Granola, an AI-based notepad that combines your typed notes with AI transcriptions, launched Granola 2.0. The launch also coincided with the announcement that Granola has raised $43 million in Series B funding led by Nat Friedman and Daniel Gross from NFDG, with continued participation from existing investors Mike Mignano from Lightspeed Venture Partners and Nabeel Hyatt from Spark Capital. The company has also attracted investment from a notable roster of angel investors, including Guillermo Rauch (Vercel), Amjad Masad (Replit), Tobi Lutke (Shopify), Karri Saarinen (Linear), Lenny Rachitsky (Lenny’s Newsletter), Des Traynor (Intercom), Karim Atiyeh (Ramp), Zach Lloyd (Warp), Charlie Songhurst, Noah Weiss, Romain Huet, Nilan Peiris and Laura Modiano.
Granola has identified that the most valuable information in companies is not found in static documents or wikis, but it is in the daily conversations happening across teams.
Granola 2.0: This major update transforms the company’s popular AI meeting assistant into a powerful, intelligent workspace for teams. And every day, Granola transcribes and analyzes millions of minutes of conversation: collective knowledge which is now accessible and actionable across entire organizations.
Granola 2.0 and all its features are rolling out now. And new users can download the desktop app and create their first shared folder in under a minute.
With the launch of 2.0, Granola is now a collaborative workspace transforming how teams capture, share, and utilize collective knowledge:
1.) Shared Team Folders – Create dedicated spaces for Sales Calls, Customer Feedback, Hiring Loops, Weekly Syncs, and more, with folders that anyone on your team can access (even without a Granola account)
2.) Chat with Folders – Query across an entire folder of meeting notes using best-in-class reasoning models, with AI delivering insights that cite specific meetings and transcripts as sources
3.) Enterprise Collaboration – Business & Enterprise users can explore any public folder inside their domain—perfect for competitive intel, customer success, or onboarding new hires
4.) Slack Integration – With a one-time connection to Slack, Granola can keep your whole team in the with concise summaries and a “chat with this meeting” button posted to your chosen channel the moment the call ends
What the funding will be used for: With this funding round, Granola plans to continue expanding its team in London to accelerate product development. The company is focused on making Granola a tool that not only helps teams work better but think better.
KEY QUOTES:
“Since our launch a year ago, people have started referring to Granola as their ‘second brain,’ With Granola 2.0, we’re bringing that power to your entire team, tapping into the most up-to-date, relevant data on what’s happening in your company – the conversations your employees are having day in, day out.”
“Harnessing shared meeting context with AI will be a core tool of how effective teams work in the future. Our vision is to make Granola the place your team gets work done – a powerful, intelligent workspace sitting on top of living, up-to-date context of what’s happening in your company.”
Christopher Pedregal, Co-Founder of Granola
“With every call in one place, sales leaders can ask ‘Why are we losing deals this quarter?,’ product managers can investigate ‘Which UX issues come up most often?,’ and recruiters can understand ‘Where do our interviews keep stalling?’ — all answered instantly with source-linked citations.”
Sam Stephenson, Co-Founder of Granola
