Join our Talent Pool at Granola (London, United Kingdom)

Granola· London, United Kingdom·2d ago

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Onsite

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Full-Time

Summary

This is a general registration page for candidates interested in future opportunities at Granola. The company uses this pool to maintain contact with potential applicants and will reach out when suitable roles become available.

Job description

Join our Talent Pool

If you don’t see any suitable roles for you right now, but you’d potentially like to join Granola in the future, then join our Talent Pool!

What’s a Talent Pool?

A Talent Pool is a collection of people, just like you, who want to register their interest in joining Granola in the future. It’s a great way for us to keep in touch, for new roles, hiring events and everything else Granola.

How does your Talent Pool work?

We don’t actively monitor or approve people into our Talent Pool, but it’s our first stop for hiring. Anyone can join, regardless of experience or skill level, and we’ll let you know as soon as we have something suitable.

So I’ll find out about new Granola jobs before anyone else?

Yes, potentially. We’ll search and reach out to relevant people in our Talent Pool before we openly advertise any new roles.

I’m not a Software Engineer, can I still join?

Yes, our Talent Pool is for everyone, regardless of role or seniority. We do all the filtering on our side, so you can join once and we’ll contact you when we have something suitable.

Can I still speak with one of your team?

We’re fortunate to have a lot of incredibly talented people wanting to join Granola, applying to our live roles and our Talent Pool.

This means we’re not able to speak with everyone, but we’ll let you know if we think it’s worth mutually committing time to a call.

How do I join your Talent Pool?

Just click ‘Apply here’, upload your CV and a few details about yourself and you’re in.

Why work at Granola

Culture: Small, tight-knit in-person team (~50 employees as of early 2026) with total ownership over your area of the product. Described as "high trust" with visionary founders. Office is beautiful, with breakfast, lunch, and dinner provided daily.
Remote/Hybrid Policy: Office-first with flexibility built in — 5 days in office by default, but flexible for life circumstances. Remote up to four weeks a year.
Notable Perks:
- Health Insurance (AXA for UK family; Aetna/Kaiser for US with dental & vision)
- 20 weeks primary / 12 weeks secondary parental leave (fully paid)
- 401(k) 100% match on first 3% of salary (US); 7% matching via Penfold (UK)
- Daily fresh lunch (office)
- Gym Boost: monthly contribution toward gym membership
- L&D Budget: annual budget for courses, books, conferences
- Life Insurance: 4x salary (UK); 2x up to $750k (US)
- Income Protection: 75% salary (UK); 60% up to $12k/month (US)
- Time Off: 25 days + bank holidays (UK); Unlimited PTO (US)
- Commuter Benefits: tax-free bike purchase (UK); pre-tax transit/parking (US)
- "Casa Granola" team getaway house in Majorca for offsites/deep work.
Engineering Culture: AI-heavy, product-engineering focus. Roles include AI Engineer, Product Engineers (Backend, Full Stack, Windows), Design Engineer, and Security Engineer. Engineers work directly with co-founders on roadmap.

About Granola

Company Overview

One-liner: Granola is an AI-powered meeting notepad that runs locally on a user’s device, transcribing and generating structured notes from meetings without requiring a visible bot to join the call.
Entity Type: Private (Series C)
Headquarters: London, United Kingdom
Founded: 2023
Founders: Chris Pedregal (CEO) and Sam Stephenson (CTO)

Core Business

Primary industry/industries: AI-powered productivity software, Meeting Intelligence, Enterprise AI Context Layer
Target customers: Primarily B2B — serving knowledge workers in sales, legal, executive functions, and enterprise teams. Named customers include Vanta, Gusto, Thumbtack, Asana, Cursor, Lovable, Decagon, and Mistral AI.
Mission or purpose statement: "Build tools that help humans better" — the company’s goal is to make meetings more productive without intruding on human connection.

Products & Services

Granola (Core Product): An AI notepad for back-to-back meetings. It runs locally on macOS and Windows, captures audio from the user’s computer without a bot joining the call, and uses meeting context (calendar, past notes) to generate Notion-style notes, action items, and follow-ups. Available for iPhone as well.
Granola Chat: Lets users query their entire conversation history using Claude, GPT, or Gemini.
Spaces: Team-oriented feature for organizing, sharing, and searching contextual notes across meetings and channels.
Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server: An API layer that allows other AI tools to query Granola’s meeting context, positioning it as a "context layer" for agentic AI workflows.
Enterprise API: SSO, SCIM, and consent-based data management for large organizations. The core product is free for unlimited meeting notes (notes older than 30 days require an upgrade).

Market Standing

Valuation: $1.5 billion (Series C, March 2026 — a sixfold increase from its $250 million valuation less than a year prior)
Total Funding: Over $192 million ($67M prior to Series C, plus $125M Series C)
Key Metric: High engagement and viral growth within companies — product-market fit described as "genuine" by users
Notable Investors/Partners: Index Ventures (led Series C), Kleiner Perkins, Lightspeed, Betaworks, Firstminute Capital, and angel investors including Mike Krieger (Instagram), David Lieb (YC Partner), Guillermo Rauch (Vercel), Amjad Masad (Replit), Tobi Lutke (Shopify), Karri Saarinen (Linear), Lenny Rachitsky (Lenny's Newsletter), Des Traynor (Intercom), Soleio, and Charlie Songhurst.
Growth Signals: Rapid valuation growth (6x in under a year), explicit enterprise pivot with a robust API, MCP server, and large named enterprise customer base.

Competitive Advantages

Stealth recording (no bot): Granola is the only major meeting intelligence tool that captures audio from the user’s computer rather than sending a visible bot into the call — a key differentiator for professionals who find bots intrusive.
Context-layer strategy: By offering an MCP server and APIs, Granola positions itself as a cross-platform "memory" for all AI agents and tools, rather than a siloed note-taking app.
High user love & viral growth: Users report genuine product-market fit, with the product spreading virally within companies.
Strong design and product thinking: Founded by a design-led team in London, with deep experience in product and engineering.

Strategic Focus

Enterprise expansion: The $125M Series C is explicitly earmarked for building out enterprise features (SSO, SCIM, consent-based data management) and winning large organizations.
Agentic AI integration: Granola is investing heavily in becoming the "context layer" for other AI tools — its MCP server and APIs allow any agent to query meeting history, making it a critical data infrastructure play.
Growth in London & US: Hiring across Engineering, Design, Sales, and Operations in both London and San Francisco — building out a US revenue team.

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