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Keenable

Keenable sells a web search index and retrieval APIs that let AI labs and agent developers ground model outputs in live web documents.

keenable.ai · San Francisco

CALL NO.CS·KEENABLE·26
StageSeedAugust 2026 · led by Accel[1][2][3][4]
Raised$26Mdisclosed rounds[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Headcount15sources disagree, see below[1][2][9]
Valuationnot publicly disclosedno source in ledger
Founded2025[3][4][9]
Money

Raised $26M across disclosed rounds.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Seed closed August 2026, led by Accel.[1][2][3][4]

post-money valuation is not publicly disclosed.

Named investors include Accel, Conviction Partners, Brightwing Capital, scOp Venture Capital.[1][2][4]

People

Andrey Styskin, Co-founder and CEO[1][2][3][4][10][6][14]

Matthias Petri, Co-founder and Chief Scientist[1][2][3][4][10][6][14]

Andrey Styskin, CEO and Co-founder[9][10][11][2][3][13][14]

Artur Muradiants, Founding Business Lead[9][10][11][2][3][13][14]

Isha Chaturvedi, Founding Member[9][10][11][2][3][13][14]

Matthias Petri, Chief Scientist and Co-founder[9][10][11][2][3][13][14]

Vasiliy Pushkin, Member of Technical Staff[9][10][11][2][3][13][14]

Headcount: sources disagree
15as of Aug 2026

Accel-backed Keenable is indexing the web for AI agents | TechCrunch · Sep 2026[1]

Agentic web search infrastructure startup Keenable raises $26M - SiliconANGLE · Sep 2026[2]

Keenable.ai · Sep 2026[9]

Signals
Aug 28 2026launchKeenable search becomes the default search inside Lightpanda's agent when no search key is set company claim, not independently confirmed[9]
Aug 25 2026launchKeenable launches Web Search API and Web Query Language for AI, free through September[10]
Aug 25 2026newsKeenable partners with voice AI company Gradium for live information retrieval[1][2][5]
Comps

Exa · exa.ai · Named together as a direct agentic search rival in the same buyer set of AI labs and agent developers, and cited as having raised $250M at a $2.2B valuation in May 2026.[2][8]

Brave Search API · brave.com · Named alongside Keenable as an existing seller of search and retrieval for AI applications, competing for the same developer budget line.[1][3]

Tavily · tavily.com · Named by Keenable as an agentic search rival it claims to beat on result quality for AI agent consumption.[2]

Perplexity · perplexity.ai · Named as an agentic search rival, and Keenable's founder cites hiring researchers and engineers from Perplexity, indicating overlap in the same retrieval talent and technology pool.[2][10]

Google Custom Search JSON API · google.com · The incumbent substitute Keenable is displacing: closed to new customers with existing users required to migrate before discontinuation on January 1, 2027.[3]

Microsoft Grounding with Bing Search · microsoft.com · The other incumbent substitute; Microsoft retired the legacy Bing Search APIs on August 11, 2025 and now bundles grounding into Azure, pushing developers to find independent alternatives.[3]

Risk

The customer proof is company-sourced only. No independent source in this ledger confirms it.[9]

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Keenable

CALL NO.CS·KEENABLE·26

Keenable sells a web search index and retrieval APIs that let AI labs and agent developers ground model outputs in live web documents.

keenable.ai · San Francisco

StageSeed
Raised$26M
Headcount15
Valuationnot publicly disclosed
Founded2025
CompsExa +5

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