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Petra Labs

Petra Labs is an end-to-end answer engine optimization partner that measures, executes, and attributes AI search outcomes for enterprise brands.

petralabs.com · New York City

CALL NO.CS·PETRALABS·26

StageSeedJuly 2026 · led by Work-Bench[1][2][3][4]

Raised$5.2Mdisclosed rounds[1][2][3][4]

Headcount12as of Jun 2026[5]

Valuationnot publicly disclosedno source in ledger

Founded2025[5][3][1]

Money

Raised $5.2M across disclosed rounds.[1][2][3][4]

Seed closed July 2026, led by Work-Bench.[1][2][3][4]

post-money valuation is not publicly disclosed.

Named investors include Work-Bench, Afore Capital, Pathlight.[1][2][3][4]

People

Sami Akkawi, CEO & Co-Founder[3][1][4][21]

Rishi Penmetcha, CTO & Co-Founder[3][1][4][21]

Ramie Khoury, COO & Co-Founder[3][1][4][21]

Theo Nsereko, Founding Strategy & Ops[5][7][21]

Signals

Jul 28 2026launchPetra Labs announces end-to-end AEO partnership with Zapier company claim, not independently confirmed[6][5]

Jul 22 2026fundingPetra Labs raises $5.2M seed round led by Work-Bench[4][1][2][3][9][10]

Jun 1 2026otherPetra Labs publishes research on distinguishing real change from sampling noise in LLM search outputs company claim, not independently confirmed[6][5]

Apr 1 2026otherPetra Labs publishes research on how access surface shapes LLM search and citation behavior company claim, not independently confirmed[6]

Comps

Profound · profound.com · Same buyer and job to be done: enterprise brands optimizing visibility in AI-generated answers, named in the same market as Petra Labs by RuntimeWire.[1]

Peec AI · peec.ai · Same buyer and job to be done: enterprise brands optimizing visibility in AI-generated answers, named in the same market as Petra Labs by RuntimeWire.[1]

Evertune · evertune.com · Same buyer and job to be done: enterprise brands optimizing visibility in AI-generated answers, named in the same market as Petra Labs by RuntimeWire.[1]

Risk

The customer proof is company-sourced only. No independent source in this ledger confirms it.[6][5]

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