Founding partner cohort · open

Get ahead of AI search. Partner with Zumi.

Zumi is onboarding a small group of brands and agencies that want to win AI-driven discovery. Founding partners get a direct line to the team, priority on the roadmap, and early-partner terms that hold as Zumi grows.

CohortLimited
FormatWorking session
TermsLocked at signing
Why this matters now

Buyers are asking AI. Most brands are not in the answer.

The shift to AI-driven discovery is already in the numbers. Founding partners are the brands that move before it shows up in pipeline reports.

94%

of B2B buyers now use AI tools in their purchase research, up from 89% in 2025.

Source · Forrester, 2026 buyer insights

more buyers cite GenAI as their most meaningful research source, outranking vendor sites and sales reps.

Source · Forrester, 2026 buyer insights
25%

forecast drop in traditional search volume by end of 2026 as buyers shift to AI assistants.

Source · Gartner, 2024 prediction
What founding partners get

Built with you, not just for you.

Four things the cohort gets that future customers will not. Read them in order.

01

Direct line to the founders

No planners. No account-manager handoff. You message the people building Zumi, every time. Working sessions, not status calls.

02

Priority on the work that matters

Your queries ship first. Your engines get prioritized. The categories you compete in get deeper coverage before anyone else's.

03

Shape what gets built next

Founding partners sit inside the roadmap. You see what is being built, why, and when. You can move things up the list.

04

Early-partner terms, locked in

The terms you sign as a founding partner hold as Zumi grows. Future public pricing does not apply retroactively.

What we ask in return

A partnership, not a transaction.

Founding-partner terms work because the cohort works. Three light asks, all optional, none on a contract.

Feedback

A working session every 4 weeks

30 minutes with the team. What is working, what is not, what is missing. Notes shape the next sprint.

Access

Intros where they make sense

When you see the work landing, a warm intro to a peer who would benefit. No pressure, no targets.

Story

Permission to anonymize results

If your numbers move, we want to share the shape of the result with the cohort. Names stay private by default.

The first 30 days

From application to first movement.

What the first month looks like from the day you apply. No long onboarding. No services SOW.

Day 0

Working session

30 minutes with the founders. We map your category, your competitors, and the queries your buyers ask.

Day 1 to 7

Live tracking on

Zumi starts monitoring your prompts across 9 engines. First baseline report lands inside a week.

Day 8 to 21

First moves

Citation source list, competitor leaderboard, missing-prompt list. Ranked by impact. You pick what to fix first.

Day 30

Movement review

Side-by-side: where you started, where you are now. Decisions on what to double down on next.

Cohort is filling

The terms you sign as a founding partner hold.

Apply now and a founder will reach out within one business day to schedule a working session. No deck. No pitch. Live data for your brand on the call.

30-minute working session · No services SOW · Cohort limited