Top 12 Startups developing AI for Internet of Things

Updated: Nov 17, 2025
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These startups develop AI and ML systems that process large volumes of data generated by IoT systems to monitor their behavior and predict the future actions in advance.
1
Ethernovia
Country: USA | Funding: $154M
Ethernovia makes Ethernet-based processors that help collect data from sensors scattered around a system - like in an autonomous vehicle - and quickly move it to a central computer.
2
C3 IoT
Country: France | Funding: $399.3M
C3 IoT delivers a complete platform as a service for rapidly developing and operating big data, predictive analytics, AI, and IoT software applications. By leveraging telemetry, elastic cloud computing, analytics, and machine learning, C3 IoT brings the power of predictive insights to any business value chain.
3
Preferred Networks
Country: Japan | Funding: ¥44.6B
Preferred Networks develops technologies related to autonomous driving and connected cars. They also apply machine learning and deep learning to robotics and machine tools, and conduct research and development of object recognition, control, anomaly detection, and optimization technology, medical images such as CT and MRI, and develop systems to allow early diagnosis of cancer using blood samples.
4
SparkCognition
Country: USA | Funding: $286.6M
SparkCognition engages in developing AI-Powered cyber-physical software for the safety, security, and reliability of IT, OT, and the IoT. SparkCognition builds artificial intelligence solutions for applications in energy, oil and gas, manufacturing, finance, aerospace, defense, and security.
5
Axelera
Country: Netherlands | Funding: $203.2M
Axelera is working to develop AI acceleration cards and systems for use cases like security, retail and robotics that it plans to sell through partners in the business-to-business edge computing and Internet of Things sectors.
6
Infogrid
Country: UK | Funding: $148.5M
Infogrid is changing the world through building intelligence. Our AI-powered platform gathers and analyses data from the smartest IoT technology to drive our mission of making every building healthy, efficient and sustainable.
7
BrightAI
Country: USA | Funding: $66M
We leverage the capabilities of AI to transform physical entities into digital counterparts, driving business expansion and growth.
8
WINT
Country: Israel | Funding: $50M
WINT is a water intelligence system that helps save water, reduce consumption, and prevent water leaks. The system collects data from the system’s water meters. Using proprietary artificial intelligence and algorithms, the system learns the normal water flow at that location and immediately detects any anomaly.
9
Sentiance 
Country: Belgium | Funding: $29.6M
Sentiance is a data science company turning IOT sensor data into rich insights about people’s behavior and real-time context.
10
ControlRooms.ai
Country: USA | Funding: $13.8M
ControlRooms is the AI-powered monitoring and observability tool for critical infrastructure.
11
Grid4C
Country: Israel | Funding: $13M
Grid4C develops AI and Machine Learning solutions to extract maximum business value out of smart meters and IoT data, embedding algorithms at the grid edge, while delivering predictive insights for energy providers, their customers, and the grid.
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Barcode India
Country: India
Barcode India (BCI) is a provider of advanced supply chain management software and hardware including integrated machine vision systems.
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