History
Following its 2020 founding, You.com opened its public beta on November 9, 2021, [8] and received $20 million in funding led by Salesforce founder and CEO Marc Benioff. [6] [9] Other investors include Breyer Capital, Sound Ventures, and Day One Ventures. [10]
The domain You.com was initially purchased in 1996 by Benioff. [11] Benioff invested in You.com and transferred ownership of the You.com domain name to the company. [10]
In July 2022, You.com announced its $25 million Series A funding round led by Radical Ventures [12] with participation from Time Ventures, Breyer Capital, Norwest Venture Partners and Day One Ventures. [13]
In September 2024, You.com raised $50 million in Series B funding led by Georgian. [14]
In September 2025, You.com raised $100 million in Series C funding led by Cox Enterprises at a $1.5 billion valuation, achieving unicorn status. [1]
Features
On December 23, 2022, You.com was the first search engine to launch an LLM chatbot with live web results alongside its responses. [17] [18] [19] Initially known as YouChat, [20] the chatbot was primarily based on the GPT-3.5 large language model and could answer questions, suggest ideas, [21] translate text, [22] summarize articles, compose emails, and write code snippets, while staying up-to-date with current events [19] and citing sources. Several further versions of YouChat were released. The second version, called YouChat 2.0, was released on February 7, 2023, [23] [24] incorporated improved conversational AI [25] and community-built applications by blending a large language model named C-A-L (Chat, Apps, and Links). [25] [20] This update enabled YouChat to provide results in various formats, such as charts, [26] photos, [27] videos, tables, graphs, text or code, so users can find answers without leaving the search results page. YouChat 3.0, unveiled on May 4, 2023, [28] combined chat functionality with results from Reddit, TikTok, Stack Overflow and Wikipedia.
YouPro
On June 21, 2023, You.com introduced YouPro, a paid subscription. [29] Both free and paid versions provide access to large language models connected to the internet with citation capabilities. [30]
ARI
In February 2025, You.com launched ARI (Advanced Research and Insights), a deep research agent that scans over 400 sources simultaneously to produce research reports with verified citations and interactive graphs, charts, and visualizations. [31] The platform targets regulated industries where comprehensive source verification is critical, with customers including healthcare publishers and advisory firms. [32]
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