Granola

Granola is an AI-powered meeting notes application founded in 2023 and headquartered in London, UK. The product runs natively on Mac and captures system audio from meetings across any conferencing platform, then uses that audio to enhance sparse notes taken by the user into structured, detailed summaries after the meeting ends.

Granola's primary product is a desktop application that does not insert a bot into video calls, distinguishing it from competitors such as Otter.ai or Fireflies. Users type brief notes during a meeting, and Granola combines those notes with a transcript of the audio to produce a fuller record. The app supports custom note templates and integrates with tools like Notion and Slack for sharing outputs.

The company is early-stage and has raised seed funding, though the specific amount has not been publicly disclosed. The team is small, operating in the single digits to low tens of employees. Granola has gained traction among individual professionals and small teams who conduct frequent meetings and want a lightweight, bot-free alternative for capturing conversation context.