Cluely

Real-time, undetectable AI that watches your screen and hears your calls to feed you live answers.

Hand-reviewed by the Toolglade team·Updated Aug 2026

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Toolglade’s take

A genuinely novel real-time overlay that answers during the call, not after. The 'undetectable' framing is the controversy: reviewers and platforms have flagged its use for cheating in interviews and other monitored settings, so weigh the ethics and any applicable rules before relying on it.

About Cluely

Cluely is a real-time desktop AI assistant that listens to your calls and reads your screen to deliver live answers, talking points, and meeting notes during the conversation. It markets an 'undetectable' overlay that stays hidden from screen sharing and recording tools. Pricing is freemium, with a free Starter tier, a $19.99/mo Pro plan, and a $149.99/mo Pro + Undetectability plan.

Cluely runs as an overlay on Mac and Windows that sits invisibly on your screen during video calls, interviews, and sales conversations. It transcribes audio, understands on-screen context, and surfaces AI-generated answers, follow-up questions, and recaps the moment you need them, with a window designed to stay hidden from screen-sharing and recording tools. Founded by Chungin "Roy" Lee, Cluely grew out of the viral "Interview Coder" tool and its "cheat on everything" marketing before repositioning toward meetings, sales, and notetaking. Its core "undetectability" feature has made it a lightning rod, praised by users who want discreet real-time help and criticized by those who see it enabling cheating in interviews, exams, and other settings.

TL;DR

Cluely is a real-time AI assistant that overlays your screen during meetings, listening to audio and reading context to deliver live answers, talking points, and shareable notes mid-call. Its signature feature is an 'undetectable' window hidden from screen sharing and recording tools. It runs freemium: free Starter, $19.99/mo Pro, and $149.99/mo Pro + Undetectability. The product went viral in 2025-26 and remains controversial for enabling assistance in interviews and other monitored settings.

Company overview

Cluely was founded by Chungin "Roy" Lee, alongside co-founder Neel Shanmugam, both former Columbia University students in their early 20s. The company grew out of a prototype called Interview Coder, which Lee built to help pass technical coding interviews; his use of it reportedly led to disciplinary action at Columbia and became the launchpad for a deliberately provocative brand.

Cluely initially leaned into a 'cheat on everything' marketing message and rapid, rage-bait-driven virality before repositioning toward mainstream meeting assistance, sales enablement, and AI notetaking. Roy Lee has continued to court attention publicly, including appearances such as TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, using controversy as a core growth engine.

Product features

Cluely is a desktop overlay for Mac and Windows (with a mobile app) that captures meeting audio and on-screen context to provide real-time assistance. It offers live transcription (advertised at 12+ languages, roughly 300ms latency, and about 95% accuracy), an 'Assist' hotkey (Cmd/Ctrl + Enter) for instant AI answers and suggested responses, follow-up question prompts, and automatically generated, shareable meeting notes.

Its headline differentiator is undetectability: the Cluely window is designed to be invisible to screen sharing, recordings, and external meeting tools, and it never joins calls as a bot or guest. It is compatible with Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Webex, and Slack, and lets users query the AI about any of their past meetings.

Target market

Cluely targets individual professionals who want in-the-moment help on live calls, including salespeople, consultants, support and customer-facing staff, and knowledge workers in interview- or meeting-heavy roles. Its viral audience also includes students and job seekers, which is the segment most tied to its controversial use in interviews and exams. The pricing and desktop-first design skew toward individual power users rather than large enterprise buyers.

Buyer personas

End users

Individual professionals on live calls, sales reps, consultants, support staff, and job seekers who want real-time answers, prompts, and notes during meetings and interviews.

Buyers

Typically self-serve individual purchasers who subscribe directly, choosing between the free Starter tier, $19.99/mo Pro, and $149.99/mo Pro + Undetectability plan.

Key influencers

Social media and tech press coverage, viral demo videos, founder Roy Lee's public persona, and peer word-of-mouth among sales and job-seeking communities.

Ideal customer profile

A tech-comfortable individual in a meeting- or sales-heavy role who values discreet, real-time AI assistance during calls and is willing to pay for unlimited responses and, at the top tier, screen-share invisibility, while accepting the ethical and rules-based trade-offs.

Funding & performance

Cluely raised roughly $20M+ by mid-2025, including a reported ~$5.3M seed round and a $15M Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), announced in June 2025. Reported valuations (around $120M post-money on the Series A) are investor estimates and were not officially confirmed by the company.

Pros & cons

Pros

Answers in real time during the call rather than only summarizing afterward
Combines screen context and audio for situationally aware responses
Fast live transcription with support for 12+ languages
Generates clean, shareable meeting notes automatically
Works across major meeting tools (Zoom, Meet, Teams, Webex)
Free Starter tier lets users try it without payment

Cons

Its 'undetectable' positioning raises clear ethical concerns around interviews, exams, and monitored calls
Use can violate the rules or terms of many interview, testing, and workplace platforms
Recording and transcribing others without consent may breach privacy laws in some jurisdictions
The costly $149.99/mo undetectability tier gates the headline feature
No public API or self-hosted option; desktop-first with limited team/collaboration features

Pricing plans

Starter

$0 / month

Limited AI responses
Limited meeting notetaking
Customize instructions and upload up to 3 files
Ask AI about all your past meetings

Pro

$19.99 / month

Everything in Starter
Unlimited AI responses
Unlimited meeting notetaking
Unlimited access to latest AI models
Priority support

Pro + Undetectability

$149.99 / month

Everything in Pro
Completely hidden to meeting screen-sharing software

Key features

Mobile app

Multi-language

Integrations

desktop app (Mac/Windows)

Input types

screen, audio, text

Output types

text

Best For

live meeting assistance, sales calls, real-time notetaking

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Frequently asked questions

What is Cluely?+

Cluely is a real-time AI assistant that runs as a desktop overlay (with a mobile app too). It listens to your meetings and reads your screen to give live answers, suggested responses, and shareable notes during the call rather than only after it. It markets its window as undetectable to screen sharing and recording tools.

How much does Cluely cost?+

Cluely has a free Starter plan with limited AI responses and notetaking. Pro is $19.99/month (advertised from $11.99/mo billed annually) for unlimited responses, notetaking, and the latest AI models. A Pro + Undetectability plan is $149.99/month and hides the overlay from screen-sharing software. Always confirm current pricing on cluely.com/pricing.

Is Cluely detectable, and is it against the rules?+

Cluely explicitly markets an overlay that is invisible to screen sharing, recordings, and external meeting tools, and it does not join meetings as a bot. However, using it in interviews, exams, certifications, or other monitored settings can violate those platforms' rules and terms, and covertly recording others may breach privacy laws in some regions. Understand the applicable rules and consent requirements before use.

Can Cluely help with meetings and sales calls?+

Yes. Cluely is aimed at live meetings and sales conversations, transcribing in real time and surfacing instant answers, follow-up questions, and recaps. It works alongside tools like Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, and Webex, and generates shareable notes you can revisit afterward.

How is Cluely different from a normal AI assistant?+

Unlike a chatbot you query manually or a notetaker that summarizes after a call, Cluely operates live during the conversation, combining what it hears with what is on your screen to prompt you in the moment. Its distinguishing (and controversial) feature is an overlay designed to remain hidden from screen sharing and recording.