Notion

Private

Productivity & Knowledge Management

Founded 2016San Francisco, CA~800 employees
Website
Valuation
$11B(Jan 2026, set by secondary tender)
Total Funding
$330M
Revenue
$600M+ ARR(2025)
Profit Status
Profitable on operating basis (reported 2024)
Employees
~800

About Notion

Notion is an all-in-one workspace that combines notes, wikis, databases, and project management into a single flexible platform. Notion AI (launched 2023) adds LLM-powered writing, summarization, Q&A across pages, and database autofill. With 30M+ users and a $10B valuation, Notion is the leading productivity and knowledge management platform for teams.

Company History

Founded 2016 by Ivan Zhao and Simon Last. Reached $2B valuation and $50M ARR by 2021. Raised $275M at $10B valuation in Oct 2021. Launched Notion AI in Feb 2023 — one of the fastest rollouts of AI features in productivity software. AI crossed $50M ARR within a year. Notion AI 2.0 (2025) adds Q&A across all pages, web search, and chart generation. 30M+ users as of 2025. Reported profitable on an operating basis in 2024.

Funding Rounds

2 rounds
DateRoundAmountInvestors
2019Series A$10MIndex Ventures, Felicis Ventures
2021Series C$275MSequoia Capital, Coatue, $10B valuation

Products & Services

6
  • Notion AI
  • Notion Pages
  • Notion Databases
  • Notion Calendar
  • Notion Sites
  • Notion API

People & ecosystem

Key People

  • Ivan Zhao (CEO & Co-founder)
  • Simon Last (Co-founder)
  • Akshay Kothari (COO)

Key Investors

  • Sequoia Capital
  • Index Ventures
  • Coatue
  • Felicis Ventures

Competitive Landscape

  • Confluence (Atlassian)
  • Coda
  • Microsoft Loop
  • Obsidian
  • Google Workspace

Tools by Notion

Tags

Productivity
Notes
Wiki
Database
AI Writing
Project Management