Phind
DefunctYC S22San Francisco, US · Founded 2022 · 4 employees · 3 known investors
Phind offers a search engine that applies reasoning algorithms to locate relevant information and generates interactive visual presentations of results.
Also known as Hello · Hello Cognition · phind.com
AI & Machine LearningConsumerGenerative AISearchAIAI AssistantUnited States of AmericaAmerica / Canada
Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (S22)
Phind was founded in 2022 by Michael Royzen and Justin Wei.
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Michael Royzenin𝕏Co-founder & CEO2022–2026Michael Royzen co-founded Phind, an AI search engine, and trained language models for coding tasks. He has worked as an ML engineer at Lyft, Cloudflare, and Microsoft, and holds a computer science degree from UT Austin.
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Justin WeiinCo-Founder & CTO2022–2024Justin Wei is a computer science graduate from the University of Texas at Austin (Turing Scholar, Class of 2022) and founder of Phind.
Investors · 3
In the news
AI Knowledge and Search Startup Funding (2026) – New Market Pitchnewmarketpitch.com · Jul 2026Frequently asked questions
- What does Phind do?
- Phind offers a search engine that applies reasoning algorithms to locate relevant information and generates interactive visual presentations of results.
- Who founded Phind?
- Phind was founded by Michael Royzen, Justin Wei in 2022.
- Who are Phind's investors?
- Phind's investors include A.Capital Ventures, Y Combinator, Bessemer Venture Partners.
- Where is Phind headquartered?
- Phind is headquartered in San Francisco, US.