What is Granola?

Granola is an AI product designed to help users be more present in meetings by handling note-taking and context accumulation.

• Apr 2026 - Sam Stephenson said Granola’s principle is to be “surprisingly unambitious” in the tasks it promises to help with, noting it will be a while before it can handle “thorny, top-of-mind” issues.
• Apr 2026 - Sam Stephenson reported that the top positive feedback is that Granola helps users feel “more present in the meeting and more engaged.”
• Apr 2026 - Sam Stephenson mentioned they turned off an automatic feature because it felt “too creepy” and made the product feel “heavy.”
• Apr 2026 - Sam Stephenson speculated that automatically placing content correctly 99-98% of the time might not be sufficient for users.
• Jul 2026 - Mike Mignano noted that context is extremely valuable for AI products like Granola, especially when adopted organization-wide, accumulating rich context that enterprises want.