Granola AI Tutorial for Beginners

About this video

Kevin walks through Granola AI, which transcribes meetings and uses AI to create organized summaries, action items, and follow-up emails, while also incorporating notes you jot down yourself. Granola is free to start using and was the sponsor of the video. After downloading, installing, and signing in with a Google or Microsoft account or organizational single sign-on, it automatically syncs the associated calendar. It works with Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams by capturing meeting audio, so no meeting bot has to join the call, and it can also be used for in-person meetings via phone or Apple Watch. During a demo launch planning meeting for the Kevin Cookie Company, green bars show it is hearing the conversation, with options to stop/resume, view the live transcript, ask questions about the discussion so far, or use built-in slash prompts/recipes such as what did I miss. After the meeting, Enhanced Notes blend your own notes (shown in black) with AI-generated text (shown in gray) instead of replacing them, label who said what and responsibilities, and in the example capture decisions for 12 chocolate chips, adding sea salt, and a September 15th launch date. Notes can be edited, copied, shared, or sent via a copied link, searched across all meetings, or queried via a chat icon across meetings. Clicking New Note also captures ad hoc conversations not on the calendar.

Key takeaways

• Granola transcribes meetings and generates summaries, action items, and follow-ups, building on your own notes rather than replacing them
• It works with Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams by capturing audio with no meeting bot joining, plus phone and Apple Watch for in-person capture
• During a meeting you can view the live transcript, pause/resume transcription, ask questions, and use slash prompts like what did I miss
• Enhanced Notes distinguish your text in black from AI-generated text in gray, label speakers and responsibilities, and can be edited, copied, or shared by link
• Past meetings are searchable and can be queried in chat across all meetings, and New Note captures ad hoc conversations

Episode details: published August 6, 2026 · 7:08 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are Kevin Stratvert’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.

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