# Neeva

> Neeva was a Mountain View search company founded by former Google executives Sridhar Ramaswamy and Vivek Raghunathan. It offered ad-free, privacy-minded web search, a paid tier, connected-account search and later AI answers with linked sources. The consumer service closed in June 2023 after user acquisition proved too difficult; Snowflake acquired the company and incorporated its search technology into enterprise products.

- **Founded:** 2019
- **Headquarters:** Mountain View, United States
- **Founders:** Sridhar Ramaswamy (Co-founder and CEO), Vivek Raghunathan (Co-founder)
- **Products:** Neeva Search, Neeva Premium, NeevaAI, Neeva Gist
- **Notable:** Reached more than 600,000 users by October 2022, according to the company., Built its own web index and launched citation-linked AI answers before closing consumer search., Neeva retrieval and ranking technology became part of Snowflake Cortex Search and Universal Search.

## Products & services

- **Neeva Search** — Ad-free web search with tracker blocking, source controls and optional connected-account search. Consumer service discontinued June 2023.
- **Neeva Premium** — Paid plan with additional privacy tools including password management and VPN benefits; US price was $4.95 per month in 2022.
- **NeevaAI** — Search answers synthesized from web pages with linked citations; beta appeared in December 2022 and expanded internationally in February 2023.
- **Neeva Gist** — Standalone AI search and summarization app developed near the end of the consumer search business.

## Achievements

- Reached more than 600,000 users by October 2022, according to the company.
- Built its own web index and launched citation-linked AI answers before closing consumer search.
- Neeva retrieval and ranking technology became part of Snowflake Cortex Search and Universal Search.

## Latest updates

- **2023-05** — Neeva announced the end of its consumer search product; Snowflake announced its acquisition days later.
- **2024-02** — Neeva co-founder Sridhar Ramaswamy was named CEO of Snowflake.
- **2024-06** — Snowflake said Neeva retrieval and ranking technology powered Cortex Search and its search technology underpinned Universal Search.

## Links

- Website: http://www.neevagist.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/neevaco
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/Neeva
- GitHub: https://github.com/neevaco

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Last updated: 2026-09-30