Liner Raises $36.1M to Expand AI Search to Enterprises
Liner has raised $36.1 million in Series C funding led by LB Investment, bringing their total capital to $64.3 million. The South Korean AI search startup boasts 14 million registered users across 220 countries and a score of 95.3 on OpenAI’s SimpleQA benchmark.
Key Takeaways:
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Focus on Citation Layer: Liner differentiates itself by focusing on the citation layer between user questions and model answers, rather than developing new foundation models.
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Enterprise Push: They are integrating their technology into HUMAIN ONE, the Saudi government-backed AI platform, indicating an ambitions enterprise push.
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Global Reach: Liner has a strong global presence with 14 million registered users across 220 countries and territories.
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Proven Performance: Outperforming GPT-4 in search-response generation as evidenced by their benchmark score.
Liner’s approach bets that its existing citation-backed technology can attract corporate and government customers who require transparent, verificable AI-generated answers. With this funding, they aim to expand into the enterprise market.