Zoom Acquires Onyx: 18-Person Open-Source Search Startup Promises Self-Hosted Index
shashib · x · 2026-09-24
Onyx (formerly Danswer), the open-source enterprise search startup, is joining Zoom. Key facts:
- Founded 2023, YC W24, raised a $10M seed in March 2025 led by Khosla Ventures and First Round Capital
- 18-person team; founders cite 1M+ weekly queries, 30,000+ GitHub stars, and 50+ indexed workplace systems
- Deal size undisclosed; Zoom committed from day one that the product stays open source, self-hostable, with search indexes kept on customers' own servers — which analyst Tim Banting calls an auditable checklist, not a finished fact
Context: Zoom's AI Companion (formerly IQ) summarizes meetings but lacks permission-aware access to Confluence/Jira/Slack context; Onyx fills the gap of files and tickets agents need to finish work after the call.
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