reaches #2 Product of the Day.Jul 1, 2024
    Shadow V2 Released: The AI interface that sees, hears, and runs your prompts.Jan 1, 2026
    Markets
    • Mac users
    • Remote workers
    • Tech startups
    • Sales and Product teams

    AI Tools by Taper Labs, Inc.

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    Shadow

    Local AI Meeting Assistant Mac

    Conversational AIProductivity Ext.Speech Recognition

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    Latest News

    07/01/2024

    Shadow launches on Product Hunt, reaches #2 Product of the Day.

    Product Hunt
    01/01/2026

    Shadow V2 Released: The AI interface that sees, hears, and runs your prompts.

    Reddit / shadow.do
    01/01/2025

    Release of Menu Bar Mode for seamless meeting tracking.

    shadow.do/blog

    Products & Services

    2
    Shadow
    2024

    A bot-free AI meeting assistant for Mac that captures audio and screen content without joining as a participant.

    Shadow V2
    Early 2026

    Advanced version of the meeting assistant featuring better menu bar integration and 'said & shown' capture technology.

    Market Position

    Shadow distinguishes itself by being 'bot-free' and capturing screen context, offering a more private and comprehensive alternative to meeting bots.

    Leadership

    Founders

    JS

    Jay Song

    Former venture capitalist and founder of Taper Labs (formerly Tape). Educated at Hanyang University. Transitioned from the investment side to building AI productivity tools.

    Executive Team

    JS

    Jay Song

    Founder & CEO

    Former VC turned entrepreneur focused on AI productivity.

    Board of Directors

    JK
    John Kim
    Angel Investor / Advisor

    Founding Story

    Founded by Jay Song, a former venture capitalist who wanted to create a more seamless, less intrusive way to capture meeting insights without the use of bots.

    Business Model

    Revenue Model

    Subscription-based SaaS (Freemium model).

    Pricing Tiers

    Free
    $0/month

    Unlimited recording and transcription.

    Paid (Annual)
    $8/month

    Billed annually. Unlocks unlimited AI features.

    Paid (Monthly)
    $12/month

    Billed monthly. Unlocks unlimited AI features.

    Private

    Target Markets

    Industries & Segments
    • Mac users
    • Remote workers
    • Tech startups
    • Sales and Product teams
    Use Cases
    • Internal team meetings
    • Client sales calls
    • Project management syncs
    • Product demos
    Notable Customers
    • Knowledge workers across various tech sectors

    Quick Facts

    Headquarters
    San Francisco, CA
    Founded
    2021
    Entity Type
    Inc.
    Employees
    10
    Total Funding
    Seed funding (Amount undisclosed)
    Investors
    John Kim
    Office Locations
    San Francisco
    Seoul

    Funding History

    Seed
    John Kim

    History & Milestones

    Early 2026

    Launched Shadow V2, a significant upgrade with enhanced screen context capabilities.

    July 15, 2024

    Launched on Product Hunt, ranking #2 Product of the Day.

    2021

    Company founded as Tape/Taper Labs, Inc.

    Key Capabilities

    5
    Bot-free recording
    Screen capture ('Said & Shown')
    Menu bar integration
    AI-generated summaries
    Action item extraction

    Integrations & Partnerships

    Platform Integrations

    • macOS
    • Slack
    • Obsidian

    Key Partnerships

    Integration with Slack, Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams.

    Connect

    Website
    shadow.do
    X / Twitter
    getshadowai
    Slack
    slack.com/oauth/shadowcommunity

    AI Topics

    3

    Taper Labs, Inc. focuses on these topics:

    Conversational Agents(1)
    Productivity Extensions(1)
    Speech Recognition(1)
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