“Notion's auto model does this really well. We have state-of-the-art models available always. But we also have an auto model there at the top that handles about 75% of our traffic, right? We have the ability to switch between models and our product, and we also offer it to our customers … they have access to these models without vendor lock-in.”
Sarah Sachs, Manages Notion's core AI capabilities and infrastructure team. Head of AI at Notion, which makes the Custom Agents she discusses; Notion sells AI features and has reason to present them favorably.
Notion sells AI or agent tools or services, so it has a reason to publish flattering numbers about AI. The passage stays in the archive; read it with that in mind.
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The video has only a whisper transcript (no captions). The passage matches it exactly, apart from the ellipsis covering 'so that'. Speaker is the talk's presenter, Sarah Sachs.
How to cite this passage
Sarah Sachs (Notion), “Notion's Token Town”, AI Engineer (YouTube), 2026-07-23, at 13:15. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-I5W5QVAT8E Archived at https://the-ai-record.com/passages/notion-auto-model-handles-about-75-traffic-2026
Context. Sachs is describing what Notion offers AI model labs in place of large spending commitments; 'that expertise' refers to Notion's evaluations of models on its own use cases.
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