Nebius Drops $275M on AI Search Startup Tavily
Cloud computing giant snaps up the company helping AI agents find real-time information for coding tasks.
Nebius Group is shelling out $275 million to acquire Tavily, a startup that builds search tools specifically designed for AI agents. The deal marks a significant bet on the infrastructure powering the next generation of AI assistants.
Tavily's tech helps AI agents hunt down current information when tackling tasks like writing code. Think of it as Google for bots — giving AI systems the ability to pull fresh data instead of relying solely on their training cutoffs.
For Nebius, the cloud computing provider, this acquisition adds a critical capability to its AI infrastructure stack. As AI agents become more autonomous and tackle complex, multi-step tasks, their need for real-time information access becomes essential.
The deal signals growing appetite for AI agent tooling as the industry shifts from chatbots to autonomous systems that can actually get stuff done.