Notion Labs, Inc. was created as a
startup in
San Francisco, California, founded in 2013 by Ivan Zhao, Akshay Kothari, Chris Prucha, Jessica Lam, Simon Last, and Toby Schachman. In August 2016, Notion 1.0 was released, followed by Notion 2.0 in March 2018. At that point, the company had fewer than 10 employees. In September 2019, the company announced it had reached 1 million users. In January 2020, Notion raised $50 million from
Index Ventures and others, valuing the company at $2 billion. Notion acquired Cron, a calendar app, on June 9, 2022, which Notion later developed into Notion Calendar. Notion Calendar, launched on January 17, 2024, was its first standalone app and offered greater integration with Notion and a scheduling tool similar to
Calendly. In February 2023, Notion released the "Notion AI"
chatbot service that can be used on the workspace. Notion acquired
Skiff on February 9, 2024, whose infrastructure would later be used for Notion Mail. Notion Mail released in April 2025 as a
Gmail-based email client with Notion AI integration, intended to assist users draft replies, schedule meetings, and search across messages. In April 2025, Notion was featured in the
Forbes "AI 50 list". In September 2025, Notion launched version 3.0, which includes an
AI agent feature. == See also ==