Wrapping Up 2025: A Year of Briefly and What's Next

Hi, I'm Sungwoo from the Briefly team.

As 2025 comes to a close, I want to share my gratitude with everyone who's been part of this journey, reflect on the past year, and give you a glimpse of what's coming.

📊 Looking Back at 2025

Beta Launch and Our First Users

In early December, we opened beta access to our pre-registered users. Those first days were intense—dealing with technical issues and user feedback. But we shipped improvements every single day, and the service gradually stabilized.

The Response

"Finally, I don't have to stay up all night organizing interviews anymore" — this single message from a user gave our entire team a huge boost.

Major Updates

Enhanced AI Chat: Context awareness, conversation persistence, suggested questions
DOCX Export: Download directly in Word format
Multiple Categories: Expert interviews, client meetings, kickoffs, and more

🚀 2026 Roadmap Preview

Q1: Smarter AI

Improved Speaker Recognition: More accurate speaker identification
Custom Templates: Company/team-specific summary formats
Language Expansion: Preparing support for Japanese and Chinese

Q2: Enhanced Collaboration

Team Workspaces: Share insights with team members
Comments & Highlights: Annotate directly on transcripts
Slack/Notion Integration: Seamless fit with existing workflows

H2: Enterprise Ready

SSO Support
Audit Logs
Custom Data Retention Policies

💜 A Note of Gratitude

Briefly started from a simple question: "Why does it take so long to organize meetings?"

I'm deeply grateful to everyone who resonated with this question, trusted our imperfect beta, and helped us improve with sharp feedback.

In 2026, we aim to help even more professionals escape "cleanup work" and focus on what truly matters.

Happy New Year!

Thank you,

Sungwoo Cho
on behalf of Team Briefly