Superwhisper at a glance
Question | Answer | As of |
|---|---|---|
Who owns Superwhisper? | Founder Neil Chudleigh; it has taken no outside funding | May 2026 |
Valuation | None: it has never raised money | Nov 2026 |
Revenue | “In the seven-figures”, growing quickly; 40% now from enterprise plans | Jul 2026 |
Users | Hundreds of thousands of weekly active users | May 2026 |
Team | 6 people, plus contractors | Nov 2026 |
Founder | Neil Chudleigh, co-founder of PartnerStack | Nov 2026 |
Founded | 2023, in Toronto | 2023 |
Headquarters | Roncesvalles, Toronto; the company is SuperUltra, Inc. | Nov 2026 |
Platforms | macOS, Windows, iOS, Android and Linux | Nov 2026 |
Pricing | Free tier; Pro $8.49 a month, $84.99 a year or $249.99 for life | Nov 2026 |
Email format | {first}@superwhisper.com (75% of known addresses) | Nov 2026 |
The company behind Superwhisper is SuperUltra, Inc., named in its terms and privacy policy (Superwhisper) and as the seller on the App Store (App Store). It is registered in Texas as a corporation formed in another state (Texas Comptroller), but the team works from Toronto: “Bootstrapped, profitable, 6 person team in Canada,” its careers page says (Superwhisper).
Who owns Superwhisper?
Superwhisper belongs to its founder, Neil Chudleigh, who “has taken no outside funding,” The Globe and Mail reported (The Globe and Mail). “You dont have to raise to have big outcomes,” he wrote in March 2026 (X). He built it alone in 2023 and made his first hire in August 2025 (The Globe and Mail).
What is Superwhisper’s revenue?
Superwhisper doesn’t publish revenue. In May 2026 Chudleigh put it “in the seven-figures, but growing quickly”, with hundreds of thousands of weekly active users at companies such as Meta, OpenAI, Coinbase and Dropbox (The Globe and Mail). Enterprise plans have grown to 40% of revenue, from 10–20% earlier (BetaKit).
Among companies paying for an AI dictation tool through Ramp, 11% use Superwhisper, down 18 points in a year, which makes it the second most used in its category (Ramp). On the App Store its iOS app has a 4.4-star rating from about 850 US ratings (App Store).
Plan | Price | Source |
|---|---|---|
Free | Local AI models, with a limited cloud allowance | |
Pro | $8.49 a month, $84.99 a year or $249.99 for life | |
Enterprise | Custom pricing; SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA, SSO and device management |
Superwhisper ARR (annual recurring revenue)
Superwhisper doesn’t disclose ARR. Its founder put revenue “in the seven-figures” in May 2026 (The Globe and Mail).
Superwhisper MRR (monthly recurring revenue)
Superwhisper doesn’t disclose MRR. Its Pro plan costs $8.49 a month (App Store).
What does Superwhisper make? Products
Superwhisper is a dictation app: hold a key, speak, and it types what you said into any app, cleaned up by AI. It can run speech models on the device or in the cloud, and in August 2026 it released its own S1 models, with open weights for S1-mini (Superwhisper). Andrej Karpathy named it in his February 2025 post that coined “vibe coding” (X).
Date | Launch | Source |
|---|---|---|
Nov 3, 2026 | Linux app; it becomes the default dictation tool in Omarchy | |
Oct 2026 | Meetings, a meeting recorder that can run fully on the device | |
Sep 9, 2026 | Android app | |
Aug 19, 2026 | Its own S1 speech models; S1-mini with open weights | |
Jul 28, 2026 | Partnership with Cohere for on-device transcription | |
Mar 2026 | SOC 2 Type II | |
Nov 26, 2025 | Windows 1.0 | |
Jan 2024 | iOS app | |
Jul 2023 | macOS app |
Superwhisper vs Wispr Flow
Its best-known rival took the opposite route: Wispr Flow raised a $280 million Series B at a $2 billion valuation in August 2026 (Wispr Flow), and leads Ramp’s dictation category (Ramp). Chudleigh’s reply on X: “happy we’re bootstrapped” (X). Other rivals include MacWhisper, a one-time-purchase Mac app (MacWhisper), and Apple’s built-in dictation.
Who is the CEO of Superwhisper?
Superwhisper has no separate CEO: its founder, Neil Chudleigh, runs it. He studied mechanical engineering and computer science at Western University (The Globe and Mail) and co-founded PartnerStack, a Y Combinator company from 2015 (Y Combinator), which AppDirect bought in April 2026 (BetaKit).
Person | Role | Source |
|---|---|---|
Neil Chudleigh | Founder; built and runs Superwhisper | |
Nico DiPlacido | Head of go-to-market; joined in 2026 from PartnerStack | |
Brendan James | Head of growth |
Full bio and contact routes: Superwhisper founder Neil Chudleigh: email address, LinkedIn and bio.
Where is Superwhisper based?
Toronto, in the Roncesvalles neighbourhood (Superwhisper). Chudleigh says the city suits a bootstrapped company: “much lower cost of living than sf, nyc, miami” and you “sell in USD, spend in CAD” (X). Its company, SuperUltra, Inc., uses a mailing address in Austin, Texas (Google Play).
What is Superwhisper’s email format?
Superwhisper staff use {first}@superwhisper.com: 75% of known addresses per Prospeo (Prospeo), and the pattern its own team uses in public code (GitHub).
Need | Official address |
|---|---|
Support, refunds and billing | support@superwhisper.com |
Enterprise and security reviews | enterprise@superwhisper.com |
Privacy | privacy@superwhisper.com |
Jobs | careers@superwhisper.com |
All patterns and official inboxes: Superwhisper email format.
Key events
Date | Event |
|---|---|
Nov 4, 2026 | DHH: Superwhisper ships as the default dictation in Omarchy 4.5 (X) |
Aug 2026 | Rival Wispr Flow raises $280M at $2B (Wispr Flow) |
Aug 19, 2026 | Releases its own S1 models (Superwhisper) |
Jul 28, 2026 | Partners with Cohere (BetaKit) |
May 2026 | The Globe and Mail profiles it: seven-figure revenue, no outside funding (The Globe and Mail) |
Apr 2026 | AppDirect buys PartnerStack, Chudleigh’s earlier company (BetaKit) |
Nov 26, 2025 | Windows 1.0 (Superwhisper) |
Aug 2025 | First hire (The Globe and Mail) |
Feb 2, 2025 | Andrej Karpathy names it in his “vibe coding” post (X) |
Aug 21, 2023 | Chudleigh posts it on Hacker News (Hacker News) |
Jul 2023 | Launches for macOS (The Globe and Mail) |
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