# Atolio

> Atolio is a private, AI-powered enterprise search platform that runs inside a company's own cloud (AWS, Azure, or GCP) or on-premises. It connects to workplace systems like Slack, Google Workspace, Office 365, Salesforce, and ServiceNow, then indexes them with document-level permissions so employees only see what they are already authorized to view. Founded in 2019 by Splunk and PagerDuty veterans, Atolio pairs hybrid semantic-plus-keyword search with permission-aware retrieval-augmented generation, giving enterprises secure question answering across siloed knowledge without their data ever leaving their environment.

- **Founded:** 2019
- **Headquarters:** Denver, Colorado, United States (remote-first)
- **Founders:** David Lanstein (Co-Founder & CEO), Gareth Watts (Co-Founder & CTO), Mark Matta (Co-Founder & CCO)
- **Team size:** ~39 employees
- **Products:** Atolio Enterprise Search Platform, Permission-Aware RAG / AI Question Answering, Collaboration Graph, Collections, Platform API & MCP Support
- **Notable:** Raised $24M in total funding, closing a Series A led by Translink Capital in September 2025, Won multiple seven-figure enterprise contracts across three recent quarters, Awarded a $1.25M U.S. Air Force SBIR Direct-to-Phase II contract

## Products & services

- **Atolio Enterprise Search Platform** — A private, AI-powered enterprise search engine deployed inside the customer's own AWS, Azure, GCP, or on-premises environment. Indexes connected systems with document-level permissions and delivers permission-aware hybrid search across the organization.
- **Permission-Aware RAG / AI Question Answering** — Retrieval-augmented generation that answers natural-language questions and summarizes content while respecting each user's real-time access controls. Supports customer-chosen LLMs (OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, Anthropic, AWS Bedrock, Google Vertex, Meta, or locally hosted models).
- **Collaboration Graph** — Identifies subject-matter experts across the organization based on work and activity patterns, so users find the right people, not just the right documents.
- **Collections** — Curated groupings of content used to scope searches and generate focused AI summaries.
- **Platform API & MCP Support** — A Platform API for white-label and custom UI implementations plus Model Context Protocol support that lets external AI agents securely query the permission-aware index.

## Achievements

- Raised $24M in total funding, closing a Series A led by Translink Capital in September 2025
- Won multiple seven-figure enterprise contracts across three recent quarters
- Awarded a $1.25M U.S. Air Force SBIR Direct-to-Phase II contract
- Named Cengage Group as a customer, cited publicly in an earnings call
- Signed Carahsoft as Master Government Aggregator for U.S. public-sector distribution
- Validated at scale with tens of millions of indexed documents and sub-second query latency
- Interviewed executives at more than 700 enterprises before writing any code

## Latest updates

- **2026-04** — Zulip announced an integration with Atolio's self-hosted AI search platform.
- **2026-03** — Atolio and Carahsoft partnered to bring the secure AI search platform to U.S. public-sector agencies via major government contract vehicles.
- **2026-01** — qBotica and Atolio announced a strategic partnership to power AI agents with secure, instant access to enterprise knowledge.
- **2025-12** — Atolio disclosed a $1.25M U.S. Air Force SBIR Direct-to-Phase II contract for AI-powered organizational search.
- **2025-09** — Atolio raised its Series A, reaching $24M in total funding to scale private, AI-powered enterprise search.

## Links

- Website: https://atolio.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/atolio

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Last updated: 2026-07-13