- Liner announced on August 25 that it has secured USD 38 million in funding, led by LB Investment.
- This funding round comes approximately one year and ten months after the previous round, bringing Liner’s cumulative funding to approximately USD 71 million.
- Liner scored 95.3 on OpenAI's SimpleQA benchmark and outperformed GPT-4 in search-response generation.
- Liner currently serves 14 million users across approximately 220 countries, including the United States, Europe, India, and Southeast Asia.
- Liner ranked 30th in Similarweb’s global AI service traffic rankings as of late July 2026.
- Liner is the only Korean AI startup to appear four consecutive times in Andreessen Horowitz’s Top 100 Generative AI Consumer Apps web services category since 2024.
- Liner supplied its AI search engine to HUMAIN ONE, the platform of Saudi Arabia's national AI company.
- Liner plans to concentrate the Series C investment on R&D to solidify its technological edge.
AI agent startup Liner announced on August 25 that it has secured $36.1 million in a Series C funding round led by LB Investment, with participation from existing shareholders and new investors like Korea Development Bank. This funding brings Liner's total to approximately $71 million over its funding history.1
The company plans to focus the Series C investment on R&D to enhance its technological edge in AI search. Liner's proprietary technology has already demonstrated its capabilities, scoring 95.3 points on OpenAI's SimpleQA Benchmark and outperforming GPT-4 in search-response generation.
Liner currently serves 14 million users across 220 countries, including the U.S., Europe, India, and Southeast Asia. As of late July 2026, it ranked 30th in global AI service web traffic, ahead of competitors like Poe and Mistral AI. Liner is also the only South Korean AI startup to be featured on Andreessen Horowitz’s Top 100 GenAI Consumer Apps list for four consecutive years since 2024.4
CEO Luke Kim emphasized that this investment is a strategic foundation for securing world-class infrastructure and talent, essential for reliability in AI agents. He stated, “Rather than depending on short-term, marketing-driven expansion, we are focused on establishing a self-sustaining business model that builds lasting value through technological leadership.”
Liner's technology has been validated through partnerships, such as supplying its AI search engine to HUMAIN, a Saudi Arabian AI corporation chaired by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, after a rigorous benchmarking process against global tech firms.
“Liner scored 95.3 on OpenAI's SimpleQA benchmark and outperformed GPT-4 in search-response generation, validating its proprietary tech. The company serves 14 million users across 220 countries and ranks 30th in global AI web traffic, ahead of Poe and Mistral AI.”
