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Rankai

Jumpstarting SEO/GEO with AI + Human Experts

rankai.ai
HQ: San Francisco, CA, USA
1-10
B2B

Company research

Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals

Updated Jul 30, 2026

Overview

YC-backed AI-native SEO/GEO agency and website-growth platform that autonomously researches, publishes, measures, and rewrites on-brand pages for startups, SMBs, and agencies.

Primary product

Autonomous website growth platform and managed SEO/GEO execution service

Founded

2023

Headquarters

San Francisco, California, United States

Team size

1-10

Industry

Technology, Information and Internet

Sub-industry

AI SEO / GEO automation; autonomous website growth

Offices

San Francisco, California, United States
India
United States

Business model

monthly subscription
managed service
white-label agency service
done-for-you SEO/GEO execution

Funding

Stage

Seed

Total raised

$500K

Latest round

Seed · Aug 2023

Latest amount

$500K

Seed

Aug 2023 · Y Combinator

$500K

People & investors

Leadership

Dyllan Liu

Co-Founder, CEO

Boyuan Deng

Co-Founder

Hugo (Kanghong) Zhan

Co-Founder, CTO

Investors

Courtyard Ventures
Terrence Murphy Companies
Treeo VC
Web3.com Ventures
Y Combinator

Work & culture

Founder-led, fast-moving, and iterative; emphasizes shipping, measurement, rewrite cycles, privacy-first/SOC 2 positioning, and a low-touch 'grow on autopilot' operating model.

Product & market

Pricing

Tiered monthly subscription and managed service; public pages show self-serve plans starting at $49/mo and execution/agency plans marketed around $499/mo with no long-term contract.

Differentiators

  • —Autonomous discover-ship-measure-improve workflow
  • —Rewrites underperforming pages until they rank
  • —Human-vetted keyword strategy with AI-assisted scale
  • —White-label mode for agencies
  • —On-brand content grounded in business context
  • —SEO + GEO focus across Google and AI search
  • —Low developer dependency with CMS integrations
  • —Privacy-first / SOC 2 positioning

Technology

OpenAI
Microsoft
Google Search Console
WordPress
Shopify
Webflow
Wix
Squarespace
HubSpot CMS
Framer
Next.js
Sanity
CRM integrations
analytics API

Customers

SkillCat
Unity
LiveTinted
Prosper
Reclaim
Bolto
startups
agencies
ecommerce businesses
SMBs

Competitors

Embarque
Passionfruit
Skale
Grow & Convert
Omniscient Digital
Siege Media
NoGood
SimpleTiger
AthenaHQ
Gauge

Scale & contact

Estimated revenue

Approximately $100K-$400K annualized public estimates; third-party data varies.

Estimated monthly visits

58.3K

Traffic estimate as of Mar 2026

admin@rankai.ai

Latest news

How to Rank in AI Overviews in 2026: 7 Proven Tips

RankAI blog · Jun 2026

Shows the company’s current GEO/AI-search messaging and the role of its monthly execution plan.

Best AI SEO Agency for Startups (2026): 9 Top Picks

RankAI blog · Jun 2026

Positions RankAI as a low-cost, high-velocity SEO execution option for startups.

Reviews Comparing RankAI to Other AI SEO Providers (2026)

RankAI blog · Mar 2026

Compares RankAI to alternative AI SEO providers and highlights its hybrid AI-plus-human execution model.

Is RankAI Worth It for SaaS Growth? Top 5 Reasons (2026)

RankAI blog · Mar 2026

Explains the company’s SaaS-focused value proposition, pricing, and rewrite-until-it-ranks workflow.

Launch YC: Rankai – AI Agents that Replace Marketing Agencies

Y Combinator

YC launch post introducing RankAI as an AI agent system to replace marketing agencies and automate the SEO process.

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