This startup lets companies teach AI about their brands — and the chatbots are listening

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Optimly swept three awards at the Flywheel Investment Conference in Wenatchee and has closed an $800,000 pre-seed round backed by AI House, the Seattle startup studio formerly known as AI2 Incubator.

The company builds a public index where brands can correct what AI chatbots say about them. https://www.geekwire.com/2026/this-startup-lets-companies-teach-ai-about-their-brands-and-the-chatbots-are-listening/">Read More