New and recently funded AI Startups
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Country: USA | Funding: $27.9M
Limitless AI is developing wearable device with a personal AI assistant that helps you capture, remember, and utilize information. It's a small pendant that attaches to shirt like a wireless microphone or wears as a necklace, and allows to record conversations. Its primary purpose is to record and transcribe meetings, eliminating the need to take notes. The device is waterproof, has a 100-hour battery life and charges via USB-C port. It also features a "consent mode" that prevents recording unless the other person has explicitly consented. The companion app is free and includes unlimited audio storage and 10 hours per month of AI features such as transcription, summary creation, and note-taking. Acquired by Meta
Limitless AI is developing wearable device with a personal AI assistant that helps you capture, remember, and utilize information. It's a small pendant that attaches to shirt like a wireless microphone or wears as a necklace, and allows to record conversations. Its primary purpose is to record and transcribe meetings, eliminating the need to take notes. The device is waterproof, has a 100-hour battery life and charges via USB-C port. It also features a "consent mode" that prevents recording unless the other person has explicitly consented. The companion app is free and includes unlimited audio storage and 10 hours per month of AI features such as transcription, summary creation, and note-taking. Acquired by Meta
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Country: Japan | Funding: $368.6M
Sakana AI develops LLM models for Japan. Founded in 2023 by former Google researchers, it creates accessible generative AI models that perform well on small datasets and are optimized for the Japanese language and culture. The company focuses on the defense and manufacturing sectors. Its technological research is inspired by the natural principles of evolution and collective intelligence. The developers say that evolution in nature is a masterful search algorithm, generating complex solutions over millennia and they aim to adapt this incredible search algorithm to AI-based research.
Sakana AI develops LLM models for Japan. Founded in 2023 by former Google researchers, it creates accessible generative AI models that perform well on small datasets and are optimized for the Japanese language and culture. The company focuses on the defense and manufacturing sectors. Its technological research is inspired by the natural principles of evolution and collective intelligence. The developers say that evolution in nature is a masterful search algorithm, generating complex solutions over millennia and they aim to adapt this incredible search algorithm to AI-based research.
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Country: USA | Funding: $7M
Bee created personal wearable device with artificial intelligence that records your daily activities and synthesizes them into useful analytics and reminders. The startup aims to transform it into a "virtual phone" with access to your accounts, notifications, event reminders, and provides an ability to write emails or tweets, receive shopping suggestions on demand. Bee has a form factor of clip with a button that can be attached to a belt or worn on a wristband. Pressing the button starts and stops speech recording. It uses an advanced dual-microphone system with sophisticated noise filtering, providing perfect speech understanding in both a quiet office and a busy construction site. It has a battery life of up to 7 days. Acquired by Amazon.
Bee created personal wearable device with artificial intelligence that records your daily activities and synthesizes them into useful analytics and reminders. The startup aims to transform it into a "virtual phone" with access to your accounts, notifications, event reminders, and provides an ability to write emails or tweets, receive shopping suggestions on demand. Bee has a form factor of clip with a button that can be attached to a belt or worn on a wristband. Pressing the button starts and stops speech recording. It uses an advanced dual-microphone system with sophisticated noise filtering, providing perfect speech understanding in both a quiet office and a busy construction site. It has a battery life of up to 7 days. Acquired by Amazon.
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Country: USA | Funding: $300K
Endox develops physical-based articifial intelligence designed to perceive, adapt, and act in real time. Combining proprietary data acquisition technologies, next-generation robotics integration and edge-focused architectures, Endox creates systems scalable across various industries, including the US military.
Endox develops physical-based articifial intelligence designed to perceive, adapt, and act in real time. Combining proprietary data acquisition technologies, next-generation robotics integration and edge-focused architectures, Endox creates systems scalable across various industries, including the US military.
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Country: USA | Funding: $5.5M
VoiceRun is a platform for developing voice-enabled AI agents. Unlike visual agent-builders, it allows to program voice agent behavior using code, which gives greater flexibility. In addition to creating code-based agents, VoiceRun also allows users to conduct A/B testing and instantly deploy solutions with a single click through the VoiceRun cloud telephony system and swap models instantly, backed by enterprise-grade security. The company is focused on enterprise developers, helping companies, for example, implement AI in their customer support services or assist tech companies in launching voice-based products. For example, the platform is used to create an AI concierge for restaurant reservations.
VoiceRun is a platform for developing voice-enabled AI agents. Unlike visual agent-builders, it allows to program voice agent behavior using code, which gives greater flexibility. In addition to creating code-based agents, VoiceRun also allows users to conduct A/B testing and instantly deploy solutions with a single click through the VoiceRun cloud telephony system and swap models instantly, backed by enterprise-grade security. The company is focused on enterprise developers, helping companies, for example, implement AI in their customer support services or assist tech companies in launching voice-based products. For example, the platform is used to create an AI concierge for restaurant reservations.
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Country: Kazakhstan | Funding: $138M
Higgsfield is developing a service that enables consumers, creators, and social media teams to create and edit AI-powered videos. According to the company, the product is primarily used by professional social media marketers, which is "a key sign that the platform's adoption has expanded beyond random content creation." Its users also share numerous projects focused on fashion and Hollywood-style storytelling. The startup's strategy is based not on direct competition with giants like OpenAI, but on integrating and adapting existing AI models to solve specific business problems. The platform specializes in creating marketing video content, maintaining consistency across characters and branding thanks to its proprietary "reasoning engine."
Higgsfield is developing a service that enables consumers, creators, and social media teams to create and edit AI-powered videos. According to the company, the product is primarily used by professional social media marketers, which is "a key sign that the platform's adoption has expanded beyond random content creation." Its users also share numerous projects focused on fashion and Hollywood-style storytelling. The startup's strategy is based not on direct competition with giants like OpenAI, but on integrating and adapting existing AI models to solve specific business problems. The platform specializes in creating marketing video content, maintaining consistency across characters and branding thanks to its proprietary "reasoning engine."
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Country: USA | Funding: $85.5M
WitnessAI develops a security system that creates the confidence layer for enterprise AI. It enables to monitor all AI activities within organization, protect models and applications (using next-generation AI Firewall and content controls), detect shadow AI use, catalog entire AI inventory (applications, MCP servers, agents), visualize all conversations with AI chats, including prompts and responses, implement intelligent controls and advanced business rules that record AI interactions among employees and agents, adapt to different usage contexts and reduce the cost of AI compliance.
WitnessAI develops a security system that creates the confidence layer for enterprise AI. It enables to monitor all AI activities within organization, protect models and applications (using next-generation AI Firewall and content controls), detect shadow AI use, catalog entire AI inventory (applications, MCP servers, agents), visualize all conversations with AI chats, including prompts and responses, implement intelligent controls and advanced business rules that record AI interactions among employees and agents, adapt to different usage contexts and reduce the cost of AI compliance.
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Country: USA | Funding: $40
Depthfirst develops AI-native security platform General Security Intelligence, which analyzes the code, business logic and infrastructure of enterprise applications, identifies vulnerabilities, eliminates false positives and provides developers with recommendations for optimizing workflows. The platform also enables companies to protect against credential leaks and monitor threats to their open-source components and third-party developers. Depthfirst claims to be able to help protect companies from many "AI-driven vulnerabilities" and has already established partnerships with a number of well-known companies, including AngelList, Lovable and Moveworks.
Depthfirst develops AI-native security platform General Security Intelligence, which analyzes the code, business logic and infrastructure of enterprise applications, identifies vulnerabilities, eliminates false positives and provides developers with recommendations for optimizing workflows. The platform also enables companies to protect against credential leaks and monitor threats to their open-source components and third-party developers. Depthfirst claims to be able to help protect companies from many "AI-driven vulnerabilities" and has already established partnerships with a number of well-known companies, including AngelList, Lovable and Moveworks.
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Country: Germany | Funding: $562M
Parloa is developing AI agents that automate customer service work previously handled by human representatives and help desk staff. They can handle millions of customer conversations across use cases, languages and regions and stay consistent and compliant. Parloa's platform enables tools to manage agents in the long run: natural language briefings, integrated testing, real-time monitoring and continuous improvement based on what customers actually say and do. Parloa’s AI agents are already answering calls for large enterprise customers, which include Allianz, Booking.com, HealthEquity, SAP, Sedgwick, and Swiss Life
Parloa is developing AI agents that automate customer service work previously handled by human representatives and help desk staff. They can handle millions of customer conversations across use cases, languages and regions and stay consistent and compliant. Parloa's platform enables tools to manage agents in the long run: natural language briefings, integrated testing, real-time monitoring and continuous improvement based on what customers actually say and do. Parloa’s AI agents are already answering calls for large enterprise customers, which include Allianz, Booking.com, HealthEquity, SAP, Sedgwick, and Swiss Life
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Country: USA | Funding: $1.8B
Skild AI is developing a general-purpose physics model for robots that can be adapted to any hardware and task. Skild's brain contains a world model (making it an approach to AGI), runs on an edge platform and enables robots to perform low-level skills such as grasping, transferring and navigating in unstructured environments. Developers can create their own AI algorithms and applications on the Skild platform using an API. The company is also developing its own universal humanoid robot model. The startup has strategic partnerships with LG CNS and Hewlett Packard Enterprise to develop its ecosystem.
Skild AI is developing a general-purpose physics model for robots that can be adapted to any hardware and task. Skild's brain contains a world model (making it an approach to AGI), runs on an edge platform and enables robots to perform low-level skills such as grasping, transferring and navigating in unstructured environments. Developers can create their own AI algorithms and applications on the Skild platform using an API. The company is also developing its own universal humanoid robot model. The startup has strategic partnerships with LG CNS and Hewlett Packard Enterprise to develop its ecosystem.
