Episode Details
EPISODE INFO
- Released
- March 12, 2026
- Duration
- 29m
- Channel
- No Priors
- Watch on YouTube
- ▶ Open ↗
EPISODE DESCRIPTION
Notion isn’t designing AI agents that just use tools. Their agents can autonomously build their own integrations, as well as write the code needed to finish a task. Sarah Guo sits down with Notion Co-Founder Simon Last to explore Notion’s rapid evolution from a simple writing assistant to a sophisticated platform for custom AI agents. Simon discusses the technical hurdles of indexing disparate data from sources like Slack and Google Drive, as well as the internal shift toward using coding agents to build Notion itself. Plus, Simon elaborates on what he sees as a fundamental transition in productivity: moving from a tool where humans do the work, to one where humans manage a swarm of agents. Sign up for new podcasts every week. Email feedback to show@no-priors.com Follow us on Twitter: @NoPriorsPod | @Saranormous | @EladGil | @simonlast | @NotionHQ Chapters: 00:00 – Cold Open 00:05 – Simon Last Introduction 00:26 – Genesis of Notion AI 04:10 – Challenge of Semantic Indexing and Retrieval 07:16 – The Six-Month Rewrite Cycle 08:12 – Notion’s Coding Agent Era 09:44 – Impact on Team Dynamics 12:49 – Launching Custom Agents 15:39 – Notion as the ‘Switzerland’ for Models 17:33 – Designing APIs for Agent Customers 20:09 – Simon’s Personal Agentic Workflows 24:48 – Notion: Tool for Work is Now A Tool for Agents 27:28 – How Building Has Changed for Simon 29:00 – Conclusion
SPEAKERS
Sarah Guo
hostSimon Last
guest
EPISODE SUMMARY
In this episode of No Priors, featuring Sarah Guo and Simon Last, From Note-Taking App to AI Workspace: The Simon Last Interview explores notion’s shift to agentic work: indexing, APIs, and teams Notion’s AI journey began with early GPT-4 access in 2022, leading to a fast launch of an AI writing assistant and a longer push toward a general-purpose workspace agent.
RELATED EPISODES
