Tavily

Tavily's mission is to help AI agents navigate the web quickly and efficiently by shaping the context they see, prioritizing relevance, freshness, and efficiency.

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At a Glance

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New York, NYHeadquarters

2024Est.

70Employees

$25000000Raised

Focus Areas

Web Research

Retrieval-Augmented Generation

Browser Automation

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AI Tools by Tavily

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Tavily

Web Search API for AI Agents

Web Research RAG Browser Automation

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Latest News

02/10/2026

Nebius Announces Agreement to Acquire Tavily to Add Agentic Search to Its AI Cloud Platform

nebius.com

01/01/2026

Products & Services

Tavily Search API

2023

A real-time search engine optimized for AI agents and LLMs, providing clean and structured web content.

GPT Researcher

2023

An open-source autonomous research agent that uses Tavily to aggregate and synthesize web data.

Tavily Context

2024

Structured web context designed for retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) workflows.

Tavily Extract

2024

A tool for extracting specific content and insights from web pages for AI processing.

Market Position

Positioned as the 'search layer for AI agents', focusing on API performance and structured results specifically for machine consumption, contrasting with user-centric search engines like Google or Perplexity.

Leadership

Founders

Rotem Weiss

Founder & CEO of Tavily. Previously tech entrepreneur in the Gen AI space and data scientist. Studied Computer Science at Columbia University.

Executive Team

Rotem Weiss

Founder & CEO / CPO

Founder and CEO, formerly data scientist and tech entrepreneur.

Maitar Asher

Head of Engineering

Previously focused on AI evaluation and engineering at Tavily. Key early team member.

Board of Directors

Insight Partners Representative

Board Member (Lead Investor)

Alpha Wave Global Representative

Board Member (Lead Investor)

Founding Story

Tavily started as an open-source project called 'GPT Researcher' created by Rotem Weiss in 2023. The project aimed to solve the challenge of connecting LLMs to real-time web data efficiently. The positive response led to the founding of Tavily as a dedicated platform for AI-native search.

Business Model

Revenue

Reported to be scaling towards 8-figure ARR prior to acquisition.

Revenue Model

API usage-based credits and monthly subscriptions.

Pricing Tiers

Researcher (Free)

$0/month

1,000 API credits per month, email support.

Pay As You Go

$0.008 per credit

Flexible usage, cancel anytime.

Project

$30/month

4,000 API credits per month, higher rate limits.

Bootstrap

$100/month

15,000 API credits per month.

Enterprise

Custom

Custom API calls, custom rate limits, enterprise-grade support and SLAs.

Acquired by Nebius (NASDAQ: NBIS)

Target Markets

Industries & Segments

Fortune 500 Enterprises
AI Software Developers
SaaS Companies

Use Cases

AI Agents
Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
Automated Research
Enterprise Data Analysis

Notable Customers

Fortune 500 companies
Individual AI researchers
OpenAI

Quick Facts

Headquarters

New York, NY

Founded

2024

Entity Type

Inc.

Employees

Total Funding

$25,000,000 (pre-acquisition)

Investors

Insight Partners, Alpha Wave Global

Office Locations

New York

Tel Aviv

Funding History

Seed$5,000,000

July 2024

Meron Capital

Series A$20,000,000

August 6, 2025

Insight Partners

Alpha Wave Global

Acquisition$275,000,000

February 10, 2026

$275,000,000 valuation

Nebius

History & Milestones

February 10, 2026

Agreement to be acquired by Nebius for $275 million.

August 2025

Raised $20M Series A led by Insight Partners (total $25M raised).

Early 2024

Tavily founded to build the 'search layer' for AI agents.

July 2024

Raised $5M in Seed funding.

2023

Launch of GPT Researcher open-source project by Rotem Weiss.

Key Capabilities

Real-time search

Relevance-ranked results

Structured data extraction

Token optimization

API first

Low latency

Integrations & Partnerships

Platform Integrations

LangChain
LlamaIndex
AutoGPT
BabyAGI
OpenAI Assistant API

Key Partnerships

Nebius (Acquisition/Platform Integration)

LangChain

MongoDB

Connect

Website

GitHub

X / Twitter

AI Topics

Tavily focuses on these topics:

Web Research(1)

Retrieval-Augmented Generation(1)

Browser Automation(1)

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Tavily

Tavily's mission is to help AI agents navigate the web quickly and efficiently by shaping the context they see, prioritizing relevance, freshness, and efficiency.

Visit Website

At a Glance

82Tool Views

New York, NYHeadquarters

2024Est.

70Employees

$25000000Raised

Focus Areas

Web Research

Retrieval-Augmented Generation

Browser Automation

Connect

AI Tools by Tavily

(1)

Tavily

Web Search API for AI Agents

Web Research RAG Browser Automation

Discussions

No discussions yet

Be the first to start a discussion about Tavily

Latest News

02/10/2026

Nebius Announces Agreement to Acquire Tavily to Add Agentic Search to Its AI Cloud Platform

nebius.com

01/01/2026

What We Shipped: January 2026 Product Updates

tavily.com

08/06/2025

Tavily raises $25M to connect AI agents to the web

techcrunch.com

07/01/2024

Tavily closes $5M Seed round for AI search infrastructure

sacra.com

Products & Services

Tavily Search API

2023

A real-time search engine optimized for AI agents and LLMs, providing clean and structured web content.

GPT Researcher

2023

An open-source autonomous research agent that uses Tavily to aggregate and synthesize web data.

Tavily Context

2024

Structured web context designed for retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) workflows.

Tavily Extract

2024

A tool for extracting specific content and insights from web pages for AI processing.

Market Position

Leadership

Founders

Rotem Weiss

Founder & CEO of Tavily. Previously tech entrepreneur in the Gen AI space and data scientist. Studied Computer Science at Columbia University.

Executive Team

Rotem Weiss

Founder & CEO / CPO

Founder and CEO, formerly data scientist and tech entrepreneur.

Maitar Asher

Head of Engineering

Previously focused on AI evaluation and engineering at Tavily. Key early team member.

Board of Directors

Insight Partners Representative

Board Member (Lead Investor)

Alpha Wave Global Representative

Board Member (Lead Investor)

Founding Story

Business Model

Revenue

Reported to be scaling towards 8-figure ARR prior to acquisition.

Revenue Model

API usage-based credits and monthly subscriptions.

Pricing Tiers

Researcher (Free)

$0/month

1,000 API credits per month, email support.

Pay As You Go

$0.008 per credit

Flexible usage, cancel anytime.

Project

$30/month

4,000 API credits per month, higher rate limits.

Bootstrap

$100/month

15,000 API credits per month.

Enterprise

Custom

Custom API calls, custom rate limits, enterprise-grade support and SLAs.

Acquired by Nebius (NASDAQ: NBIS)

Target Markets

Industries & Segments

Fortune 500 Enterprises
AI Software Developers
SaaS Companies

Use Cases

AI Agents
Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
Automated Research
Enterprise Data Analysis

Notable Customers

Fortune 500 companies
Individual AI researchers
OpenAI

Quick Facts

Headquarters

New York, NY

Founded

2024

Entity Type

Inc.

Employees

Total Funding

$25,000,000 (pre-acquisition)

Investors

Insight Partners, Alpha Wave Global

Office Locations

New York

Tel Aviv

Funding History

Seed$5,000,000

July 2024

Meron Capital

Series A$20,000,000

August 6, 2025

Insight Partners

Alpha Wave Global

Acquisition$275,000,000

February 10, 2026

$275,000,000 valuation

Nebius

History & Milestones

February 10, 2026

Agreement to be acquired by Nebius for $275 million.

August 2025

Raised $20M Series A led by Insight Partners (total $25M raised).

Early 2024

Tavily founded to build the 'search layer' for AI agents.

July 2024

Raised $5M in Seed funding.

2023

Launch of GPT Researcher open-source project by Rotem Weiss.

Key Capabilities

Real-time search

Relevance-ranked results

Structured data extraction

Token optimization

API first

Low latency

Integrations & Partnerships

Platform Integrations

LangChain
LlamaIndex
AutoGPT
BabyAGI
OpenAI Assistant API

Key Partnerships

Nebius (Acquisition/Platform Integration)

LangChain

MongoDB

Connect

Website

GitHub

X / Twitter

AI Topics

Tavily focuses on these topics:

Web Research(1)

Retrieval-Augmented Generation(1)

Browser Automation(1)

Back to all developers