Notion kills its Gmail client after AI agents keep humans from troubling inbox

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AI AND ML

More than half of users now let bots handle email, so service is headed for shutdown

Collaboration platform Notion is shutting down its AI-powered Gmail client, Notion Mail, on September 22 after users increasingly handed control of their inboxes to the company's agents.

"As Notion agents have gotten more capable, we've seen more users hand off email workflows to them," the company wrote on X. "Today, more than half of Notion Mail users manage emails without ever opening their inbox. So, we're going all in on using agents to run your inbox."

Notion Mail, which became widely available in April 2025, used AI to organize users' Gmail accounts. It followed Notion's 2024 acquisition of email and collaboration startup Skiff.

It has been an interesting if short-lived experiment, but a polished inbox is of limited value when more than half of users manage their email without opening...

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