"We spent the last 16 years turning people into super writers. Now we can spend the next few decades turning them into superhumans."

On the October 30, 2025, episode of the “This Week in Startups” podcast, Shishir Mehrotra, CEO of Grammarly, joined Jason Calacanis to announce a seismic shift for the company. In a sweeping strategic overhaul, the corporate entity known as Grammarly is rebranding to Superhuman, launching a new AI assistant platform called Superhuman Go, and introducing a bundled product suite that integrates its core applications.

From Grammarly to Superhuman: A New Corporate Identity

In what Mehrotra admitted was a “huge debate,” the company has decided to elevate the Superhuman brand, acquired in a previous deal, to become its new corporate name. Grammarly, the beloved writing assistant with 40 million daily active users, will now operate as a flagship product under the broader Superhuman umbrella.

Mehrotra explained the strategic thinking behind moving away from such an iconic brand name. “As we thought about a proper corporate brand that can house the breadth of ambition, Superhuman was the obvious choice,” he stated. He emphasized that the name reflects a core mission of human augmentation, not replacement.

“A lot of people are drawn to the ‘super’ part of the word, but we were actually drawn to ‘human’,” Mehrotra explained. “From our perspective… we are the ones that make people more human. Everybody else is trying to get AI to replace humans; we’re going the other way around.” He elegantly summarized the new vision: “We spent the last 16 years turning people into super writers. Now we can spend the next few decades turning them into superhumans, better versions of themselves.”

Superhuman Go: An Agent Platform for Every Workflow

The centerpiece of the announcement is Superhuman Go, a new platform designed to embed proactive AI assistants directly into users’ existing workflows. Mehrotra described it as taking the core technology of Grammarly—which excels at bringing AI “directly into your surface and work right where you work”—and expanding it to a multitude of use cases.

“If you picture Grammarly, it’s almost like you have this English teacher on your shoulder that is helping you with your grammar and spelling everywhere you go,” he said. “Now, similar to Grammarly, but with a new set of such agents, as we call them, they can all sit on your shoulder, too.”

The platform is launching with a three-pronged approach:

1. First-Party Agents: Superhuman will build its own core agents, with Grammarly being the most important.
2. Partner Agents: The platform is opening up to partners. Mehrotra cited Kim Scott’s Radical Candor as an early example, allowing the principles from her book to become an active assistant in a user’s communication.
3. Customer-Built Agents: Companies will be able to build their own agents to connect to internal systems and proprietary data.

A New Bundled Suite and the ‘One-of’ Philosophy

Coinciding with the rebrand, Superhuman is launching a new, aggressively priced product suite. The bundle will include Grammarly, Coda, Superhuman Mail, and the new Superhuman Go platform. When asked about the pricing, Mehrotra, who has written extensively on bundling strategy, described the new offering as a “one-of bundle.”

“If you are a paid and happy user of Superhuman Mail, then for the same price, you will also get two, now three other products alongside that,” he explained. The goal is to encourage adoption across the ecosystem. “You buy one, you kind of get a taste of all of them, and it eases the ability for people to get to a multi-product state.”

When host Jason Calacanis noted he pays for all three existing products, Mehrotra confirmed, “You’ll definitely save money.” The strategy aims to reward loyal users and create a powerful, integrated experience that transforms the company from a collection of individual tools into a unified productivity platform.