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.
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.
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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.
Business Model
Revenue Model
API usage-based credits and monthly subscriptions.
Pricing Tiers
1,000 API credits per month, email support.
Flexible usage, cancel anytime.
4,000 API credits per month, higher rate limits.
15,000 API credits per month.
Custom API calls, custom rate limits, enterprise-grade support and SLAs.
Target Markets
- Fortune 500 Enterprises
- AI Software Developers
- SaaS Companies
- AI Agents
- Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
- Automated Research
- Enterprise Data Analysis
- Fortune 500 companies
- Individual AI researchers
- OpenAI
History & Milestones
Agreement to be acquired by Nebius for $275 million.
Raised $20M Series A led by Insight Partners (total $25M raised).
Tavily founded to build the 'search layer' for AI agents.
Raised $5M in Seed funding.
Launch of GPT Researcher open-source project by Rotem Weiss.
