AI Meeting Notes — Users Genuinely Love It
The consensus on Granola: Choose Granola if you want to ship a product users genuinely love on a tiny, in-person London team backed by Index Ventures and Kleiner Perkins.
Founded in 2023 by Chris Pedregal (CEO) and Sam Stephenson in London, Granola is the AI meeting notepad that sits on your device, transcribes meetings without a bot joining the call, and generates Notion-style notes afterward. The company reached a $1.5B valuation in March 2026 after a $125M Series C led by Index Ventures with participation from Kleiner Perkins. The culture is strong product-engineering on a small, in-person team — plenty of opportunities to work on things that move the product, with total ownership of your area.
Note: Glassdoor sample is very small (3 reviews) and includes mixed feedback (a recent 5.0 review and one 1.0 review from a candidate citing recruitment ghosting). Subscores are estimates synthesized from those reviews plus external press coverage; treat as directional, not definitive.
Native macOS app that transcribes meetings on-device without a bot joining the call, then generates Notion-style notes afterward. Launched Teams workspace in May 2025.
Leverages frontier LLMs plus an in-house transcription and summarization layer tuned for meeting context and privacy. Try Granola →
Small, in-person team in London. Total area ownership. Co-founders Chris Pedregal (CEO) and Sam Stephenson lead product and engineering direction, working closely with engineers on roadmap.
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