The AI Notepad for people in back-to-back meetings

How Granola fits into meetings without changing how you work

Most AI note-takers try to capture everything.

Granola works differently. It helps you pull out what actually matters to you, without asking you to do more during the meeting.

• No need to prepare notes.

• No need to write everything down.

• No need to invite a bot to your call.

Here’s the simplest way to think about it to get the most value.

Use Granola like Apple Notes, not a meeting tool

Granola works best when you treat it like a personal notes app.

You open it during a meeting. You might type nothing at all, or you might jot down a few things as they come up:

• A decision

• An action item

• A short reminder like “pricing concern.”

• A name next to something important

That’s it.

Granola quietly transcribes the full meeting in the background.

No bot joins the call, so nothing about the meeting itself changes, and nobody gets freaked out by having a third wheel on the call.

Those small notes act like highlights; they show Granola what parts of the conversation matter to you, so it knows where to hone in.

Why this works better than full transcription

Most AI note-takers start with the transcript and guess what was important.

Granola uses your notes as a guide so you can take what was actually important from your call.

If you type something like “this matters” or “Sarah really liked this idea,” Granola knows exactly where to look in the transcript and what to emphasize in the summary.

After the meeting, the work is already done

When the meeting ends, Granola combines:

• The full transcript

• Your notes, if you took any

• The meeting context

From there, you can:

• Get a clean summary

• Pull out decisions and owners

• Draft follow-up emails

• Prepare for the next meeting without re-listening

This is where most of the time savings come from.

Why we use Granola at The Deep View

We use Granola across the team at The Deep View.

On average, it saves around 10 hours per week per person, not because we take better notes, but because we don’t have to redo the work after meetings.

It’s one of those AI products we’ve used that naturally fits into existing workflows and just… works.

Try it on your next call

Download Granola for your next meeting, and get your first month free with the code THEDEEPVIEW.