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With a mission to amplify human intelligence, Plaud captures, structures, and compounds the intelligence generated in conversations - so humans can think better, decide faster, and execute with clarity.\nPlaud Inc. is a Delaware-incorporated, San Francisco-based company. With GDPR, SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA, and EN 18031 compliance, Plaud is committed to the highest standards of data security and privacy protection.\nTo learn more about Plaud, please visit https://www.plaud.ai and follow along on Instagram, X, Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube.\nWhy You Should Join Us\nPlaud is building the next generation intelligence infrastructure and interfaces to capture, extract, and utilize intelligence from what people say, hear, see, and think.\nPlaud is a bootstrapped, skyrocketing, profitable company with a $300M revenue run rate achieved in just three years.\n\nDefine the next-gen paradigm for human-AI interaction.\n\nGain exposure to cutting-edge AI for Pro tools and play a direct role in our global expansion.\n\nWork with passionate teammates who value innovation, collaboration, and customer success.\n\nGrow your career in a culture that champions continuous learning and fast career development.\n\nMarket-competitive compensation, global exposure, and a vibrant, creativity-fueled work atmosphere.\n\nPlaud's Platform team builds the shared services every product team relies on: sign-in and enterprise single sign-on, user permissions, integrations with other apps, our public API, billing and payments, file storage and sync, the common app framework and design system, internal support tools, and search. 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