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The Meeting Tool We Actually Rely On

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Peter Benei and Torsten Sandor
Jan 23, 2026
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As you know, we don’t take direct sponsorships unless we actually use and like the product. When Granola approached us, I was genuinely excited as I’ve been using it for almost a year now. Let me show you why – Torsten.

If you’re anything like me, the moment you start a call, three or four apps pop up offering to record and summarize it. I disabled all of them except Granola. And there are many reasons for that.

Let’s start with the basics, because basics matter.

Granola has never failed me. In almost a year, I’ve never lost a single transcript. From experience, that’s not always true for other tools in this space. The summaries it generates are genuinely a magnitude better than anything else I’ve tried: well-structured, complete, and easy to digest. No walls of text.

And here’s the thing that might matter most for me: there is no bot.

No awkward AI participant joining your one-on-one with your manager. No “Notetaker Bot has entered the meeting” announcement, making everyone suddenly self-…

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