AI Hay is a Vietnamese AI-powered knowledge discovery and question-answering platform founded in 2021 by Chuong Nguyen, Duc Tran, and Hiep Nguyen, veterans of Vietnam's top consumer tech platforms. The app blends generative AI with social-networking features to make information and learning accessible to Vietnam's ~100 million population in their native language, addressing a gap in AI accessibility for non-English speakers. In July 2025, AI Hay closed a $10M Series A led by Argor Capital, with existing investors Square Peg, Northstar Ventures, AppWorks, and Phoenix Holdings participating, bringing total capital raised to over $18M. The company was also selected for the AWS Global Generative AI Accelerator. Funds are aimed at deepening its AI models and growing its consumer user base across Vietnam.
AI Hay
ActiveAI-powered knowledge discovery and Q&A platform for Vietnamese users
Total raised
$10M
1 round
Stage
Series A
Jul 2025
Team
51-200
since 2021
Pricing
Freemium
free plan
Founded
2021
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Agent-ready
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Vietnamese-language Q&A
Generative AI answers with citations
Social knowledge-sharing features
Mobile-first consumer app
Topic and interest feeds
Multimodal queries
Localized knowledge for Vietnam
Community-driven content
10/100
Early
MCP server
Public API
Webhooks
OAuth 2.0
SDKs
No public agent surfaces detected yet.
Jul 2025 Series A $10M ● Argor Capital
Capital network
$18M raised ·5 backers·9 network links
- Backers5
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- What is AI Hay?
- AI Hay is a Vietnamese AI knowledge discovery and Q&A platform combining generative AI with social features.
- How much has AI Hay raised?
- AI Hay raised a $10M Series A led by Argor Capital in July 2025, bringing total funding to over $18M.
- Who is AI Hay built for?
- It targets Vietnam's mass-market consumers, making AI-powered knowledge accessible in Vietnamese.
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