Granola

Granola is an AI-powered notepad designed for macOS that transforms how professionals take meeting notes. Instead of forcing an intrusive AI bot into your calendar invites or replacing human note-taking entirely, Granola works alongside you as a private, native desktop app. You take your own concise bullet points during client calls, 1-on-1s, or brainstorming sessions, while Granola listens to internal system audio in the background. When the meeting ends, Granola's AI merges your raw notes with the full audio transcript to produce structured, insightful summaries that retain your personal voice and priorities. Designed for founders, product managers, designers, and consultants, Granola eliminates the robotic feel of traditional meeting bots while ensuring zero critical action items or decisions are forgotten.

Granola utilizes on-device audio capture and state-of-the-art speech transcription paired with GPT-4o and Claude reasoning models. It allows users to create customized summary templates tailored to specific meeting formats—such as customer discovery, sprint retrospectives, investor pitches, or candidate interviews. Users can highlight any section of their notes and ask follow-up questions (e.g., 'What was their budget concern?' or 'Draft a follow-up email based on item 3') with instant, transcript-grounded answers. Granola also integrates directly with Slack, Notion, and email for frictionless sharing.