What is the difference between the free and paid plans?

The free 'Basic' plan offers unlimited notes but only 30 days of history. The 'Business' plan ($14/mo) unlocks unlimited history, advanced AI models, and key integrations like Slack and Notion.

Can I share my notes with meeting attendees?

Yes, notes are private by default, but you can choose to share them directly with specific participants via the share menu.

What is the MCP Connector?

The Model Context Protocol (MCP) Connector allows you to connect your Granola meeting notes directly to AI-powered development tools and apps, giving them access to your meeting context without manual copying.

Does Granola use my data to train AI models?

Granola offers an explicit opt-out of model training for individuals and, with the Enterprise plan, for entire organizations.

Is there an API for custom integrations?

Yes, the 'Business' and 'Enterprise' plans include API access, allowing you to programmatically access and work with your meeting notes and transcripts.

How does the pre-meeting 'Brief' feature work?

Granola syncs with your calendar, identifies upcoming external meetings, and uses prior context and participant info to generate a concise brief for preparation.

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Granola

Granola is an AI-powered notepad designed for professionals in frequent meetings. It transcribes audio directly from your computer, eliminating the need for a disruptive meeting bot. The tool automatically generates structured notes, action items, and follow-ups from your conversations. Key capabilities include meeting preparation via calendar-synced briefs, real-time note enhancement, and an AI chat that understands your meeting context. It works with Zoom, Google Meet, Teams, and in-person meetings via mobile apps. Target users are founders, product managers, sales teams, and anyone drowning in meetings who needs efficient, private meeting memory.

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Everything worth knowing about Granola

The complete picture — from everyday features to the technical detail builders and IT folks dig for.

Core features

What it actually does

AI Meeting Notes

Automatically generates meeting notes from computer audio in the background, without a bot joining the call.

Private by Default

Notes are private to you, with easy sharing options. Opt out of model training at any time.

Universal Meeting Compatibility

Works with Zoom, Google Meet, Teams, and every other meeting app, including in-person conversations.

Calendar Sync & Briefings

Syncs with your calendar to auto-detect meetings and prepare pre-meeting briefs with attendee info and past context.

AI Chat Across Meetings

An AI chat interface that is context-aware across your meeting notes, allowing you to ask questions and retrieve information.

Technical capabilities

MCP Connector & API

Integrates notes into other AI tools and workflows via a Model Context Protocol (MCP) connector and API access (Business/Enterprise).

On-Device Transcription

Utilizes your computer's audio stream for transcription, avoiding the need for a separate bot participant in the meeting.

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Design Engineering Night 9: Animating With Code with Lorenzo Dossi

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Design Engineering Night 9: Learnings of a Founding Designer with Ema Pop

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Design Engineering Night 9: Learnings of a Founding Designer with Ema Pop

Ema Pop is the sole designer at Anam AI, which builds real-time interactive AI avatars. As a founding designer, she has covered product, brand, systems, code, and customer work. In this presentation, she describes her journey turning an unpolished product into a design-led system by asking “why?” and using an end-to-end work loop: identifying problems, designing, shipping, iterating and measuring results. Recorded at the Granola office during Design Engineering Nights, a meetup for design engineers.

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Design Engineering Night 9: Waldo, but with Data-Oriented Design with Pim de Wit

Our very own Pim de Wit has 15 years’ experience in creative and interactive applications. Here, Pim uses stick characters and coloured rectangles to show how data-oriented design can improve web performance at scale. By using structures of arrays rather than individual objects, he allows for hundreds of thousands of images to render quickly and effectively. After all, you wouldn’t buy just one egg… Recorded at the Granola office during Design Engineering Nights, a meetup for design engineers.

Who uses it

Real use cases, no hype

Sales Call Preparation & Follow-up

Automatically prep a brief with deal context before calls and generate action items after.

Product Sync Documentation

Turn chaotic product meetings into structured notes with clear next steps for engineering.

Post-Meeting Action Extraction

Instantly list action items and draft follow-up emails immediately after a meeting ends.

Meeting Memory Search

Use AI chat to query your entire meeting history ('What did I promise last week?').

In-Person & Walking Meetings

Capture notes on mobile during coffee catchups, conferences, or hallway chats.

AI-Powered Workflows

Connect meeting context directly to dev tools (Cursor, Replit) via MCP to automate tasks.

Multi-Language Meeting Notes

Generate and transcribe meeting notes in various languages for global teams.

What's great

No meeting bot invasion; uses computer audio for transcription.
Instant, high-quality note generation with contextual understanding.
Works with all major platforms (Zoom, Meet, Teams) and in-person.
Seamless calendar integration for pre-meeting briefs.

Technical strengths

Private by default with easy sharing options.
MCP Connector for direct integration with AI dev tools.
Contextual AI chat that accesses your meeting history.

Where it falls short

Free plan limits meeting history to 30 days.
Mobile app is required for in-person meeting capture.
Advanced features (API, MCP) locked behind paid tiers.

Technical limitations

Audio-only transcription; no native video recording.
Dependent on local machine audio processing.
Team-wide auto-deletion policies require Enterprise tier.

For technical folks

The deep-dive specs

FAQ

Includes technical Q&A

Granola runs as a native desktop application and uses your computer's system audio to transcribe meetings in the background. This means it doesn't need to be invited as a participant.