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Granola

Granola is an AI-powered notepad designed to enhance meeting notes with background transcription and AI augmentation.

granola.ai · London

CALL NO.CS·GRANOLA·26
StageSeries CMarch 2026[13]
Raised$197Mdisclosed rounds[13]
Headcount120as of Jun 2026[13]
Valuationnot publicly disclosedno source in ledger
Founded2023[13]
Money

Raised $197M across disclosed rounds.[13]

Series C closed March 2026.[13]

Round size, post-money valuation, and the full investor list are not publicly disclosed.

Signals
May 4 2026newsGranola AI: How a Meeting Notes App Became a $1.5B Company[16]
Mar 25 2026fundingGranola raises $125M at $1.5B valuation to turn meetings into enterprise AI context[1][2][3][11][6][7][14][15]
May 14 2025fundingGranola Launches AI Workspace for Teams and Raises $43M Series B[4]
Comps

Fireflies.ai · fireflies.ai · Same buyer (knowledge workers), same workflow (meeting transcription and notes), same budget (productivity tools). Fireflies has 16M+ users and a $1B valuation. Granola differentiates on no-bot approach.[1][7]

Otter.ai · otter.ai · Same buyer and workflow. Otter has been in market since 2016 with significant brand recognition.[1]

Read AI · read.ai · Same buyer and workflow. Read AI is also moving toward action-oriented features beyond notes.[1][2][6]

Quill · quill.chat · Same buyer and workflow.[1][2][6]

Glean · glean.com · Approaches the same problem from enterprise knowledge management side; potential overlap as Granola positions as a context layer.[1]

Mem.ai · mem.ai · Approaches meeting context from knowledge management angle.[1]

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Granola

CALL NO.CS·GRANOLA·26

Granola is an AI-powered notepad designed to enhance meeting notes with background transcription and AI augmentation.

granola.ai · London

StageSeries C
Raised$197M
Headcount120
Valuationnot publicly disclosed
Founded2023
CompsFireflies.ai +5