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Octen

Backed by Square Peg · octen.ai ↗

Founded
2025
Head office
San Francisco, United States
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Octen provides a web search API that AI applications can call to retrieve information from the internet. It says it returns results in 62 milliseconds, handles a million queries per second, and indexes pages within five minutes of publication.

Why it matters in Australia: Square Peg, an Australian venture fund, has backed Octen since its 2025 Seed round.

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