san francisco, April 2, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Daydream, the leading AI-native agency for organic search, today announced a $15 million Series A funding round led by WndrCo, First Round Capital and Basis Set Ventures. This round brings Daydream’s total funding to $21 million, which will be used to accelerate hiring, product development, and go-to-market.
Daydream gives you an unfair advantage in SEO and AI search
Tenuka Karunaratne, CEO and co-founder of Daydream, said: “We work with our agents to bring world-class SEO expertise to any high-growth business, helping them get up to speed with one of the most complex marketing channels.”
Most tools today show you how your company will appear in SEO and AI searches. Daydream is an AI-native agency that goes beyond observability to drive results through strategy and execution, combining SEO agencies and top experts to provide full-service search support.
“The SEO market is huge, and AI is changing the market faster than most companies can keep up. We backed daydream because Thenuka and Shravan understand this space better than anyone we’ve ever met, and have built a product that proves it. Teams that understand organic search in the AI era will have an unfair advantage. Daydream is the company that will help them get there,” said Chen Li, general partner at WndrCo. Wang said.
Daydream’s approach combines three elements. The Daydream Method is a framework that covers seven levers of organic growth, from keyword strategy to AI visualization. An SEO agency that performs faster than traditional agencies and automates search execution at scale. and a dedicated Growth Lead assigned to every client, an SEO expert responsible for strategy, quality, and results.
“SEO requires deep expertise, fast execution, and the ability to adapt as search itself evolves,” said Shravan Rajinikanth, CTO and co-founder of Daydream. “Most companies continue to optimize for a version of search that no longer exists. We’re building an agent that can think, strategize, and execute everything that advanced SEO practitioners can do, and do it at the speed and scale that the age of generative AI demands.”
AI-native agencies are an emerging category in the venture-backed world. Y Combinator ranked AI-native agencies third among the most-funded startup categories in Spring 2026 Startup Requests. daydream’s Series A funding is a bet that combining agent and human expertise is the most effective model for SEO and AI search at scale.
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Daydream is a leading AI-native agency that provides an unfair advantage in organic search by combining proven methodologies with SEO agents and dedicated experts through full-service support. For more information, visit todaydream.com
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