You.com
AI search infrastructure for the agentic era — enterprise APIs for web search, RAG, and composable AI agents
About
You.com builds AI search infrastructure designed for the agentic era. Founded in 2020 by Richard Socher (former Chief Scientist at Salesforce) and Bryan McCann, the company provides enterprise-grade APIs including web search, content extraction, and research APIs that power AI agents and LLM applications with real-time, citation-backed answers.
Originally launched as a consumer AI search engine in 2021, You.com pivoted to enterprise AI infrastructure. The platform combines proprietary vertical-specific web indices with a modular, model-agnostic architecture to deliver accurate, up-to-date information that reduces AI hallucinations. Their Research API is ranked #1 on DeepSearchQA.
You.com is headquartered in San Francisco with offices in New York City. The company is backed by investors including Cox Enterprises, Georgian, Salesforce Ventures, and Norwest.