Technology entrepreneurs who secured £2million investment as teenagers announce launch of Echo AI - the UK's first smart digital note-taking assistant
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SOUTHAMPTON, England, Jan. 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Two young tech entrepreneurs who secured \xa32milion of investment at the age of 19 are launching a "game changing" AI-powered note-taking assistant designed to boost the productivity of UK businesses.Ben ONion and Charlie Gray, backed by tech investment specialist Ridown Group, have developed Echo AI a smart bot that can attend meetings and automatically deliver transcripts, summaries, deep insights, sentiment analysis and personalised action points.Following a period of beta testing and trials with individuals working at UK businesses including Vodafone, Starbucks UK, Gamma and JCB, Echo AI is now available to all at MeetEcho.ioEcho AI works across online meeting platforms including Teams, Zoom and Google Meet, and is designed to save businesses and individuals time and increase productivity.The digital assistant frees up participants to be active in meetings without being distracted by the need to take notes, providing summaries that are usually far more accurate and comprehensive than traditional methods.Echo AI can even attend a meeting on a users behalf, providing everything needed for them to catch up on the meeting and any decisions made when it suits them.Ben said: "Echo AI exists to help teams become more efficient, ensuring they stay on track and dont miss outcomes, action points and context in meetings. ""Productivity can suffer when people lose track of meetings, fail to remember what was said and agreed and are not clear about the actions they are responsible for. Businesses which have used Echo AI tell us that it creates time, reduces misunderstandings and slip-ups and helps keep teams focused on tasks. ""We are proud to roll Echo AI out UK-wide to help the nations businesses harness the power of smart notetaking. There is also the option for businesses to use their own branding to customise the service.Ben and Charlie are the founders of OneHive, which develops smart digital solutions to boost productivity for businesses and individuals.At just 19 years old they successfully pitched to Darren Ridge and Aaron Brown, co-founders of Ridown Group, an investor in telecoms and tech startups, to raise \xa32m in funding.Aaron said: "Ben and Charlie are incredibly impressive young entrepreneurs who have developed an outstanding product in Echo AI.