Granola.
Meeting memory: transcripts, summaries, and decisions routed into work.
What it is.
London-based meeting-notes product. Captures meeting audio locally on the laptop, transcribes and summarises with Claude or GPT-5, routes actions into Linear, Notion, Salesforce, and Slack. The default meeting tool inside VC firms, founder networks, and a growing list of operator teams.
Where it fits.
Anywhere meetings are the unit of work. Particularly strong in investing — every meeting becomes a structured note tied to the company record. Increasingly adopted by sales and customer-success teams that need calls routed into CRM without manual data entry.
- Local-first transcription — no audio leaves the laptop by default
- Clean integration into Linear, Notion, Salesforce, and Slack
- Best meeting-summary quality in category
- No native dial-in bot — requires being on the call
- Pricing per-seat adds up across large sales teams
Frequently asked.
Does Granola send audio to its servers?
Transcription runs locally by default. Cloud transcription is opt-in for cross-device sync.
Granola or Otter or Fireflies?
Granola wins on summary quality and routing. Otter and Fireflies still win on dial-in bot coverage and very large team deployment.
Is Granola GDPR compliant?
Yes. UK-based; standard data-processing addendum available. EU customer audio processed in EU regions on request.
