Quill Raises $6.5M and Launches AI 'Chief of Staff' to Supercharge Knowledge Workers
Summary
Quill raises $6.5M in seed funding and launches Quilliam, an AI 'Chief of Staff' that transforms meeting action items into real tasks, drafts follow-up communications, and queries full meeting histories — all while keeping humans in control with privacy-first, fully offline operation.
Key Points
- Quill launches Quilliam, an AI 'Chief of Staff' designed to empower knowledge workers by turning meeting action items into concrete actions, drafting follow-up communications, and querying entire meeting histories for context.
- Quill raises $6.5 million in seed funding and appoints a new COO, Yacob Berhane, as it pivots from a meeting-notes tool to a fully agentic AI platform focused on data privacy, including fully offline operation with local data storage.
- CEO Michael Daugherty frames Quilliam as an 'Iron Man suit' rather than an autonomous agent, positioning it as a human-controlled productivity amplifier that keeps workers in charge of outputs while dramatically boosting their capabilities.