# Antonio Mallia

Type: Person

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## Timeline

- **2026-06-24**: Seltz announces $12.5M seed round — The startup reveals its funding led by Speedinvest and B Capital to build an AI-native search engine.

## Recent coverage (3 stories, network-wide)

### Seltz Lands $12.5M Seed to Build the Search Layer for AI Agents
2026-06-25 01:48:38 · Sector: startups · Sentiment: Positive · Impact: 6/10 · Sources: 2

Founded by ex-Amazon AGI scientist Antonio Mallia, Seltz has raised $12.5 million to reinvent web search for AI agents, signaling a new front in the search wars. The round was led by Speedinvest and B Capital.
Full story: https://getstartupbrief.com/story/seltz-12-5m-seed-ai-agents

### Seltz's $12.5M Seed Brings Agent-Native Search to the SaaS Stack
2026-06-25 01:48:28 · Sector: saas · Sentiment: Positive · Impact: 6/10 · Sources: 2

As SaaS platforms embed AI agents, Seltz's new funding will accelerate development of a search engine that returns machine-readable data, a critical infrastructure upgrade for agent-driven applications.
Full story: https://getsaasbrief.com/story/seltz-ai-search-saas-infrastructure

### Seltz Raises $12.5M to Re-Architect Search from the Ground Up for AI
2026-06-25 01:48:16 · Sector: ai · Sentiment: Positive · Impact: 6/10 · Sources: 2

Seltz, founded by ex-Amazon AGI scientist Antonio Mallia, is building a search engine purpose-built for transformer-based agents, leveraging his PhD in information retrieval. The $12.5 million seed round signals a paradigm shift in AI's access to the web.
Full story: https://getaibrief.com/story/seltz-ai-search-reinvention

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