# How OpenAI uses Notion **over an hour**: “The system saves over an hour of reporting prep each week.” As published on [notion.com](https://www.notion.com/en-US/customers/openai), April 2025. Captured by usedby on 2026-10-31. - Company: [OpenAI](https://www.usedby.ai/companies/openai.md) - Tool: [Notion](https://www.usedby.ai/tools/notion.md) - Industry: [Artificial Intelligence](https://www.usedby.ai/companies/industry/artificial-intelligence.md) - Teams: Research, Engineering, Data Science, GTM ## The use case: how OpenAI deploys Notion OpenAI uses Notion as a centralized workspace across research, engineering, data science, and go-to-market teams to document work, share knowledge, and track projects. Teams also use Notion AI to find information quickly, and data science uses it for automated weekly reporting. Summary written by usedby from the source page, in English. The figures are those of Notion and OpenAI, not ours. > Teams spend less time switching between tools, and product and engineering leaders get faster visibility into the metrics that shape OpenAI’s roadmap. The system saves over an hour of reporting prep each week. > Our goal is to enable OpenAI teams’ progress with tools that accelerate their expertise, and we’re pleased that Notion continues to help us do that well. > > Brad Lightcap, COO Source: [notion.com](https://www.notion.com/customers/openai), captured 2026-10-13. > Since product managers, engineers, and designers are involved from the start, the entire product development process stays connected > > Karina Nguyen, Research Source: [notion.com](https://www.notion.com/customers/openai), captured 2026-10-13. > Notion has become an integral part of our entire research flow and product development process, from daily stand-ups to coding to shipping and iterating new models faster and faster > > Karina Nguyen, Research Source: [notion.com](https://www.notion.com/customers/openai), captured 2026-10-13. > Notion’s impact compounds like a snowball > > John Allard, Staff Engineering Lead Source: [notion.com](https://www.notion.com/customers/openai), captured 2026-10-13. > Having our technical documentation in Notion means that solutions we discover today become organizational knowledge tomorrow. What used to take hours of debugging can now be solved in minutes just by asking Notion AI. > > John Allard, Engineering Source: [notion.com](https://www.notion.com/customers/openai), captured 2026-10-13. > The ability to turn complex data analyses into readable, accessible documentation has been game-changing. By sharing weekly reports in Notion, our technical insights now reach a broader audience and drive better decision-making across the organization. > > Mashfir Mohiuddin, Data Science Source: [notion.com](https://www.notion.com/customers/openai), captured 2026-10-13. > For me, Notion is the difference between ending the day feeling like I just have all these things in my mind and I can’t get it to shut off, and ending the day organized and having all the things that I need in one place. > > Nick Erdenberger, GTM Source: [notion.com](https://www.notion.com/customers/openai), captured 2026-10-13. > Semua sesi debugging atau keputusan arsitektur yang kami dokumentasikan memperkuat tim dan membantu kami mengirim produk lebih cepat. > > John Allard, Pimpinan Tim Engineering Senior Source: [notion.com](https://www.notion.com/id/customers/openai), captured 2026-10-24. > Vores mål er at gøre det muligt for OpenAI-teams at gøre fremskridt med værktøjer, der accelererer deres ekspertise, og vi er glade for, at Notion fortsat hjælper os med at gøre det godt. > > Brad Lightcap, Driftsdirektør Source: [notion.com](https://www.notion.com/da/customers/openai), captured 2026-10-24. ## Other AI tools used by OpenAI - [Airtable](https://www.usedby.ai/tools/airtable.md) — Confirmed - [Clay](https://www.usedby.ai/tools/clay.md) — Confirmed - [CoreWeave](https://www.usedby.ai/tools/coreweave.md) — Confirmed - [Databricks](https://www.usedby.ai/tools/databricks.md) — Confirmed - [Ironclad](https://www.usedby.ai/tools/ironclad.md) — Confirmed - [Together AI](https://www.usedby.ai/tools/together-ai.md) — Confirmed ## Notion users in Artificial Intelligence - [Baseten](https://www.usedby.ai/companies/baseten.md) — Confirmed - [Cohere](https://www.usedby.ai/companies/cohere.md) — Observed - [Descript](https://www.usedby.ai/companies/descript.md) — Observed - [Lovable](https://www.usedby.ai/companies/lovable.md) — Observed - [Parloa](https://www.usedby.ai/companies/parloa.md) — Observed - [Primer](https://www.usedby.ai/companies/primer.md) — Observed ## What usedby checked We compared the story with its live page on 2026-10-31. - Checked: the figure over an hour is printed word for word on the page, near the name of OpenAI. - Checked: the passage quoted above is copied word for word from the page, near the name of OpenAI. - Checked: the publication date is read from the page’s own metadata, never guessed. - Checked: OpenAI uses Notion. Confirmed line. Latest check across sources: 2026-10-31. - Not checked: the result itself. We quote it; we did not measure it. --- Source: https://www.usedby.ai/case-studies/openai-notion-2 · How we check: https://www.usedby.ai/methodology