Shutdown
Oct 2022PitchBook records an 'Out of Business' status by 25-Oct-2022.
SourceCompany research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 30, 2026
Overview
Flowbot is a New York–based software company best known for PySearch, a natural-language-driven programming assistant for developers. It appears to have focused on helping users search code/documentation in plain English and surface IDE recommendations, and was part of Y Combinator’s Summer 2019 batch.
Primary product
PySearch, a natural language-driven programming assistant / code-search tool for developers
Founded
2019
Headquarters
New York, New York, United States
Team size
1-10
Industry
Software Development
Sub-industry
AI code generation / developer tools / NLP software
Offices
199 Water St Fl 34, New York, NY 10038, United States
New York City, United States
Business model
B2B software
developer tools
IDE extension
SaaS
Funding
Stage
seed
Total raised
$150K
Latest round
Seed · Mar 2020
Latest amount
$150K
Mar 2020 · Y Combinator
Mar 2020
People & investors
Investors
Work & culture
Product & market
Pricing
Not publicly disclosed
Differentiators
- —Natural-language search for coding questions and documentation
- —Integrated directly into the IDE
- —Context-aware recommendations that learn on the fly
- —Plain-English query interface for developers
Technology
Python
Visual Studio Code extension
Python Language Server (pyls)
TLS/SSL
PySearch Cloud
natural language processing
Customers
B2B businesses
software developers
Python developers
Competitors
Kite
Continue
MutableAI
GitHub Copilot
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
$0M-$1M
Signals & risks
Shutdown
Aug 2021Tracxn describes Flowbot as a deadpooled company.
SourceLatest news
Microsoft Visual Studio Marketplace · Mar 2020
Listing describes PySearch as a faster way to code with intelligent completion suggestions and context-aware search.
Flowbot
Company profile states Flowbot is active and lists its software development focus, HQ in New York, email, LinkedIn page, and $150K total funding.
Y Combinator
YC describes Flowbot as a natural language-driven programming assistant from the Summer 2019 batch with Amar Agasaveeran as founder.
PitchBook
PitchBook shows Flowbot founded in 2019, headquartered in New York, and marked out of business by 2022-10-25.
Tracxn
Tracxn describes Flowbot as deadpooled, founded in 2019 by Amar Agasaveeran, and backed by GoAhead Ventures.
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