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You.com sells web search APIs and AI infrastructure that let developers and enterprises connect LLMs to live, citation-backed data.

you.com · Palo Alto

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StageSeries CSeptember 2025 · led by Cox Enterprises (Socium Ventures)[1][3][6]
Raised$198Mdisclosed rounds[5][9]
Headcount151as of Apr 2026[9]
Valuationnot publicly disclosedno source in ledger
Founded2020[1][9]
Money

Raised $198M across disclosed rounds.[5][9]

Series C closed September 2025, led by Cox Enterprises (Socium Ventures).[1][3][6]

post-money valuation is not publicly disclosed.

Named investors include Cox Enterprises (Socium Ventures), Georgian, Salesforce Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, Radical Ventures, NVIDIA, Day One Ventures, DuckDuckGo, SBVA (Softbank Ventures Asia), Gen Digital, Marc Benioff's Time Ventures, Breyer Capital.[1][2][4][8]

People

Richard Socher, CEO and Co-Founder[1][2][9]

Bryan McCann, CTO and Co-Founder (departed March 2026)[1][2][9]

Saahil J., Chief Technology Officer (since March 2026)[9][10][11][12][13]

Alex Triplett, Chief Operating Officer (since January 2026)[9][10][11][12][13]

Kady Srinivasan, Chief Marketing Officer (appointed September 2025)[9][10][11][12][13]

Ricardo Baeza-Yates, Search Chief Scientist[9][10][11][12][13]

Saurabh Sharma, Chief Product Officer[9][10][11][12][13]

Mariane Bekker, Head of Developer Relations[9][10][11][12][13]

Ivy Gress, Director of Sales[9][10][11][12][13]

Signals
May 1 2026otherWeaver joint venture formed between TQuila and You.com[14]
Mar 1 2026hiringCo-founder Bryan McCann departs as CTO; Saahil J. promoted to CTO[9][11]
Jan 1 2026hiringAlex Triplett joins as COO[10]
Oct 1 2025otherYou.com acquires Graft, Inc. company claim, not independently confirmed[9]
Sep 4 2025fundingYou.com raises $100M Series C at $1.5B valuation[1][3][6][7]
Sep 3 2025hiringYou.com appoints Kady Srinivasan as CMO company claim, not independently confirmed[9]
Comps

Exa · exa.ai · Direct competitor for developer web search API budget; same buyer, same workflow.[3]

Perplexity AI · perplexity.ai · Competes for consumer AI search users and enterprise API customers; same buyer for web search APIs.[9]

Google · cloud.google.com · Direct competitor for enterprise search API budget; You.com benchmarks against Google's search API.[6]

Microsoft (Bing API / Copilot) · microsoft.com · Direct competitor for enterprise search API budget and enterprise AI assistant market.[6]

OpenAI (ChatGPT / Search) · openai.com · Competes for enterprise AI budget and developer API usage; You.com benchmarks against OpenAI.[9]

Risk

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

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You.com sells web search APIs and AI infrastructure that let developers and enterprises connect LLMs to live, citation-backed data.

you.com · Palo Alto

StageSeries C
Raised$198M
Headcount151
Valuationnot publicly disclosed
Founded2020
CompsExa +4

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