Loom AI

Loom is a video messaging platform that allows recording quick screen and camera videos to send asynchronously instead of writing long emails or scheduling meetings. The AI features, added after Atlassian's acquisition of Loom, enhance recorded videos with automatic summaries, chapter generation, and action item extraction.

The core Loom use case is replacing meetings and emails with short recorded videos that can be watched at the recipient's convenience. A 3-minute Loom explaining a bug, reviewing a design, or walking through a process is often more effective than a written explanation and more efficient than a meeting. The asynchronous format is particularly valuable for remote and distributed teams.

The AI features add meaningful utility to this baseline. Auto-generated chapters divide a video into labelled sections, allowing viewers to navigate directly to the relevant part of a longer recording without watching the entire video. Summaries provide a text overview of the video content, which is useful for quick review or for recipients who prefer to read before deciding whether to watch. Action item extraction identifies tasks or follow-ups mentioned in the video.

Transcripts are automatically generated for all videos, with AI-powered editing that can remove filler words and awkward pauses from the video by editing the transcript, similar to Descript's core feature.

The free plan provides 25 videos with a 5-minute limit per video, which is adequate for evaluation and limited use. The Business plan at $12.50/user/month removes limits. The Business + AI plan at $16.50/user/month adds the AI summary and chapter generation features.

For remote teams that communicate heavily through async video, Loom AI provides genuinely useful productivity features on top of the core messaging capability.