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npm dependents increased 32% over the last 90 days.
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13 company pages · updated June 10, 2026
AI Search: 31.1M/30d package downloads and 1.9K public importing repos across 13 company pages.
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Overview
Exa: npm dependents increased 32% over the last 90 days. Vespa is another strong current data point in the category.
Trend charts start at June 3, 2026 when historical category data is available.
Trends
Historical Hacker News discussion recorded for this category over time.
HN Mentions grew from 70 to 676 (+865.7%) over the last 30 days.
Source: Algolia HN Search API | Methodology | CC-BY-NC 4.0
| Date | hn mentions |
|---|---|
| Jan 29, 2026 | 70 |
| Feb 28, 2026 | 402 |
| Mar 30, 2026 | 328 |
| Apr 29, 2026 | 332 |
| May 29, 2026 | 681 |
| Jun 3, 2026 | 676 |
Cumulative disclosed funding raised by companies in this category over time.
Total Funding reached $2.8B over the last 30 days.
Source: Public records | Methodology | CC-BY-NC 4.0
| Date | funding |
|---|---|
| Jan 29, 2026 | $0 |
| Feb 28, 2026 | $1.1B |
| Mar 30, 2026 | $2.8B |
| Apr 29, 2026 | $2.8B |
| May 29, 2026 | $2.8B |
| Jun 3, 2026 | $2.8B |
Company pages
Company pages with current public data in this category. The full table shows each metric.
Vespa: 7.6M/30d package downloads; 434 importing repositories.
Tavily: 7.4M/30d package downloads; 3 importing repositories.
#3 of 13 in AI Search
Open-source search engine with typo tolerance and AI-powered ranking
Meilisearch: 2.5M/30d package downloads; 1.1K importing repositories.
Exa: 7.0M/30d package downloads.
Typesense: 3.5M/30d package downloads; 400 importing repositories.
Perplexity: 3.1M/30d package downloads.
Brave Search: 60.2K/30d package downloads.
#8 of 13 in AI Search
Retrieval augmented generation platform for enterprise search and AI assistants.
Vectara: 3.0K/30d package downloads.
Jina AI: 1.8K/30d package downloads; 3 importing repositories.
#10 of 13 in AI Search
Enterprise AI search. Finds information across company tools and documents.
Glean: $765M disclosed funding.
Category data
Default sort shows category position inside AI Search. The availability row shows how many company pages currently have each metric. Unavailable means no public data is shown for that company metric.
Metric availability
Company pages with data shown
| Vespa Open-source serving engine for search, recommendation, and AI | #1 | 7.6M | 434 | 0 | $31M |
| Tavily AI search API for developers. Real-time web search with citations. | #2 | 7.4M | 3 | 0 | Unavailable |
| Meilisearch Open-source search engine with typo tolerance and AI-powered ranking | #3 | 2.5M | 1.1K | 0 | $22M |
| Exa AI search engine for developers. Semantic search across the web. | #4 | 7.0M | 0 | 0 | $22M |
| Typesense Open-source search engine with vector search and AI features | #5 | 3.5M | 400 | 0 | $13M |
| Perplexity AI-powered search engine. Answer engine that cites sources. | #6 | 3.1M | 0 | 1 | $1.5B |
| Brave Search Privacy-first search engine with AI features. Independent index. | #7 | 60.2K | 0 | 0 | Unavailable |
| Vectara Retrieval augmented generation platform for enterprise search and AI assistants. | #8 | 3.0K | 0 | 0 | Unavailable |
| Jina AI AI search and RAG platform. Neural search for semantic understanding. | #9 | 1.8K | 3 | 0 | $36M |
| Glean Enterprise AI search. Finds information across company tools and documents. | #10 | Unavailable | Unavailable | 0 | $765M |
| Kagi Ad-free search engine with AI summarization features | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | 0 | $670K |
| Phind AI search engine optimized for developer questions and code | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | 0 | $22M |
| You.com AI search engine with citations. Conversational search interface. | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | 0 | $45M |
Rows link to company pages. Methodology explains package downloads, public importing repositories, hiring, and funding.
Questions
Current company pages in AI Search include Vespa (#1 of 13 in AI Search), Tavily (#2 of 13 in AI Search), and Meilisearch (#3 of 13 in AI Search). Company pages include package downloads, public importing repositories, hiring, and funding data.
Across 13 company pages, current public data shows 31.1M package downloads in the last 30 days, 1.4K known dependents, 1.9K public importing repos, and 1 recent hiring mentions. Data availability varies by company, so detail pages show what is present for each one.
AI Search AI companies disclose $2.4B in combined funding across 10 companies with known rounds.
The current data includes 597 Hacker News mentions across 12 companies in AI Search. Discussion is context, not the lead metric.
Notable data points: Vespa shows the most package downloads, Meilisearch shows the most public importing repositories, and Perplexity shows the most hiring visibility. The full table shows whether the category is concentrated or broad.
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