Grammarly has rolled out a redesign of its platform, introducing a document-based workspace with a suite of advanced tools designed to support both students and professionals.
The upgrade follows its acquisition of productivity startup Coda last year, which now powers the new block-style interface.
The redesigned workspace allows users to build documents with tables, lists, headers, and rich formatting options. It also integrates a sidebar assistant that can answer questions, summarise content, and suggest improvements.
Beyond these, Grammarly has embedded a collection of specialised agents that tackle specific writing challenges.
Among the tools are:
- AI Grader, which reviews work against academic rubrics and available course materials, offering feedback and estimated grades.
- Citation Finder, which locates credible sources and generates citations in multiple styles.
- Reader Reactions, which predicts how different audiences such as professors, clients, or managers might interpret a piece of writing.
- Paraphraser, which adjusts tone and style to match a target audience.
- Plagiarism Checker and AI Detector, both designed to flag unoriginal work and identify machine-generated text.
- Expert Review, which provides domain-specific guidance.
Luke Behnke, Grammarly’s vice president of Enterprise Product, addressed the controversy around detecting AI-written text. “The goal here is not to provide an enforcement mechanism for teachers. If teachers want to enforce policies, they should use our authorship tool. But this [AI detector tool] is about providing a window to students into what could be AI-generated text in their writing before they submit,” he said.
The company frames the update as part of a wider effort to balance creation and accountability. While it now offers tools that can help students write with AI, it also equips them to identify when their work may lean too heavily on machine input.
Grammarly says this approach reflects what it calls a “moral imperative” to prepare students for the realities of the workplace.
The redesign comes after a period of aggressive expansion. In May, Grammarly secured $1 billion in funding from General Catalyst to drive acquisitions and grow its enterprise reach. More recently, it acquired Superhuman, an AI-powered email client, noting plans to extend its influence into communication workflows.
With more than 40 million active users and integrations across Google Docs, Outlook, Slack, and other platforms, Grammarly is positioning itself as a full productivity suite.
Its latest changes set it up to compete directly with platforms like Notion, Microsoft Copilot, and Google Workspace Duet, all of which are racing to embed smart writing assistants into everyday workflows.
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