About usAI for Professional Services, built by the people it serves
About us

AI for Professional Services, built by the people it serves

Sembly AI is an agentic platform that turns organizational expertise into visible, branded, and client-ready deliverables.

2019 · THE IDEA

2026 · SEMBLY 3.0

The story behind Sembly

A timeline that began with meetings and arrived at deliverables.

2019 The idea Gil Makleff and Artem Koren walk away from EY after a combined 40 years inside Fortune 500 consulting. They started building AI for meetings using custom machine learning models three years before anyone said "ChatGPT."
2022 The launch Sembly 1.0 goes live with AI transcription, meeting notes, and searchable meeting archives across Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams.
2024 The product upgrade Sembly launches Semblian 2.0, a multi-meeting AI chat, which uses gen AI to produce client deliverables from meeting context. The same year, the platform earned SOC 2 Type II certification, HIPAA compliance, and Microsoft 365 Certification.
2025 The scale The platform crosses 1,000 companies, 40+ integrations, and 48 languages. Philips SmartMeeting partnership launches.
2026 The evolution Sembly 3.0 arrives with agentic AI capabilities designed specifically for professional services. It includes dedicated client environments, automated brand intelligence, organizational knowledge, and branded artifact production.
Our founders

Two careers' worth of consulting. One product worth building.

GM Gil Makleff CEO & Co-Founder

Gil spent his career building and scaling consulting organizations. He grew UMT Consulting Group from a startup to a firm that EY acquired in 2015. Before that, he led a venture sold to Microsoft in 2006. As Americas Region Partner at EY Advisory, he supported transformation programs across Fortune 500 organizations. He holds a CS degree from Columbia University and an MBA from NYU.

AK Artem Koren CPO & Co-Founder

Artem built enterprise technology before building products for it. He served as CTO of Visual Trading Systems, led IT Capital Market Services for financial institutions, and reached the top 1% of Senior Managers at EY. His background spans systems engineering, product management, and management consulting. He holds a CS degree from Columbia University and an MBA from NYU.

Our team values

The principles we build on.

Five convictions that shape how we build the product, run the company, and work with the professionals who rely on Sembly every day.

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Relentless innovation

Good ideas win regardless of who suggests them. Our culture rewards the best answer in the room.

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People-first AI

Technology serves the professional using it, and the professional always makes the final call. We designed Sembly around this conviction from day one.

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Radical honesty

We challenge our own work before our customers have to. Honesty with each other, with our users, and with ourselves produces a better product than politeness ever could.

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Inclusive by design

Our team spans two continents, multiple cultures, and decades of experience across consulting, engineering, and product development. Different backgrounds build sharper products.

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Lasting impact

We grow deliberately and invest in decisions that compound over the years. Remote-first operations reduce our environmental footprint while giving our team the flexibility to do their best work from anywhere.

Our achievements

Trusted by the organizations that set industry standards

Professional services teams at firms of every size use Sembly to turn expertise into client-ready work.

1,000+ companies on the platform
40+ integrations
48 languages
SOC 2 Type II certified