Tana builds a new Tana

Posted by Paul Korm
Mar 16, 2026 at 10:56 AM

Announcement today from Tana. (This does not thrill me.) It reads like what ChatGPT would say if you asked it to write a product teaser using every buzzword for the current thing.

>First, a small but important change:
> >The Tana you know today will be renamed Tana Outliner.
> >If you love it and it works for you, great. Keep using it. We’ll continue improving it with a dedicated team.Your apps will get a new icon, but otherwise nothing changes.
> >But we’re also introducing something new.
> >The new Tana is:
>• Built for collaboration
>• Much easier to get started with
>• Faster
>• Powered by AI that understands your whole graph
>• Usable without understanding schema but still powerful if you do
> >It’s still a knowledge graph with types (aka Supertags) that turn unstructured information into useful output.
> >But we’re taking it much further with some major changes:
> >Meetings that finish the work while you talk
>Video calls happen directly inside your graph. AI agents see the full context of the conversation, so by the time the call ends the ticket can be filed, the PR drafted, or the brief written.
> >Better context for AI
>New ways to manage context across your graph so AI outputs stay useful and trustworthy, even when teams and agents work together in the same workspace.
> >From thinking to real artifacts
>Turn voice, notes, or video into storyboards, illustrated journeys, annotated images, drafted PRs, and more. The goal is simple. Turn thinking into real output with minimal effort.
> >API-first (with MCP)
>Send Tana data wherever work happens. Early integrations include Google Calendar, Outlook, GitHub, Codex, Cursor, Claude, Lovable, Slack, Linear, Jira, and more.

Posted by Paul Korm
Mar 16, 2026 at 12:59 PM

The Tana owners, in answer to questions, mentioned that the “new Tana” will operate in preview mode for existing customers, but 100% of data in the “old Tana” will not be transferable to the new platform.

I think we’re seeing a forced platform replacement strategy driven by a heavy bet on AI, which itself is a technology that has not settled into long-term viability. Forced replacement by a developer in essence abandoning their existing product doesn’t usually work out well.

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