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Tako
Answer-engine API that turns natural-language queries into cited, interactive knowledge cards from licensed data and the web.
Stage
seed
Status
private
Coverage
full
Why Tako is interesting
Tako competes in the AI search stack by returning structured charts, tables, and maps — not paragraphs — grounded in authoritative datasets, with an embeddable API for developers and knowledge workers.
Key facts
- Seed (Oct 2024): $5.75M led by A* and Abstract Ventures; angels include Naval Ravikant, Guillermo Rauch, Aravind Srinivas (BusinessWire)
- Partners with authoritative data providers (e.g., S&P, Stats Perform) for structured knowledge cards (Tako site)
- Note: not listed on a16z.com/investment-list/ as of July 2026 — prior a16z attribution removed pending public evidence
Industries
AI & Machine Learning Enterprise SaaS
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FAQs about Tako
Funding context and why this company shows up in venture coverage.
Tako is an answer-engine API: developers send natural-language queries and receive cited knowledge cards (charts, tables, maps) plus structured JSON, grounded in licensed datasets and web search.
Public seed investors include A* and Abstract Ventures (Oct 2024 round). No Andreessen Horowitz investment is listed on a16z's public investment list as of July 2026.
Tako raised a $5.75M seed round in October 2024 and remains private.
Unlike generic chat answers, Tako returns interactive, sourced visual cards — useful for finance, sports, and research products that need verifiable data, not hallucinated prose.
No — Tako is a private company as of July 2026.
Last updated: 2026-07-24