Shishir Mehrotra became Grammarly CEO in early 2025, and he not only updated the company’s AI writing tools, but also rebranded the entire company. From now on, Grammarly will be rebranded as Super human, a name that Mehrotra said better reflects its expanding product lineup and mission to empower users.
“It’s important for the company to have a broader name because our scope is much broader than before,” Mehrotra told The Observer. “We want to be able to expand our offerings over time and keep them relevant.”
If you’re intrigued by the name Grammarly, don’t worry. The company’s popular writing assistant will keep its name as one of several products under the new Super human umbrella. Other products include Coda, a collaboration platform founded by Mehrotra and acquired by Grammarly last year, and Super human Mail, an AI-powered email platform acquired in June.
A new product will also be added to the SuperHuman suite: SuperHuman Go, an artificial intelligence assistant capable of connecting to more than 100 applications to work with users’ documents, emails, meeting notes and chat threads. The tool will launch alongside dozens of AI agents designed to provide writing support and pull real-time information from other tools. Some agents are being developed in collaboration with experts, including author Kim Scott, who helped launch the “Radical Candor” agent, which will help users communicate directly and friendly.
Mehrotra compared Grammarly’s transformation to other major tech rebrands, such as Google’s reorganization under Alphabet and Facebook’s transition to Meta. “There are enough examples of doing this in a way that preserves the core brand,” he said.
Superhuman Artificial Intelligence Method
Founded in 2009, Grammarly has long used artificial intelligence to power its grammar checking and writing assistance tools. Recently, the company has accelerated its AI development, adding features such as an AI citation finder, multilingual writing tools, and plagiarism detection.
Mehrotra said that unlike some AI-powered productivity platforms, Super human’s tools are designed to augment human work, not replace it. “We help you in many different ways, but at the end of the day, you actually publish an article, you publish a blog, you submit a paper,” he said. “We will continue this across all of our products.”
Superman Go is already gaining traction in education. Arizona State University announced today (October 30) that it will deploy an AI assistant to help address tool fragmentation and improve student support. Although the university has implemented a variety of AI tools, Mehrotra said it chose Superhuman to unify these systems and make them easier to use for students and faculty.
He added that this partnership highlights Superhuman’s goal to seamlessly integrate artificial intelligence into daily life. “Most AI tools are focused on being destinations — you go to them, and that’s how you experience AI-based productivity,” said Mehrotra. “We bring you artificial intelligence, which we think is very different.”
