Monogram
Monogram, based in San Mateo, California, is redefining human-AI interaction with its AI-native user interface (UI), aiming to make artificial intelligence more human, approachable, and collaborative. The company's secret recipe focuses on vision, privacy, and collaboration to transform AI's command-line-like experience into an intuitive, visual interaction. Team: 3 employees (+300% 6m, 3 recent hires). Founded by Murat Akbal (Middle East Technical University, ex-Carbon Health), Edouard Tabet (University of Chicago, Pierre and Marie Curie University, ex-Airbnb), and Eren Bali (Middle East Technical University, ex-Udemy, ex-Carbon Health). Monogram's vision to create the next paradigm for human-AI interaction positions it as a leader in the AI, Interface, and Collaboration sectors.
Ando
Ando, based in SF, California, is innovating work messaging platforms by integrating AI agents as actual teammates. This approach aims to provide agents with the context, access, and UI primitives necessary for enhancing human productivity. Team: 14 employees (+200% 6m, 2 recent hires). Founded by Sara Du (Harvard University, Y Combinator W20, ex-Alloy). Ando's development of a messaging platform for humans and AI agents to work collaboratively positions it as a pioneer in the Information Technology, Software, and Mobile Platforms sectors.
Turbopuffer
Turbopuffer based in Ottawa, Canada, revolutionizes data management with its serverless vector database on object storage, slashing costs and enhancing scalability. It offers serverless architecture, vector and full-text search, scalability, and cost-effectiveness. Team: 10 employees (+11.1% 6m, 1 recent hire), 40.0% eng. Founded by Simon Hørup Eskildsen (Aarhus Katedralskole, ex-Shopify), Justin Li (University of Waterloo, Sir Robert Borden High School, ex-Frustra Inc., ex-Shopify). Turbopuffer's architecture, ensuring massive scalability and ease of use, is designed for modern data-driven applications, with capabilities like handling 150B+ documents, 1M+ writes/s, and serving 6K+ queries/s.
Nori
Nori based in Irvington, New York, integrates wearable and fitness data into a unified dashboard, leveraging AI for health pattern tracking and recovery insights. Features include health and fitness data integration, AI-powered personalized insights, and health tracking. Raised $0.5M (1 round), latest: $0.5M (Jun 2025). Founded by Harish Agarwal (University of California Berkeley, University of Cambridge, ex-Spotify, ex-Chartable), David Zohrob (Y Combinator, University of Michigan, ex-Nori). Nori, aiming to simplify health management by making data actionable, is backed by Y Combinator, focusing on health goals without managing multiple apps.
Project Mirage
Project Mirage, based in Bengaluru, India, ventures into the AI + Hardware space, redefining interactions in an intelligent world. It focuses on blending advanced AI with hardware to innovate living and interaction dynamics. Founded by Apoorv Shankar (Indian Institute of Science, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, ex-Lazy Co., ex-Handkey). Despite being bootstrapped and lacking disclosed funding, Project Mirage aims to redefine human-device interactions through deep tech and hardware innovations, addressing the growing demand for smart, integrated living solutions.
Moss
Moss, based in SF, California, revolutionizes Conversational AI with its real-time semantic search technology. Raised $0.5M (1 round), latest: $0.5M (Sep 2025). Team: 2 employees (+200% 6m, 2 recent hires). Founded by Harsha Nalluru (IIT Kanpur, ex-Microsoft) and Sri Raghu Malireddi (University of Victoria, IIT Gandhinagar, ex-Grammarly, ex-BrainStation). Moss's offerings, including Semantic Search, AI, Real-time, Offline-First, Edge Computing, Conversational AI, Multimodal AI, and Runtime, along with 3 active deployments, position it as a leader in the DeepTech, Software, and Data Analytics sectors.
Adaptive Machines
Adaptive Machines, based in Nashville, Tennessee, is revolutionizing robotics with Physical Intelligence, developing actuators that enhance robot efficiency, speed, and safety. These actuators aim for a 50% boost in energy efficiency and improved operational speed and safety in humanoids, cobots, and industrial systems. Founded by David Braun (Vanderbilt University, ex-Vanderbilt University, ex-Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD)). Adaptive Machines' vision is to overcome the motor-gearbox limitation in current robotics through mechanically adaptive hardware.
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TradeFox
TradeFox, based in NYC, New York, serves as a prediction market aggregator and prime brokerage, offering a trading platform. Founded by Prithvir Jhaveri (Duke University, ex-Morgan Stanley, Z Fellows), previously built Loch, a crypto portfolio and blockchain-intelligence platform, and Yoshi. The project emerged from the earlier factCheck Polymarket terminal and is backed by AllianceDAO and CMT Digital. Despite being in its early stages with undisclosed funding, TradeFox has attracted attention with a 7 signal score and 9 signals in the last 90 days.
Doss
Doss SF-based revolutionizes enterprise resource planning with its adaptive ERP and data platform, focusing on automation for mid-sized to large enterprises in industrials, consumer goods, and manufacturing sectors. Offers DossARP, DataStudio, DossIDP; features include unified inventory, orders, production management, real-time analytics, dashboards, and data aggregation. Raised $23.4M (2 rounds), latest: $18M Series A (Apr 2025). Team: 20 employees (+17.6% 6m, 3 recent hires), 15.0% eng. Founded by Wiley Jones (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, ex-Athelas), Arnav Mishra (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, ex-ACM, ex-Techquitable Futures). Backed by basecase capital (Alana Goyal), General Catalyst (Nikolaus Pelinka, Josh R., Shavon Gartrell), La Famiglia (Sophia Jaenecke, Carlo P., Robert Lacher); partners: Tomasz Tunguz (Theory Ventures). Rapid funding velocity, strong founding team, tier-1 investor backing position Doss as leader in ERP space.
Cargolabs
Cargolabs based in Munich, Germany, addresses the freight forwarding industry's challenges by developing AI workers to automate operations and reduce manual labor dependence. Building an AI-powered workforce for freight forwarders, aiming to cut reliance on manual labor and streamline operations. Founded by Denis Stepanov (Lomonosov Moscow State University, ex-Stealth AI Startup, ex-Inkitt), Dr. Pierric Appert (University of St.Gallen, University of Glasgow, ex-Lufthansa Innovation Hub, ex-Superlyst Ventures). Cargolabs, still in its early stages, has not disclosed funding details and focuses on leveraging AI to tackle the freight industry's growing labor shortages and operational inefficiencies.
Modu
Modu, based in SF, California, revolutionizes AI-native development with a security control plane, offering an in-path gateway for coding agents, sandboxes, and tools. It provides guardrails and observability for AI-driven code, targeting music creators and AI enthusiasts. Team: 8 employees (+14.3% 6m, 1 recent hire), 37.5% eng. Founded by Brexton Pham (Stanford, ex-First Round Capital, ex-Index), Tamby Kojak (ex-Electric AI, ex-V1 Apps), Daniel Lai (Stanford, ex-Tout, ex-Series). Modu's offerings like RemixAI and AI Music Creator position it as a leader in the AI music and development sector.
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Accord
Accord, London-based, transforms player community conversations into structured insights for game studios with its AI-powered player intelligence platform. It analyzes Discord messages for sentiment, trends, and issues, offering actionable insights, sentiment analysis, and community feedback tools. Team: 2 employees (+200% 6m, 2 recent hires). Founded by Chris Illuk (Harvard Business School Online, QUT, ex-Layer, ex-Agersens), Rachit Moti (Southbank Institute of Technology, Queensland University of Technology, ex-State School Ventures, ex-Layer). Accord's AI-driven insights and game development tools position it as an innovator in gaming and IT.
Mosaico
Mosaico, based in Rome, Italy, pioneers data management for physical AI and robotics, positioning itself as the 'Databricks for Robotics' with its open-source, end-to-end data platform. Mosaico offers robotics, IoT, data management, R&D, software development, digitalization. Founded by Gabriele Lini (Università degli Studi di Parma, ex-VisLab).
Chessiro
Chessiro, based in Bengaluru, India, offers a unique approach to improving chess skills by leveraging online chess data. Founded by Rakshit Singh (Indian Institute of Technology, Madras; Manipal Institute of Technology, ex-Take Take Take, ex-SuperDM).
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Paraglide
Paraglide London-based automates B2B collections busywork with AI agents managing customer queries, reminders, and personalized follow-ups, allowing teams to focus on high-value accounts and reduce Days Sales Outstanding (DSO). Founded by Palash Shah with no listed education or previous jobs. Despite being bootstrapped with undisclosed funding and team size, Paraglide's AI-driven approach aims to revolutionize the efficiency of financial operations in the Information Technology and Finance sectors. With a signal score of 7 and 2 signals in the last 90 days, Paraglide is positioning itself as a key player in the intersection of AI and finance.
