Summary
On August 25, 2026, Keenable emerged from stealth with a $26M seed round led by Accel to provide search infrastructure built for AI agents rather than humans. It offers a 100-billion-document independent index, a production Search API already used by AI labs and inference providers, and an official Model Context Protocol server giving agents keyless access at up to 1,000 requests per hour.
What changed
Keenable launched publicly with a $26M Accel-led seed round, a 100B+ document index, a production Search API, and an official MCP server offering agents keyless retrieval (up to 1,000 req/hr). The team is led by CEO Andrey Styskin (ex-Yandex search) and chief scientist Matthias Petri (ex-Amazon AGI retrieval).
Why it matters
Agents need low-latency, high-frequency retrieval that human-oriented search APIs and expiring first-party endpoints don't serve well. A dedicated, MCP-native agent search index is an emerging infrastructure category, and funded entrants like Keenable (alongside Exa and Brave) signal that retrieval is becoming a distinct layer of the agent stack.
Evidence excerpt
Keenable exited stealth with a $26M seed led by Accel; it has built "an independent index of more than 100 billion documents," a production Search API used by AI labs, and "an official Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that gives agents keyless access with up to 1,000 requests per hour."