
Vectara
Founded Year
2022Stage
Series A | AliveTotal Raised
$73.5MLast Raised
$25M | 1 yr agoMosaic Score The Mosaic Score is an algorithm that measures the overall financial health and market potential of private companies.
-38 points in the past 30 days
About Vectara
Vectara develops a generative artificial intelligence platform and specializes in retrieval-augmented generation for various business domains. The company offers a suite of services that enable businesses to integrate conversational AI, semantic search, and question-answering capabilities into their applications. It primarily serves the technology industry. Vectara was formerly known as ZIR AI. It was founded in 2022 and is based in Palo Alto, California.
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Vectara's Products & Differentiators
Vectara RAG Platform
End to End RAG platform for Enterprise
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Vectara Patents
Vectara has filed 1 patent.
The 3 most popular patent topics include:
- artificial intelligence
- artificial neural networks
- data management

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1/23/2023 | Artificial neural networks, Artificial intelligence, Data management, Machine learning, Planetary systems | Application |
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Related Topics | Artificial neural networks, Artificial intelligence, Data management, Machine learning, Planetary systems |
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Latest Vectara News
Sep 10, 2025
News provided by Share this article Share toX Rollout of Vectara Agent API and Out-of-the-Box Intuitive Chat User Interface Enables Vectara's Enterprise Customers to Reimagine Conversational AI Experiences with Unprecedented Accuracy PALO ALTO, Calif., Sept. 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Vectara, the trusted platform for enterprise agents, today announced the launch of its complete conversational AI solution with the rollout of its Agent API and fully-optimized and customer-ready user interface. By leveraging Vectara's core leadership in RAG systems, expertise in hallucination mitigation, and innovative Guardian Agent technology, the system enables Vectara customers to provide a dynamic range of conversational AI experiences - both internally and externally - with unprecedented accuracy, flexibility and security. Unlike piecemeal solutions that require months to implement (and double that to get to optimal performance), Vectara provides an end-to-end platform designed to avoid common AI pitfalls and seamlessly connect with existing enterprise systems and workflows. The solution allows customers to be up and running - and delivering measurable AI ROI - in just days or weeks, with high accuracy and minimal hallucinations. Vectara's conversational AI solution delivers accurate, human-like responses while integrating with existing workflows. Vectara Co-Founder and CEO Amr Awadallah said, "As enterprises move out of the testing phase for AI deployments to make them a more central part of their operations, conversational AI agents that can deliver accurate, human-like responses while integrating seamlessly with existing workflows are emerging as the first 'must-have' applications of the AI era. Vectara's conversational AI solution was built for this challenge, combining our Agentic RAG foundation and Guardian Agent enforcement to empower new conversational experiences across the full breadth of our enterprise customers' operations, along with ironclad security and access control." Vectara's conversational solution combines an intuitive chat UI with extensive configurability and rich APIs that allow enterprises to provide tailored user experiences across a wide range of conversational use cases. By grounding responses in an organization's trusted, domain-specific knowledge, Vectara allows enterprises to unlock new opportunities to handle deeply complex end-user questions autonomously. Vectara also allows customers to deploy the solution where their data lives with various deployment models, including cloud, on-premises and VPC, opening up opportunities for great AI gains even in the most sensitive organizations. Vectara's conversational AI value proposition includes: Ease of use & speed to service – An end-to-end solution with a graphical interface out of the box and easy-to-use APIs that enable enterprises to quickly deploy conversational AI over their own data. Accuracy & trust – Advanced hallucination mitigation that reduces brand and CSAT risks, significantly outperforming other generative AI solutions. Visibility, transparency & control – Deep observability and compliance-ready capabilities that let enterprises scale from internal or experimental use to external-facing, high-scale production experiences with confidence. Vectara customers are seeing a rapid proliferation of use cases for conversational AI and making it a key area of focus. Broadcom Head of Enterprise End-User Services & Experience Stanley Toh said, "We chose Vectara for their partnership, expertise and flexible platform to support our external enterprise customers. Their conversational AI delivers low latency and minimal hallucinations while integrating seamlessly into our systems and data with human-in-the-loop safeguards." Vectara's rapid implementation practices and centralized management capabilities for its conversational AI solutions are built to drive strong near-term ROI for enterprise customers. Its focus on state-of-the-art privacy and control, meanwhile, is designed to protect organizations' sensitive IP, regulated content and customer information. Vectara Co-Founder and Chief Architect Tallat M. Shafaat concluded, "In order to realize the full growth potential of AI, enterprises can no longer settle for frustrating end-user experiences created by chat systems that produce inaccurate, inconsistent or incomplete answers. They also cannot afford to lose time or peace of mind dealing with drawn-out integration challenges or inadequate security and data protection. Vectara is committed to delivering industry-leading, trusted AI that helps enterprise leaders delight their customers, achieve their growth goals and enhance their internal operations - and our conversational AI platform exemplifies this approach." About Vectara Vectara is the trusted platform for enterprise conversational AI and RAG with extraordinary accuracy. As an end-to-end Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) service, deployed on-prem, in VPC, or utilized as a SaaS, Vectara delivers the shortest path to a correct answer/action while mitigating hallucinations and providing high-precision results. Vectara provides secure and granular access controls and comprehensive explainability, allowing companies to avoid risks and provide iron-clad data protection. Visit www.vectara.com for more information. Media Contact:
Vectara Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
When was Vectara founded?
Vectara was founded in 2022.
Where is Vectara's headquarters?
Vectara's headquarters is located at 395 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto.
What is Vectara's latest funding round?
Vectara's latest funding round is Series A.
How much did Vectara raise?
Vectara raised a total of $73.5M.
Who are the investors of Vectara?
Investors of Vectara include Race Capital, Fusion Fund, Mack Ventures, WVV Capital, Samsung NEXT and 11 more.
Who are Vectara's competitors?
Competitors of Vectara include Perplexity, You.com, OpenAI, LangChain, Nuclia and 7 more.
What products does Vectara offer?
Vectara's products include Vectara RAG Platform and 1 more.
Who are Vectara's customers?
Customers of Vectara include IEEE, Anywhere.re, Texas Instruments and SonoSim.
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