Onyx
Making Generative AI and knowledge access accessible to every company by building the open source application layer for all large language models.
At a Glance
- Technology
- Financial Services
- Large Enterprises
- Security-conscious Organizations
AI Tools by Onyx
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Open Source LLM App Platform
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Products & Services
Cloud-hosted SaaS platform for team AI search and collaboration with 40+ connectors.
Custom-priced tier for large organizations requiring on-premise deployment, SSO, and advanced security.
The core self-hostable repository allowing teams to build and deploy their own AI assistants.
Market Position
Onyx positions itself as the leading open-source alternative to proprietary enterprise search tools like Glean or Elastic, emphasizing data privacy, self-hostability, and deep integration with any LLM provider.
Leadership
Founders
Chris Weaver
Co-Founder & Co-CEO. Previously Software Engineer at Robinhood (2021-2023) and interned at Lyft and Amazon. Graduate Student Researcher at UC San Diego with a focus on CS and AI.
Yuhong Sun
Co-Founder & Co-CEO. Previously Machine Learning Engineer at Alation (2021-2023) and Software Engineer at Cisco. Specialist in deep learning and information retrieval.
Executive Team
Chris Weaver
Co-Founder & Co-CEO
Ex-Robinhood, UC San Diego CS.
Yuhong Sun
Co-Founder & Co-CEO
Ex-Alation (ML Engineer), Cisco.
Board of Directors
Founding Story
Founded by Chris Weaver and Yuhong Sun, Onyx (formerly Danswer) was created to solve the problem of fragmented company knowledge. The founders aimed to build an open-source application layer that connects all internal company tools to LLMs, enabling secure and reliable AI agents for teams.
Business Model
Revenue Model
Subscription-based SaaS and Enterprise licensing.
Pricing Tiers
Cloud SaaS, 40+ connectors, Slack integration, annual billing.
On-premise deployment, OIDC/SAML SSO, volume discounts, white-labelling.
Target Markets
- Technology
- Financial Services
- Large Enterprises
- Security-conscious Organizations
- Enterprise Search
- Internal Knowledge Management
- Sales Support
- Engineering Productivity
- Customer Support Automation
- Ramp
- Netflix
- Thales Group
- Bitwarden