Hey everyone!
If you missed it, Coda, and now Grammarly, CEO Shishir Mehrotra recently hosted our 2024 Year in Review where he and the team talked about our biggest year yet—and dove into what’s coming in 2025. You can watch the entire recording here, but if you’d prefer to hop around, the main topics are timestamped below.
Note: confused about the Grammarly piece? Read the big news!
2:35 | Shishir’s favorite 2024 features
- Grids, timeline dependencies, sub-items, improved cross-docs and Coda brain.
8:19 | Grammarly + Coda merger story
- How the teams realized their roadmaps complemented each other.
- Grammarly’s AI superhighway meets Coda’s AI Brain.
13:59 | Lane’s (Coda CPO) 2025 product vision
- Secure page sharing: Working towards individual pages sharing.
- Granular controls: Lock columns/tables independently.
- Performance upgrades: Handle bigger tables, faster docs.
- New “App” mode: Separate data from layout for polished, app-like docs.
- Brain improvements: “Brain-back columns” for AI-driven summaries or insights.
- AI writing: Bringing Grammarly’s suggestions directly into Coda’s editor.
25:22 | Noam’s (Grammarly CPO) 2025 product vision
- New desktop assistant: Not limited to text fields; always-on help across all apps/windows.
- Smarter assistant via Coda Brain: Inject real-time data (Gmail, Salesforce, Jira, etc.) to enrich your writing.
- Platform of agents: Specialized AI “agents” everywhere, using Coda’s Packs ecosystem.
31:02 | Q&A with the community
- New company name?: Yes, one is on the way.
- Mobile experience?: Yes, mobile improvements are a focus for 2025.
- Pricing changes?: None planned, maker-billing remains.
- Performance & security: More controls for hidden data, plus better performance at scale.
- Will automations continue to work?: Absolutely yes.
After watching, we’d love to hear what you’re most excited about for 2025!