Unveilr AI Raises ₹16.7 Crore Pre-Seed for AI Search
Mumbai-based AI search and Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) company Unveilr AI has raised ₹16.7 crore in pre-seed funding from Aviral Bhatnagar’s AJVC.
Founded in February 2026 by Sanditya Srivastava, Unveilr AI helps B2B and consumer brands generate qualified leads through traditional search engines as well as AI-powered search platforms, including ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude, and Google’s AI Overviews. The company combines Search Engine Optimization with Answer Engine Optimization to help businesses improve their visibility across conventional and AI-powered search.
Unveilr AI deploys proprietary AI agents that monitor how brands appear across AI search engines, identify buyer queries where competitors are being recommended, and analyse the sources used by AI platforms to generate their responses. Unveilr’s SEO and AEO specialists then work on content, technical improvements, and digital authority to improve a brand’s chances of being surfaced in relevant AI-generated answers.
The funding comes as consumers and business buyers increasingly use AI platforms to research products and services before approaching a company. Unlike traditional search results, AI-generated responses often recommend only a limited number of businesses, making visibility within these answers increasingly important for brands seeking new customers.
“AI has become the new way to search. Unveilr’s proprietary methods are starting to show immediate traction and visibility. Unveilr’s strong adoption in our large AJVC portfolio is a sign of its general-purpose utility,” said Aviral Bhatnagar, Founder, AJVC.
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“A buyer today asks ChatGPT which lawyer, clinic or software to choose and gets two or three names back. If a brand isn’t one of them, it has lost that lead before its website ever loads,” said Sanditya Srivastava, Founder and CEO, Unveilr AI.
“Referrals and paid campaigns bring in customers, but they don’t compound. Organic visibility does: every piece of content and every citation keeps generating leads long after it goes live. That’s why we measure our work by the leads our customers receive, not just by rankings,” Srivastava added.
For an Indian B2B legal-services platform, Unveilr reported that it increased AI-sourced traffic by approximately 4.7 times and leads by 5 times, alongside an approximately 80% increase in ChatGPT citations. For a D2C brand, the company said organic search currently contributes approximately 27% of total revenue.
With the new funding, Unveilr AI plans to expand its engineering team and enhance the capabilities of its AI agents. It will also invest in growing its sales team to reach more businesses across India, the UAE, and the United States.
The company has also received industry recognition, including being named Company of the Year in AI Search by siliconindia and being featured among Inc42’s ‘30 Startups To Watch’.
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