Superhuman
The business, the turning points, and the decisions behind them.
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01 / WHAT IT BUILT
What the company did
Superhuman was an email productivity startup founded in 2016 by Rahul Vohra, previously co-founder of Rapportive. Its AI-powered email client for Gmail and Outlook was built for speed: keyboard-first workflows, AI triage and reply features aimed at people who process large volumes of email. It raised over $110 million in venture funding.
02 / FAILURE REASONS
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03 / EVENT HISTORY
Events in the structured record
- Company founded
Rahul Vohra founds Superhuman after selling Rapportive to LinkedIn; the email client launches with a speed-obsessed, keyboard-first design.
- Acquisition
Grammarly agrees to acquire Superhuman on July 1, 2025; the product remains available and the parent company takes the Superhuman name in October 2025.
04 / CONTEMPORARY REBUILD ASSESSMENT
Difficulty of rebuilding this project today
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05 / CAUSAL CHAIN / AFTERMATH
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