Grammarly acquires Superhuman • Hacker News Board

Re: Grammarly acquires Superhuman

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Post by v3ss0n » Thu, Jul 03, 2025, 9:35 AM UTC

nicce wrote: post #49

v3ss0n wrote: post #42

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Yeah localllms replace that job very nicely.

They produce convincing text but the grammar is not actually that good. A lot of missing commas, for example.

Which ones? Latest MistralSmall , Gemma or even Qwen3 does really good job with grammar.

Re: Grammarly acquires Superhuman

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Post by latchkey » Fri, Jul 04, 2025, 2:47 AM UTC

phalgun_g wrote: post #121

rwc wrote: post #68

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Mimestream on Mac implements GMail's keyboard shortcuts so there was no learning curve for me and I'm able to enjoy a desktop app experience.

Is there a reason you prefer desktop apps over using email in the browser?

Mimestream user here: I can command-tab to an application.

Re: Grammarly acquires Superhuman

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Post by gregorvand » Fri, Jul 04, 2025, 4:11 AM UTC

briandoll wrote: post #50

I've been looking to replace Superhuman recently. None of their AI or Team features matter to me. I just wanted what they originally set out to build -- a super fast, keyboard driven, desktop email client. There are daily paper cut bugs and search issues that have persisted for many years, and I'm not going to stick around through this transition which will surely make the product worse. What do folks like for deskto…

For fast, combined Google accounts with natural language prioritization, we're building https://wyntk.ai

Re: Grammarly acquires Superhuman

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Post by gregorvand » Fri, Jul 04, 2025, 4:44 AM UTC

chaosprint wrote: post #26

This is a bit surprising. I even didn't expect Grammarly to have the cash, I used to be a paying customer of theirs when I was writing papers, but apparently with AI I don't even need the free Grammarly anymore.

Maybe someone else can figure this one out better than me - it is interesting Grammarly raised $1bn of debt, basically. And now they're using that cash to buy revenue-generating companies, I assume at a knock-down price as others have speculated. I assume this is one big strategic play on both sides where each need the other for various reasons.