Granola

About Granola

Granola is an AI-powered notepad designed to help professionals capture and organize information during meetings. Rather than replacing the user entirely, it works by combining whatever notes the user types during a meeting with a full AI transcription of the conversation, then enhancing the result into a clean, structured summary afterward. The tool runs on desktop and operates quietly in the background, picking up audio from meetings regardless of which conferencing platform is being used — Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, or others — without requiring a bot to join the call. The primary use case is back-to-back meeting schedules where there is little time to write thorough notes or review what was discussed. Granola is particularly suited to founders, managers, consultants, and anyone in a role that involves a high volume of meetings each week. Because it captures a full transcript while also incorporating the user's own shorthand or bullet points, the final output reflects both the objective record of the conversation and the user's own framing of what mattered. Users can also apply custom templates to shape how summaries are structured, which makes the tool adaptable to different meeting types such as one-on-ones, client calls, or team standups. Granola operates on a freemium model. New users receive a limited number of free meetings to try the product before being prompted to move to a paid subscription. The paid tier is aimed at individual professionals and teams who rely on the tool daily, with pricing structured on a per-user basis. The product is currently Mac-only, which limits its accessibility for Windows users. Overall, Granola occupies a practical middle ground between passive transcription tools and more hands-on note-taking apps, giving users a lightweight way to stay present in meetings without sacrificing a reliable written record.

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