When was Merlin founded?

Merlin was founded in 2022 and raised its 1st funding round 2 years after it was founded.

Where is Merlin located?

Merlin is headquartered in California, United States.

Who is the current CEO of Merlin?

Pratyush Rai of Merlin. They have also founded 1 company.

Is Merlin a funded company?

Merlin is a funded company, having raised a total of $***** in its 1st and only funding round, a Grant (prize money) round on Jul 18, 2024.

When was the latest funding round of Merlin?

Merlin's latest funding was a $***** Grant (prize money) round on Jul 18, 2024, with participation from 1 investor. Its primary sector is Chatbots. In United States, the Chatbots sector has seen $655M in funding in 2026 to date.

Where does Merlin rank among its competitors?

Merlin ranks 4th amongst 782 active competitors, of which 74 are funded. It stands 8th in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was CampusAI, which secured an undisclosed amount in Mar, 2026.

Who are the top competitors of Merlin?

Merlin's top competitors include Character.ai, Inflection and Replika. Among them, CampusAI secured the most recent funding round in March, 2026.

Merlin - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding & Competitors

Merlin is a funded company based in California (United States), founded in 2022 by Sirsendu Sarkar, Siddhartha Saxena and Pratyush Rai. It operates as a ChatGPT powered chrome extension provider. Merlin has raised an undisclosed amount in funding. The company has 782 active competitors, including 74 funded and 11 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Character.ai, Inflection and Replika.

Company Details

ChatGPT powered chrome extension provider. It provides access to AI plugins such as GPT 4, Claude2, and Llama 2. It offers human support and the ability to chat with a human assistant. It integrates leading AI models including ChatGPT, claude, deepseek, Llama, Mistral, and others to provide instant research, writing, summarization, translation, and content creation tools directly within your browser or app.

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Founded Year

2022

Location

California, United States

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Funding Raised

Latest Funding Round

Grant (prize money), Jul 18, 2024, $*****

Investors

Maninder Gulati & 1 more

Ranked

4^th among 782 active competitors

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Character.ai & 813 more

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Merlin is associated with 1 legal entity given below:

Legal Entity Name	Date of Incorporation	Revenue	Latest Employee Count	Documents
Foyer Tech, Inc. CIN: 882201980 , United States, Active	Dec 31, 2020	-	-	-

Merlin has raised funding over 1 round. Its latest funding round was a Grant (prize money) round on Jul 18, 2024 for $*****. 1 investor participated in its latest round. Merlin has 1 institutional investor and 1 angel investor.

Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Merlin:

Date of Funding	Funding Amount	Round Name	Post-Money Valuation	Revenue Multiple	Lead Investors	Other Investors
Jul 18, 2024	4987235	Grant (prize money)	7211061	1296552	1717997	6862447

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The founders of Merlin are Sirsendu Sarkar, Siddhartha Saxena and Pratyush Rai. Pratyush Rai is the CEO of Merlin.

Here are the details of Merlin's key team members:

Sirsendu Sarkar: Co-Founder of Merlin and founder of 1 other company.
Contact Info: 2 email addresses
Siddhartha Saxena: Co-Founder of Merlin and founder of 1 other company.
Contact Info: 2 email addresses
Pratyush Rai: Co-Founder & CEO of Merlin.

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Top competitors of Merlin include Character.ai, Inflection and Replika. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Merlin, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	Character.ai 2021, Menlo Park (United States), Series A	AI-based conversational solutions provider	$193M	Andreessen Horowitz, A.Capital Ventures & 3 others	76/100
2nd	Inflection 2022, Palo Alto (United States), Acquired	Provider of emotionally intelligent artificial intelligence for personal and enterprise use	$1.52B	Nvidia, Microsoft & 10 others	71/100
3rd	Replika 2015, San Francisco (United States), Series A	Developer of an artificial intelligence companion for empathetic conversation and support	$11M	Khosla Ventures, ACME & 8 others	70/100
4th	Merlin 2022, California (United States), Funding Raised	ChatGPT powered chrome extension provider	-	Google for Startups & 1 others	59/100
5th	WRTN 2021, Seoul (South Korea), Series B	Provider of AI and NLP tools for text-based applications	$104M	Goodwater Capital, BRV Capital Management ... & 15 others	58/100
6th	Claude 2021, San Francisco (United States), Unfunded	AI assistant offering conversations through language modeling	-	-	56/100
7th	Voiceitt 2012, Israel, Series A	Provider of virtual assistant tool for people with speech disabilities	$20M	Quake Capital, Technion & 31 others	51/100
8th	CampusAI 2023, Lewes (United States), Seed	Generative platform for online education	$15M	Rockbridge, Group One & 1 others	51/100
9th	NinjaTech AI 2022, Palo Alto (United States), Unfunded	AI chatbot for conversational interactions	-	-	50/100
10th	Ario 2022, Palo Alto (United States), Seed	AI personal assistant offering productivity solutions	$16M	Bain Capital Ventures, Floodgate & 2 others	49/100