# Haystack

Haystack is an open-source Python framework for building AI agents and RAG applications, connecting retrieval, models, memory and tools in modular pipelines. Haystack Enterprise Platform adds visual development, evaluation, access controls, observability, and cloud or self-hosted deployment.

Page: https://slateindex.ai/brand/haystack · data of 2026-11-03

## Facts

- Founded: 2018
- Headquarters: Berlin, Germany
- Employees: 51–200
- Company type: Private, venture-backed
- Latest funding: Round led by Balderton Capital, with GV, Harpoon, System.One and Lunar participating
- Deployment: Managed cloud, self-hosted, and sovereign or air-gapped environments, including STACKIT for sovereign European cloud
- Best for: Teams building AI agents and RAG applications with Python
- Compliance: SOC 2 Type 2 (vendor claim, not an independent report)

## Products

- Haystack: Open-source Python framework for building AI agents and RAG applications, connecting retrieval, models, memory and tools in modular pipelines.
- Haystack Enterprise Platform: Adds visual development, evaluation, access controls, observability, and cloud or self-hosted deployment. Renamed from the deepset AI platform in 2025.

## Rankings

| Category | Rank | Visibility | Mentions |
|---|---|---|---|
| AI Agents | 76 of 80 | 0.0 | 0 |

## By engine

| Engine | Visibility | Mention rate |
|---|---|---|
| chatgpt | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| google_ai_mode | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| perplexity | 0.0 | 0.0% |

## Definitions

- Visibility (0–100): how often and how high AI answers name the brand, weighted by position.
- Mention rate: share of collected AI answers that name the brand.
- Share of voice: the brand's mentions as a share of all brand mentions in the category.
- Citation authority: share of answers naming the brand that cite the brand's own site.

Cite as: SlateIndex, “Haystack AI visibility profile”, https://slateindex.ai/brand/haystack, data of 2026-11-03. Licence: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).