Atlassian acquires & integrates Rewatch for AI video messaging
Atlassian announced the acquisition of Rewatch, with plans to integrate its AI-powered live meeting support into Loom, its video messaging platform.
The company says this will improve how teams handle ‘meeting hygiene’ by automating tasks like recording, summarising and note-taking.
Once the technology is fully integrated, the Loom AI meeting assistant will provide tailored meeting notes so users can edit what the assistant creates or add their own notes.
In the future, Atlassian Rovo Agent technology will review the notes, action items and automatically update related Atlassian Confluence pages, Jira issues, service tickets and more.
Attendees can search for what was said, copy snippets, or download the full transcript. They can also translate meeting transcripts and captions across 50+ languages.. There are calendar integrations and automation too – whether a team uses Google or Outlook, it can automatically record meetings, send the assistant to record on-demand, and automate sharing and recording with attendees.
Oh no, a meeting!
People don’t hate meetings, not really says Atlassian… what they hate are hate poorly run meetings.
“Our research reveals more than two-thirds (72%) of meetings are deemed ineffective by attendees. When asked why, more than half (52%) of workers cited leaving meetings without any clear idea of the next steps or who owns which task.
Capturing detailed notes and clearly outlining the next steps (with owners and deadlines attached) are meeting facilitation best practices. However, taking notes during the meeting can impact your ability to engage in the moment, and distributing notes and action items can be time-consuming,” blogged Atlassian’s Joe Thomas, on the company news channel.
Rewatch is a platform that uses AI to optimise virtual meetings and this technology will now be integrated with Loom, Atlassian’s async video communication tool.
Once this integration is complete, users will be able to deploy an AI-powered meeting assistant in their virtual meetings to automatically record the meeting, take detailed notes, extract action items, and send follow-ups to meeting attendees as noted above.
Asynchronous collaboration
Atlassian says it is on a mission to help individuals collaborate more efficiently on their terms. The team suggests that asynchronous collaboration is unlocking more thoughtful teamwork, giving workers the time and space they need to contribute more meaningfully and AI is making it easier than ever.
The Atlassian Loom AI assistant joining a meeting (bottom right, obviously).