Sentience vs Granola
Should I use Sentience or Granola?
Choose Sentience to record your thoughts and conversations, then build on them alongside your messages and documents. A teacher used a recording to create an outline and task list, then prepare an email in their voice. Granola captures meetings and supports questions across them. Sentience has its own audio capture and connects existing Granola notes, with sharing available when collaborators or teammates need answers.
At a glance
| Workflow | Sentience | Granola |
|---|---|---|
| What you can search | Conversations and meetings recorded with Sentience, plus your connected email, messages and documents. | Meeting notes, transcripts and material shared with you. |
| What you can ask | What you agreed to, what changed later and why you made an earlier decision. | What happened in meetings and what patterns appear across them. |
| Using both | Search Granola notes and read available transcripts in your own Sentience chat. | Granola’s MCP connection makes meeting material available to compatible AI tools. |
Get the next step out of the conversation
Record a conversation with Sentience, then ask what you agreed to and what needs a response. It can check the related email and messages before preparing a follow-up in your voice for review.
Record a thought or conversation, then use Sentience to reflect on it alongside your earlier work. It can help you revisit conclusions and bring relevant ideas or follow-ups to your attention. Connect existing Granola notes too, and choose what to share when others need answers.
Follow what happens between meetings
Plans change in email. Decisions happen in messages. Sentience can search those sources alongside recorded conversations and meeting notes, then prepare a reply in your voice for review.
Use meeting notes with the rest of your work
Granola Chat answers questions across meetings with citations. Shared folders let teams pool notes, and Recipes turn meeting material into reusable workflows. Briefs use earlier notes, optional Gmail access and web research to help you prepare.
Choose Sentience when you want to bring your own recordings, messages, documents and earlier work into the same question. Share the sources you choose so teammates can ask your digital self too.
Record your first conversation
After connecting your email and calendar, turn on Sentience audio capture for a conversation or meeting. Afterward, ask what you agreed to and have it draft a follow-up for review. Sharing is there when others need those answers.
Already use Granola? Connect it to search existing notes and read available transcripts in your own Sentience chat. Sentience looks them up live when needed and does not automatically import your full archive.
Frequently asked questions
Can I record a meeting directly in Sentience?
Yes. Sentience captures audio, so you can record a meeting or talk through an idea without using Granola. Ask questions about the recording or turn it into an outline, task list or email draft. You can use it alongside the other sources you connect.
Can Sentience turn a meeting into a follow-up that sounds like me?
Yes. It can use the meeting alongside earlier emails and messages to write a follow-up in your voice. Ask what you owe the other person, what was agreed and how to word the reply. You can review and revise the draft in Sentience.
Can I keep the meeting notes I already have in Granola?
Yes. Connect Granola so Sentience can search your notes and read available transcripts when needed. It accesses them live rather than importing your entire archive, and availability depends on your Granola account and plan. You can ask about those meetings alongside your other connected sources.
Start with something on your mind
Connect your email and calendar to get started. Sentience uses them to show you what needs your attention, prepare you for meetings and draft replies in your voice. Bring an idea, ask a question or record your thoughts. Share your Sentience when others need answers too.