To us, the Ga t e evaluatio eflects HawkSea ch’s pe fo ma ce i suppo ti g complex B2B comme ce sce a ios, whe e digital buye s with egotiated e titleme ts a d p ici g equi e accu ate, eleva t, a d efficie t access to la ge p oduct catalogs
“We a e p oud to be ecog ized as the #1 solutio fo B2B Sea ch Use Case i the Ga t e C itical Capabilities epo t fo the seco d co secutive yea ,” said A i Kah , P eside t a d CEO of B idgeli e Digital. “I believe This ecog itio eflects the st e gth of HawkSea ch a d the dema d we a e seei g f om B2B o ga izatio s adopti g AI-powe ed p oduct discove y to imp ove digital comme ce pe fo ma ce.”
I ou view, The C itical Capabilities fo Sea ch a d P oduct Discove y 2026 epo t highlights a shift i the ma ket towa d AI-d ive sea ch a chitectu es, hyb id keywo d a d sema tic sea ch, a d co ve satio al discove y expe ie ces.
The epo t otes that:
AI-d ive catalog e ichme t a d eal-time eleva ce optimizatio a e i c easi gly impo ta t fo digital comme ce o ga izatio s, as AI featu es a d la ge la guage models (LLMs) become mo e widely adopted a d o ga izatio s seek to imp ove the accu acy a d effective ess of p oduct discove y ac oss la ge, complex catalogs.
The sea ch a d p oduct discove y (S&PD) ve do la dscape is movi g towa d u ified hyb id i dexes that me ge lexical a d vecto sea ch, delive i g mo e eleva t esults.
Algo ithmic me cha disi g a d AI-powe ed ext best actio s a e slowly becomi g expected capabilities, while co ve satio al guided selli g assista ts a e eplaci g ma ual p oduct fi de s.
We feel these t e ds eflect the g owi g impo ta ce of i tellige t p oduct discove y fo o ga izatio s ma agi g complex p oduct data a d evolvi g buye expectatio s.
I ou view, HawkSea ch’s a ki g eflects its st o g co ti ued alig me t with the eeds of B2B o ga izatio s ma agi g complex p oduct data a d buye equi eme ts. The platfo m is pu pose-built to suppo t tech ical catalogs, i dust y-specific wo kflows, a d adva ced me cha disi g st ategies.
The solutio se ves mid-ma ket a d e te p ise o ga izatio s ac oss a a ge of complex comme ce i dust ies ma agi g la ge p oduct catalogs, whe e i tellige t sea ch a d p oduct discove y a e key d ive s of digital eve ue g owth.
B idgeli e co ti ues to expa d its AI oadmap to suppo t evolvi g eComme ce eeds, i cludi g:
These i ovatio s a e desig ed to help custome s delive mo e i tellige t, scalable, a d eve ue-d ivi g digital comme ce expe ie ces.
Ga t e , C itical Capabilities fo Sea ch a d P oduct Discove y, By Aditya Vasudeva , Sa dy She , Mike Low des, Noam Do os, 23 Ju e 2026
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B idgeli e helps compa ies accele ate o li e eve ue by imp ovi g t affic, co ve sio ates, a d ave age o de value th ough AI-powe ed comme ce tech ology. Its HawkSea ch platfo m delive s adva ced sea ch, pe so alizatio , a d me cha disi g capabilities fo B2B a d B2C e te p ises ac oss high-g owth i dust ies.
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