MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug 26, 2026--
Otter.ai, the company behind the leading AI meeting and lecture notetaker, today announced a Back to School promotion offering eligible students 50% off an annual Pro plan, giving them a full academic year of AI-powered notetaking, transcription, and study tools at half the price. Otter is already used by millions of students across hundreds of colleges and universities.
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The offer arrives as students head back to campus for the fall semester and face a familiar challenge: keeping up with fast-moving lectures. Otter is designed to not only capture lectures but turn them into action:
"For many students, the skills that matter most in school are the same ones that carry into their careers: staying organized, retaining information, and being able to quickly find and act on what was said in a lecture or meeting," said Sam Liang, co-founder and CEO of Otter.ai. "By capturing class automatically and turning it into searchable, structured material, students learn to treat AI as a tool for deeper understanding, not a shortcut around it.”
Availability
The offer is available now through eligible .edu email addresses through the end of September 2026. This builds on Otter.ai's previous student discount, which provided 20% off Pro plans (monthly and annual) automatically applied to .edu email addresses. For more information, visit here.
About Otter.ai
Otter.ai is the AI notetaker that turns conversations into action. With over 40 million users and 1 billion+ meetings transcribed, Otter captures, connects, and activates the knowledge from every meeting, lecture, and conversation into searchable intelligence, automated action items, and agentic workflows. Otter is used by millions of students across hundreds of colleges and universities to capture lectures and turn them into study guides, quizzes, and exam-ready material, as well as by professionals and businesses of every size to capture meetings, interviews, and briefings. Backed by Spectrum Equity, Horizon Ventures, and Draper Associates. Otter.ai is headquartered in Mountain View, California.
Otter.ai announced a Back to School promotion offering eligible students 50% off an annual Pro plan, giving them a full academic year of AI-powered notetaking, transcription, and study tools at half the price.
KRAKOW, Poland (AP) — Poland began two days of national mourning on Sunday, after a 24-year-old man with far-right views drove into a busy central square in Krakow and opened fire, killing six people and wounding 15 others before police shot and wounded him.
The attack, which Poland’s defense minister described as an “act of terror,” happened on Saturday in Main Square, which is in the heart of Krakow’s Old Town and is a major tourist hub in the country’s second-largest city.
By evening, mourners had left candles in memory of the victims. The square remained partially closed on Sunday morning as authorities continued their investigation.
Authorities also found three dead bodies at the man's family home in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, a city about 150 kilometers (93 miles) northeast of Krakow. The police said on Sunday they were the bodies of the attacker's sister, mother and father.
The family members likely died from gunshot wounds, the police said.
Four women and two men were killed in the Main Square shooting. At least three of the women were Polish, and one of the dead was a U.K. citizen, authorities said.
The two police officers who stopped the attacker, in actions authorities hailed as heroic, remain in hospital. One is in critical condition, prompting officials to launch an appeal for blood donations.
Five non-Poles are among the wounded. They come from the U.K., Portugal, Russia, Germany and Austria.
There was confusion on Saturday about the shooter's age, with authorities first saying 24 and later 25. On Sunday they confirmed that he is 24.
Interior Minister Marcin Kierwiński said the attacker holds “very radical” and “ultranationalistic” views.
“Everything indicates that he was fascinated by far-right ideologies,” Kierwiński said at a news conference.
Videos posted on social media by witnesses show people running away from the square to take cover on small streets nearby, as well as first responders trying to resuscitate victims. In one video, a police officer is seen repeatedly shooting the attacker, who is lying on the street, only to later slowly collapse to the ground himself.
Mass shootings are uncommon in Poland. However, in mid-October three attacks at schools in the central province of Mazovia took place within four days, leaving one person dead and many wounded, including children. The young attackers used knives or other sharp objects.
Around 411,000 people hold gun permits in Poland, which has a population of 37 million, and interest in gun ownership has been rising.
The Krakow attacker’s military gear, guns and overall look were similar to those of other “extreme right lone actors” committing attacks around Europe, said Kacper Rekawek, a senior researcher at the International Center for Counterterrorism in The Hague.
“We have had attempts before, but now we can say that these kinds of attacks have become successful in Poland.”
Ciobanu reported from Warsaw, Poland.
Candles stand near the market square in Krakow, Poland, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2026, where several people were shot the day before. (AP Photo/Beata Zawrzel)
A back flag hangs at a house near the market square in Krakow, Poland, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2026, where several people were shot the day before. (AP Photo/Beata Zawrzel)
A police barrier tape is fixed at a broken storefront window near the market square in Krakow, Poland, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2026, where several people were shot the day before. (AP Photo/Beata Zawrzel)
Forensic investigators work next to police privacy screens in a cordoned off area after a shooter opened fire in a market square in Krakow, Poland, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2026, leaving people dead and injured, according to authorities. (AP Photo/Beata Zawrzel)
A forensic investigator takes photos next to the vehicle allegedly used by a shooter who opened fire in a market square in Krakow, Poland, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2026, leaving people dead and injured, according to authorities. (AP Photo/Beata Zawrzel)
