Searchable, an AI-powered performance marketing platform that aims to help businesses compete in the continuously changing environment of AI-driven search, has secured $14 million in fresh funding led by Headline, a global venture capital firm. This recent fundraising has given the company a valuation of $85 million, Because of this highlighting the investors’ increasing faith in AI-powered search as a significant customer acquisition channel in the future.
This injection of capital comes after a very successful couple of months for Searchable, which saw it generating $2 million in revenues only four and a half months after launch and having nearly 1,000 customers using its platform.
The funding round led by Headline whose investments include companies like Bumble Farfetch Goop, and Sonos – takes place when marketing directors are adjusting to the radical online visibility changes brought about by generative AI and conversational search experiences.
This venture capital firm has also previously supported market leaders in the search and marketing domains like Semrush, an SEO software company which was Next acquired by Adobe in a multi-billion-dollar transaction.
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Searchable is going to utilize the new funding to further enhance its AI-driven execution engine and to continue growing its presence in the US and UK markets.
“AI–driven discovery is rewriting how customers find products. As more searches are answered directly by AI, brands that are invisible in this layer of search will see less demand. The companies that adapt first will grow market share; those that don’t will lose it quietly.”
Wilhelm adds: “We see Searchable becoming part of the core infrastructure for this shift, not just reporting on what AI engines say about a brand, but directly improving the visibility and revenue outcomes that matter to management teams and boards.”
The company is positioning itself at the center of a rapidly changing digital marketing ecosystem. Industry projections suggest AI-enabled search could account for nearly 70% of search activity by 2027, while zero-click search behavior continues to rise as AI-generated answers increasingly surface directly within search experiences.
According to the announcement, AI-generated overviews now appear in nearly half of all Google searches, fundamentally changing how consumers discover brands, products, and services online.
Chris Donnelly said: “Search is going through a once–in–a–generation reset. When an AI assistant recommends your brand, customers arrive with more trust and a shorter path to purchase. Based on our own data customers are converting at 3x higher when they arrive from ChatGPT and other LLMs. If you aren’t visible in those answers, you’re giving ground to competitors every day.”
Searchable expects several structural shifts to reshape the search industry over the next two years, including the automation of manual SEO workflows through agentic AI systems, the emergence of AI commerce optimization as a standalone discipline, and the convergence of paid and organic AI visibility into unified attribution models.
Donnelly, a British entrepreneur previously known for scaling SEO agency Verb and Lottie Org, added: “For more than a decade, SEO has been labour–intensive and expensive. Over the next two years, a large share of that work becomes automatable. Our goal is to give companies an execution layer for AI search that cuts SEO costs by up to 40 percent while growing high–intent traffic.”
Searchable currently works with enterprise brands including American Express, KPMG, and Siemens. According to the company, enterprise-scale customers using the platform report an average 22% increase in AI-driven traffic within the first 60 days of adoption.
The company is incorporated in Delaware and operates across New York and London as it continues expanding its presence in the fast-growing AI search optimization market.
