Startups Directory

Josys is an Autonomous Identity Governance Platform that unifies SaaS management, device management, and identity security for IT teams. It automates manual IT operations like access reviews, license optimization, and shadow IT detection while providing 360° visibility into an organization's SaaS and device portfolio. Built by proven founders (Raksul's Yasukane Matsumoto and experienced product leader Sanjay Rajasekhar), Josys replaces spreadsheet-driven processes with AI-powered workflows that reduce operational risk and optimize technology spend.

Nozomi Networks provides an industrial cybersecurity platform that delivers unified visibility, threat detection, and automated remediation for operational technology (OT), IoT, and cyber-physical systems. The platform uses AI-powered analysis to classify assets, detect anomalies, and prioritize vulnerabilities across complex industrial environments. Built by experts in industrial network security and AI, Nozomi protects over 105 million devices across critical infrastructure, energy, manufacturing, and utilities sectors globally.

ThreatLocker is a zero trust endpoint protection platform that stops ransomware and cyberattacks by using a deny-by-default application control model—only allowing approved software to run rather than trying to block threats after they appear. The platform includes application control, storage control, privileged access management, network access control, and EDR/MDR capabilities, with a learning mode that automatically catalogs apps and recognizes over 13,000 pre-built applications. It serves mid-market to enterprise organizations across all industries, with a particular focus on MSPs serving their customers. Over 50,000 businesses worldwide have adopted ThreatLocker to shrink their attack surface and reduce security incidents.

Railway is a cloud infrastructure platform that automates deployment, scaling, and infrastructure management with a developer-friendly interface. It bills by the second on actual CPU and memory utilization rather than fixed instance sizes, enabling near-zero costs for idle services. The platform is built on vertically integrated infrastructure including custom data centers, delivering faster deployments and lower costs than traditional cloud providers. It serves 2M+ developers across startups, enterprises including 31% of Fortune 500, and AI-native teams.

Inspiren is an AI-powered platform that unifies resident safety, care planning, staffing, and emergency response for senior living communities. The system combines proprietary hardware (the AUGi care companion device using geometric exoskeletal monitoring) with integrated software to detect falls, behavioral risks, and care utilization patterns in real-time while preserving resident privacy. Deployed across 230+ senior living communities, Inspiren has demonstrated measurable clinical outcomes including fall reduction and timely emergency response, with customers like Arrow Senior Living and Heritage Communities achieving 86% reductions in bedroom-related falls with injury.

You.com is an AI-powered search and agent platform that solves hallucination in large language models by grounding them with real-time, accurate web and private data. The company provides enterprise-grade search APIs and AI tools designed for AI agents and knowledge workers who need trustworthy, contextual information at scale. Founded by former Salesforce chief scientist Richard Socher, You.com has pivoted from consumer search toward B2B enterprise sales, serving finance, biotech, legal, and academic sectors with privacy-first infrastructure built for the agentic era.

Kandji is a unified platform for securing, managing, and automating Apple device fleets at scale, supporting macOS, iOS, iPadOS, and tvOS. It combines device management, endpoint security, compliance, and automation—eliminating manual IT work through zero-touch deployment, security baselines, and real-time compliance monitoring. The platform integrates with 150+ enterprise tools including Apple Business Manager, Slack, Microsoft 365, and Drata. Kandji serves enterprises across 40+ industries, with 30%+ of customers and revenue outside North America.

Decart is an AI research lab building the fastest and most efficient generative AI models for real-time video generation and manipulation. Their flagship products—Oasis (real-time AI game world) and Mirage (live video editing via text prompts)—achieve 10x better efficiency than competitors like OpenAI's Sora, reducing inference costs from $100/hour to $0.25/hour. The company combines a proprietary LLM inference engine (built from scratch in C++ and CUDA) with advanced video generation capabilities, serving developers, enterprises, and streaming/gaming platforms.

Miami International Holdings operates a suite of technology-driven exchanges for options, equities, and futures trading across multiple platforms (MIAX Options, MIAX Pearl Equities, MIAX Futures). The company serves institutional trading firms, market makers, and clearing members with a focus on competitive pricing and advanced matching engine technology. MIAX went public in August 2025 and operates approximately 80% of U.S. options market volume through its exchange group, positioning itself as a lower-cost alternative to legacy exchanges like NYSE and Nasdaq.

Insurify is an AI-driven digital insurance agent licensed in all 50 states that connects consumers with real-time, bindable car insurance quotes from 100+ carriers in minutes. The platform uses proprietary RateRank technology to match individual risk profiles to optimal carriers and coverage, eliminating the friction of traditional insurance shopping. Since 2016, Insurify has served over 196 million quotes and generated $200 billion in total coverage, with customers saving hundreds of dollars annually.

Apollo.io is an all-in-one sales intelligence and execution platform that combines verified B2B contact data (270M+ contacts), automated lead generation, and multi-touch engagement workflows in a single interface. It eliminates tool fragmentation by integrating with CRMs, email providers, and sales tools, reducing the 10+ tools most sales teams use. Apollo serves 500,000+ companies by enabling sales reps to spend more time selling and less time on data entry and repetitive tasks.

CaptivateIQ is a Sales Performance Management (SPM) platform that automates commission calculations, quota management, territory planning, and incentive forecasting for sales operations teams. The platform aggregates data from systems like Salesforce and NetSuite to replace manual spreadsheets with real-time visibility and scalable governance. Built for mid-market and enterprise organizations, CaptivateIQ combines spreadsheet-like flexibility with enterprise automation, enabling teams like Gong to process monthly payouts 60x faster while reducing commission inquiries by 30%. The platform now includes AI-powered planning capabilities and personalized payee experiences launched in 2025.

LeafLink is a B2B wholesale e-commerce platform that connects cannabis brands and retailers, processing over $9 billion in annual gross merchandise volume across 30+ U.S. markets. The platform provides an integrated suite of tools including marketplace connectivity, order management, payment processing, logistics coordination, and compliant banking solutions. LeafLink serves over 12,000 sellers and buyers and commands more than 52% of the U.S. wholesale cannabis market, making it the dominant infrastructure layer for cannabis supply chain commerce.

Zyber 365 is a Web3 and AI-based cybersecurity company building quantum-resistant blockchain infrastructure and decentralized security solutions. Founded in May 2023 by Pearl Kapur and Sunny Vaghela, the company achieved unicorn status within three months of launch through a $100M Series A from SRAM & MRAM Group. Currently pre-revenue with only a white paper published, the company plans to develop Layer-0/1/2 blockchains, AI-driven smart contract audit platforms, and a suite of Web3 infrastructure tools including decentralized identities, NFT marketplaces, and blockchain operating systems.

Apiiro is an Application Security Posture Management (ASPM) platform that unifies application risk visibility, prioritization, and remediation across the entire software development lifecycle using proprietary Risk Graph technology and Deep Code Analysis. It provides contextual security insights starting from the design phase through production, integrating software supply chain security with native CI/CD pipeline and source control visibility. Built by former Microsoft and IDF cybersecurity experts, Apiiro serves enterprise organizations seeking a developer-centric approach to application security that minimizes backlogs and triage time.

Nord Security is an integrated cybersecurity platform providing VPN, password management, encrypted cloud storage, identity theft protection, and threat exposure management for both consumers and businesses. Founded in Lithuania in 2012 as NordVPN and formalized as an umbrella company in 2017, Nord Security operates a suite of interconnected security products including NordVPN, NordPass, NordLocker, NordLayer, NordProtect, NordStellar, and Saily. The company addresses fragmented digital security needs by offering enterprise-grade solutions that share consistent security standards across consumer and B2B segments. With $200M in funding and a $3B valuation as of September 2023, Nord Security serves millions globally through both freemium and premium tiers.

Shopware is an open-source, API-first eCommerce platform built on Symfony and Vue.js that serves both B2B and B2C merchants globally. The platform provides full code access and architectural flexibility, positioning itself as an alternative to closed platforms like Shopify by eliminating licensing lock-in. It includes no-code automation, content-commerce integration, and built-in AI capabilities through Copilot. Shopware powers approximately 100,000 e-commerce companies worldwide, generating €12 billion in combined revenue, and holds the #1 market position in Germany among top 1,000 e-commerce sites.

BigTime Software is a cloud-based Professional Services Automation (PSA) platform that manages the complete financial project lifecycle for professional firms—from quoting and time tracking through revenue recognition and invoicing. The platform serves 2,700+ firms tracking over $8 billion in billable time annually across accounting, architecture, engineering, consulting, creative, government contracting, IT services, and law. BigTime differentiates through strong G2 rankings (first place in PSA category in 2020-2021), deep QuickBooks integration, and recent AI-powered automation via its AVA orchestrator, though some users note constraints in retainer billing flexibility and resource planning clarity.

Place is an end-to-end technology and business services platform that helps real estate agents run their entire business from a single platform. The platform combines powerful tools for lead generation, client management, marketing automation, and back-office operations (accounting, HR, legal, recruiting) with an AI assistant called Gabbi that automates data entry and lead qualification. Place partners with top-producing real estate teams across 100+ locations in the US and Canada, enabling agents to offload up to 75% of operational tasks so they can focus on client advisory. Unlike agent-replacement proptech, Place positions itself as agent-supportive, empowering professionals rather than disrupting them.

Xanadu develops photonic quantum computing hardware and software platforms that operate at room temperature, eliminating the extreme cooling requirements of competing approaches. The company offers Aurora, a 12-qubit universal photonic quantum computer, alongside software tools like Pennylane for quantum programming and Lightning for high-performance simulation. Its continuous-variable encoding approach provides inherently higher tolerance to manufacturing imperfections, enabling faster progress toward quantum advantage. Xanadu serves defense, aerospace, pharmaceutical, semiconductor, and automotive sectors through cloud-based access and direct partnerships.

Gem is a talent acquisition platform that combines candidate relationship management (CRM) with applicant tracking system (ATS) functionality to streamline recruiting workflows. It aggregates candidate data from sources like LinkedIn, automates outreach and follow-ups, and provides team collaboration features with automatic pipeline tracking. Built by former engineering leaders from Dropbox and Facebook, Gem serves over 800 companies including Spotify, Lyft, DoorDash, and Slack, filling the gap between LinkedIn's candidate databases and HRIS systems like Workday.

Benchling is a unified cloud platform that enables research and development teams to design, document, and manage biological experiments from discovery to bioprocessing. The platform integrates electronic lab notebooks, DNA/protein sequence design tools, sample inventory management, and data analytics in a single system. Scientists at organizations like Gilead, Sanofi, and Regeneron use Benchling to reduce administrative overhead by 63% and accelerate research timelines. Its key differentiator is native integration of molecular biology design tools with enterprise lab informatics, eliminating the need for separate ELN, LIMS, and registry systems.

Embrace Software is a software roll-up/consolidator that acquires niche vertical-SaaS companies with $2–$30M in revenue and scales them through strategic capital investment and operational expertise. Founded by Mohan Plakkot in 2021, the company has raised $130M to build an extensive portfolio across industries, including a Finance Group serving 450+ financial institutions. Unlike traditional PE firms, Embrace focuses on revitalizing organic product growth in acquisitions rather than applying generic PE playbooks, positioning itself as a technology and product-centric acquirer.

Carbyne provides cloud-based Next Generation 911 (NG911) solutions that modernize emergency communication by enabling real-time transmission of rich data—including video, location, chat, and audio translation—from callers to public safety answering points (PSAPs). The platform serves emergency services agencies across 23+ U.S. states and multiple countries, helping first responders access critical situational information before arrival on scene. Carbyne claims to reduce emergency response times by up to 65% on average through its unified data delivery system, which works both via a mobile app and an app-free web-based option.

DataSnipper is an intelligent automation platform that embeds directly into Excel, allowing auditors to extract data from unstructured sources (invoices, bank statements, documents) with automatic reconciliation and complete audit trails. Used by 600K+ professionals across all Big Four accounting firms and 175+ countries, it solves the manual, error-prone work of matching and verifying financial data. The platform's key differentiator is working within Excel workflows rather than forcing migration to new systems, enabling rapid adoption and high user loyalty.

EnCharge AI develops analog in-memory computing hardware that performs AI computations directly within memory cells, eliminating energy-intensive data movement between processing and storage. The company's EN100 accelerator delivers 200+ TOPS of AI compute in an 8.25W power envelope for laptops and workstations, achieving up to 20x better performance per watt than competing solutions. Available in M.2 and PCIe form factors, EN100 brings advanced AI capabilities to edge devices and client platforms with unprecedented efficiency.

Infleqtion engineers neutral atom quantum computers, precision atomic clocks, and quantum software for governments, corporations, and research institutions. The company delivers full-stack quantum systems with real-world deployments on the International Space Station and in national labs, achieving record-breaking 99.73% CZ gate fidelity. With $311M in total funding and $32.5M in 2025 revenue, Infleqtion serves defense, aerospace, and commercial customers through products like Sqale quantum computers and Tiqker atomic clock systems.

Basis builds AI agents that autonomously execute complex accounting workflows end-to-end, including tax return preparation, audit testing, and reconciliation tasks. The platform ingests data from accounting systems and ERPs, performs analysis and calculations, and delivers finished work for human review. Top accounting firms use Basis to shift their teams from execution to review, achieving 20-50% efficiency gains across tax, audit, and advisory practices.

Dataminr is an AI platform that analyzes over 1 million public data sources—including text in 150 languages, images, video, and sensor data—to detect breaking events, emerging risks, and threats in real-time. It processes nearly 500,000 daily events and alerts users to critical information across physical, digital, and cyber domains before mainstream media or traditional sources. The platform serves enterprise, government, and media organizations seeking early warning signals of high-impact incidents. Dataminr differentiates through multimodal AI fusion, global scope covering 100+ countries, and speed of detection that has repeatedly beaten traditional news by hours.

Hammerspace is a metadata-driven data orchestration platform that sits above file and object storage systems, providing a unified global namespace for accessing unstructured data across on-premises and public cloud infrastructure. Rather than storing data itself, it acts as a software layer that enables enterprises to access files regardless of storage type, vendor, or location while optimizing performance for AI and HPC workloads. The platform automatically transitions data between high-performance Tier 0 storage during compute-intensive operations and cost-efficient object storage during idle periods, eliminating GPU idle time caused by data bottlenecks.

Osapiens is a cloud-based, AI-powered compliance and operations automation platform that helps large enterprises manage supply chain compliance, sustainability, and regulatory requirements at scale. The platform integrates with existing ERP systems like SAP and Microsoft Dynamics, offering no-code workflow builders, real-time monitoring, and pre-built compliance modules for regulations like EUDR, CSDDD, and Germany's Supply Chain Due Diligence Act. With over 2,500 customers worldwide, Osapiens positions itself as the go-to solution for distributed organizations needing coordinated process management and audit readiness across complex operations.

Cognigy.AI is a low-code conversational AI platform that enables enterprises to automate customer and employee communications through intelligent voice- and chatbots across any channel (web, phone, SMS, mobile). The platform combines Large Language Models with structured logic workflows, allowing organizations to deploy sophisticated AI agents capable of independent decision-making while maintaining precise intent recognition. Available as SaaS or on-premise, it supports multilingual conversations and integrates seamlessly with backend systems. Now part of NICE following a $955M acquisition in September 2025.

Horizon3.ai provides NodeZero, an autonomous penetration testing platform that continuously simulates real-world attacks without agents or human intervention. The SaaS solution safely executes attack chains across AWS, Azure, and Kubernetes infrastructure to show exactly how attackers compromise systems and what data they access. Organizations use it to verify security fixes in production and stay ahead of evolving threats at scale.

Dream Security is an AI-native cybersecurity platform purpose-built for governments and critical infrastructure operators requiring sovereign deployment capabilities. The company's proprietary cyber language model—trained on threat intelligence datasets rather than general-purpose LLMs—automates threat detection, prediction, and response while operating entirely within national infrastructure, including classified and air-gapped systems. Dream transforms raw data into actionable threat narratives and defense strategies, with a founding team combining Israeli cyber expertise (NSO Group co-founder), Austrian political leadership, and IoT intelligence experience.

Supabase is an open-source backend-as-a-service platform that provides developers with a PostgreSQL database, authentication, instant APIs, real-time subscriptions, edge functions, and storage—all accessible through a web interface. It eliminates backend infrastructure setup, allowing developers to focus on frontend development while maintaining full control over their data through self-hosting capabilities. The platform has become the default backend for AI coding tools like Bolt and Lovable, and serves over 4 million developers including 36% of recent Y Combinator batches.

Clay is a data enrichment and automation platform that enables sales and growth teams to find, research, and personalize outreach to leads at scale. It functions as a smart spreadsheet that orchestrates data from 150+ sources, applies AI-powered workflows for enrichment and content generation, and automates prospecting without manual labor. Clay uses signal-led prospecting to identify buyers based on real-world triggers like funding rounds or hiring, making personalized outreach possible without expensive tools or manual work.

Spring Health delivers precision mental healthcare to employers and health plans using machine learning to match individuals with the right care modality—whether digital support, therapy, coaching, or medication. The platform has transformed traditional Employee Assistance Programs (EAPs) into data-driven solutions that achieve first appointments in under two days and improve outcomes 5.9 weeks faster than competitors. Spring Health guarantees measurable ROI: cost neutrality in year 1, 1.5x ROI by year 2, and 2x ROI by year 3, with customers achieving 21% net savings on mental healthcare spend.

Sakana AI develops foundation models using evolution-inspired techniques and collective intelligence to create domain-specific AI systems with minimal computational overhead. The company automates the entire AI development lifecycle through products like AI Scientist (automated research discovery) and Sakana Fugu (multi-agent model orchestration), serving enterprises in finance, defense, and research. Unlike traditional approaches requiring massive GPU clusters, Sakana's evolutionary model merge technique discovers optimal model combinations through natural selection, dramatically reducing energy consumption while achieving state-of-the-art performance.

Laurel is an AI-native time intelligence platform that passively captures digital work activity and uses firm-specific large language models to automatically generate structured, compliant time entries and billing narratives. Built specifically for enterprise professional services firms, it eliminates manual timekeeping while helping lawyers and accountants recover an average of 28 billable minutes per day—translating to 4-11% profit increases. Laurel is the first and only company applying generative AI to enterprise timekeeping, processing over $4.4 billion in professional time annually.

Snorkel AI is a data development platform that enables enterprises to programmatically label and curate training data for AI systems, including LLMs and RAG pipelines. Rather than expensive manual labeling, it uses labeling functions that encode expert intuition through heuristics, legacy models, and LLM calls to scale data preparation. Used by Fortune 500 companies, top US banks, and government agencies to build production AI applications faster and more cost-effectively. It represents a shift toward data-centric AI, where high-quality labeled data is the bottleneck rather than model architecture.

OnPay is a cloud-based payroll and HR platform that helps small to mid-sized businesses run unlimited payroll runs for a flat monthly fee of $49 plus $6 per employee. Unlike competitors with tiered pricing and add-on features, OnPay bundles all payroll capabilities—tax filings, multi-state support, off-cycle runs, and HR functions—into a single transparent plan. The company serves over 25,000 businesses nationwide and is backed by $128M in funding, positioning itself as the simplest, most affordable payroll solution for cost-conscious businesses.

AIRIA is an enterprise AI platform that unifies orchestration, security, and governance in a single solution, enabling organizations to build, deploy, and govern AI agents and automated workflows at scale. The platform provides a model-agnostic control layer with an Agent Builder supporting no-code, low-code, and pro-code development, plus out-of-the-box connectors for enterprise systems like Salesforce, Microsoft OneDrive, and Slack. AIRIA differentiates by eliminating tool sprawl—delivering all three dimensions (orchestration, security, governance) in one unified platform rather than stitching together disconnected point solutions.

Noma Security is an enterprise AI security platform that discovers, secures, and monitors AI systems across entire organizations. The platform provides three integrated capabilities: Discovery maps the complete AI ecosystem including models, agents, and data sources; Secure defines approved AI supply chains and runs continuous security validation; Protect enforces real-time runtime policies to block unauthorized actions and malicious prompts. Built by former Israeli military intelligence leaders, Noma has raised $132M in under two years and serves Fortune 500 companies across finance, life sciences, retail, and technology.

Employee Navigator is a broker-centric benefits administration platform that consolidates benefits enrollment, compliance, onboarding, and payroll integration into a single system. It automates the exchange of benefits data between employers, brokers, insurance carriers, and payroll providers, reducing manual work and compliance risk. The platform connects 195,000+ employers, 7,000+ brokers, and 600+ partners, positioning itself as an agnostic marketplace rather than an enterprise HCM suite.

Invisible Technologies is an AI operations platform that combines software automation with human expertise to help enterprises operationalize AI at scale. The platform (Meridial) includes five modular components—Neuron for data infrastructure, Atomic for workflow mapping, Expert Marketplace for human labor, Synapse for evaluation, and Axon for agentic automation—enabling clients to structure messy data, build digital workflows, and deploy AI agents. Serving enterprises like Microsoft, SAIC, and the Charlotte Hornets, Invisible positions itself as "Operations-as-a-Service," bridging pure software automation and traditional outsourcing to solve the enterprise challenge of getting AI models into production and quantifying ROI.

Majestic Labs builds Prometheus, a custom AI server that solves the memory wall problem by disaggregating memory from compute, enabling up to 128 TB of ultra-fast, power-efficient memory per server—nearly 100x more than leading GPU servers. The system allows organizations to run multi-trillion-parameter LLMs, mixture-of-experts models, and agentic AI systems in a single unit while dramatically reducing power consumption and infrastructure costs. Built by veteran silicon architects from Meta and Google, the company targets hyperscalers and enterprises that need to deploy massive AI models efficiently.

Parallel Web Systems builds APIs that enable AI agents to reliably access and reason over real-time web data. The company's Deep Research API and complementary tools (Search, Extract, Task, FindAll, Monitor) are optimized to feed clean, verified content directly into AI context windows, reducing hallucinations and operational costs. Founded by former Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal, Parallel serves enterprise customers including banks, hedge funds, insurance companies, and AI-native platforms that need AI systems to perform complex research and automation tasks at scale.

Quantum Art is a full-stack trapped-ion quantum computing company developing scalable quantum hardware with proprietary multi-core ion chain architecture. The company aims to deliver quantum systems with 100x faster gate speeds, 100x more parallel operations, and 50x smaller footprint compared to competitor roadmaps. Founded as a Weizmann Institute spin-off with deep expertise from Nobel laureate collaborators, Quantum Art targets near-term quantum advantage by 2027 and million-qubit systems by 2033.

ZaiNar provides real-time sub-meter positioning and location intelligence using patented phase-based signal processing and sub-nanosecond time synchronization on existing radio infrastructure. The system achieves sub-10cm accuracy indoors, outdoors, and through walls without GPS, operating system permissions, or device manufacturer cooperation. It serves enterprises and carriers across healthcare, construction, smart cities, and industrial sectors, with over $450M in contracts and deployments on multiple continents.

Emergence builds mission-critical agentic infrastructure for enterprises, enabling verified and governed AI agents that plan, reason, and act across complex systems. Their flagship Emergence Orchestrator is an autonomous meta-agent that intelligently routes tasks to optimal AI models, with a core innovation called 'Agents Creating Agents™' that allows systems to autonomously build, train, and deploy new agents recursively. The company positions itself as research-heavy with cross-vendor compatibility as a key differentiator, serving use cases from semiconductor design to enterprise operations automation.