ZeroEntropy ๐Ÿ”Ž recently launched!

Launch YC: ZeroEntropy ๐Ÿ”Ž - Advanced AI Search Over Complex Documents

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"ZeroEntropy is the first search engine designed from the ground up to answer natural language queries by deeply understanding the language in long, complex documents."
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Founded by Ghita Houir Alami & Nicholas Pipitone

Hey everyone, meet Ghita and Nicholas, the founders of ZeroEntropy.

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Image Credits: ZeroEntropy

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About the founders

They both have a background in math and AI: Ghita has two masters in Applied Maths from Ecole Polytechnique (Paris) and from UC Berkeley, and Nicholas grew up doing math and coding competitions at CMU before becoming the CTO of several startups.

Theyโ€™ve both experienced the pain of building great retrieval systems from working as AI engineers and researchers in several industries from healthcare, to finance, to B2B SaaS, and consumer AI.

They are on a mission to build the worldโ€™s most accurate search engine over complex and unstructured documents, behind a simple API.

๐Ÿ‘‰ If you are building RAG, a search bar, or search tools for your AI Agents, please reach out to the ZeroEntropy founders via email here.

https://youtu.be/VxwnZDlEz2U

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Why?

Most AI products - whether Q&A bots or AI agents - depend on retrieval systems to provide relevant context from knowledge bases.

Yet, the vast majority of these systems rely on basic semantic or hybrid search methods, which still frequently fail.

These mistakes lead to inaccurate responses and hallucinations by LLMs, frustrating developers and end users alike.

Thatโ€™s why the founders are building ZeroEntropy: to add intelligence to retrieval, and empower developers to build reliable and accurate AI products!

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A few common failure modes

The most common examples are:

  • Negated Queries, like: โ€œWhich electric vehicle articles do not include any reference to Elon Musk?โ€.
  • Multi-Hop Queries, like: โ€œWhere was the suspect who was identified in the report born?โ€
  • Fuzzy Filtering Queries, like: โ€œWhat diagnostic methods are suggested for early-stage cancer, in papers that mention a sample size of over 2000?โ€

These types of queries are common in industries like legal, healthcare and manufacturing, where documents are very complex. Semantic similarity and keyword-based approach fail on all these examples. You can read more about why here.

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The Solution

Search AI agents can solve these complex queries. Not only can they understand the userโ€™s intent, but also route each query to the most suitable retrieval system, ensuring precise and relevant answers. Moreover, they adapt and personalize their performance over time, continuously improving with use.

All of this capability is accessible through a simple API that you can try out here.

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PS/Fun Fact

In case youโ€™re curious about the company name, in information retrieval, entropy refers to the expected variability of information contained in a variable or message. ZeroEntropy refers to knowing exactly what the message contains and is associated to a high predictability, low chaos state. In physics, absolute zero entropy is impossible to achieve. But the ZeroEntropy team will try!

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Learn More

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๐ŸŒ Visit www.zeroentropy.dev to learn more.
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๐Ÿ‘‹๐Ÿผ The ZeroEntropy team needs you!
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๐Ÿ“ง If you are building RAG, a search bar, or search tools for your AI Agents, please reach out via email here.

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๐Ÿ‘‰ Give the product a try, and join the ZeroEntropy community on Slack to follow their journey!
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January 15, 2025
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