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ScreenApp + Groq: Making Video Transcription Smarter & Faster

If you’ve ever sat through a long meeting recording, scrambled to take notes in a lecture, or wished you could instantly find that “one key point” in hours of video, you’ll get why ScreenApp exists.

Founded by two video-tech entrepreneurs, ScreenApp started as a simple screen recorder. But users didn’t just want to record, they wanted to use what was in those recordings. That insight sparked a pivot, and today ScreenApp is all about making video and audio content searchable, transcribable, and full of actionable insights.

Powered by Groq, ScreenApp turns everyday conversations—lectures, meetings, interviews, support calls, you name it—into structured, searchable knowledge. Drop in a recording and ScreenApp does the heavy lifting: transcribes the audio, breaks it into “chapters” with summaries, identifies speakers, and formats the output into clean templates.

Think of it as your personal AI notetaker that transcribes, and also organizes, summarizes, and highlights key takeaways in real-time. Whether you need meeting minutes, interview transcripts, or polished reports, ScreenApp makes it happen fast.

So how did they do this?

The challenge: Slow, costly transcriptions holding them back

Here’s the thing: for ScreenApp to work its magic, everything starts with transcription. And that step was painful for them.

ScreenApp’s early setup ran on a self-hosted Whisper model on AWS. While Whisper did the job, Andre Smith, Founder and CEO of ScreenApp, explains, “It was expensive, slow, and needed a ton of babysitting. Our users often had to wait up to 20 minutes for a one-hour recording to finish transcribing.” High latency and queuing issues became the norm, making the system tough to scale.

In other words: the bottleneck was real. And as any startup knows, if your core feature doesn’t perform, growth stalls.

The solution: From minutes to seconds with Groq

ScreenApp integrated Groq’s transcription services to address the limitations of their previous setup. A transcription that once took 20 minutes now clocks in at about 15 seconds. That’s not just faster, it’s real-time.

But transcription was just the starting point. Using LLMs hosted on GroqCloud, ScreenApp is shaping a smarter, more seamless user experience:

  • Dictation cleanup: Polished transcripts with natural flow, custom vocabulary, and fewer errors.
  • Internal research: High-volume SEO and fact-checking tasks run smoothly on Groq Compound.
  • Answer model POC: A voice-driven assistant in the works that can instantly respond to user queries.
  • AI Note-Taker (beta): Structured notes with key takeaways, action items, and decisions, ideal for busy professionals.

As ScreenApp’s CEO, Andre, explains, “Compound is more efficient than building other solutions and saves us the engineering cycles of having to build out the tooling ourselves.”

The impact: Happier users, healthier business

Groq delivered linear cost efficiency from POC to production. Andre shares, “Using Groq, we reduced costs by 15x and our transcription speed is now 20x faster. These speed and efficiency improvements have directly impacted our bottom line, increasing our conversion rates by 30%. Not to mention improved user experience, customer retention, and competitive edge.”

But partnering with Groq didn’t just improve ScreenApp’s product performance and reduce costs, it reshaped their business outcomes:

  • Transcription at scale: With a 20x increase in transcription speed, ScreenApp can process far more content in less time, enabling new use cases and expanding their customer base.
  • Cost efficiency: A 15x reduction in transcription costs freed up budget to invest in product innovation and offer added value to users, such as LLM credits.
  • User Satisfaction: More reliable, seamless results translated into higher customer satisfaction scores and stronger advocacy.
  • Conversion lift: Performance gains drove a 30% increase in free-to-paid conversions, expanding ScreenApp’s paying customer base.
  • Retention gains: Churn dropped by half, strengthening long-term customer relationships and stabilizing recurring revenue.Revenue acceleration: Annual recurring revenue grew 405% in a year, reflecting the combined impact of scale, efficiency, and loyalty.

That’s the kind of growth story any startup dreams about.

Making every conversation count

At the end of the day, ScreenApp’s mission is simple: help people get more value from their conversations and content. Whether you’re a team lead wrangling meeting notes, a sales rep analyzing calls, or a student reviewing lectures, ScreenApp makes knowledge more accessible and actionable.

With Groq under the hood, ScreenApp isn’t just keeping up with demand, it’s setting the pace. Faster transcriptions, lower costs, and smarter AI features have turned what was once a bottleneck into a competitive advantage.

For ScreenApp users, that means less time waiting and more time learning, deciding, and acting. For ScreenApp as a company, it means rapid growth, happy customers, and the freedom to innovate even more.

And that’s what happens when you pair bold entrepreneurs with the right technology partner.