Pedregal predicts cross-meeting AI research will drive massive value for Granola
Chris Pedregal · How to Build a Beloved AI Product - Granola CEO Chris Pedregal · Aug 21, 2025 · at 37:35
Chris Pedregal is the co-founder and CEO of Granola. He explains why Granola is building advanced cross-meeting research features before enterprise customers explicitly request them.
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“We're doing a kind of a, this really incredible, like deep research mode across that can look at thousands of meetings in a matter of seconds and pull out these insights and, You know, that's not something that our enterprise customers are asking for right now, because not even thinking to ask for that, but I guarantee you that will be a huge part of the, of where the world is going and where a lot of value of granola will come from.”
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