New and recently funded AI Startups
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Country: USA | Funding: $1.3B
Instinct develops an agent that the company says can efficiently organize your life. Users connect it to their apps and devices and can communicate with it via texts and calls.
Instinct develops an agent that the company says can efficiently organize your life. Users connect it to their apps and devices and can communicate with it via texts and calls.
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Country: USA | Funding: $505M
SiMa.ai is developing chips and software that allow robots, drones, cameras, and other devices to run AI directly on the device. The company provides energy-efficient chips that eliminate the need to send data back and forth to the cloud. SiMa.ai hopes that its low-latency performance and more affordable chips, compared to Nvidia’s GPUs, will help it capture the growing market for physical AI devices, including humanoid robots.
SiMa.ai is developing chips and software that allow robots, drones, cameras, and other devices to run AI directly on the device. The company provides energy-efficient chips that eliminate the need to send data back and forth to the cloud. SiMa.ai hopes that its low-latency performance and more affordable chips, compared to Nvidia’s GPUs, will help it capture the growing market for physical AI devices, including humanoid robots.
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Country: USA | Funding: $410.3M
Cornelis Networks develops networking hardware and software for AI systems to help AI chips communicate more effectively. It targets the fact that much GPU time is wasted waiting for data to arrive with a networking fabric that lets chips process and send information at the same time.
Cornelis Networks develops networking hardware and software for AI systems to help AI chips communicate more effectively. It targets the fact that much GPU time is wasted waiting for data to arrive with a networking fabric that lets chips process and send information at the same time.
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Country: USA | Funding: $334.5M
Profound is an AI visibility and content optimization platform that that helps brands optimize their visibility in generative AI search.
Profound is an AI visibility and content optimization platform that that helps brands optimize their visibility in generative AI search.
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Country: USA | Funding: $138M
Ema is an artificial intelligence software company that develops AI agents for automating enterprise workflows. It uses teams of AI agents to automate corporate processes across HR, IT, and finance. Ema first “wraps” around an enterprise’s existing applications, before customers can reduce their dependence on some of those products — and, in some cases, replace them altogether.
Ema is an artificial intelligence software company that develops AI agents for automating enterprise workflows. It uses teams of AI agents to automate corporate processes across HR, IT, and finance. Ema first “wraps” around an enterprise’s existing applications, before customers can reduce their dependence on some of those products — and, in some cases, replace them altogether.
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Country: USA | Funding: $392M
Clay is a personal CRM that uses AI to query your personal database to learn even more about your network and aid you with maintaining your relationships. The platform combines company data, research and automation tools, and AI applications to support lead discovery and outreach. Clay is also using AI agents to automate sales and growth-related tasks, while continuing to grow its customer base and platform-generated revenue.
Clay is a personal CRM that uses AI to query your personal database to learn even more about your network and aid you with maintaining your relationships. The platform combines company data, research and automation tools, and AI applications to support lead discovery and outreach. Clay is also using AI agents to automate sales and growth-related tasks, while continuing to grow its customer base and platform-generated revenue.
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Country: USA | Funding: $85M
Hang Ten Systems is an enterprise software company that builds, modernizes, and operates custom software using an AI-native approach. Hang Ten says its edge lies not in building another AI model, but in adapting AI to the complex software development processes of large enterprises. The startup’s engineers rely on an in-house framework, Hobie, that packages reusable AI “skills” for regulated industries and complex enterprise software projects.
Hang Ten Systems is an enterprise software company that builds, modernizes, and operates custom software using an AI-native approach. Hang Ten says its edge lies not in building another AI model, but in adapting AI to the complex software development processes of large enterprises. The startup’s engineers rely on an in-house framework, Hobie, that packages reusable AI “skills” for regulated industries and complex enterprise software projects.
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Country: USA | Funding: $4.7M
ZeroEntropy provides a sophisticated search API tailored for the analysis and retrieval of unstructured data.
ZeroEntropy provides a sophisticated search API tailored for the analysis and retrieval of unstructured data.
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Country: USA | Funding: $11.5M
Argon AI is automating life sciences activities in clinical and commercial settings.
Argon AI is automating life sciences activities in clinical and commercial settings.
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Country: USA | Funding: $29.2M
Console offers a platform for managing cloud infrastructure, APIs, authentication, and user access for development teams.
Console offers a platform for managing cloud infrastructure, APIs, authentication, and user access for development teams.














