Daydream Raises $15 Million in Series A Funding to Create the World's Best AI Agent for SEO
San Francisco - Daydream is a leading AI agent for organic search. Today, Daydream announced a $15 million Series A funding round led by WndrCo, alongside First Round Capital and Basis Set Ventures. Following this round, Daydream’s total funding stands at $21 million, which will be used to accelerate hiring, product development, and expansion into new markets.
“We are thrilled to receive support from top-tier venture firms,” said Thenuka Karunaratne, CEO and co-founder of Daydream. “We bring world-class SEO expertise together with an agent to every high-growth company, enabling maximum speed in one of the most complex marketing channels to master.”
Most tools today tell companies how they appear in AI-based search and SEO. Daydream goes beyond observation to drive results through strategy and execution, an AI agent that combines SEO agents with leading experts to provide full-service search support.
“The SEO market is massive, and AI is changing it faster than almost any company’s capabilities. We back Daydream because Thenuka and Shravan understand this space better than anyone we’ve met, and they’ve built a product to prove it. Teams that understand organic search in the AI era will have a massive advantage, and Daydream is the company that helps them achieve it,” said ChenLi Wang, General Partner at WndrCo.
Daydream’s approach combines three elements: the Daydream method, a framework encompassing seven pillars of organic growth, from keyword strategy to AI visibility; an SEO agent capable of executing faster than traditional agents and automating search execution at scale; and a dedicated Growth Lead assigned to each customer, an SEO expert responsible for strategy, quality, and results.
“SEO requires deep expertise, fast execution, and adaptability as search itself evolves,” said Shravan Rajinikanth, CTO and co-founder of Daydream. “Most companies are still optimising for a version of search that no longer exists. We are creating an agent that can think, strategise, and execute everything a senior SEO practitioner can do, and do it at the speed and scale needed for the generative AI era.”
AI agents are a new category in the venture-backed world. In Y Combinator’s Request for Startups for Spring 2026, AI agents ranked third among the startup categories they most want to fund. Daydream’s Series A funding is a bet that combining agents with human expertise is the most effective model for SEO and AI search at scale.
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