Seltz, which is building a web search engine that can be used by AI agents, raised a $12.5M seed led by Speedinvest and B Capital (Jeremy Kahn/Fortune)

<a href="https://fortune.com/2026/06/24/exclusive-seltz-a-startup-rebuilding-web-search-for-ai-agents-raises-12-5-million-in-seed-funding/"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260624/i31.jpg" vspace="4" /></a> <p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260624/p31#a260624p31" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> Jeremy Kahn / <a href="http://www.fortune.com/">Fortune</a>:<br /> <span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://fortune.com/2026/06/24/exclusive-seltz-a-startup-rebuilding-web-search-for-ai-agents-raises-12-5-million-in-seed-funding/">Seltz, which is building a web search engine that can be used by AI agents, raised a $12.5M seed led by Speedinvest and B Capital</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; The rise of AI has rekindled the long-dormant search wars.&nbsp; Chatbots and AI agents need to surface timely, relevant information about news and all kinds of products and services.</p>