EPISODE · Jun 24, 2026 · 19 MIN
Seltz raised $12.5M seed: Antonio Mallia, CEO at Seltz
from Scaling Europe · host Sebastian Johnson
Seltz just raised a $12.5m Seed as it launches its first product and looks to build a new generation of web infrastructure for AI.Antonio Mallia is Founder and CEO at Seltz. The company is building for a world where AI agents become a new type of web user, requiring a completely different way to access information online. Instead of returning a list of links, Seltz is rebuilding the entire search stack so agents can access trustworthy, citable information and run hundreds of queries in parallel to complete tasks independently.The Scaling Europe show is presented by Deel. Check them out here:https://get.deel.com/ruynb7o4lfjkSponsors:Mishcon: https://www.mishcon.com/pop-ups/scaling-europeChargebee: https://www.chargebee.com/events/beelieve/london/2026SurrealDB: https://surrealdb.com/Airwallex: https://www.airwallex.com/uk?utm_source=other&utm_medium=partner_referral&utm_campaign=v01_emea_multi_ib_dg_prtmk_mofu_scalingeuropeTimestamps:0:00 - Introduction0:25 - $12.5m Seed announcement1:15 - Why AI needs a different type of web search3:20 - Why Seltz rebuilt the entire stack5:00 - Why investors backed the company7:20 - Building a research-heavy team11:50 - Early traction and customer use cases15:40 - The next 12 months16:25 - Rethinking retrieval for AI agents18:30 - Running hundreds of queries in parallel
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Seltz just raised a $12.5m Seed as it launches its first product and looks to build a new generation of web infrastructure for AI.Antonio Mallia is Founder and CEO at Seltz. The company is building for a world where AI agents become a new type of web user, requiring a completely different way to access information online. Instead of returning a list of links, Seltz is rebuilding the entire search stack so agents can access trustworthy, citable information and run hundreds of queries in parallel to complete tasks independently.The Scaling Europe show is presented by Deel. Check them out here:https://get.deel.com/ruynb7o4lfjkSponsors:Mishcon: https://www.mishcon.com/pop-ups/scaling-europeChargebee: https://www.chargebee.com/events/beelieve/london/2026SurrealDB: https://surrealdb.com/Airwallex: https://www.airwallex.com/uk?utm_source=other&utm_medium=partner_referral&utm_campaign=v01_emea_multi_ib_dg_prtmk_mofu_scalingeuropeTimestamps:0:00 - Introduction0:25 - $12.5m Seed announcement1:15 - Why AI needs a different type of web search3:20 - Why Seltz rebuilt the entire stack5:00 - Why investors backed the company7:20 - Building a research-heavy team11:50 - Early traction and customer use cases15:40 - The next 12 months16:25 - Rethinking retrieval for AI agents18:30 - Running hundreds of queries in parallel
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Seltz raised $12.5M seed: Antonio Mallia, CEO at Seltz
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