Granola

What is Granola?

Granola is an AI meeting assistant designed to replace manual note-taking for professionals. Unlike typical tools that join calls as intrusive bots, Granola runs natively on Mac and Windows to capture system audio directly. It combines your own handwritten bullet points with a full AI transcription to generate polished, accurate summaries tailored to specific meeting types. The platform focuses on privacy and workflow integration, allowing users to query their meeting history via an AI chat interface and share organized notes effortlessly.

How to use Granola?

To use Granola, download and install the desktop application for Mac or Windows and connect it to your calendar. When a meeting starts on any platform (Zoom, Google Meet, Teams, etc.), open Granola and begin typing your rough notes while the app records and transcribes the audio in the background. After the meeting, click to enhance your notes, and the AI will merge your typed points with the transcript to create a comprehensive, structured summary that you can share or export.

Granola's Core Features

• Native audio capture that transcribes meetings without a bot joining the call

• AI enhancement that merges user-typed notes with the full transcript

• Customizable templates for different meeting types like 1:1s or sales calls

• Integrated AI chat to ask questions and retrieve details from past meetings

• Works with all conferencing platforms including Zoom, Google Meet, and Teams

• One-click sharing of formatted meeting summaries and transcripts

• Mobile app support for recording and summarizing in-person conversations

• Automated detection of action items and key decisions

• Enterprise-grade security with options to opt-out of model training

Granola's Use Cases

• #1

  Capturing detailed requirements during client discovery calls

• #2

  Documenting action items and blockers in daily team standups

• #3

  Summarizing key insights from user research interviews

• #4

  Recording and organizing feedback during 1-on-1 performance reviews

• #5

  Generating accurate follow-up emails for sales prospects

• #6

  Archiving important decisions from board meetings

• #7

  Transcribing in-person coffee chats via the mobile app