Searchable, an AI performance marketing platform focused on helping businesses compete in AI-driven search, announced it has raised $14 million in funding led by Headline at an $85 million valuation.
The funding comes amid rapid growth for the company, which said it reached $2 million in revenue within 4.5 months and onboarded nearly 1,000 customers. Searchable plans to use the new capital to accelerate development of its execution engine and expand across the U.S. and U.K. markets.
Searchable is positioning itself around the growing shift toward AI-powered search and discovery, as consumers increasingly use AI assistants and AI-generated search summaries to find products and services. The company said AI-enabled search is projected to reach roughly 70 percent penetration by 2027, while AI-generated overviews now appear in nearly half of Google searches.
The company works with enterprise brands including American Express, KPMG, and Siemens. According to Searchable, enterprise-scale customers report an average 22 percent increase in AI-driven traffic within their first 60 days of using the platform.
Headline’s investment reflects growing investor interest in infrastructure and tooling designed for AI-driven customer acquisition. The venture capital firm’s portfolio includes companies such as Bumble, Farfetch, Goop, and Sonos.
Founded in 2025 by British entrepreneur Chris Donnelly, Searchable operates between New York and London and is incorporated in Delaware. Donnelly previously sold SEO agency Verb for $25 million and helped scale Lottie Org to a nine-figure valuation.
KEY QUOTES:
“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.
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.”
Dominic R. Wilhelm, Partner, Headline
“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.”
“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.”
Chris Donnelly, Founder, Searchable
