A $270 million employee tender offer/private share sale was reported at an approximately $11 billion valuation. This was secondary liquidity rather than clearly disclosed primary operating capital.
SourcePublic company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Aug 5, 2026
Notion is a privately held AI-native workspace company whose product combines documents, wikis, databases, projects, calendars, enterprise search, meeting notes, integrations, and AI agents in one connected workspace. Notion reports more than 100 million users and broad enterprise adoption.
Primary product
Notion AI workspace: collaborative docs, wikis, databases, projects, calendar, enterprise search, meeting notes, and customizable AI agents.
Founded
2013
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United States
Team size
Approximately 800–1,200 publicly reported; some 2026 company databases estimate approximately 1,850, so public estimates conflict.
Work style
Hybrid
Industry
Software development
Sub-industry
Productivity, collaboration, knowledge-management, and AI workspace SaaS
Offices
Business model
Leadership
Ivan Zhao
Co-founder and CEO
Akshay Kothari
Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer
Simon Last
Co-founder
Founders
Jessica Lam
Former co-founder
Toby Schachman
Co-founder
Notion describes a customer-focused, product-obsessed culture emphasizing ownership, speed, direct and kind communication, and in-person collaboration. Its stated values include Customer in every room, Own the outcome, Why not today, and Direct and kind. The company generally expects office attendance three days per week, while some roles are remote or location-specific.
Work style
Hybrid
Compensation
Public job postings provide role- and location-specific compensation in some jurisdictions, but no single company-wide range was established from reliable primary evidence. Third-party estimates describe competitive salary plus private-company equity, but should be treated as directional rather than verified.
Benefits
Pricing
Free tier; Plus at approximately $10/member/month; Business at approximately $20/member/month; Enterprise custom pricing. AI agents and related functionality can use additional credits.
Differentiators
Technology
Estimated revenue
Approximately $400 million–$500 million annualized revenue, based on reported 2024 revenue estimates and Notion's September 2025 disclosure of more than $500 million annualized revenue.
Estimated monthly visits
134.1M
Traffic estimate as of Jul 2025
A $270 million employee tender offer/private share sale was reported at an approximately $11 billion valuation. This was secondary liquidity rather than clearly disclosed primary operating capital.
SourceNotion · Jun 2026
Notion announced its first board of directors, including Jonathan Chadwick, Pat Grady, Gretchen Howard, Christopher Payne, and Patrick Hsu.
Notion · May 2026
Notion announced Workers, a hosted runtime for custom code, database sync, webhooks, a CLI, external-agent support, and expanded developer capabilities.
The Business Times · Jan 2026
GIC joined Sequoia and Index Ventures in a reported $270 million employee tender offer valued at an $11 billion company valuation; the article also describes Notion's APAC expansion and accelerating AI adoption.
CNBC · Sep 2025
Notion launched customizable agents using models including OpenAI and Anthropic and disclosed more than $500 million in annualized revenue, over 100 million users, and enterprise customers including Kaiser Permanente, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Nvidia, and Volvo Cars.
110 jobs at Notion
Jul 2019 · Daniel Adkins, Aydin Senkut, Ram Shriram, Josh Kopelman, Lashy Groom, and Elad Gil
Jan 2017 · Draft Ventures
Oct 2016 · Magna
Customers
Competitors
Notion · Sep 2024
Ivan Zhao announced that Notion had reached 100 million users and discussed the company's product and technical evolution.