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About Akshay Kothari

Akshay Kothari is co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Notion, the workspace and productivity software company, where he oversees support, sales, marketing and finance. He joined Notion's founding team alongside Ivan Zhao in 2018. Before Notion, he co-founded and led Pulse, an RSS-based news-reading app later acquired by LinkedIn, where he went on to serve as VP of Product and head of LinkedIn's India operations. He holds engineering degrees from Purdue University and Stanford University. On In The Blink Of AI, he discussed how AI should bring people closer together rather than deepen loneliness.

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The path so far.

  1. Now

    Co-Founder & COO · Notion

  2. 2013–2018 · Scale-up

    Product Lead, then VP of Product & Head of LinkedIn India · LinkedIn

  3. 2010–2013 · Startup

    Co-founder & CEO · Pulse

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Notion on Day One

Notion makes an all-in-one workspace app that brings notes, documents, wikis, project roadmaps and task lists into one customisable tool for individuals, teams…

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