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You.com

AI-powered search engine and chat platform that combines web search with LLM-based conversational answers and custom AI agents.

You.com was founded in 2020 by Richard Socher (former Chief Scientist at Salesforce and Stanford NLP researcher) and Bryan McCann (former Salesforce AI Research scientist). The company is headquartered in Palo Alto/San Francisco, California, with You.com's public beta launching in November 2021, backed in part by Salesforce founder Marc Benioff. In December 2022, You.com became one of the first search engines to combine live web results with an LLM-based chatbot, initially called YouChat, and the product has since evolved into a broader AI search and agent platform used by consumers and enterprises. You.com has raised approximately $195 million in total funding across four rounds, including a $50 million Series B in September 2024 led by Georgian and a $100 million Series C in September 2025 led by Cox Enterprises, valuing the company at $1.5 billion and giving it unicorn status.

Founded

2020

Headquarters

San Francisco, United States

Sector

applications