Unveilr AI raises a pre-seed round from AJVC for search and AI-answer visibility software

Unveilr AI raises a pre-seed round from AJVC for search and AI-answer visibility software

1 October 2026 — Unveilr AI, a Mumbai company that helps brands get found through Google and through AI answer engines, has raised a pre-seed round from AJVC, the fund run by Aviral Bhatnagar, according to reports by Entrackr on 1 October and FinSMEs on 2 October 2026. The two outlets disagree on the amount.

Not yet independently verified. No announcement from the company or its lead investor has been found; this round is reported only by the press, and the amount and investors are the outlets' figures. The two outlets disagree: Entrackr says the amount is undisclosed and gives a Rs 16.7 crore valuation, while FinSMEs reports USD 1.74 million raised, a figure close to that valuation. Treat the amount as unconfirmed. The results figures are the company's own. We will update this when it can be confirmed, and remove this note.

The round

Entrackr reports that Unveilr AI raised an undisclosed amount at a valuation of Rs 16.7 crore. FinSMEs reports a pre-seed round of USD 1.74 million, also from AJVC. The FinSMEs figure is close to the valuation Entrackr gives, which suggests the two may have read the same numbers differently; until the company states the amount, it should be treated as unconfirmed. According to Entrackr, the startup will use the money to expand its engineering team and develop more capabilities for its AI agents.

What the company does

Unveilr AI was founded by Sanditya Srivastava and launched in February 2026. It combines search engine optimisation with what it calls answer engine optimisation: work to make a brand's pages and products show up when people ask AI assistants for recommendations, not only when they search on Google. Entrackr reports that it serves B2B and consumer brands in India, the UAE and other markets, and quotes the company's own figures for traffic, leads and AI citations gained by clients.

Why it matters for buyers

A growing share of product research now starts in an AI assistant rather than a search box, and marketing teams are being offered a new category of tools and services to influence those answers. The category is young, measurement is hard, and claims of results are mostly vendors' own. That makes careful buying more important, not less.

What to check

• How the vendor measures visibility in AI answers, and whether you can reproduce the measurement yourself.
• Which assistants and search engines it tracks, and how often.
• What it actually changes: your content, structured data, third-party mentions, or paid placements.
• Whether its methods comply with search engines' published spam policies.
• Contract length and how results are reported against a baseline.

Sources

• Entrackr: Unveilr AI raises pre-seed round from AJVC at Rs 16.7 Cr valuation — 1 October 2026
• FinSMEs: Unveilr AI raises USD1.74M in pre-seed funding — 2 October 2026