Grammarly is evolving beyond a simple proofreader into a full AI productivity platform. Today, the company launched eight specialized “AI agents” and a new writing space called “docs” to offer targeted help for students and professionals.
The new agents can handle complex tasks like predicting a paper’s grade, finding and formatting citations, and even spotting AI-written text. This major update follows Grammarly’s recent acquisitions of Coda and Superhuman, signaling a strategic shift.
The company aims to deliver intelligent, context-aware AI assistance everywhere users work, moving far beyond its original mission of correcting spelling and grammar. Coda’s former CEO, Shishir Mehrotra, is now the CEO of Grammarly, leading this new strategic direction.
A Suite of Specialized AI Agents
At the core of the announcement is a suite of eight specialized AI agents, each designed to tackle specific writing challenges with context-aware support instead of relying on user-prompt engineering. For students, the AI Grader agent provides substantive feedback by evaluating work against uploaded course rubrics and publicly available instructor information to deliver tailored recommendations and even an estimated grade before submission.
Complementing this is the Citation Finder agent, which moves beyond simple formatting to actively find and deliver relevant evidence that supports, disputes, or refutes claims made in a paper, automatically generating correctly formatted citations for the sources it finds. Another tool, the Expert Review agent, offers personalized, topic-specific feedback to help elevate writing to meet rigorous academic or professional standards.
Other agents focus on refining the writing itself. The Reader Reactions agent predicts how a target reader—whether a professor or a manager—might respond, highlighting potential questions or confusion. The Paraphraser agent adapts text to fit a specific tone, audience, or style, while the classic Proofreader agent acts as a personal writing partner with in-line suggestions.
To address academic and professional integrity, Grammarly also introduced an AI Detector agent, which provides a score on the likelihood of text being AI-generated, and a Plagiarism Checker that scans vast databases for similarities. Both of these integrity tools will be exclusive to Grammarly Pro users at launch.
From Writing Assistant to AI Productivity Platform
This launch represents a significant and deliberate strategic pivot for Grammarly, transforming it from a focused writing assistant into a broad AI productivity platform. The company is explicitly leveraging its recent acquisitions to build what it calls an “AI superhighway,” an infrastructure designed to deliver intelligent agents across the digital landscape. The new “docs” writing surface is the first major product of this strategy, built directly on the block-based technology from its Coda acquisition in December 2024.
This transformation is being led by former Coda CEO Shishir Mehrotra, who took the helm at Grammarly as part of that deal with the mission to redefine productivity. The ultimate goal is to create a platform where a multitude of AI agents can seamlessly assist users across the more than 500,000 applications and websites where Grammarly currently operates.
This ambitious vision is backed by significant financial power, including a recent $1 billion financing round from General Catalyst intended to scale operations and fund further strategic acquisitions.
The company’s vision extends far beyond a single writing document. The subsequent acquisition of the AI-native email app Superhuman in July 2025 further clarifies the strategy: to embed and orchestrate multiple agents within the core communication tools professionals use daily. As Mehrotra noted after the Superhuman deal, “email isn’t just another app; it’s where professionals spend significant portions of their day, and it’s the perfect staging ground for orchestrating multiple AI agents simultaneously.”
This aggressive expansion squarely positions Grammarly to compete more directly with integrated ecosystem players like Microsoft Editor, which has also been embedding more advanced AI features across its suite.
Balancing AI Assistance with Academic Integrity
Grammarly is navigating the complex challenge of providing powerful AI writing tools while upholding academic and professional standards. The inclusion of both AI writing aids and AI detection tools highlights this dual focus.
Company executives frame this as a responsibility to foster AI literacy. Jenny Maxwell, Grammarly’s Head of Education, stated, “students today need AI that enhances their capabilities without undermining their learning.” She believes that teaching users to work with AI is critical for career readiness. “By teaching students how to work effectively with AI now, we’re preparing them for a workplace where AI literacy will be essential.”
This approach aims to empower users without undermining the development of their own skills. Alex Shevchenko, Grammarly’s co-founder, emphasized this collaborative vision following the Coda deal, stating, “the acquisition of Coda is a big step toward achieving our vision of a world where humans and AI work together everywhere work happens.”
The new agents and “docs” surface are now rolling out to Grammarly Free and Pro users, with a broader release for Enterprise and Education customers expected later this year.