Typesense, Inc.

Typesense, Inc. is the creator and developer of Typesense, an open-source, typo-tolerant search engine designed to deliver instant, sub-50 millisecond search experiences and streamlined developer workflows. The project originated as a side effort in late 2015 by engineers Jason Bosco and Kishore Nallan, aimed at providing a high-performance, easy-to-use search solution without the complexity and cost associated with proprietary alternatives. It was open-sourced in 2018 and formally incorporated as a company in 2019, enabling the team to dedicate full-time efforts to its development starting in 2020.

Operating as a lean, customer-funded startup, Typesense, Inc. focuses on democratizing search technology by offering both a self-hosting open-source core product and a subscription-based managed SaaS service known as Typesense Cloud. The company emphasizes transparency and community collaboration while providing scalable, typo-tolerant search solutions suitable for developers, startups, small and medium businesses, and enterprises alike. With a distributed team primarily located in California, USA, and India, Typesense, Inc. maintains a remote-first work model and has garnered a worldwide customer base supported by a small group of engineers.

The firm's business model combines a freemium approach for its open-source engine with paid managed services, priority support, and enterprise features within its SaaS offerings. Typesense, Inc. remains independent and bootstrapped with no external funding, focusing on sustainable growth through customer adoption and service expansion. Its primary products include the Typesense search engine and Typesense Cloud managed infrastructure, catering to a broad target market from individual developers to technical product teams requiring robust search capabilities.