How to Use AI to Survive (and Even Enjoy) Meetings | Sam Stephenson
Watch now (33 mins) | Granola’s co-founder on the AI habits that help him show up prepared, plus how his team avoids AI slop and burnout
Sam, co-founder of the AI meeting notes app Granola, discussed how he uses AI to prepare for meetings and build his company. He shared Granola’s design principles, emphasizing calmness, simplicity, and user control, and the importance of designing for AI agents as well as human users. The conversation also touched on avoiding burnout and improving products effectively.
- Granola’s AI meeting notes app is now valued at $1.5B.
- Sam uses an AI brief to prepare for every meeting.
- Granola’s design principles include ‘be calming,’ ‘less is more,’ and ‘user is in control.’
- Design for the user’s most stressful moment, like the time between back-to-back meetings.
- Design for AI agents using your app or product, not just human users.
- Granola hides the live transcript to create a calmer user experience.
- The company avoids the ‘996 grind’ and focuses on continuous improvement.
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