Startups Directory

Podium is a unified customer communication platform that centralizes all interactions for local service businesses—from text messages and web chat to social media—into a single inbox. The platform automates review requests, appointment scheduling, and customer engagement, and includes an AI Employee ('Jerry') that handles inquiries, books appointments, and processes transactions autonomously. Podium serves over 100,000 businesses including auto dealerships, dental offices, HVAC services, and retailers, with customers reporting 30% sales increases and 56% higher appointment show rates.

Productboard is a product management system that unifies customer feedback from multiple sources, enabling teams to prioritize development work based on specific user needs. The platform provides roadmap management, idea management, feedback consolidation, and user personas—with a core strength in creating audience-specific roadmap views for team alignment. Over 6,000 companies including Zoom, Microsoft, and Salesforce use it to connect customer insights directly to product strategy. Recently launched Productboard Spark, an AI-powered product agent that automates workflows from customer discovery through launch orchestration.

CommerceIQ is an AI-powered retail ecommerce management platform that helps consumer brands optimize sales across major online marketplaces like Amazon, Walmart, Target, and Instacart. It unifies digital shelf optimization, retail media advertising, and supply chain management through machine learning and automation to drive profitable market share growth. The platform serves over 2,200 brands globally, including Nestle, Colgate, and Whirlpool, delivering measurable results like 40% incremental sales increases and 32% reduction in out-of-stock rates.