$36M ARR for an AI video platform. Physical AI is pulling serious investor attention, and a 2x exit founder and an ex-Meta computer vision engineer are building in stealth. Here is what’s moving private markets today.
💸 Revenue Signals of the Week
Specter tracks private-company revenue and profitability as it’s reported across social posts, news, podcasts, and public filings.
AKOOL Hits $36M ARR
Nathan Latka shares AKOOL broke $36M ARR, up from $25M in revenue last year, with 20,000+ paying customers. AKOOL is a business AI video generation platform.
Nexoya Hits $3.3M ARR
Startupticker reports Nexoya surpassed CHF 3M (~$3.3M) ARR, nearly tripling in three years, across 500+ ad accounts with an ITA Airways rollout underway. Nexoya optimizes digital ad budgets with AI.
Wealthreader Hits $1.08M ARR
Emprendedores reports Wealthreader crossed €1M (~$1.08M) ARR and is profitable, now connecting 260+ banks across 61 countries. Wealthreader is an API for global, real-time financial account data.
Cleavr Hits $1.06M ARR
Cleavr shares it reached €1M (~$1.06M) ARR in six months, expanding to 10 markets as it hires to scale toward €10M. Cleavr automates accounts receivable through ERP integration.
Elvy Posts $1.1M in FY2024 Revenue
Breakit reports Elvy posted SEK 11.3M (~$1.1M) in FY2024 revenue at a profit, as it raised SEK 70M (~$6.6M). Elvy offers a home energy subscription with solar, heat pumps, and battery storage.
🔮 Stealth Opportunities of the Week
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Adel Ahmadyan 🇺🇸
Experience: Founder (Stealth), Software Engineer (Meta), Software Engineer (Google)
Highlights: Fortune 500 Experience, Major Tech Experience, Prior VC-Backed Experience, Strong Academic Background
Education: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) (Computer Engineering) (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)
Daniel Baeriswyl, PhD 🇬🇧
Experience: Founder & CEO (Stealth), Founder & CEO, Acquired by Zebec Network (Science Card), Founder & CEO, Acquired by Blockchain.com (Magic Carpet AI), PhD in Biomedical Engineering (UCL), Visiting PhD Student (Imperial College London), Fixed Income, Currency and Commodities (UBS Investment Bank), Visiting Graduate Student (California Institute of Technology), Nanotechnology Research Internship (CTI Renato Archer)
Highlights: Polyglot, Prior Exit, Prior VC-Backed Experience, Prior VC-Backed Founder, Serial Founder, Strong Academic Background, Top University
Education: Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) (Biomedical/Medical Engineering) (UCL)
Eric Vollenweider 🇨🇭
Experience: Co-Founder (Stealth Startup), Robot Platform Tech Lead & Engineering Manager (Amazon RIVR), Senior Robotics AI Engineer (RIVR), SE2 / Robotics Engineer - Mixed Reality and AI Lab (Microsoft), Co-Founder & Geschäftsführer (TheraSoft GmbH), Research Assistant TUM - AIS (Technische Universität München), Summer Intern (Infineon Technologies)
Highlights: Fortune 500 Experience, Prior VC-Backed Experience, Top University
Education: Master's Degree (Robotics, Systems & Control) (ETH Zürich)
Sushmita Chavan 🇮🇳
Experience: Stealth Founder (Stealth Startup), Marketing Manager (EASYECOM), Product Growth (Bizongo), Product Analyst (Bizongo), Co-Founder & CEO, Acquired by Bizongo (Hexa), Solutions Consultant (Vee Technologies)
Highlights: Prior Exit, Prior VC-Backed Experience
Education: Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) (Biotechnology) (Bapuji Institute of Engineering & Technology)
Scott Saunders 🇺🇸
Experience: Founder and CEO (Stealth), Founder and CEO (Happy Money), Executive and Investor, Walz Group (Acquired by LenderLive) (LenderLive), SBIC Investments (U.S. Small Business Administration), Associate (Oxford Finance)
Highlights: Prior Exit, Prior VC-Backed Experience, Prior VC-Backed Founder, Top University
Education: Master of Business Administration (MBA) (Columbia Business School)
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🎱 Investor Signals of the Week
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Orchid 🔥 Featured 3x in 90 days
Orchid automates email management with AI-driven inbox organisation and conversation summaries.
Founders: Adam W., Nizzy Abi Zaher
Founded: 2025
HQ Location: San Francisco, California, United States
round3 AI 🔥 Featured 3x in 90 days
Round3 enables developers to build, own, and deploy secure specialised language models.
Founders: Borja Burgos, Joaquín Guanter Gonzálbez
Founded: 2025
HQ Location: New York City, New York, United States
Vesoma 🔥 Featured 2x in 90 days
Vesoma builds European humanoid robots powered by physical AI for manufacturing and logistics.
Founders: Nikolai Ensslen, Peter Skoromnyi
Founded: 2026
HQ Location: Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Pulse AI 🔥 Featured 2x in 90 days
Pulse AI extracts LLM-ready data from unstructured enterprise documents via API.
Founders: Sid Manchkanti, Ritvik Pandey
Founded: 2024
HQ Location: San Francisco, California, United States
LithosAI 🔥 Featured 2x in 90 days
LithosAI provides ultra-fast agentic inference on standard GPUs via a hosted API.
Founders: Dimitrios Skarlatos, Zhihao Jia.
Founded: 2025
HQ Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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🍒 Company Opportunities of the Week
Specter tracks the performance of millions of companies and identifies the ones who are likely to increase in valuation.
Morph (🌟 Specter – Global Rank 1450)
morph. builds the world's first soft robotics platform for wearable and industrial applications.
Signal: Headcount Surge, Recent Funding, Top Tier Investors
Founder: Jean Nehme
Last Funding Type: Seed
Investors: 8VC, Blue Lion, Copper, Harvey Spevak, Pharrell Williams, Qubit Health Capital, Valia Ventures
Omi AI (🌟 Specter – Global Rank 1520)
Omi AI builds an open-source AI wearable that captures daily life and creates structured memory.
Signal: Headcount Surge, Social Followers Momentum, Recent News, No Recent Funding, Top Tier Investors
Founder: Joan Cabezas, Nik Shevchenko
Total Funding Raised: $2.7M
Last Funding Type: Seed
Investors: 468 Capital, 5Y Capital, Embedding VC, Tim Draper, Unpopular Ventures
Strawberry (🌟 Specter – Global Rank 2543)
Strawberry is an intelligent browser that integrates AI companions into daily research and writing workflows.
Signal: Headcount Surge, Web Traffic Surge, Social Followers Momentum, No Recent Funding, Top Tier Investors
Founder: Charles Maddock, Arian Hanifi, Sebastian Thunman
Total Funding Raised: $6M
Last Funding Type: Seed
Investors: EQT Ventures, General Catalyst
Roe AI (🌟 Specter – Global Rank 3998)
Roe builds investigative agents for EDD, AML and fraud.
Signal: Headcount Surge, Social Followers Scale-up, Top Tier Investors, No Recent Funding
Founder: Richard Meng, Jason W.
Total Funding Raised: $4M
Last Funding Type: Seed
Investors: Ardent Venture Partners, Daniel Svonava, Gradient, Orange Collective, Y Combinator
Superleap (🌟 Specter – Global Rank 5824)
Superleap is an AI-native enterprise CRM that automates sales, reporting, and lead management.
Signal: Headcount Surge, Product Reviews Surge, Social Followers Surge, Recent News, Recent Funding, Top Tier Investors
Founder: Subham Kumar Boundia, Saurabh Maheshwari, Alok Maurya
Total Funding Raised: $6.52M
Investors: Aakrit Vaish, Anupam Mittal, Biswa Kalyan Rath, Deepinder Goyal, Gaurav Munjal, Gruhas, Hemesh Singh, Kunal Shah, Mukesh Bansal, Nikhil Kamath, Peak XV Partners, Roman Saini, Sarthak Misra, Scott Shleifer, Sumer Juneja, Supermorpheus, Tanmay Bhat
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