Notepad-first meeting assistant that enhances your own rough notes instead of joining the call as a bot.
Who makes Granola
Granola is a software company building an AI notepad for operators, sold as an individual and business subscription.
Official website: www.granola.ai ↗
What it actually does
Granola listens to meeting audio locally on your machine while you type shorthand notes, then merges the two into a structured, accurate summary after the call. There is no meeting bot in the participant list.
Product family
- · Granola notepad
- · Individual and Business plans
- · Shared folders
What people hire it for
- Back-to-back internal meetings where a bot is unwelcome
- Turning shorthand notes into shareable summaries
- Searching across a week of calls
- Handing context to a colleague after a meeting
Where it runs
Security & privacy
Audio is captured on-device and no bot is added to the call, which avoids announcing a third-party recorder to external participants.
AI capabilities
Post-call note enhancement, summarisation, action-item extraction and cross-meeting search.
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