Notion provides collaborative workspace software for notes, documents, databases, projects, and AI-assisted knowledge work.
| date | round | amount | valuation | investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2021 | Growth | $275M | $10B post-money | Coatue Management, Sequoia Capital |
Early GPT-4 access in Cancun was a 'full body religious experience' that convinced Zhao and co-founder Simon Notion must become AI-native despite internal skepticism, leading to a painful 1.5-year agent-building slog before model improvements unlocked revenue inflection.