Y Combinator

Y Combinator is a startup accelerator based in Mountain View, California, founded in 2005. It has pioneered a new funding model for early-stage startups by investing a modest amount of capital, typically around $150,000, in a large number of companies twice a year. Over a three-month program, Y Combinator collaborates closely with these startups to prepare them for investor pitches and enhance their business strategies. Each funding cycle concludes with Demo Day, where startups present to an exclusive audience of investors. Y Combinator focuses on various sectors, including business software, education, healthcare, and financial technology, among others. In addition to initial funding, it offers ongoing support through its extensive alumni network. Since its inception, Y Combinator has funded over 630 startups, contributing significantly to the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Silicon Valley and beyond.

Gustaf Alstromer

Group Partner

Matt Bogrand

Associate, YC Continuity Fund

Timothy Brady

Partner

Craig R. Cannon

Director of Marketing

Adora Cheung

Partner

Nic Dardenne

Principal

Aaron Epstein

Group Partner

Brad Flora

Group Partner

Jared Friedman

Managing Director, Software and Group Partner

Aaron Harris

Partner

Carolynn Levy

Partner

Bradford (Brad) Lightcap

Associate, YC Continuity

Kat Manalac

Managing Partner

Eric Migicovsky

Partner

Kirsty Nathoo

Partner

Verena Prescher

Director of Finance

Geoff Ralston

president

Ali Rowghani

Managing Partner

Arnav Sahu

Principal

Michael Seibel

Managing Director

Harj Taggar

Partner

Past deals in Artificial Intelligence

AssemblyAI

Series B in 2022
AssemblyAI Inc. is a technology company based in San Francisco, California, that specializes in providing a high-accuracy speech-to-text API. Founded in 2017, the company harnesses advanced deep neural networks to deliver state-of-the-art transcription services. AssemblyAI's API is designed for easy integration, allowing developers to start building applications quickly using various programming languages. The service supports customization for specific keywords and phrases, enhancing transcription accuracy. Additionally, AssemblyAI offers robust support with dedicated account managers and technical assistance available around the clock. Its scalable architecture enables the processing of multiple audio files or streams simultaneously, catering to the needs of thousands of developers who rely on its solutions for creating voice-powered applications and chat interfaces.

Yemaachi Biotechnology

Seed Round in 2022
Yemaachi Biotechnology uses cutting-edge immunogenomics, bioinformatics, and artificial intelligence to accelerate the development of cancer detection and cure strategies for lowering the economic burden of cancer.

AssemblyAI

Series A in 2022
AssemblyAI Inc. is a technology company based in San Francisco, California, that specializes in providing a high-accuracy speech-to-text API. Founded in 2017, the company harnesses advanced deep neural networks to deliver state-of-the-art transcription services. AssemblyAI's API is designed for easy integration, allowing developers to start building applications quickly using various programming languages. The service supports customization for specific keywords and phrases, enhancing transcription accuracy. Additionally, AssemblyAI offers robust support with dedicated account managers and technical assistance available around the clock. Its scalable architecture enables the processing of multiple audio files or streams simultaneously, catering to the needs of thousands of developers who rely on its solutions for creating voice-powered applications and chat interfaces.

Depict

Series A in 2022
Depict.ai develops a product recommendation engine aimed at enhancing the quality of product suggestions for e-commerce stores. By providing advanced recommendation capabilities similar to those found on major platforms, the company enables smaller businesses to compete effectively against larger competitors. The software is designed to increase overall revenue for e-commerce sites without requiring extensive sales data, thereby democratizing access to high-quality recommendations. Through its innovative approach, Depict.ai seeks to empower smaller players in the e-commerce market, allowing them to improve customer engagement and drive sales.

NanoNets

Series A in 2022
NanoNets is machine learning API for developers which requires 1/10th of data and no machine learning expertise to train a model. Upload the data, wait for a few minutes and get a model you can query over their easy to use cloud API. Often companies do not have enough data to train a machine learning model on their own using state of the art algorithms as well as don't have enough data scientists to work on those problems. NanoNets solves both these problems for companies.

KorrAI

Seed Round in 2022
Korrai Technologies Ltd. is a digital technology company based in Delta, Canada, founded in 2020. It specializes in developing artificial intelligence software tailored for the natural resources and environmental sectors. The company's software interprets air and lidar imagery to provide contextual insights, enabling precision mapping for applications in mining and environmental monitoring. Its AI tools generate pre-trained footprint features and learner solutions, facilitating assessments in various areas such as quarries, mines, waterbodies, forestry, and infrastructure. Korrai's platform also offers satellite-based ground motion monitoring, allowing clients to detect minute changes in the earth's surface and create accurate risk maps. This technology aids businesses in making informed decisions regarding environmental impacts and resource management, addressing challenges related to climate change and land use.

Tint.ai

Series A in 2022
Tint.ai provides a data intelligence platform that helps data scientists find the right external data to improve the performance of their artificial intelligence models. Its platform automates the steps required to get external data from vendors and evaluates it using machine learning. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Pickle

Seed Round in 2022
The Pickle squad leverages the latest artificial intelligence technology for one purpose: to make people extraordinary. Harnessing the power of conversation intelligence, we refine your sales and customer success process by uncovering blind spots and transforming conversations into actionable insights. Leverage the strengths of your sales/customer success teams while uniting them through robust machine learning algorithms to take your customer management & sales efforts to the next level. Pickle actively works to disrupt the status quo and lay the foundations of a data-driven future today. To learn more about Pickle, please visit www.pickleai.com.

Armilla AI

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Armilla AI is a governance platform that enables algorithmic accountability to drive ethical decisions with transparency. The platform utilizes algorithmic accountability for tracking and governance and allows models to be tested in a matter of hours, vetting both the models themselves and the underlying datasets, helping clients by providing continuous monitoring of ongoing performance, accuracy, and algorithmic accountability by detecting errors.

Phonic

Seed Round in 2021
Phonic Inc. is a market research company that specializes in conversational audio, leveraging artificial intelligence to enhance survey methodologies. Established in 2019 and headquartered in Foster City, California, Phonic operates as a distributed platform, facilitating innovative market research solutions. The company's focus on integrating AI technology aims to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of data collection and analysis in the market research industry.

q&ai

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Q&ai gives product leaders insight into how customers think about products and messaging by analyzing their company's sales calls.

Yemaachi Biotechnology

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Yemaachi Biotechnology uses cutting-edge immunogenomics, bioinformatics, and artificial intelligence to accelerate the development of cancer detection and cure strategies for lowering the economic burden of cancer.

Caire Health

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Caire Health provides AI software that improves the speed and accuracy of brain bleed diagnosis. The AI tool is designed to empower emergency doctors directly and start the treatment immediately.

Cero.AI

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Cero.AI interact with the patients using automated, empathetic, and effective written communication tools at every step of healthcare. Cero.AI solves specific coordination tasks between hospitals and patients, such as appointment confirmations and last-minute cancellations, by automatically communicating with patients over WhatsApp.

Potion

Pre Seed Round in 2021
AI-Based Beauty Product Development Company

Unbox AI

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Unbox AI creates a master AI model that unlocks the synergies in a company's business. The company develops state-of-the-art natural-language-understanding inspired AI models for consumption using transformers and unsupervised learning. It is headquartered in Stanford, California.

Protex AI

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Protex AI using proactive 3rd Gen AI -powered ESHQ Technology empowers health and safety workplace.

Datlo

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Dalto is a Data analysis platform for sales and expansion teams.Dalto using artificial intelligence techniques helps companies finding market oppurtunities as new places to work, potential customers, and teams.

Coulomb AI

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Coulomb AI specializes in predictive battery analytics software tailored for electric vehicles. The company has developed a platform designed to optimize battery efficiency, allowing electric vehicle manufacturers, battery producers, and fleet operators to enhance product development and performance. By leveraging predictive analytics, Coulomb AI enables its clients to improve battery performance and extend the lifespan of their products, ensuring long-term reliability and operational effectiveness.

Intellect

Seed Round in 2021
Intellect Company Pte. Ltd., established in 2019 and headquartered in Singapore, offers digital therapy programs designed to help users improve their traits, habits, and behaviors. The platform features psychological training initiatives developed by a team of leading psychologists and behavioral experts, aiming to provide accessible mental health support through technology.

Revery AI

Seed Round in 2021
Founded by 3 Computer Vision Phds at UIUC, Revery AI creates a scalable method to visualize garments on people. The technology powers a virtual dressing room where shoppers can mix & match outfits and visualize them on any model instantly online.

Lightly

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Building delightful AI-powered consumer products.

SenpAI.GG

Seed Round in 2021
SenpAI aims to enhance the esports experience and accelerate the learning curve of competitive video game players. SenpAI utilizes state-of-the-art AI methods to run a deep analysis of users' playing style, pinpointing their strengths and weaknesses. Users gain access to a personalized library of AI-generated video clips from professional matches, all tailored to their interest while maximizing their learning potential.

Verihubs

Seed Round in 2021
Verihubs is an artificial intelligence company based in South Jakarta that specializes in providing a digital enterprise infrastructure platform. This platform aids businesses in making informed authentication decisions by authenticating customer identities and verifying backgrounds. Verihubs enables clients to access financial data, allowing for thorough verification of customer information. Through its services, the company empowers enterprises to enhance their decision-making processes regarding customer data.

Verihubs

Seed Round in 2021
Verihubs is an artificial intelligence company based in South Jakarta that specializes in providing a digital enterprise infrastructure platform. This platform aids businesses in making informed authentication decisions by authenticating customer identities and verifying backgrounds. Verihubs enables clients to access financial data, allowing for thorough verification of customer information. Through its services, the company empowers enterprises to enhance their decision-making processes regarding customer data.

Compose.AI

Seed Round in 2021
Compose Your AI Chatbot with an ultimate platform to build and launch a customizable chatbot instantly without any coding knowledge

Tavus

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Tavus is an AI video cloning platform that specializes in creating personalized videos for sales outreach. The platform utilizes advanced artificial intelligence technology to generate realistic videos that mimic the gestures and voices of customers. This allows sales teams to produce hundreds of unique videos quickly, enhancing their outreach efforts. By enabling clients to record a single video and automatically generate personalized versions with one click, Tavus streamlines the video creation process, making it more efficient and effective for businesses looking to engage their audience.

Betterhalf

Seed Round in 2021
Betterhalf Private Limited operates an online matchmaking platform that utilizes artificial intelligence to connect users with compatible partners. Founded in 2012 and based in Bengaluru, India, the platform allows individuals to create detailed personality profiles, leveraging data from millions of married couples to enhance the matching process. Betterhalf aims to address the age-old challenge of partner search, offering a unique solution that caters to a global audience of approximately 500 million people. The company focuses on innovation in the partner search industry, striving to provide a valuable and effective service for those seeking meaningful relationships.

testRigor

Seed Round in 2021
TestRigor provides an AI-powered autonomous software regression testing. It utilizes machine learning and crawler to automatically discover functionality and test it on human-level.

Fountain9

Seed Round in 2021
The world is drowning in data but starving for insights due to scarcity of analytical manpower. fountain9 is building AI powered enterprise analytical products that will automate knowledge discovery and democratize analytics, helping companies extract more value from their data and reach their full potential.

Scale

Series E in 2021
Scale AI, Inc. is a data platform that specializes in providing high-quality training and validation data for artificial intelligence applications. Founded in 2016 and based in San Francisco, the company offers a range of annotation tools, including platforms for 3D sensor data, images, videos, text, and documents. Its products support various AI tasks such as content moderation, transcription, and data comparison, and are utilized across multiple sectors including autonomous vehicles, retail, conversational AI, and robotics. Scale AI's technology enables companies to streamline their machine learning processes, allowing teams to concentrate on developing innovative models rather than the labor-intensive task of data labeling. The company serves notable clients in the technology and transportation industries, enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of AI development.

Tint.ai

Seed Round in 2021
Tint.ai provides a data intelligence platform that helps data scientists find the right external data to improve the performance of their artificial intelligence models. Its platform automates the steps required to get external data from vendors and evaluates it using machine learning. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in San Francisco, California.

CrowdAI

Series A in 2021
CrowdAI, Inc. is a company that specializes in providing an artificial intelligence-as-a-service platform, focusing on the analysis of imagery and video from various sources, including autonomous vehicles, satellites, and drones. Founded in 2016 and based in Mountain View, California, CrowdAI empowers users to create custom machine learning models tailored to their specific needs without requiring a data science background or coding skills. Its comprehensive platform simplifies the transition from raw data to actionable insights, allowing enterprises to efficiently deploy machine learning models in production environments. This capability enables users to leverage real-time data for informed operational decision-making, enhancing the effectiveness of their projects and applications.

Fountain9

Seed Round in 2021
The world is drowning in data but starving for insights due to scarcity of analytical manpower. fountain9 is building AI powered enterprise analytical products that will automate knowledge discovery and democratize analytics, helping companies extract more value from their data and reach their full potential.

BusinessOnBot

Seed Round in 2021
BusinessOnBot is an automated sales and user acquisition platform that provides voice and text-based multilingual chat solutions.

Axiom.ai

Seed Round in 2021
Axiom is an AI browser assistant that lets you automate business processes, and share them with others on a ‘process app-store’ It does two things: -It can guide you through a business process -Or it can automate that process It does this through ‘Robotic Process Automation’. RPA is the ability to record user inputs and replay them. Many business processes involve workflow-driven work with web-apps; like setting up a Salesforce campaign, or AWS Firewall. Axiom can guide or automate those steps. If you’re an expert or consultant, you can code-ify your expertise in Axiom, to guide others on the app-store. Axiom’s AI assistant also observes user behaviour, and makes context-sensitive suggestions as they work, so they can automate things they didn’t know was possible.

Pickle

Pre Seed Round in 2021
The Pickle squad leverages the latest artificial intelligence technology for one purpose: to make people extraordinary. Harnessing the power of conversation intelligence, we refine your sales and customer success process by uncovering blind spots and transforming conversations into actionable insights. Leverage the strengths of your sales/customer success teams while uniting them through robust machine learning algorithms to take your customer management & sales efforts to the next level. Pickle actively works to disrupt the status quo and lay the foundations of a data-driven future today. To learn more about Pickle, please visit www.pickleai.com.

Chatbiz.id

Seed Round in 2021
Web Platform to create your own smart virtual agents to automate online store from beginning to end and can be integrated with your chatting app and website.

SBX Robotics

Pre Seed Round in 2021
SBX Robotics generates synthetic data that teaches robots to see. SBX Robotics is accelerating the design of intelligent robots through simulation, starting with computer vision models for industrial settings.

Segments.ai

Seed Round in 2021
Deep learning-fueled labeling technology for images and videos with a focus on instance and semantic segmentation with a mission to automate image labeling. Supporting predictive labeling and active learning workflows on large-scale datasets.

Datrics

Seed Round in 2021
Datrics offers a cloud-based, no-code analytics and machine learning platform that simplifies the creation of data workflows and artificial intelligence applications for users without coding experience. The platform allows users to upload their data to quickly conduct experiments, prototype, and perform self-service analytics through automated processes. With flexible templates and an intuitive interface, Datrics enables enterprises to efficiently process data, construct and compare models, and analyze market scenarios. This capability significantly reduces the time and cost associated with implementing analytical models, making machine learning accessible to both non-practitioners and professionals within organizations.

Cord

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Cord is building a data programming interface to label and manage your training data for AI applications.

Betterhalf

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Betterhalf Private Limited operates an online matchmaking platform that utilizes artificial intelligence to connect users with compatible partners. Founded in 2012 and based in Bengaluru, India, the platform allows individuals to create detailed personality profiles, leveraging data from millions of married couples to enhance the matching process. Betterhalf aims to address the age-old challenge of partner search, offering a unique solution that caters to a global audience of approximately 500 million people. The company focuses on innovation in the partner search industry, striving to provide a valuable and effective service for those seeking meaningful relationships.

narrator

Series A in 2020
AI Narrator, Inc. develops and operates an online platform that provides data science as a service for startups. The company engages taking care of various data needs ranging from delivering insights to setting up a scalable data infrastructure to answering any data question. Its platform enables companies to make data-driven decisions by leveraging AI and community of experience. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in New York, New York.

Biocogniv

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Biocogniv Inc. specializes in developing artificial intelligence-powered diagnostic tools tailored for hospitals. Founded in 2019 and based in Burlington, Vermont, the company creates plugins for electronic health records (EHRs) that enhance clinical decision-making. Its initial product screens patients for COVID-19 by rapidly analyzing standard blood test results, achieving a sensitivity rate of 95%. Additionally, Biocogniv's technology aims to predict sepsis-related in-hospital mortality and the need for intensive care unit admission during emergency department visits. By seamlessly integrating with EHR workflows, Biocogniv's solutions facilitate accurate and non-invasive diagnostic methods, thereby improving patient outcomes and operational efficiency in the medical sector.

Biocogniv

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Biocogniv Inc. specializes in developing artificial intelligence-powered diagnostic tools tailored for hospitals. Founded in 2019 and based in Burlington, Vermont, the company creates plugins for electronic health records (EHRs) that enhance clinical decision-making. Its initial product screens patients for COVID-19 by rapidly analyzing standard blood test results, achieving a sensitivity rate of 95%. Additionally, Biocogniv's technology aims to predict sepsis-related in-hospital mortality and the need for intensive care unit admission during emergency department visits. By seamlessly integrating with EHR workflows, Biocogniv's solutions facilitate accurate and non-invasive diagnostic methods, thereby improving patient outcomes and operational efficiency in the medical sector.

Synth

Seed Round in 2020
Synth is constructing a platform for creating compliant, lifelike pretend knowledge for software improvement, cloning present databases whereas synthesizing the specifics. The startup believes its strategy will assist promote higher knowledge privateness and compliance with laws whereas nonetheless sustaining accuracy.

Luminai

Seed Round in 2020
Luminai is a company based in Palo Alto, California, that specializes in enhancing IT customer support services. It leverages automation technology to assist customer support agents in managing their workloads more efficiently, effectively enabling them to resolve tickets at twice the usual speed. By streamlining the user interface for customer support operations, Luminai aims to improve productivity and service quality for organizations that rely on timely and effective customer assistance.

Phonic

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Phonic Inc. is a market research company that specializes in conversational audio, leveraging artificial intelligence to enhance survey methodologies. Established in 2019 and headquartered in Foster City, California, Phonic operates as a distributed platform, facilitating innovative market research solutions. The company's focus on integrating AI technology aims to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of data collection and analysis in the market research industry.

Depict

Seed Round in 2020
Depict.ai develops a product recommendation engine aimed at enhancing the quality of product suggestions for e-commerce stores. By providing advanced recommendation capabilities similar to those found on major platforms, the company enables smaller businesses to compete effectively against larger competitors. The software is designed to increase overall revenue for e-commerce sites without requiring extensive sales data, thereby democratizing access to high-quality recommendations. Through its innovative approach, Depict.ai seeks to empower smaller players in the e-commerce market, allowing them to improve customer engagement and drive sales.

Nextera Robotics

Seed Round in 2020
Nextera Robotics is a company that develops an artificial intelligence-based software platform designed to facilitate the rapid integration of robotics into factory processes, significantly reducing deployment time from months to days. The focus of the platform is on deployment, monitoring, and technical support, ensuring optimized rollouts for its clients, which include notable companies such as Dunkin Donuts and Tesla. In addition to its factory automation solutions, Nextera Robotics also specializes in programming and deploying large fleets of purpose-built industrial robots for construction project management. The robots collect daily data from construction sites, providing AI-generated insights that help teams manage budgets, adhere to schedules, and enhance safety. Based in the United States, Nextera Robotics aims to streamline industrial operations through advanced technology.

Humanloop

Seed Round in 2020
Humanloop Ltd is a London-based company that specializes in artificial intelligence, focusing on data labeling and model training to enhance the efficiency of human workforce scaling. Established in 2020, the company aims to revolutionize the training of AI systems by significantly reducing the amount of human input required, achieving improvements in performance with ten times less training than conventional methods. Humanloop's platform and tools are designed to facilitate advancements in machine learning and natural language processing research, making it a key player in the AI sector.

Dbrain

Seed Round in 2020
Dbrain LLC operates a platform that combines artificial intelligence with human oversight to facilitate the collective creation of AI-based products. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Moscow, Russia, the company offers solutions for document data extraction that address the limitations of traditional optical character recognition (OCR). By integrating AI algorithms with a human-in-the-loop approach, Dbrain enhances accuracy and efficiency in processing documents. Its products, including Spock for quality validation of labeling and Picard for safeguarding private data, enable clients to streamline operations while reducing the need for in-house management of data extraction processes. This innovative model allows clients to focus on customer loyalty and strategic decision-making, resulting in improved conversion rates, decreased errors and fraud, and enhanced compliance.

Recurrency

Seed Round in 2020
Recurrency, Inc. is an artificial intelligence company that specializes in providing tools for wholesale distributors and business-to-business retailers. The company's solutions focus on automating and optimizing pricing and sales processes, offering features such as dynamic pricing, predictive customer targeting, and customer retention strategies. Founded in 2018 and based in San Leandro, California, Recurrency aims to enhance gross margins, increase customer retention, and grow average order sizes for its clients. Through its innovative technology, Recurrency supports businesses in improving their overall sales efficiency and effectiveness.

Creation Labs

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Creation Labs develops an AI-powered Advanced Driver Assistance System (AIDAS) to make long haul trucking safer and more fuel-efficient. The company was founded in 2020 and based in London, United Kingdom.

Humanly.io

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Humanly.io is a hiring platform that specializes in screening and scheduling job candidates using artificial intelligence. Founded in 2019 and based in Kirkland, Washington, the platform engages with candidates visiting company job pages and social media, helping organizations enhance their recruiting processes. By qualifying candidates and addressing their inquiries, Humanly enables companies to improve conversion rates on hiring platforms and save significant time—over 60 hours per open role. The company, which was previously known as Humanly LLC, rebranded to HumanlyHR Inc. in July 2019, reflecting its focus on streamlining HR operations through innovative technology.

Menten AI

Seed Round in 2020
Menten AI, Inc. is an early-stage drug discovery company based in San Francisco, California, with an additional location in Toronto, Canada. Founded in 2018, the company focuses on developing protein-based drugs and enzymes using advanced technologies, specifically machine learning and quantum computing. Menten AI addresses the complex challenge of designing proteins, which can adopt numerous shapes, by leveraging quantum computing to represent multiple protein states simultaneously. This innovative approach allows for more efficient identification of optimal protein designs. The company has achieved significant milestones, including creating the world’s first peptide designed on a quantum computer, and is currently working on peptide therapeutics aimed at treating oncology and neurodegeneration, as well as enzymes for various industrial applications.

1910 Genetics

Seed Round in 2020
AI for new drug discovery

Deepgram

Series A in 2020
Deepgram, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that specializes in artificial intelligence-driven automatic speech recognition solutions. Founded in 2015, Deepgram provides a platform that enables enterprises to label, train, and deploy customized speech recognition models, facilitating the conversion of audio data into actionable insights. The platform is designed for both individual developers and large organizations, including Fortune 500 companies. Deepgram's technology employs deep learning to enhance accuracy and scalability, allowing users to search for keywords in transcripts derived from audio and video files. This capability supports tasks such as transcribing calls, meetings, and voicemails, ultimately providing businesses with an efficient and high-accuracy speech-to-text service through a user-friendly API.

Ardis AI

Seed Round in 2020
Ardis AI develops a toolkit for natural language understanding that extracts structured information from raw text. Ardis AI's software builds a simulation, it understands the goals, beliefs, and assertions of the people discussed in the text, it reasons about spatial and temporal relationships, and stores and learns from its experiences.

Ello

Seed Round in 2020
Ello is an innovative company that transforms the reading experience for children by integrating real books with artificial intelligence technology. Founded in 2019 and based in the United States, Ello provides personalized learning experiences, offering each child access to a virtual expert teacher. The company employs evidence-based reading instruction to assist children when they encounter difficulties, while also utilizing behavioral psychology to encourage persistence and motivation. By fostering a personal connection with physical books, Ello aims to ignite children's natural curiosity and promote lifelong learning.

Visual One

Seed Round in 2020
Visual One develops an analytics and object recognition software solution for security cameras. The company offers an artificial intelligence (AI) based platform, Visual One, which integrates with home security cameras to detect children and pets movement and events. The company was incorporated in 2019 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Rosebud AI

Seed Round in 2020
Rosebud AI, Inc. is a company based in San Francisco that specializes in developing software for creating digital avatars and models tailored for various purposes. Their platform enables users to customize avatars based on demographic factors, age, and style, making visual content creation more accessible. The company aims to democratize visual storytelling for brands of all sizes, leveraging artificial intelligence to simplify the process of generating game assets and other digital visuals. Additionally, Rosebud AI facilitates the creation of non-fungible token (NFT) collections without requiring users to have extensive technical knowledge of smart contracts or Web3 technologies. By combining traditional computer graphics techniques with advanced AI research, the company empowers creators to animate historical photos and enhance artistic expression.

Zumo Labs

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Zumo Labs develops artificial intelligence (AI)-based computer vision solutions to provide pre-labeled training data. It uses game engines and machine learning techniques to synthesize the data rather than collecting it from photos/videos of the real world and create data sets for computer vision models. Zumo Labs was founded in 2020 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Orbiter

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Orbiter software builds machine learning models to analyze business metrics and detect abnormal changes automatically. Automated analytics help teams to move fast and accelerate issue resolution.

HireSweet

Seed Round in 2020
HireSweet SAS is a Paris-based company that specializes in artificial intelligence software designed to enhance the recruitment of software engineers. Established in 2016, the company offers a solution that scans various technical platforms, including GitHub and Stack Overflow, to identify qualified developers. By processing unstructured data such as profile descriptions, HireSweet categorizes candidates based on their skills, project experience, and adaptability, enabling companies to make informed hiring decisions. Its clientele includes notable organizations like Doctrine, eFounders, Deezer, Nokia Health, Sqreen, and CallDesk. Through its innovative approach, HireSweet empowers tech companies to regain control of their hiring processes and effectively connect with top engineering talent.

Humanly.io

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Humanly.io is a hiring platform that specializes in screening and scheduling job candidates using artificial intelligence. Founded in 2019 and based in Kirkland, Washington, the platform engages with candidates visiting company job pages and social media, helping organizations enhance their recruiting processes. By qualifying candidates and addressing their inquiries, Humanly enables companies to improve conversion rates on hiring platforms and save significant time—over 60 hours per open role. The company, which was previously known as Humanly LLC, rebranded to HumanlyHR Inc. in July 2019, reflecting its focus on streamlining HR operations through innovative technology.

FitnessAI

Seed Round in 2020
FitnessAI is an application for iPhone that utilizes artificial intelligence to generate personalized weight lifting plans. The AI optimizes sets, reps, and weight for each exercise every time the user works out that is based on 5.9M workouts. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in New York, United States.

Sandoras

Grant in 2020
Sandoras is a model assessment platform based in Bengaluru, India, specializing in natural language processing (NLP) and data augmentation. The company focuses on enhancing the evaluation of NLP models, providing tools that facilitate better performance analysis and improvement. By leveraging advanced technologies, Sandoras aims to support businesses and developers in optimizing their NLP applications, ultimately contributing to more effective data handling and utilization.

MindsDB

Pre Seed Round in 2020
MindsDB Inc. is an automated machine learning platform that empowers users to extract insights from their data efficiently and accurately. Founded in 2017 and based in Berkeley, California, the company provides tools that facilitate quick and interpretable answers to various data inquiries. MindsDB's platform is applicable across multiple sectors, including retail, finance, healthcare, energy, and manufacturing. Its services support a range of applications such as credit scoring, customer lifetime value optimization, fraud detection, inventory management, and predictive maintenance. By automating the processes needed for quality predictions, MindsDB helps organizations leverage machine learning capabilities without the extensive costs associated with hiring skilled data scientists, effectively transforming their databases into automated data science teams.

SprintAI

Seed Round in 2020
SprintAI is designs and develops a cloud based platform for lifestyle retail merchandising. It offers intellihawk, inventory placement system ; intellisort, identify assortment groups; and intellifil, for the pre-placement quantity at stores/warehouses. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Bengaluru, India.

Caper

Series A in 2019
Caper is a company that develops an AI-powered shopping cart aimed at enhancing the grocery shopping experience. By integrating technologies such as image recognition and sensor fusion, Caper's smart cart allows shoppers to conveniently add items to their cart and self-checkout without the need for cashiers. This plug-and-play system captures images of items and scans barcodes, facilitating an automated checkout process. Caper's innovative approach seeks to transform physical retail by enabling existing grocery stores to adopt a kiosk-less shopping experience, thereby streamlining operations and improving customer satisfaction.

GreenTiger

Seed Round in 2019
GreenTiger AI, Inc operates an online platform that connects investors in emerging and developed markets. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Sunnyvale, California.

Beacons

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Beacons AI Inc., a technology company, builds payment platform for influencers by using artificial intelligence (AI). The company’s platform allows influencers to make money through custom video responses for fans. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in San Francisco, California.

MARS Auto

Seed Round in 2019
MARS AUTO INC. develops artificial intelligence (AI) based autonomous navigation software that combines with trucks for freight transport. The company reduces manpower and cost structure of existing freight forwarding business by activating autonomous driving trucks in South Korea. It also collects necessary data for development through ongoing simulation and actual testing. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Seoul, South Korea.

narrator

Seed Round in 2019
AI Narrator, Inc. develops and operates an online platform that provides data science as a service for startups. The company engages taking care of various data needs ranging from delivering insights to setting up a scalable data infrastructure to answering any data question. Its platform enables companies to make data-driven decisions by leveraging AI and community of experience. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in New York, New York.

Percept.AI

Seed Round in 2019
Percept.AI develops on-demand platform for artificial intelligence (AI) automated business functions. The company’s 24/7 AI support platform reduces common support tickets; handles recurring requests, configures valuable insights, accurately identifies user intentions, predicts case priorities, integrates between AI and support team, converts help center entries and live chat histories to knowledge level understanding, integrates with popular customer-communication platforms and CRM software, and enables natural language understanding. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.

Lofty

Seed Round in 2019
Lofty AI, Inc. provides real estate brokerage services. The company was incorporated in 2018 and is based in Marina Del Rey, California.

Soteris

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Soteris Inc. develops artificial intelligence based learning tool for the insurance industry. The company is based in Charlottesville, Virginia.

PredictLeads

Seed Round in 2019
PredictLeads is a company that provides an AI-based platform designed for sales departments. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Ljubljana, Slovenia, the platform enables development and sales teams to identify potential customers and partners by scanning various online sources, including industry trends from websites, news outlets, blogs, and career sites. By crawling billions of information pieces, PredictLeads employs machine learning to extract valuable company signals such as hiring intent, supply chain relationships, categorized events from news, and insights on competitors and business connections. This innovative approach helps organizations enhance their sales strategies and target the right prospects effectively.

EARTH AI

Series A in 2019
Earth AI Pty Ltd. develops artificial intelligence (AI) based software that locates areas of mineralization in greenfield and remote areas with no pre-existing geological data. The company gives geologists location suggestions for mineral exposure and auto generates precise geological maps from satellite, geophysical, and geochemical datasets. Earth AI Pty Ltd. was founded in 2016 and is based in Parramatta, Australia.

Standard Cognition

Series B in 2019
Standard Cognition is an artificial intelligence platform that allows buyers to grab what they want without having to go to a cashier. It empowers consumers to shop and pay without waiting in line, scanning or stopping to check out. Available to any retailer, the solution helps reduce labor costs, improve the customer experience, and improve profit margins. It also helps small-size retailers to compete with larger chains and online offerings. Standard Cognition was founded in 2017 and is based in San Francisco, California.

People.ai

Series C in 2019
People.ai operates a predictive platform that automates rep training, coaching, and Salesforce sync. The company is based in San Francisco, California.

Saleswhale

Series A in 2019
Never waste a marketing lead again Saleswhale's AI sales assistant engages and qualifies marketing-generated leads at scale, through two-way intelligent email conversations, before handing over qualified leads to sales reps.

rct AI

Venture Round in 2019
rct AI is providing AI solutions to the game industry and building the true Metaverse with AI generated content. By using cutting-edge technologies, especially deep learning and reinforcement learning, rct AI creates a truly dynamic and intelligent user experience both on the consumers’ side and production’s side. The founding team ever built a company, Raventech together and helped make it acquired by Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU) in 2017.

1910 Genetics

Seed Round in 2019
AI for new drug discovery

Skymind

Series A in 2019
Skymind Inc. is a business intelligence and enterprise software company based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2014. The company specializes in developing solutions that classify, cluster, and predict outcomes across various data types, including text, images, video, time series, and sound, to identify patterns that can influence business decisions. Skymind is known for its open-source deep-learning framework, Deeplearning4j, which is designed for use in production environments, and ND4J, a scientific computing library optimized for performance and minimal memory usage. In addition to its core offerings, Skymind's technologies enable businesses to leverage advanced analytics and machine learning to enhance their operational efficiency and decision-making processes.

Skymind

Series A in 2019
Skymind Inc. is a business intelligence and enterprise software company based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2014. The company specializes in developing solutions that classify, cluster, and predict outcomes across various data types, including text, images, video, time series, and sound, to identify patterns that can influence business decisions. Skymind is known for its open-source deep-learning framework, Deeplearning4j, which is designed for use in production environments, and ND4J, a scientific computing library optimized for performance and minimal memory usage. In addition to its core offerings, Skymind's technologies enable businesses to leverage advanced analytics and machine learning to enhance their operational efficiency and decision-making processes.

rct AI

Seed Round in 2019
rct AI is providing AI solutions to the game industry and building the true Metaverse with AI generated content. By using cutting-edge technologies, especially deep learning and reinforcement learning, rct AI creates a truly dynamic and intelligent user experience both on the consumers’ side and production’s side. The founding team ever built a company, Raventech together and helped make it acquired by Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU) in 2017.

Maitian.ai

Seed Round in 2019
Maitian.ai is a computer vision powered autonoumous stores that makes the shopping experience even smoother. Maitian.ai's algorithm will choose the right products for different consumers over time. Maitian.ai is headquartered in Singapore.

Sapling.ai

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Sapling Intelligence, Inc. provides AI assistant for business communication. The company provides platform for CRM and messages to agents. Sapling Intelligence, Inc. was incorporated in 2018 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Overview

Seed Round in 2019
Overview.ai provides real time fault detection that uses cameras and AI to monitor manufacturing robots, shutting them down if something goes wrong. Its smart camera automatically learns normal machine routines to detect any deviations, crashes or anomalies. Its system catches misalignments, breakage, and out-of-sequence behavior before significant damage occurs to product or machine.

Allure Systems

Seed Round in 2019
Allure Systems is a technology company specializing in the production of apparel images for online retailers through the use of artificial intelligence. Founded in 2017 and based in Brooklyn, New York, it provides innovative solutions for content image creation that eliminate the need for on-site models or photographers. The company focuses on delivering high-quality images on-demand, catering primarily to fashion-centric e-retailers and brands. Additionally, Allure Systems SAS, with origins dating back to 2012 in Clichy, France, develops software that enhances the personalization of these images, further supporting the needs of the fashion industry in the digital marketplace.

BrainKey

Seed Round in 2019
AI is transforming healthcare but it’s potential to revolutionize brain health care is what will be transformative. BrainKey is an AI + neuroscience company started by two Stanford PhDs that is developing a platform to help older adults manage their brain health so that they can identify problems early, track how their brain is changing over time and get access to the right and best care for their needs quickly and easily. On the surface, BrainKey is a simple “patient-facing” web-interface designed specifically for patients to understand their brain health. Internally, the platform is powered by “Rollerblade” an advanced cloud infrastructure and AI, designed in-house to process and deploy brain MRI and biomedical data at scale so that both patients and their physicians have the information they need. Brain health problems such as Alzheimer’s disease are devastating for the patient and their families. 1 in 3 people will suffer a brain health issue at some point during their lifetime and the chances only increase with age. BrainKey envisions a future where brain health is tracked across a patient’s lifetime so that problems are identified early and treated before symptoms are ever able to take hold and wreak havoc.

AI Insurance

Seed Round in 2019
AI Insurance specializes in developing cloud-based claims management software tailored for small insurance companies. The company aims to modernize the claims process by incorporating digital workflows and predictive analytics into an industry traditionally reliant on outdated methods. Their software enables users to monitor the entire lifecycle of insurance claims, from the initial report of a loss to resolution, thereby streamlining operations and minimizing redundant tasks. By providing advanced tools typically available only to larger insurers, AI Insurance facilitates quicker claims closures, ensures timely payments for insured individuals, and helps small insurers reduce operational costs.

Netomi

Series A in 2019
Netomi develops a conversational artificial intelligence platform that enhances customer service for businesses across various sectors, including retail, gaming, and telecommunications. The platform enables brands to engage with customers on mobile messaging applications, providing product recommendations, answering inquiries about product availability, and assisting with purchases. Netomi's technology automates routine tasks, allowing it to autonomously handle over 50% of customer service tickets through channels such as email, social media, and chat. By utilizing natural language understanding and deep learning, the platform continuously improves its responses and integrates seamlessly with core business systems like CRM and order management platforms. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Mateo, California, with additional offices in New York and India, Netomi aims to transform customer service into a competitive advantage for its clients.

Superb AI

Seed Round in 2019
Superb AI is a machine learning data platform founded in 2018 and headquartered in San Mateo, California. The company specializes in streamlining the development of data-centric artificial intelligence by providing tools for data annotation, curation, and model training. Its proprietary deep learning technology enhances the efficiency of labeling images and videos, allowing users to break down training data into manageable components. This approach enables businesses to manage AI projects more effectively, reducing both time and resource requirements. Through its innovative platform, Superb AI aims to facilitate the growth and implementation of AI solutions across various industries.

Caper

Seed Round in 2019
Caper is a company that develops an AI-powered shopping cart aimed at enhancing the grocery shopping experience. By integrating technologies such as image recognition and sensor fusion, Caper's smart cart allows shoppers to conveniently add items to their cart and self-checkout without the need for cashiers. This plug-and-play system captures images of items and scans barcodes, facilitating an automated checkout process. Caper's innovative approach seeks to transform physical retail by enabling existing grocery stores to adopt a kiosk-less shopping experience, thereby streamlining operations and improving customer satisfaction.

Activeloop

Seed Round in 2018
Activeloop, formerly known as Snark AI, is a technology company founded in 2018 and based in San Jose, California. The firm specializes in a cloud computing platform that enhances deep learning training and deployment. Activeloop offers a comprehensive tool designed to accelerate deep learning processes while managing hybrid cloud environments. Its platform simplifies the infrastructure needed for machine learning and deep learning, effectively serving as an operating system for these applications. Additionally, the platform facilitates data-model tracking and analysis, providing users with efficient capabilities for both training and inference in deep learning tasks.

Phiar Technologies

Seed Round in 2018
Phiar is an ultra-lightweight AI company, building the world's most advanced Ultra-Lightweight Spatial AI Engine to enable every vehicle to see its surroundings, running real-time at the edge, using just commodity mobile-grade processors and existing automotive computing platforms with a single camera. Focused first on powering our Intelligent AR Navigation Platform, as the anchoring/foundational use-case to transform driving experience and safety, and to ultimately enable the next-gen connected cars and ADAS services.