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    3. Khoj AI

    Khoj AI

    Khoj builds transparent, open-source AI tools for human flourishing, including a personal AI second brain and research assistants.

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    At a Glance

    1Tool Listed
    3Products
    6Capabilities
    Discussions
    San Francisco, CaliforniaHeadquarters
    2023Est.
    3Employees
    $500000Raised
    Focus Areas
    Research Assistants
    Retrieval-Augmented Generation
    Conversational Agents
    Connect
    Latest News
    Khoj Cloud service deprecated; focus shifts to open-source self-hosting.Apr 15, 2026
    Launch of Open Paper, a research-grade AI workbench.Jan 1, 2026
    Markets
    • Researchers
    • Software Developers
    • Academics
    • Privacy-conscious individuals

    AI Tools by Khoj AI

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    Khoj

    Open Source Self Hosted AI

    Research AssistantsRAGConversational AI

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    Latest News

    04/15/2026

    Khoj Cloud service deprecated; focus shifts to open-source self-hosting.

    app.khoj.dev
    01/01/2026

    Launch of Open Paper, a research-grade AI workbench.

    openpaper.ai
    01/01/2026

    Launch of Pipali Beta, an AI co-worker for task automation.

    pipali.ai
    01/01/2024

    Khoj reaches 10,000 stars on GitHub.

    blog.khoj.dev

    Products & Services

    3
    Khoj
    2023

    Open-source, self-hostable AI personal assistant and second brain.

    Open Paper
    2026

    Research-grade AI for reading, annotating, and understanding research papers with grounded citations.

    Pipali
    2026

    AI co-worker for research, creation, and automation of routine tasks.

    Market Position

    Khoj positions itself as a transparent, open-source alternative to proprietary AI knowledge tools, emphasizing privacy and user ownership of data.

    Leadership

    Founders

    DS

    Debanjum Singh Solanky

    CEO and Co-founder. Previously Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft. Alumnus of Dartmouth College.

    SI

    Saba Imran

    Co-founder. Previously Product Manager at Microsoft and Software Engineer at Google. MS in Computer Science from UCLA.

    Executive Team

    DS

    Debanjum Singh Solanky

    CEO

    Technical Lead and Founder. Ex-Microsoft Senior Software Engineer.

    SI

    Saba Imran

    Co-founder

    Ex-Microsoft PM, UCLA CS Alumna.

    Founding Story

    Started as a passion project in 2022 by Debanjum Singh Solanky to create an open-source, personal AI assistant that could index personal data while ensuring privacy. The company was officially founded in 2023 and backed by Y Combinator.

    Business Model

    Revenue
    $330K ARR reported in 2025.

    Revenue Model

    Open Paper follows a SaaS subscription model with tiered pricing. Khoj is free and open-source.

    Pricing Tiers

    Open Paper Base
    $0/month

    10 paper uploads, 200MB knowledge base, 5,000 weekly chat credits.

    Open Paper Researcher
    $12/month

    500 paper uploads, 3GB knowledge base, 150,000 weekly chat credits.

    Open Paper Teams
    TBD

    Unlimited uploads, 50GB knowledge base, unlimited credits.

    Private

    Target Markets

    Industries & Segments
    • Researchers
    • Software Developers
    • Academics
    • Privacy-conscious individuals
    Use Cases
    • Personal knowledge management
    • Academic and industry research
    • Automating routine office tasks and deliverables
    • Privacy-focused AI assistance
    Notable Customers
    • Researchers from Stanford, Yale, Google, Harvard, MIT, and NIH

    Quick Facts

    Headquarters
    San Francisco, California
    Founded
    2023
    Entity Type
    Inc.
    Employees
    3
    Total Funding
    $500,000
    Investors
    Y Combinator
    Office Locations
    San Francisco

    Funding History

    Seed$500,000
    August 1, 2023
    N/A valuation
    Y Combinator

    History & Milestones

    April 15, 2026

    Sunsetted Khoj Cloud to focus on open-source self-hosting and specialized products like Open Paper and Pipali.

    2026

    Launched Open Paper (research assistant) and Pipali (AI co-worker).

    2024

    Reached 10,000 stars on GitHub.

    August 2023

    Raised Seed funding and participated in Y Combinator S23 batch.

    2022

    Debanjum Singh Solanky begins working on Khoj full-time.

    Key Capabilities

    6
    Chat with personal documents (PDFs, notes, GitHub, etc.)
    Grounded citations for verifiable AI responses
    Self-hostable for complete data ownership
    Automated task routines (Pipali)
    Research workbench with verified citations (Open Paper)
    Cross-platform availability (Desktop, Mobile, Emacs, Obsidian)

    Integrations & Partnerships

    Platform Integrations

    • Obsidian
    • Emacs
    • GitHub
    • Desktop (Windows/Mac/Linux)
    • Mobile

    Key Partnerships

    Integrations with Obsidian, Emacs, and GitHub.

    Connect

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    khoj.dev
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    AI Topics

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    Research Assistants(1)
    Retrieval-Augmented Generation(1)
    Conversational Agents(1)
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