AI Voice Recorder "Plaud" Series Exceeds 2 Million Users Worldwide
The AI voice recorder "Plaud" series has surpassed 2 million global users, and its flagship model, "Plaud Note Pro," has won a "2026 Best Product Awards" from Forbes magazine. This marks a significant milestone demonstrating Plaud's credibility and leadership in the AI meeting transcription device market.
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Plaud (Headquarters: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo), the world's No. 1※ AI meeting transcription device brand by sales, is pleased to announce that the cumulative number of users of its AI voice recorder "Plaud" series worldwide has exceeded 2 million as of the end of April 2026.
Furthermore, the top-tier model "Plaud Note Pro" has received the "2026 Best Product Awards" from Forbes magazine in the US. The brand is consistently achieving major milestones that underscore its reliability.
※Source: Euromonitor International. Based on total retail sales volume by brand in 2025. AI meeting transcription device refers to a portable device specifically designed to utilize artificial intelligence for transcribing spoken audio into structured text, equipped with additional features such as summarization, tagging, and integration with external systems (general computing devices are excluded). Survey completed in March 2026.
■ Global User Count Exceeds 2 Million
The "Plaud" series is a next-generation AI device that integrates advanced AI technology with sophisticated hardware. As a result of strong support from professionals worldwide for optimizing meeting transcription in business settings and recording ideas in creative environments, we have reached the significant milestone of surpassing 2 million users.
■ Awarded Forbes Vetted 2026 Best Product Awards
The flagship model, "Plaud Note Pro," has been selected as an award-winning product in the AI Wearables category of the "Forbes Vetted 2026 Best Product Awards" by Forbes magazine in the US.
This award recognizes 150 outstanding products selected from various categories based on expert evaluation and product testing. This achievement is a crucial milestone for Plaud and simultaneously an indication that the value of practical AI tools is becoming widely recognized.
Award page: https://www.forbes.com/forbes-vetted-best-product-awards/2026/tech/
■ About Plaud
Plaud's AI voice recorder series, launched in 2023, has exceeded 2 million global users, providing world-trusted AI meeting transcription solutions. Our mission is to build a next-generation intelligence foundation that captures, summarizes, and leverages intelligence from daily work activities such as "speaking, listening, seeing, and thinking."
Currently, Japan is Plaud's second most important market globally, with distribution in over 400 retail locations nationwide, serving a wide range of users from individuals to corporations.
Plaud Inc. is a technology company established on November 12, 2021, in San Francisco, USA, a hub for leading AI research talent. It develops innovative meeting transcription solutions that integrate hardware and software.
We are progressing with the establishment of systems compliant with international security standards and privacy regulations such as ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 27701, SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA, GDPR, and EN 18031, committed to achieving high levels of data security and privacy protection. Through these efforts, adoption is expanding among professional users in fields requiring high security, such as medical, legal, and financial sectors.
■ Company Overview (Japan)
【Company Name】: PLAUD Inc.
【Address】: Shibuya Hikarie 33F, 2-21-1 Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
【Representative】: Representative Director Nathan Xu
■ Company Overview (Global Headquarters)
【Company Name】: PLAUD Inc.
【Location】: 575 Market Street, Suite 1650, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA
■ Inquiries
Email: pr-jp@plaud.ai
Official LINE: https://lin.ee/Cbsh7cZ
Official X: https://x.com/Plaud_Japan
Official Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/plaud_japan/
Official YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@PlaudJP
Furthermore, the top-tier model "Plaud Note Pro" has received the "2026 Best Product Awards" from Forbes magazine in the US. The brand is consistently achieving major milestones that underscore its reliability.
※Source: Euromonitor International. Based on total retail sales volume by brand in 2025. AI meeting transcription device refers to a portable device specifically designed to utilize artificial intelligence for transcribing spoken audio into structured text, equipped with additional features such as summarization, tagging, and integration with external systems (general computing devices are excluded). Survey completed in March 2026.
■ Global User Count Exceeds 2 Million
The "Plaud" series is a next-generation AI device that integrates advanced AI technology with sophisticated hardware. As a result of strong support from professionals worldwide for optimizing meeting transcription in business settings and recording ideas in creative environments, we have reached the significant milestone of surpassing 2 million users.
■ Awarded Forbes Vetted 2026 Best Product Awards
The flagship model, "Plaud Note Pro," has been selected as an award-winning product in the AI Wearables category of the "Forbes Vetted 2026 Best Product Awards" by Forbes magazine in the US.
This award recognizes 150 outstanding products selected from various categories based on expert evaluation and product testing. This achievement is a crucial milestone for Plaud and simultaneously an indication that the value of practical AI tools is becoming widely recognized.
Award page: https://www.forbes.com/forbes-vetted-best-product-awards/2026/tech/
■ About Plaud
Plaud's AI voice recorder series, launched in 2023, has exceeded 2 million global users, providing world-trusted AI meeting transcription solutions. Our mission is to build a next-generation intelligence foundation that captures, summarizes, and leverages intelligence from daily work activities such as "speaking, listening, seeing, and thinking."
Currently, Japan is Plaud's second most important market globally, with distribution in over 400 retail locations nationwide, serving a wide range of users from individuals to corporations.
Plaud Inc. is a technology company established on November 12, 2021, in San Francisco, USA, a hub for leading AI research talent. It develops innovative meeting transcription solutions that integrate hardware and software.
We are progressing with the establishment of systems compliant with international security standards and privacy regulations such as ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 27701, SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA, GDPR, and EN 18031, committed to achieving high levels of data security and privacy protection. Through these efforts, adoption is expanding among professional users in fields requiring high security, such as medical, legal, and financial sectors.
■ Company Overview (Japan)
【Company Name】: PLAUD Inc.
【Address】: Shibuya Hikarie 33F, 2-21-1 Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
【Representative】: Representative Director Nathan Xu
■ Company Overview (Global Headquarters)
【Company Name】: PLAUD Inc.
【Location】: 575 Market Street, Suite 1650, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA
■ Inquiries
Email: pr-jp@plaud.ai
Official LINE: https://lin.ee/Cbsh7cZ
Official X: https://x.com/Plaud_Japan
Official Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/plaud_japan/
Official YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@PlaudJP