Searchable, the AI performance marketing platform helping businesses compete in AI-driven search, has raised $14m (£10.5m) in funding led by global venture capital firm Headline.
The latest funding round values the company at $85m (£63.75m) and comes just 10 months after it was incorporated.
Searchable has achieved annual recurring revenue of $2.6m (£2m), and the new investment from Headline follows a $4m funding round led by Freestyle in December 2025.
The company has reached $100,000 in monthly recurring revenue, onboarded more than 500 paying customers, and converted five blue-chip companies from incumbent SEO platforms within 60 days.
Serial entrepreneur Chris Donnelly, who sold SEO agency Verb for $25m and scaled Lottie.org to a nine-figure valuation, said: “Search is going through a once-in-a-generation reset. When an AI assistant recommends your brand, customers arrive with more intent, more trust and a shorter path to purchase.
“Based on our own data, customers convert at three times the rate when they arrive from ChatGPT and other LLMs. If you aren’t visible in those answers, you’re giving ground to competitors every day.
“For more than a decade, SEO has been labour-intensive and expensive. Over the next two years, a large share of that work will become automatable. Our goal is to give companies an execution layer for AI search that cuts operational SEO costs by up to 40 per cent while growing high-intent traffic.”
Searchable works with brands including American Express, KPMG, Siemens, Tencent, Pfizer, Boston Consulting Group, DigitalOcean, VaynerMedia and Havas.
On average, enterprise-scale customers report a 22 per cent increase in AI-driven traffic within their first 60 days of using the platform. The US-based company is incorporated in Delaware and operates across New York and London.
Headline, whose portfolio includes Bumble, Farfetch, Goop and Sonos, has a track record of backing global category leaders, including Semrush, the SEO software company acquired by Adobe in a $1.9bn deal.
Its investment comes as CMOs confront what many see as the biggest shift in online visibility since the early days of Google.
With fresh capital from Headline, Searchable plans to accelerate product development across its execution engine and expand its presence in both the US and UK markets.
Dominic R. Wilhelm, partner at Headline, said: “AI-driven discovery is rewriting how customers find products, and the economics are moving fast. As more searches are answered directly by AI, brands that are invisible within this layer of search will simply see less demand. Companies that adapt first will protect and grow market share; those that don’t will lose it quietly.
“We backed Semrush early as the category leader and exited following its IPO at around a $2bn market capitalisation. Now, we see a new generation of businesses emerging, and Searchable is primed to win this market, which is why we are thrilled to lead the current round.”
AI-enabled search is projected to reach roughly 70 per cent penetration by 2027, while 65 per cent of searches already end without a click.