Emberos

Emberos

AI-powered brand visibility in answer engines

Overview

Emberos helps brands manage and automate how they appear in AI-powered answer engines. A Scout detects issues across more than 50 AI models, a Strategist designs fixes, and an Operator automatically applies them through integrations with HubSpot, Slack, and Jira, with ROI tracked. It combines real-time multi-model detection, automated execution, ROI-tracking integrations, and a Brand Knowledge Graph for benchmarking, not just monitoring dashboards. Its goal is to increase a brand’s visibility and influence in AI answers and related searches, and measure and grow that presence over time via the Tiered AI Visibility Index.

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About Emberos

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Why Emberos is rated
B-
Rated B on Competitive Edge
Rated B on Growth Potential
Rated C on Differentiation

Industries

Data & Analytics

Enterprise Software

AI & Machine Learning

Company Size

11-50

Company Stage

Seed

Total Funding

$5.5M

Headquarters

Los Angeles, California

Founded

2025

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What believers are saying

  • Emberos launched Merchant on May 6, 2026, targeting AI shopping visibility.
  • Inman said Emberos won three clients in its first week after the August 2025 MVP.
  • The company raised $1.2 million in January 2026 from one angel investor.

What critics are saying

  • Profound, Writesonic, AirOps, Semrush, and Ahrefs all target adjacent AI visibility budgets.
  • Model output changes can erase measured lift overnight, breaking customer ROI cases.
  • If Google, OpenAI, or Perplexity add native brand controls, Emberos becomes optional.

What makes Emberos unique

  • Justin Inman’s Google background gives Emberos rare search-engine and answer-engine fluency.
  • Merchant, Scout, Pilot, and Flow combine monitoring, prediction, execution, and governance.
  • Its Brand Knowledge Graph spans 600 brands and 50-plus models, enabling predictive fixes.

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Funding

Total Funding

$5.5M

Above

Industry Average

Funded Over

1 Rounds

Seed funding is usually the first official round after pre-seed, when a startup has a prototype or concept. It’s typically used to develop the product, test the market, and start building the team. Investors here are often angel investors or early-stage venture capitalists.
Seed Funding Comparison
Above Average

Industry standards

$3.3M
$2M
Netflix
$2.3M
Instacart
$3M
Robinhood
$5.5M
Emberos

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

-28%

1 year growth

-28%

2 year growth

-28%
Adweek
Jan 12th, 2026
Ex-Googler's AI visibility startup Emberos secures $1.2M to help brands shape AI-generated answers

Emberos, founded by former Google executive Justin Inman, has raised $1.2 million in pre-seed funding from a single angel investor. The startup helps brands understand and control how they appear in AI-generated answers across ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Perplexity and Grok. Founded last year, the 14-employee company uses a proprietary Brand Knowledge Graph to map how brands, products and narratives evolve across the internet, enabling predictive capabilities rather than reactive reporting. The platform integrates with tools like Slack and HubSpot to push recommended fixes directly into marketing workflows. According to Emberos data, 90% of 500 surveyed brands have factual errors across at least one major language model. The company plans to raise a seed round by the end of the first quarter.

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