Top 10 Startups developing AI for project management and collaboration

Updated: Feb 12, 2026
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These startups use machine learning, natural language processing and predictive analytics to automate task management, resource allocation, project scheduling and facilitate seamless collaboration among team members, enhancing productivity, efficiency and decision-making in project management.
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Smartsheet
Country: USA | Funding: $3.4B
Smartsheet is developing a cloud-based platform for managing workflows and projects within a spreadsheet interface. Smartsheet AI tools enable instant insights into your business and answer questions with charts and metrics. Built-in AI assistant uses projects and processes as a unified context and enables problem-solving through conversation. Built-in AI agents plan and optimize projects, connect systems, mitigating risks and automatically moving work forward under your approval and control. AI in spreadsheets accelerates workflows with intelligent columns, instantly transforming data, analyzing customer sentiment, and categorizing information.
2
Clickup
Country: USA | Funding: $537.5M
One app to replace them all. ClickUp brings tasks, docs, spreadsheets, goal tracking, resources, and an inbox, together in one place. The built-in AI assistant Brain is connecting tasks, docs, people, and all of your company’s knowledge
3
Asana
Country: USA | Funding: $453.2M
Asana provides a leading work management platform that helps teams organize and manage all of their work. Asana uses AI to automate manual work, get insights on what to prioritize and adapt workflows to your organization's evolving needs.
4
monday.com
Country: Israel | Funding: $384.1M
monday.com is a tool that transforms the way teams work together and helps teams build a culture of transparency. Monday uses AI to automate tasks in marketing, operations, product management, sales and finance.
5
Forecast
Country: Denmark | Funding: $29.1M
Forecast helps project-driven companies automate operations, empower people and leverage insights to drive business performance
6
Wrike
Country: USA | Funding: $26M
Wrike’s award-winning Work Intelligence solution is a self-learning AI and automation engine built for work. It leverages our industry-leading data model to make recommendations, reduce mundane tasks, and predict outcomes.
7
Cloverleaf
Country: USA | Funding: $18.1M
Cloverleaf is a development tool for teams. We take your employee data and provide visual insights into your team. We help you position team members into the right roles, give you resources for more effective communication and identify the right people to add to the team for improved productivity.
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Optimal AI
Country: USA | Funding: $13M
Optimal AI helps software engineering teams measure, optimize, and act on metrics to drive impactful outcomes.
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Lili.ai
Country: France | Funding: €7.5M
Lili.ai creates AI-based virtual assistant specialized in project management
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PMOtto.ai
Country: Denmark
PMOtto.ai can help and advise project co-workers with their daily tasks by using Machine Learning algorithms and an friendly chat-bot user interface.
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Siddhant Patel is a senior editor for AI-Startups. He is based out of India and has previously worked at publications including Huffington Post and The Next Web. Siddhant has a special interest in artificial intelligence and has spent a decade covering the rapidly-evolving business and technology of the industry. Siddhant graduated from the Indian Institute of Science (Bengaluru). When he’s not writing, Siddhant is also a developer and has a deep historical knowledge of the computer industry for the past 50 years. You can contact Siddhant at sidpatel(at)ai-startups(dot)pro