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Octen

California, US · 2 known investors

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Octen builds LLM-native web search infrastructure for AI agents, offering real-time multimodal search across text, images, and video, along with text and vision embedding models and tools to convert URLs into clean markdown. It provides a unified API for retrieval and access to top-tier models with integrated search.

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KZKuan Zou
Kuan ZouFounder

Investors · 2

Funding

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$10M disclosed across 1 round · 2026

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What does Octen do?
Octen builds LLM-native web search infrastructure for AI agents, offering real-time multimodal search across text, images, and video, along with text and vision embedding models and tools to convert URLs into clean markdown. It provides a unified API for retrieval and access to top-tier models with integrated search.
Who founded Octen?
Octen was founded by Kuan Zou.
Who are Octen's investors?
Octen's investors include Broom Ventures, Square Peg Capital.
How much funding has Octen raised?
Octen has disclosed $10M raised across 1 round.
Where is Octen headquartered?
Octen is headquartered in California, US.