Notion AI for work

Notion is no longer just where work lives—it’s where work connects & thinks.

Starting today, Notion is rolling out a new set of capabilities centered around Notion AI.

What was once an optional add-on is now becoming a core part of the product—especially for users on higher-tier plans. Notion is doubling down on the idea of AI not as a separate tool, but as something built directly into the workspace teams already know and trust.

In this post, I’ll walk through what’s new, how I’ve been using these tools in practice, and where I think Notion is headed next. Some of these features are still in beta and need a bit of refinement—but a few are already showing real potential.

Here’s what I’ll cover:

• Enterprise Search
• Research Mode
• GPT-4.1 & Claude 3.7 directly in Notion
• AI Meeting Notes
• AI Home
• All-in-one pricing

Let’s dive in.

Enterprise search: your brain, but for work

Most teams don’t suffer from a lack of information. They suffer from not knowing where anything lives.

The meeting notes are in Notion. The docs are in Google Drive. That one key insight is hiding in a Slack thread from three Thursdays ago. The proposal? Buried in a PDF attachment. And the person who originally created it all? Left the company six months ago.

Modern work is messy. We use dozens of tools to get things done, but they rarely talk to each other—and when they do, it’s usually in fragmented, half-working integrations. The result? We spend more time looking for information than actually using it.

Enterprise Search is Notion’s attempt to fix that.

A new way to surface everything your team knows, across all the tools you already use, in one place. Notion becomes less of a note-taking app and more of a real-time knowledge layer for your entire organization.

Here’s what it includes:

A redesigned search bar (rolling out soon)

Soon you can search using natural language—ask a full question and get results from Notion, Slack, Google Drive, and more, with quick summaries included so you don’t have to open tabs.

AI connectors

• These AI Connectors let Notion reach into the rest of your workspace ecosystem—Slack, Google Drive, Jira, GitHub, SharePoint, OneDrive, and more—and pull relevant content into your search or AI query. Coming soon: Gmail, Salesforce, Zendesk, and Linear.

So instead of jumping between six tabs, trying to remember if that insight lived in a Google Doc, a Jira ticket, or a random Slack message, you just ask Notion. It scans across the tools you've connected, gathers relevant answers, and shows exactly where each one came from.

“What’s the status of our Q3 launch?”

→ Answer pulled from a Jira card, a line in a Slack thread, and a bullet in last week's roadmap doc—each cited with sources so you can trace it back.

Connecting your tools is straightforward: open Notion AI at the bottom of your screen, click •••, then choose Connect [your app].

And for the security-minded: Notion AI only pulls content you already have access to in each connected service. If you wouldn’t be able to see it in Slack or Drive, you won’t see it here either. Everything respects the original app’s permissions and Notion’s own access controls.

PDF search

Until now, PDFs in Notion were mostly static. You could upload and embed them, but if you needed something inside, you had to open the file and dig through it manually—or upload them in the notion ai on your bottom right and ask to analyze it in a separate prompt.

Now, Notion AI can search inside PDFs across your entire workspace. This makes it far more usable—especially for teams that rely on them for important, often detailed work.

Examples:

• Product teams can pull insights from embedded research reports or technical specs on the fly.
• Sales teams can extract pricing or policy info from customer-facing docs without leaving Notion.

A couple of use case for teams:

• If you’re on a product team

Instead of digging through Jira, Slack, and ten Notion pages to remember why you built that one feature no one uses—just ask. Notion will pull together a working answer from wherever that conversation happened.

• If you’re in sales or ops

You want to prep for a client call. Search the client’s name and get the latest proposal, a summary of your last few calls, and that PDF with the weird pricing question they had. You didn’t even have to remember where any of it was.

• If you’re onboarding someone

They can just ask things like “What’s our product vision?” or “What tool do we use for time tracking?” and Notion gives them the answer and tells them which pages are safe to trust. You look like you have your act together.

It’s still early, and I’d be lying if I said everything is seamless. But this direction makes a lot of sense. We’ve all been overloaded with tools—this is Notion trying to stitch them back together.

Research mode: let Notion think a little longer

There are moments when quick answers aren’t enough.

You’re working on something complex—maybe strategy, product planning, a client proposal—and what you really need is not just a response, but context. You want the system to slow down, read more carefully, and give you something you can build on.

That’s exactly what Research Mode is designed for.

It’s Notion’s more deliberate, deeper-thinking AI mode. Instead of skimming a few lines or offering a quick summary, it takes time to explore your workspace, connected tools, and even the web. It plans out how to search, reads full documents (not just snippets), and gives back a more complete answer—often saved as a clean, structured page you can use or share.

Here’s what it does differently:

• Thorough, strategic searching

It breaks your query into smaller questions, plans multiple searches, and reads across pages in more detail—so the answer you get is based on real context, not guesswork.

• Saveable research reports new

The output is more than a paragraph—it’s a full write-up, generated as a Notion page. Easy to reference, edit, or build on with your team.

• Web search with citations new

Research Mode now pulls in external sources too, so your insights aren’t limited to what’s in your workspace. Every source is cited, so you know where the information is coming from.

• Smart filtering new

You can filter results by tags, people, dates, or custom properties—helpful when you’re working with large databases or need to focus the search on specific content.

How Teams Can Use It

• Product & strategy teams might use it to generate a deep dive on a feature area, pulling together past feedback, design docs, and research in one place.
• Marketing teams can create research briefs that combine internal insights and web sources—perfect for campaign planning or market analysis.
• HR and operations can use it to synthesize policies or summarize key information from scattered internal documentation.

GPT-4.1 & Claude 3.7: AI models, now right inside Notion

Most of us have already tried working with AI models like GPT or Claude—whether to unblock writing, think through an idea, or just get a second opinion on something. They’ve become part of the creative toolkit for a lot of people. But there’s always been a bit of friction.

You’re mid-task, and you have to open another tab, switch tools, re-explain what you’re working on, and then try to bring that context back into whatever you were doing. It’s not terrible—but it’s enough to pull you out of flow.

Notion now brings those models—GPT-4.1 and Claude 3.7—into your workspace, right where your actual work is happening. You can open the new Home tab and start a conversation without leaving Notion, which makes a difference. It’s subtle, but intentional.

The part I appreciate is that you can pick which model to use depending on what kind of thinking you're doing. GPT tends to be more structured and direct. Claude is more interpretive, often a bit more thoughtful in tone. They each bring something different to the table—and now you don’t need to bounce between apps to access that.

Use Cases Inside a Team Workflow

• A product manager mapping out a feature doc can test ideas with Claude, and then have GPT help structure the final version.
• A writer or marketer can refine tone and language in real time without ever leaving the Notion page they’re drafting in.
• A researcher might ask both models the same prompt to get contrasting perspectives—or deeper insight into a complex topic.
• A team lead can keep all these conversations close to their actual work—making it easier to refer back, revise, and share.

Quiet Infrastructure Improvements Behind the Scenes

Alongside this rollout, Notion’s also made improvements that support smoother team collaboration:

• A faster, more secure file upload API for larger or more sensitive files.
• Slack notifications now include richer content, including @mentions and page context (this need a blog post in it self, coming soon 🤓 )
• Salesforce integration is coming soon.
• Support for legal holds and EU data residency is on the roadmap—important steps for compliance-focused teams.

AI meeting notes: focus on the conversation, let Notion handle the rest

Next up is one of the most practical additions: AI Meeting Notes—a new block in Notion designed for capturing the conversations that don’t always come with a calendar invite.

Think: stand-ups, quick syncs, a spontaneous one-on-one, even that “five minutes” that turns into a half-hour decision. These are the kinds of moments where no one’s formally taking notes—but you still want to remember what was said.

And if you’re already working in Notion, having the ability to turn that conversation into something useful—without switching tools—is really awesome. 🤓 

You can start a Meet block with in 5 diffrent ways:

1. /meet in Notion Doc

2. Meet button on new page
3. CMD + SHIFT + Y
4. AI Meeting Notes block in buttons and templates
5. Automatic zoom detection notification; click and go!

The AI meeting notes block has three parts:

1. Notes – where you write freely during the meeting, as you always would.
2. Transcript – where Notion captures the spoken conversation, line by line.
3. Summary – where AI creates a short written overview after the meeting ends.

Once the meeting ends, Notion automatically creates a clean, AI-generated summary—decisions, action items, key points—ready to share, tag teammates, or drop into another doc. And because it’s all stored in Notion, it’s searchable later when you need to find past context.

A Real use case (that started with a brag)

When I was talking about testing AI Meeting Notes, someone replied to me on Twitter with this:

“I have the habit of making class audio sums and then I use AI to transcribe and summarize the class for me. If this allows me to do this, it would be a big advantage for me to sign the Notion AI there too.” —@NotionHQ thinking haha

It’s a simple but perfect use case. With this new block, you can drop it into a Notion page, record right there, and let AI handle the transcription and summary—all in one place.

While that workflow fits naturally for students recording lectures, as I mentioned earlier, it’s just as useful for teams. Quick stand-ups, spontaneous one-on-ones, or those impromptu decisions that happen mid-conversation—this gives you a lightweight way to capture all of it.

A small note: for now, AI Meeting Notes is still in beta and currently only works in the Notion desktop app, not the browser. So you’ll need that installed to try it out.

AI Home: one place to think, search, and build

The Home tab in Notion has been around for a while—but with this update, it’s been reimagined to bring the full power of Notion AI into one focused space.

Instead of scattering AI features across menus or relying on slash commands, the redesigned AI Home gives you a single place to ask, explore, and build.

The layout is divided into three main parts:

1. Ask

This is your AI command line—where you can type a question, reference existing pages with @mentions, add attachments, and even control which model you’re using. The new scope switcher lets you choose between models like Claude 3.7 Sonnet or GPT-4o mini, or target results from a specific third-party app you’ve connected.

2. Research

This section connects directly to the more advanced Research Mode (which we covered earlier). If you’re tackling a complex topic or need AI to gather and analyze information across your workspace—or even the web—this is where you start.

3. Build

This one’s for the more structured thinkers. It kicks off an AI-powered database setup, helping you scaffold a new system based on what you need—whether it's a content tracker, CRM, or something in between. It’s live in production now.

Pricing: one plan, one product, more AI

With the rollout of these new AI features, Notion has also restructured how plans are priced—and more importantly, how AI is included.

If you’re on a Business or Enterprise plan, AI is now bundled directly into your subscription. No more $10/month add-on. You get full access to Notion AI Advanced, which includes tools like AI Meeting Notes, Enterprise Search, Deep Research, and chat with GPT-4.1 and Claude 3.7. The Business plan price will increase slightly, but the AI capabilities are no longer separate.

For Plus users, things mostly stay the same. If you already pay for the AI add-on, your features and pricing won’t change. If you don’t, you can still try out some advanced features on a trial basis—but long-term, you’ll need to upgrade to Business or above to keep them.

And for students and educators? No changes. The Educational Plus plan still gives you access to AI Core at the same price.

Notion AI access by plan (post-August 2025)

Pricing will go into effect at renewal on or after August 13, 2025, with a three-month transition period for existing customers. If you were an early Notion AI adopter, you may also receive a discount offer by email.

Will make a separate post about what kind of plan is right for you soon. 🤓

For now you can learn more this from Notion’s pricing page here.

Final thoughts: a step toward something bigger

Looking at these updates together, it’s clear Notion isn’t just shipping features. It’s rethinking how a workspace actually works.

AI is no longer off in the corner. It’s built into the core—where you plan, write, meet, search, and think.

What stands out to me isn’t just what’s new—it’s where this all seems to be going.

Notion is starting to quietly replace other tools. There’s Notion Calendar. Notion Mail. AI connectors pulling in context from Slack, Drive, Salesforce. Research tools. Meeting tools. A workspace that’s aware of your work, not just hosting it. And as these systems become more connected, the need to switch between apps starts to fade.

That’s the deeper value—not just more features, but fewer tabs.

Is it all seamless yet? No. Some things still feel early. Some flows need polishing. But the direction is clear. And it’s the right one: thoughtful, flexible, and genuinely useful.

And that’s something I’m glad to see.

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