
Eric Siu endorses Granola, an AI tool that acts as an impartial arbiter in conversations and meetings, analyzes transcripts, and identifies high-leverage actions. He sees it as his favorite AI for 2026.
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I'll go with favorite AI tool of the year, and mine is Granola. Let me tell you why I like this Granola, because what I've noticed— okay, let's even use it in the context of relationships. Okay, in the context of relationships. So let's say you and I, Neil, we're having a debate. Okay, when you have a Granola that's listening to the conversation, it can be an indifferent arbiter and it can just say where it thinks you're wrong or where it thinks I'm wrong. And for me and you, we're okay being wrong, right? But also when I have it sitting in like a leadership meeting, it also lists how each person thinks from a systems thinking standpoint, where it thinks each person is at and what each person needs to work on. It's correct and it's more objective When you bring that up, there's not much emotions because, Neil, if I were to give you feedback and sometimes you might disagree with it, then it's going to get emotional. But when you have an AI that's in there being the arbiter, you can't really blame the AI. You can't really get upset at it. And so for me, having Granola in there and I can ask questions around all the transcripts that I've had, and I can also ask questions on things that have been high leverage or low leverage or things I shouldn't work on anymore. It's extremely powerful and I haven't seen any other thing that's like it so far. If you want more insights on AI marketing and business, just comment newsletter.










