Neeva Funding History
Neeva developed an ad-free, subscription-based search engine with AI features. Former Google executives built the service, and Snowflake later acquired the company.
Company Overview
Mountain View, California, US
Official WebsiteNeeva Funding Timeline
Series B
US$40 million
Neeva was developing an ad-free search service and planned to make it available through a paid subscription.
Led by Sequoia Capital, Greylock.
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Neeva Founding Team
Neeva was founded by former Google executives who had worked on advertising and monetization. The company they built tested a different model for consumer search: a paid subscription without ads. The founding team included Sridhar Ramaswamy and Vivek Raghunathan.
Neeva Company Development
The Search Team Joins Snowflake
Neeva built an ad-free consumer search service, then shut the product down in June 2023 after Snowflake acquired the company. Snowflake framed the acquisition around bringing search expertise to data held inside its platform, a different setting from a subscription web search engine.
Neeva Competitive Landscape
The Historical Choice in AI Search
Neeva and Perplexity both offered alternatives to conventional web search. Neeva’s consumer business was built around an ad-free subscription, while Perplexity centered the experience on answers grounded in web sources. Neeva’s service has closed, so this comparison explains its market position before the acquisition.
