Clarm, a Y Combinator startup helping open source companies convert GitHub stars into revenue, built their AI-powered lead generation platform on Vespa's hybrid search engine. They deployed to production in under a day, leveraging Vespa's unified text, vector, and structured search capabilities to power zero-hallucination AI responses across millions of GitHub data points. The platform combines real-time indexing, built-in ranking, and tensor operations to deliver accurate lead intelligence and developer support automation. Customers like Better Auth and Skyvern AI have seen significant growth in GitHub stars and reduced support workload by 94%.
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OverviewThe Problem: Software / OSS Companies Struggle to MonetizeThe Search ChallengeThe Solution: Vespa’s Production-Grade Hybrid SearchThe ResultsConclusionSort: