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Phind

AI-powered search engine for developers that combined web search with code-aware LLMs; shut down January 16, 2026.

Phind was founded in 2022 by Michael Royzen and Justin Wei as an AI search engine purpose-built for developers, combining web search with code-aware large language models to return direct answers with citations and code snippets. The company went through Y Combinator, receiving $500K in pre-seed funding. Phind closed a $10.4M Series A led by Bessemer Venture Partners on December 3, 2025. Just over a month later, on January 16, 2026, the company announced it was shutting down, citing rapid commoditization of AI-powered developer search as OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google integrated web search and stronger code reasoning directly into their own model products. Pro subscribers received prorated refunds and a window to export chat history before servers were taken offline. The company had been headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Founded

2022

Headquarters

San Francisco, United States

Sector

applications