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Notion

All-in-one AI workspace for individuals and teams that combines docs, databases, projects, and AI assistants in a single customizable environment.

notion.com · San Francisco

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Stagenot publicly disclosedno source in ledger
Raised$345Mdisclosed rounds[23]
Headcount1934as of Apr 2026[7]
Valuationnot publicly disclosedno source in ledger
Founded2016[2]
Money

Raised $345M across disclosed rounds.[23]

post-money valuation is not publicly disclosed.

Private Tender Offer was $270,000,000 on 2026-01-26.[1][7]

Named investors include Sequoia Capital, Index Ventures, Coatue, GIC, ICONIQ Growth, Shine Capital, Octave, TGM Ventures, Verdure Capital Management, Bossa Invest.[5][2][6][1][7]

People

Akshay Kothari, Co-Founder[7][31][24][32]

Katy Shields, Chief People Officer[7][24][32]

Ekin Oflazer, Head of Product, Core and AI[7][24][32]

Hilary Shirazi, Head of Corporate Development[7][24][32]

Ivan Zhao, CEO[7][24][32]

Signals
May 13 2026newsIntroducing Notion’s Developer Platform company claim, not independently confirmed[18]
May 6 2026newsNotion's Custom Agents Exit Beta, Add Admin Controls[19]
May 4 2026newsWhat we learned during the Custom Agents beta company claim, not independently confirmed[20]
Apr 14 2026newsApril 14, 2026 – Notion 3.4, part 2 company claim, not independently confirmed[16]
Feb 24 2026newsIntroducing Custom Agents company claim, not independently confirmed[17]
Jan 26 2026fundingGIC, Sequoia, Index purchase Notion shares in private tender offer[1][7]
Comps

Microsoft 365 / Teams (Microsoft) · microsoft.com · Sacra's analysis is titled 'Bundled Suites Undercut Notion,' pointing to Microsoft 365 as a structural threat: enterprises already paying for the suite have little incremental cost to use Loop/SharePoint instead of Notion.[30][28]

Confluence (Atlassian) · atlassian.com · Direct product and buyer overlap: both target team wikis, docs, and knowledge management for knowledge workers and engineering/product teams.[25][26][28][29]

Coda · coda.io · Same product surface—block-based docs, embedded databases, automation—and same buyer (team leads, ops, product teams). Listed as a direct alternative across multiple independent roundups.[25][26][29]

ClickUp · clickup.com · Overlapping buyer (teams wanting a single workspace) and overlapping product surface (docs + project tracking). Appears in Distill, AlternativesAtlas, monday.com, and Zapier alternatives lists as a primary Notion substitute.[25][26][28][29]

Airtable · airtable.com · Product overlap on the database and workflow-building layer of Notion. Airtable itself published a Notion alternatives guide, signaling direct buyer competition; also listed across other roundups.[27][25][26][29]

monday.com · monday.com · monday.com published its own Notion alternatives guide, indicating direct buyer competition for enterprise workflow budgets. Buyer overlap at the team-lead and ops-owner level.[28][25][26]

Risk

The customer proof is company-sourced only. No independent source in this ledger confirms it.[18]

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All-in-one AI workspace for individuals and teams that combines docs, databases, projects, and AI assistants in a single customizable environment.

notion.com · San Francisco

Stagenot publicly disclosed
Raised$345M
Headcount1934
Valuationnot publicly disclosed
Founded2016
CompsMicrosoft 365 / Teams (Microsoft) +5

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