About the AI Search Market Map
This market map tracks 101 startups across 8 categories in the AI Search landscape. AI-powered search engines, retrieval-augmented generation, enterprise knowledge retrieval, and conversational search replacing the traditional link-based web. Curated by Hartmann Capital's venture research team, it provides a comprehensive view of the companies building in this space, from early-stage startups to growth-stage leaders.
Categories & Companies
AI-Powered Web Search(13)
Perplexity (Series C, $900M) · You.com (Series C, $200M) · Brave Search (Series C, $178M) · Kagi (Crowdfunded, $5.5M) · Andi (Seed, $2.5M) · Exa (Series B, $107M) · Phind (Seed, $10.4M) · DuckDuckGo (Series D, $175M) · Startpage · Ecosia · Tavily (Series A, $25M) · Consensus (Series A, $11.5M) · Elicit (Series A, $31M)
Enterprise Knowledge Search(14)
Glean (Series F, $760M) · Coveo (Public) · Elastic (Public) · Moveworks (Series C, $315M) · Sinequa (Acquired, $28M) · Lucidworks (Series F, $211M) · Yext (Public) · Pryon (Series B, $137M) · SearchUnify · Dashworks (Acquired, $14.5M) · Guru (Series C, $89M) · Mindbreeze · Squirro (Series C, $42M) · ThoughtSpot (Series F, $744M)
Conversational Search & Answer Engines(13)
ChatGPT Search (Late Stage, $17900M) · Google Gemini (Public) · Microsoft Copilot (Public) · Claude (Series E, $9700M) · Cohere (Series D, $1500M) · Hebbia (Series B, $161M) · Harvey (Series D, $806M) · Komo AI · iAsk.AI · Semantic Scholar · Lexis+ AI · Wolfram Alpha · Globe Explorer
Semantic Search Infrastructure(12)
Pinecone (Series B, $138M) · Weaviate (Series C, $68M) · Qdrant (Series A, $38M) · Chroma (Seed, $21M) · Zilliz (Series B, $113M) · Vespa (Series A, $31M) · Marqo (Series A, $18M) · Jina AI (Acquired, $39M) · Voyage AI (Acquired, $28M) · Nomic (Series A, $38M) · Mixedbread (Series A, $12M) · Turbopuffer (Series A, $15M)
E-Commerce & Product Search(12)
Algolia (Series D, $335M) · Bloomreach (Series F, $452M) · Constructor (Series B, $85M) · Nosto (Series B, $49M) · Syte (Series C, $71M) · Lily AI (Series B, $62M) · GroupBy (Acquired) · Athos Commerce · Clarifai (Series C, $100M) · Findologic (Acquired) · Loop54 · Prefixbox
Developer Search Tools(11)
Sourcegraph (Series D, $248M) · GitHub Copilot (Public) · Bloop · Meilisearch (Series A, $20M) · Typesense (Self-funded) · WebSearch API · Grep.app · Devv.ai · Codeium (Series C, $150M) · Tabnine (Series B, $55M) · Continue (Series A, $22M)
RAG & Search Platforms(12)
Contextual AI (Series A, $100M) · Vectara (Series A, $74M) · LlamaIndex (Series A, $28M) · Ragie (Seed, $5.5M) · Unstructured (Series B, $65M) · LangChain (Series A, $45M) · LightOn (Series A, $32M) · Nuclia (Seed, $5M) · Metal (Seed, $5M) · Sciphi (Seed, $2M) · Trieve (Seed, $4.5M) · Danswer (Seed, $13.5M)
Vertical & Multimodal Search(14)
Twelve Labs (Series B, $107M) · iManage (Growth, $300M) · Relativity (Growth, $275M) · Casetext (Acquired) · Cognistx (Seed, $5M) · Zuva (Series A, $20M) · Shaped (Seed, $8M) · Omnisearch · Neeva (Acquired, $185M) · Google Cloud Search · Amazon Kendra · Azure AI Search · Kompas AI · SearchApi
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is the AI Search market map?
- The AI Search market map is a curated overview of 101 startups across 8 categories : AI-Powered Web Search, Enterprise Knowledge Search, Conversational Search & Answer Engines, Semantic Search Infrastructure, E-Commerce & Product Search, Developer Search Tools, RAG & Search Platforms, Vertical & Multimodal Search. AI-powered search engines, retrieval-augmented generation, enterprise knowledge retrieval, and conversational search replacing the traditional link-based web. It is maintained by Hartmann Capital's venture research team.
- How many startups are tracked?
- This map currently tracks 101 startups across 8 categories: AI-Powered Web Search (13 companies), Enterprise Knowledge Search (14 companies), Conversational Search & Answer Engines (13 companies), Semantic Search Infrastructure (12 companies), E-Commerce & Product Search (12 companies), Developer Search Tools (11 companies), RAG & Search Platforms (12 companies), Vertical & Multimodal Search (14 companies).
- How can I submit my startup?
- You can submit your startup for inclusion by visiting the submission page. Submissions are reviewed by Hartmann Capital's research team.
- How often is this map updated?
- The AI Search market map is updated on a rolling basis as new startups emerge, companies raise funding rounds, or the competitive landscape shifts.