Octen Raises $10M Seed Led by Square Peg; Founder Ex-Alibaba Cloud AI Search Lead
kimmonismus · x · 2026-09-25
Octen has raised a $10M seed round led by Square Peg. Founder Kuan Zou previously led AI search at Alibaba Cloud. Image and video search are in invite-only beta, Broad Search fans one query into parallel searches, and Deep Research claims cited reports in 2–3 minutes.
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