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Artificial Intelligence
5 companiesInferact
Making AI inference cheaper and faster for everyone
Built by the creators of vLLM, the most popular open-source AI inference engine, Inferact is on a mission to make deploying large language models at scale something any team can do.
Read full article →Fundamental
Building the next frontier of AI research
Fundamental is an AI research company pushing the boundaries of what foundation models can do. With a massive $255M Series A, they're assembling a world-class research team.
Read full article →Simile
AI that mimics human decision-making
Simile is building AI systems that replicate how humans actually make decisions. Their technology captures the intuition, biases, and contextual awareness that make human judgment so hard to automate.
Read full article →Kaaj
AI-powered credit intelligence for small business lenders
Kaaj builds an agentic AI platform that automates end-to-end loan underwriting, turning days of manual credit analysis into minutes. Over $5B in loans processed.
Read full article →Corvera
Agentic AI that runs CPG supply chains hands-free
YC-backed Corvera deploys AI agents to automate end-to-end CPG operations — purchase orders, invoices, demand forecasts, inventory tracking — all hands-free.
Read full article →Robotics & Hardware
5 companiesBubble Robotics
Building the ocean's autonomous workforce
Ex-NASA and ETH Zurich engineers building persistent autonomous ocean robots that stay at sea for months, replacing $50K/day ship crews with AI-driven subsea fleets at 1/10th the cost.
Read full article →Skild AI
A universal brain for every robot on Earth
Skild AI is building a single foundation model that can control any robot — from humanoids to quadrupeds to industrial arms — without knowing what type of body it's operating.
Read full article →TARS Robotics
Shanghai's humanoid robot factory
Just one year old and already valued at $1.9 billion, TARS is building humanoid robots for industrial and commercial applications.
Read full article →Rollo Robotics
The world's first autonomous one-wheeled security robot
Rollo uses proprietary gyroscopic stabilization to build autonomous monowheel security robots that patrol at 1/10th the cost of human guards.
Read full article →Mirai Robotics
Autonomous maritime vessels for dock-to-dock missions
From Puglia, Italy, Mirai builds software-defined autonomous surface vehicles that complete full maritime missions without human intervention — from departure to return.
Read full article →Health & Biotech
5 companiesProxima
AI-powered drug discovery for "undruggable" targets
Formerly VantAI, Proxima is using AI to unlock an entirely new class of medicines called proximity therapeutics that traditional chemistry can't touch.
Read full article →Korsana Biosciences
Oral therapeutics for allergies and autoimmune diseases
Korsana is developing oral STAT6 inhibitors for asthma and atopic dermatitis, aiming to replace expensive injectable biologics with simple pills.
Read full article →auryx
Turning everyday earbuds into health monitors
Cambridge University spinout using AI to extract cardiac and respiratory data from the microphones already inside noise-cancelling earbuds — no new hardware needed.
Read full article →Greatly Health
Evidence-based integrative oncology at scale
MSK-validated integrative oncology platform combining exercise, nutrition, and mind-body interventions into cancer treatment. 16% absolute improvement in overall survival.
Read full article →Stoked Bio
AI-guided drug discovery targeting the world’s deadliest bacteria
McMaster University spinout developing enterololin, a novel antibiotic targeting WHO priority pathogens — drug-resistant bacteria implicated in infections and Crohn’s disease.
Read full article →Fintech
5 companiesMercury
The bank that startups actually love
Mercury hit $650M in annualized revenue and four consecutive years of profitability. They just raised $200M at a $5.2B valuation — and they're on the verge of becoming a real bank.
Read full article →Kalshi
The regulated exchange for betting on real-world events
Kalshi doubled its valuation to $22 billion, raising $1 billion to expand its regulated prediction market for real-world events.
Read full article →SolvaPay
The payment layer for AI agents
Building the world's first payment infrastructure for autonomous AI agents — letting them find, negotiate, and pay for services with built-in spend limits and policy controls.
Read full article →Bless Payments
Making cross-border money transfers safe and affordable for migrants
Australian fintech enabling migrants to send money across 60 countries with better rates than traditional banks. Recently launched a no-fee travel card.
Read full article →Secludy
Privacy-safe synthetic data unlocking AI for financial institutions
Secludy generates privacy-guaranteed synthetic data so banks and fintech companies can train AI models without exposing sensitive customer information. GDPR, CCPA, and HIPAA compliant by design.
Read full article →Food & Hospitality
5 companiesPickup Pointe
Giving restaurants their independence back
Born in California's Central Valley, Pickup Pointe is building a new kind of restaurant platform — one that lets restaurants own their customer relationships, keep their brand front and center, and stop hemorrhaging margins to big tech middlemen. Growing like wildfire, the platform is approaching 100 restaurants in just six months. Same food, same prices, no markups.
Read full article →Standing Ovation
Making dairy without the cow
This Paris-based startup uses precision fermentation to produce real casein — the protein that gives cheese its stretch and melt — without a single cow.
Read full article →NoPalm Ingredients
Replacing palm oil with yeast-grown fats
NoPalm grows oleaginous yeast in fermentation tanks fed by potato peels and food waste to produce fats that replicate palm oil, shea butter, and cocoa butter.
Read full article →Chowdeck
On-demand food delivery conquering West Africa
YC-backed food delivery platform in Nigeria and Ghana with 500K+ users, 20K+ riders, and 30-minute average delivery times across 11 cities.
Read full article →Alpa
The financial operating system for hospitality
Alpa gives restaurant operators real-time profit-and-loss views by integrating POS systems, banking data, and suppliers — no more waiting for monthly bookkeeping.
Read full article →Climate & Energy
5 companiesAstranis
Small satellites, massive internet coverage
Astranis builds geostationary satellites that are 1/20th the size of traditional ones, bringing affordable internet to the 4 billion people still without reliable connectivity.
Read full article →Octavia Carbon
Direct air capture powered by Africa's geothermal energy
Building the Global South's first commercial direct air capture plant in Kenya, using geothermal energy to remove CO2 at a fraction of the cost of Western peers.
Read full article →Equilibrium
Carbon removal with 150,000 Indian farmers
Full-stack carbon infrastructure across India — agroforestry, biochar, and mangrove restoration with 150,000+ smallholder farmers, delivering verified carbon credits at scale.
Read full article →Altrove
AI-powered discovery of rare-earth material alternatives
Using AI models and automated labs to discover alternatives to rare-earth materials 100x faster, reducing dependency on China-dominated supply chains.
Read full article →Shatterdome Energy
AI-powered energy trading for a volatile grid
Shatterdome’s autonomous system ingests real-time grid data to determine when energy should be produced, stored, or sold — then executes trades programmatically.
Read full article →Cybersecurity
5 companiesTorq
AI agents that run your security operations center
Torq's AI-powered security platform can autonomously handle 90% of Tier-1 security tickets without human intervention.
Read full article →Memcyco
Real-time protection against brand impersonation attacks
Memcyco detects and neutralizes phishing sites, fake apps, and brand impersonation attacks in real time — before customers get scammed.
Read full article →Ciphero AI
The verification layer for enterprise AI
Built by the team behind Fakespot (acquired by Mozilla), Ciphero governs shadow AI and agentic workflows in real time — intercepting every AI interaction to enforce policies and prevent data loss.
Read full article →Cydelphi
AI-native ransomware recovery in days, not months
Patent-pending AI-native DFIR platform that automates ransomware recovery, reducing restoration from months to days and cutting incident response costs by 75%.
Read full article →Hacktron
AI-powered security testing on every code change
Founded by DEF CON CTF winners, Hacktron runs deep AI-powered security checks on every code change — replacing periodic manual pen tests with continuous vulnerability detection.
Read full article →Developer Tools
5 companiesCursor (Anysphere)
The AI code editor that developers can't stop using
Cursor went from zero to $2 billion in ARR in just three years — the fastest any B2B company has ever scaled. Now reportedly in talks for a $60B valuation.
Read full article →Chainguard
Securing the software supply chain by default
Chainguard delivers hardened, verified builds of the open-source software that the world depends on. From containers to AI agent skills, they're making supply chain security the default.
Read full article →Laminar
Observability built for AI agents
Open-source observability for autonomous AI agents. Capture every LLM call, tool use, and browser action with one line of code. Y Combinator S24 batch.
Read full article →Momentic
AI-native test automation using natural language
YC W24 graduate replacing Playwright and Selenium with AI-powered testing. Write end-to-end tests in plain English. Backed by General Catalyst and Box CEO Aaron Levie.
Read full article →Zerops
Cloud infrastructure that doesn’t break between dev and production
Prague-based Zerops runs on bare-metal infrastructure at 4x lower cost than AWS. Their new AI panel connects coding agents directly to live production environments.
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