Founder Profile
Simon Last
Last reviewed: October 2026 · By Swet Parvadiya
Who is Simon Last?
Simon Last is a founder of Notion Labs, Inc., which was founded in 2013 with Ivan Zhao.
- Company founded
- Notion Labs, Inc.
- Founded
- 2013
- Co-founders
- Ivan Zhao
Background
Simon Last is a software engineer who co-founded Notion with Ivan Zhao in 2013.
Founding Story
Simon Last is Notion's co-founder and has been central to the product's engineering since the beginning, including the 2015 Kyoto rebuild that produced the block-based architecture Notion still uses. He keeps a low public profile compared with Zhao and has focused on technical work, including Notion's AI efforts. (Exact birth year remains publicly undisclosed).
Sources
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- CNBC: Notion launches AI agent as it crosses $500 million in annual revenue (Sept 2025) (Notion Labs, Inc.)
- CNBC Disruptor 50 2026: Notion (No. 10) (Notion Labs, Inc.)