# Archbee

> Archbee is a knowledge portal platform that helps companies turn static documentation into searchable, AI-answered knowledge bases. Founded in Romania in 2019 by Dragos Bulugean and backed by Y Combinator (S21), it lets technical teams write, publish, and maintain product docs, developer guides, and API references on branded portals - with AI that answers user and developer questions instantly from the docs. Teams at companies including Adobe, Cisco, Bosch, and SourceForge use it to replace scattered wikis and stale PDFs with living documentation.

- **Founded:** 2019
- **Headquarters:** Bucharest, Romania (US entity via Y Combinator)
- **Founders:** Dragos Bulugean (Founder & CEO), Daniel Stefan (Co-founder & Founding Senior Front-end Engineer)
- **Team size:** Small team (roughly 10-20), largely based in Romania
- **Products:** Archbee Knowledge Portals, Archbee Editor & CMS, Archbee AI, Documentation.new, ChatGPT & Claude connectors (MCP)
- **Notable:** Y Combinator S21 graduate, Raised ~$4M total from Inovo, Y Combinator, Global Founders Capital, and Credo Ventures, Adopted by teams at Adobe, Cisco, Bosch, Honeywell, Disney, and SourceForge

## Products & services

- **Archbee Knowledge Portals** — Branded documentation portals with custom domains, authentication, in-app embedding, and SEO/AEO/GEO optimization.
- **Archbee Editor & CMS** — Collaborative docs editor with multiplayer editing, native branches and drafts, custom blocks, variables, reusable snippets, and display rules.
- **Archbee AI** — Generative AI layer that answers user and developer questions instantly from documentation content.
- **Documentation.new** — AI tool that writes the first version of documentation from simple descriptions, READMEs, markdown files, or OpenAPI specs.
- **ChatGPT & Claude connectors (MCP)** — Connectors that give ChatGPT and Claude access to ground-truth documentation kept in Archbee.
- **Archbee VS Code extension** — Manage, preview, and bulk-edit documentation from the code editor with an AI assistant.
- **Integrations** — 1,800+ integrations including GitHub, GitLab, Slack, Zapier, Zendesk, Figma, and Miro.

## Achievements

- Y Combinator S21 graduate
- Raised ~$4M total from Inovo, Y Combinator, Global Founders Capital, and Credo Ventures
- Adopted by teams at Adobe, Cisco, Bosch, Honeywell, Disney, and SourceForge
- 2,995+ companies publishing documentation on the platform
- Shipped AI question-answering, ChatGPT/Claude connectors, and a VS Code extension

## Latest updates

- **2025-10** — Launched a VS Code extension with an AI assistant for editing docs from the code editor, plus reader-suggested changes on public portals.
- **2025-08** — Shipped Documentation.new (AI-written first drafts), a full CMS redesign, and ChatGPT and Claude (MCP) connectors to ground AI answers in Archbee docs.
- **2023-06** — Launched Archbee AI on Y Combinator Launches - answering user and developer questions instantly from documentation.

## Links

- Website: https://www.archbee.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/archbee
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/archbeehq
- GitHub: https://github.com/Archbee

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Last updated: 2026-08-05