Communication & CollaborationGranola
The AI notepad that writes your meeting notes so you do not have to.
Granola is an AI-powered meeting notes tool for Mac that runs locally alongside any video conferencing app, capturing audio from your system and turning it into structured, searchable notes after each call, placing it in the communication and collaboration category. It is used primarily by founders, managers, and individual contributors at startups and growth-stage companies who spend a significant portion of their day in back-to-back calls. The problem it solves is the cognitive load of simultaneously participating in a meeting and recording what was said, which reliably results in incomplete notes, missed action items, and follow-ups that fall through the cracks. Unlike bot-based transcription tools, Granola works invisibly without injecting a recording bot into the call, which means no awkward announcements and no required consent flows for quick internal syncs. It also lets users add their own sparse notes during the call, which Granola combines with the audio transcript to produce a final document that reflects both what was said and what the participant found important.
Founders, managers, and individual contributors at startups and small-to-mid-sized companies who spend four or more hours per day in calls and consistently struggle with incomplete notes or dropped follow-ups. The right moment to adopt Granola is when you find yourself leaving meetings unsure of who owns what, or when you are manually typing up summaries that take longer than the meeting itself.
First month free
Subject to partner eligibility criteria. Savings estimates reflect maximum potential value.
Granolain depth.
No-Bot Local Recording
Granola captures system audio on your Mac without joining calls as a visible participant, so there is no bot to admit, no recording disclaimer to read aloud, and no dependency on the meeting host's permissions. This makes it practical for quick internal standups, client calls, and interviews where a recording bot would feel intrusive.
AI-Structured Note Output
After each meeting, Granola generates notes organized by topic, decision, and action item rather than delivering a raw transcript wall of text. Teams get a document they can paste into Notion, share in Slack, or send as a follow-up email without any manual editing.
In-Meeting Annotation Layer
Users can jot sparse notes during the call inside Granola's interface, and the AI merges those annotations with the full transcript context when generating the final summary. This preserves the nuance of what the participant flagged as important rather than relying solely on algorithmic extraction.
Searchable Meeting History
All past meeting notes are indexed and searchable within Granola, making it possible to find what was decided in a specific call weeks later without scrolling through Slack threads or calendar descriptions. This is particularly useful for managers who participate in dozens of recurring syncs.
Custom Note Templates
Teams can define note templates for recurring meeting types (weekly 1:1s, sprint reviews, sales calls) so the AI consistently extracts the same categories of information across every session. This standardization makes notes more useful as a team artifact rather than a personal reference.
Granola works alongside any Mac-compatible conferencing tool including Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, and Webex without requiring any integration setup, since it captures system audio directly. In a typical team's stack it sits upstream of wherever notes are stored, whether that is Notion, Confluence, or a shared Google Doc, serving as the capture layer that feeds into whatever documentation system the team already uses.
Commonuse cases.
Capturing action items from a dense all-hands or planning session
Granola records the full meeting audio and surfaces action items and decisions in a structured list immediately after the call ends, without anyone needing to volunteer to take notes. Teams stop losing commitments made verbally and start each sprint with a shared record of what was agreed.
Building a searchable archive of customer discovery interviews
Product teams run user interviews and let Granola generate structured summaries that capture pain points, feature requests, and quotes without requiring a dedicated notetaker in the room. The searchable history lets PMs query across dozens of past interviews when writing a PRD or justifying a roadmap decision.
Writing accurate follow-up emails after sales or client calls
Account executives and consultants use Granola's post-call summary as the source material for client follow-ups, pulling specific commitments and next steps directly from the AI-generated notes. This reduces the time between call end and follow-up sent, and ensures the recap reflects what was actually discussed.
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Activate credits
Once approved by the partner, credits are deployed to your account. Timelines vary by partner.
BearPlex maintains partnerships with leading technology providers to facilitate access to exclusive programs for our clients. All offers are subject to each partner's independent eligibility requirements, approval processes, and terms of service. Savings figures represent maximum potential value and may vary based on qualification, usage, and partner-specific criteria. BearPlex acts as a facilitation partner and does not guarantee approval or specific credit amounts. Offer availability and terms may change at the partner's discretion.
