Notion’s Co-Founder on the Rise of AI Agent Workspaces

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In this exclusive Superintelligence interview, Kim Isenberg and Peter Thum sit down with Akshay Kothari, Co-Founder of Notion, to discuss how Notion is evolving from a notes and productivity app into an agent-first workspace.

The conversation explores how humans, custom code, and AI agents could soon collaborate side by side inside the same operating layer for work. Akshay explains why Notion’s template ecosystem became such a powerful unlock, how AI agents can automate busy work without replacing human judgment, and why the future of work may be less about headcount and more about outcomes.

We also discuss Notion Workers, internal AI agents like “Smilers,” self-improving knowledge bases, model optionality, and how specialized expertise could spread across entire organizations through shareable custom agents.

A conversation about the next phase of software, the future of productivity, and what work looks like when AI becomes part of the team.