You.com is an AI infrastructure company founded in 2020 by Stanford AI researchers Richard Socher and Bryan McCann, both formerly of Salesforce - where Socher served as Chief Scientist and McCann as Lead AI Researcher. The company builds AI search APIs and vertical indexes designed to deliver accurate, real-time, and citable results for enterprises building AI agents and business applications. Its core focus is eliminating hallucinations and providing trustworthy intelligence at scale. You.com originally launched as a privacy-first consumer search engine before pivoting to enterprise infrastructure.
The company's technical work draws on deep learning and natural language processing research. Its AI search APIs process over one billion API calls per month, and the platform serves hundreds of enterprise customers, including 57% of the Fortune 500. The infrastructure addresses common enterprise pain points: disconnected data, untrustworthy model outputs, rigid tooling, and security gaps.
You.com's technical domains span search engine architecture, NLP, AI infrastructure, hallucination mitigation, and agent and application development. The company's stated mission is to build the intellectual backbone that enables organizations to reason like experts, guided by values of truth, clarity, and empathy.