Accurate notes, stronger governance, and control at every level

Microsoft Copilot is a general-purpose AI assistant embedded in the Microsoft 365 productivity suite — meeting intelligence is one feature among many competing for engineering attention. Fellow is a dedicated AI meeting assistant and notetaker where meeting intelligence is the entire product, not a feature.

The difference shows up across several dimensions:

Note quality and templates. Fellow produces analyst-quality meeting notes through custom AI note templates by meeting type — diligence calls, management meetings, portfolio reviews, 1:1s, and more. Microsoft Copilot returns a single generic summary format that users reformat manually for every meeting type.

Recording controls. Fellow lets compliance and IT define which meetings can and cannot be recorded at the meeting level, the firm level, and the user level. Microsoft Copilot controls who can record, not which meetings can be recorded — a meaningful gap for organizations with privileged conversations on every calendar.

Pause and resume recording. Fellow lets users pause and resume recording mid-meeting without stopping the session, so privileged or off-the-record conversations stay unrecorded. Microsoft Copilot has no governed pause/resume workflow for privileged segments.

Transcript redaction. Fellow lets users redact named individuals, privileged segments, or flagged content from transcripts, then regenerates summaries without the redacted material. Microsoft Copilot has no native transcript redaction capability.

Zero-day retention. Fellow offers configurable zero-day retention — recordings and transcripts can be deleted after AI processing while preserving summaries and action items. This is purpose-built for regulated workflows. Microsoft Copilot's retention is governed through Microsoft 365/Purview and Teams storage models, not a meeting-intelligence-specific zero-day posture.

Integrations. Fellow connects to 50+ native integrations across CRM, archiving, and productivity tools, plus an API, MCP server, and native connectors to AI tools like Claude — extending well beyond the Microsoft ecosystem.

Fellow also holds SOC 2 Type II certification and is built for regulated industries including financial services firms operating under SEC and FINRA oversight.

Absolutely. Fellow works natively with Microsoft Teams alongside Zoom and Google Meet, so your team doesn't need to change how they run meetings to get more out of them.

Yes. Fellow supports custom AI note templates by meeting type — sales calls, 1:1s, all-hands, standups, and more — so every summary comes out in the format your team actually needs, without manual reformatting.

Transcript redaction lets users remove specific individuals, segments, or flagged content from a transcript after a meeting ends. Fellow then regenerates the summary without the redacted material — useful for any team that occasionally records conversations with sensitive content.

Yes. Fellow has 50+ native integrations across CRM, project management, communication, and productivity tools, plus an API, MCP server, and native connectors to AI tools like Claude. It's designed to work with your whole stack, not just one part of it.