Granola

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About

Granola runs silently in the background while you're on any video call — Zoom, Google Meet, Teams, Webex, Slack, even phone calls. No bot joins. No awkward 'I'm recording this call.' It captures system audio, lets you jot rough notes during the meeting, then automatically synthesizes everything into structured, searchable records after the call ends. The result: every meeting becomes instantly scannable. Follow-up emails, action item lists, weekly summaries — all generated from what actually happened, not a hallucinated reconstruction. Granola 2.0 added cross-meeting AI queries, so you can ask 'What did all our customers say about pricing this month?' across dozens of calls at once. Founded by Chris Pedregal (previously built Socratic, acquired by Google), Granola has raised $63M+ and is trusted by teams at Vercel, Ramp, Replit, Linear, Brex, PostHog, and Intercom. It's SOC 2 Type 2 certified, GDPR compliant, and never stores your audio — transcription happens in real-time and audio is discarded immediately.

Key Features

• Silent background recording via system audio — no bot, no notification to participants
• Hybrid human + AI notes: your rough jottings combined with AI-generated structure
• Quote anchoring ('Zoom In') — every AI note links to the exact transcript line
• Cross-meeting AI queries: 'What did all customers say about pricing this month?'
• Post-meeting actions: auto-draft follow-up emails, action item extraction, summaries
• Custom note templates for standups, hiring interviews, customer discovery, and more
• MCP server integration — lets Claude, ChatGPT, and Cursor access your meeting notes
• Team shared folders with AI analysis across multiple team members' meetings

Use Cases

• 1Sales teams capturing every customer conversation detail without manual note-taking
• 2Founders and VCs running back-to-back investor calls where every word matters
• 3Engineering teams who need searchable records of architecture decision discussions
• 4Recruiters conducting interviews where note-taking distracts from listening
• 5Consultants tracking commitments, deliverables, and client feedback across dozens of calls