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3 years ago

A way to find out what people are saying online about you, with a tool that automatically scours Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and other social media platforms to pull out potential customers.

690

3 years ago

An artificial intelligence tool that automatically generates sales and marketing collateral, including videos and landing pages.

469

4 years ago

A startup that allows users to draw straight lines and then automatically create a 3D model of the object with a computer vision model.

426

4 years ago

A 3-way chat system, allowing users to video chat, text, and call each other all at once.

398

2 years ago

An AI-powered automatic scheduling app for sales teams, with a self-learning algorithm that learns your team’s sales cycle and automatically provides the correct hours for these cycles.

393

2 years ago

A real-time video-based platform that allows businesses to manage multiple clients and workflows simultaneously. The platform is meant to be able to do things like schedule calls with clients, transcribe meetings, and manage client-facing workflows.

364

5 years ago

A computer science startup that builds simple, cheap, and fast hardware for India’s unconnected. One product, called the Laptop Bridge, is a $35 device meant to plug into an electrical socket and convert it into a computer-like device that can run basic programs and connect to the internet, so that farmers, students, or anyone else can use it.

358

5 years ago

A startup that provides a video calling app for doctors so that they can consult with patients remotely

323

4 years ago

This startup is building an API that connects users to doctors via text messages and video calls.

321

4 years ago

Twilio, a company that provides cloud-based communication and telephony APIs, is one of the most well-known startups at YC. Their newest project is a tool that helps call center agents manage multiple languages.

319

4 years ago

A crowdfunding platform specifically for beginner producers and small businesses.

306

2 years ago

An email app that automatically replies with the most relevant and recent emails in the inbox.

282

2 years ago

The startup is building a P2P mobile payments platform for mobile commerce. The product is called Mobypay, and it’s designed to help shoppers buy physical goods off the street using a smartphone.

263

5 years ago

A health care platform that aims to help doctors communicate with patients and their families in real time by providing a secure way to voice and video call.

257

4 years ago

A startup that’s building a platform to help companies manage call center operations. The startup says it has $1.5 million in funding from investors including Birchmere Ventures.

251

3 years ago

The startup is developing a new version of the Nest Protect smoke detector that’s specifically designed to be safe and helpful for people with kids.

250

5 years ago

Wheelchair-mounted fans to cool you down while you’re sitting in a wheelchair. The startup is among the first contestants into a new category for Kickstarter called “Mobility” that the company says is meant to help bring people who wouldn’t otherwise be able to take part in crowdfunding to the platform.

240

4 years ago

A product that tracks how much someone earns, automatically providing estimates for taxes and retirement

237

5 years ago

The startup is building a mobile network for remote employees that can use the network to send and receive files, make calls, and respond to email.

234

4 years ago

A startup that’s building software that helps doctors and health providers strategically manage the number of patients they see in a given day

233

2 years ago

Founded in 2011, with offices in Venice, San Francisco, and New York, Seed&Click is a global online marketplace for art. They offer art and design services from artists around the world. The platform was built specifically for art and design professionals who need a safe, secure and professional environment to advertise their skills to the world.

233

2 years ago

A startup that offers a way for freelancers to manage their work day and bills. The service helps freelancers submit invoices and pay their bills automatically, as well as schedule and reschedule their work.

232

4 years ago

The startup is a spin-off of a company called Hint, which was founded in 2015 to help people make better decisions about personal finance. The data can be used to help consumers identify opportunities for savings and investments, and Hint says one in three Americans don’t have enough money saved.

226

4 years ago

Using a mobile app called “Digital Health Profile”, which is currently in beta, they want to help improve the health of the elderly by tracking their health, eating habits, and exercise.

224

5 years ago

A startup for city-dwellers to browse, buy and sell locally produced goods.

221

4 years ago

While many startups have been building virtual reality products to help improve cognitive or physical therapy, this startup is specifically built to help people with mental illness. The app works as a video support system to help people with anxiety and mood disorders.

221

4 years ago

A tool that helps small businesses, specifically those in the restaurant industry, manage and pay all of their in-house expenses, from utilities to payroll. In the US, their core customers are restaurants.

218

4 years ago

This startup is developing a platform for smart contracts that automatically execute when specified conditions are met.

214

4 years ago

This startup is building a smart home device that automatically detects and prevents fires. The company is looking to raise $100,000.

213

4 years ago

A software platform that allows businesses to build loyalty programs by taking a snapshot of a customer's loyalty points balance and automatically applying them to a product or service.

211

5 years ago

Remind is building a service that sends SMS reminders to users’ phone, like a phone call or text message, which they can set on a schedule.

210

4 years ago

This is an app that allows users to create lists of their favorite things and have it automatically update to their current location.

210

4 years ago

A startup that helps big retailers manage a large number of different call center operations. The company says it has been able to save retailers over $100 million a year in labor costs.

207

4 years ago

The world’s first interactive robot taxidermist. It combines 3D scanning technology and a robotic arm to automatically fuse together a stuffed creature out of real animal parts. The startup says the process is simple for consumers to use, and can be done from their homes.

206

4 years ago

This startup is working on a new type of door handle, called a “keg handle,” that turns any door handle into a beer tap.

206

4 years ago

A startup designed to help freelancers manage their invoices, track their payments, and automatically do taxes.

206

4 years ago

This is a video chat app that can connect users to a live video conference where they can call one another.

205

4 years ago

A tool to programmatically manage the data and actions of your web app.

205

4 years ago

A company that wants to use AI to identify fraudulent texts, emails, and calls before they’re delivered to your phone.

203

4 years ago

A voice-to-text app that automatically provides a transcription of what a user is saying while they speak, and then uses machine learning to improve the transcription.

203

2 years ago

A $1 app that helps users to manage their credit card debt. Called “Debtors Anonymous” the app tracks users’ credit cards and keeps track of their progress managing their debts.

203

4 years ago

The company is looking to help service providers know which jobs are the most important to perform, and which jobs can be outsourced, to reduce costs and increase efficiency. Its software, called

202

4 years ago

A helpdesk platform for developers and startups that can be accessed from any web browser. Users can call, chat, and file tickets.

202

5 years ago

This startup’s algorithm is designed to find and cancel fraudulent payments, automatically. It’s free for merchants to use, and they’re aiming to partner with processors and banks.

201

4 years ago

A call center for multilingual businesses. It gives companies a way to handle customer service and human resources in their native language.

200

4 years ago

A platform that lets users pay workers in any currency they want, automatically.

199

4 years ago

A Skype-like video calling app for group chats, designed for small teams.

198

5 years ago

A startup that helps customers change loyalty cards without physically going to the store.

197

4 years ago

An email service that integrates with existing systems like Outlook or Gmail, and automatically adds calendar events. The startup wants to make it easy to access information from multiple systems and apps.

197

4 years ago

A company that helps companies build their own data science teams with a software platform called SimpleDataScience.

195

4 years ago

Mentioned in the "2017 YC Demo Day" video, where they discuss the concept of a "mobile printing program" for small businesses. They are now calling their service "Quick Print," and the company is no longer in YC.

193

5 years ago

An AI that is trained to help determine the price of a particular asset, and automatically alert buyers and sellers when it sees an opportunity to make an investment.

190

4 years ago

A company that builds a platform that helps small businesses communicate with customers and suppliers via SMS or voice calls.

190

4 years ago

A startup where people can create and share their own videos to be used as a free marketing tool. The startup is working on a video series called Inside the Box, which follows a different startup every month as they grow.

190

2 years ago

A startup that helps you see when your Uber driver is available and get to them quickly, with a built-in feature to automatically book the ride when you get in the car.

189

2 years ago

A startup called “TripTix” that lets you sell your unused airline tickets to other travelers.

188

5 years ago

A startup that lets you take a picture of a QR code, plug it in to the service of your choice, and automatically get an email with the link to a website that explains the code.

187

4 years ago

The startup wants to help you track and control your expenses by allowing you to record expenses in one place and then automatically create reports that show how much you’re spending on certain items.

187

5 years ago

Automate your phone bill payments by having your phone bill automatically pay your phone bill.

186

2 years ago

A startup that’s looking to replace the paper nurse call sheets and patient logs with a digital solution that can be accessed by employees at home or on the go via a smartphone app.

186

5 years ago

A startup that provides a service where people can pay to have a phone call with someone who has been through something similar in their life

184

5 years ago

A platform that helps businesses and job seekers find and connect with remote teams. Currently, they're working with a company in Brooklyn called Crave that hires people remotely through a third-party site.

184

4 years ago

The idea is to use an app to automatically coordinate payroll across different companies. Employees get notifications when their salaries are ready, and the company takes a cut of their paycheck. It’s an interesting model that could help companies restructure their payroll.

182

5 years ago

A startup that makes a product called “The Wig”, a wearable device that can tell you if you have a fever or not by reading your face

181

4 years ago

A startup providing a “more human” approach to marketing automation, using AI to help marketers find marketing strategies that are tailored specifically to their customers.

181

2 years ago

A startup focused on improving the quality of the business-to-business process, from pitches to sales calls.

179

5 years ago

A platform that helps users take better care of their data and their digital life. They’ll be launching an app where users can manage their data automatically and use it to optimize their lives.

177

5 years ago

A mobile app that helps people find the best and cheapest public transportation in their city. Called "Uber for Transportation", it's already in beta in New York and San Francisco.

177

3 years ago

An email service that automatically scans your inbox for any wedding or event related emails and sends the relevant information to your other contacts, so that they can plan accordingly.

176

5 years ago

A security startup that’s building a platform to automatically detect and prevent fraud in the payments industry.

175

4 years ago

Allows you to track your time spent on phone calls, direct message conversations, or meetings. The startup wants to help you know how much time you’re spending on tasks that are more important and track how you’re using the time you’re not using.

175

4 years ago

A SaaS company that helps clothing designers with their marketing and sales process, unlike current fashion marketplaces which typically drive high traffic to designers' e-commerce websites.

174

4 years ago

Espresso is a software company that uses machine learning to automate the process of hiring telecommuters in the US, using a platform that was built specifically for this.

174

4 years ago

There are over 2,000 cryptocurrencies. A finance startup called CreditChain aims to build a cryptocurrency that is more accessible to the average consumer. The company is seeking to build out a “credit blockchain” that allows banks to create and distribute digital and physical products, like insurance policies, to consumers in minutes.

174

4 years ago

A group of entrepreneurs and executives from large companies like Google, Amazon, and Walmart are working on a new startup called Kip, a platform for tech-enabled collaboration. The company’s goal is to help large companies share resources more effectively, and will launch in the fall of 2020 in the U.S.

174

5 years ago

Let’s call this app the “Uber for food”. This is a restaurant-on-demand service that can be triggered via a mobile app.

172

5 years ago

A voice-activated assistant to handle different aspects of a person’s life by connecting to their bank account, home automation, and messaging/calling services.

172

3 years ago

Low-cost, low-overhead video conferencing, made possible by software that sends the video through the internet rather than over a traditional phone line, is a key factor in bringing remote workers to a company. This startup is building software for companies to use to host audio and video calls.

172

4 years ago

A company that’s building a browser extension so users can automatically sign up for credit card promotions, using the credit cards they already own.

171

5 years ago

A way to keep track of what’s being sent between two strangers, without someone having to physically keep an eye on it.

170

3 years ago

A platform that helps make your business portable. The startup helps connect businesses with offshore locations that are close to you. For example, with the platform you could have a call center in India, but still be able to talk to the customer in the US.

170

5 years ago

A startup that’s building a tool that automatically designs and builds ecommerce stores for you

168

3 years ago

Spectra is a startup that provides a platform for building better experiences for “heads-up displays” which are basically the tiny screens that are mounted on modern vehicles to display speed, navigation, and other information. It’s available on Android and iOS.

168

5 years ago

Another startup accelerator program, Techstars was originally called TechStars but shortened its name in the summer of 2010.

167

5 years ago

A SaaS platform that helps IT teams automatically create a repeatable, secure, and reliable infrastructure for IoT/edge devices.

167

5 years ago

An executive assistant that makes scheduling meetings, calls, and everything else easier.

167

3 years ago

idea: this startup is building what they call the “first global, mobile-first, social news platform”.

167

5 years ago

A startup that provides a service for people to schedule a call with a personal trainer so they can lose weight

166

4 years ago

This company wants to help businesses with employee engagement. The company wants to help companies with digital HR, specifically with recruiting, onboarding, and retention.

166

5 years ago

A company that creates AI-driven widgets for SMS. The startup’s CTO called out the company’s AI as a “turnkey solution” for businesses to send messages from a single point.

165

5 years ago

A tool to help teachers grade homework by grading it automatically, in real time.

164

5 years ago

If you want a car, the first thing you do is call your insurance company, and then you call your bank. The startup wants to automate this process and allow users to pay for their car insurance online with their bank account. It’s already working with AAA.

164

4 years ago

The company’s founders have been called "the Bill Gates and Steve Jobs of the Indian startup scene" by a reporter in Quartz.

164

4 years ago

There’s a lot of demand for this kind of help, but it’s hard to find that help. A company called Pay-Per-Request is looking to bring the help of a professional notary to the masses at a low cost. The idea is that people sign up for the service and then request notaries for various tasks, get them for a low cost, and then pay for the ones that they like.

164

5 years ago

A Facebook Messenger bot that helps you order takeout or delivery without having to call a restaurant.

163

5 years ago

The startup is building an app that integrates with Nest thermostats to automatically adjust your thermostat based on your schedule and preferences.

163

5 years ago

A software company that helps companies hire and manage on-call workers. They’re launching in early 2019.

162

5 years ago

A startup that lets you create videos and images with text in the background in real-time to create what’s called a "Voxel" — an image with a 3D representation of a text sentence.

162

5 years ago

A tool for companies to manage their on-call team

162

3 years ago

A patent-pending tool that helps enterprise businesses get their legal documents in order faster. It comes with a browser extension for Chrome and Firefox that automatically creates and fills out legal forms as you draft them, based on your input.

162

5 years ago

A smart fridge that automatically orders more milk for your coffee.

161

4 years ago

The startup wants to build a prescription-free dispensary network, with doctors and nurses on-call or on site at the dispensaries, and an app to help patients locate the nearest dispensary

161

5 years ago

A startup that helps employers manage their payroll, benefits, and insurance electronically, with a set of tools that include a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform, an API, virtual and in-person support.

160

4 years ago

A startup that wants to give people the same ability to browse and shop for food that they have in the US. It’s designed specifically for Indian consumers who don’t have a bank account.

160

3 years ago

A startup making an AI-enabled digital assistant. They recently launched an AI chatbot that can help you set up video calls on Slack and has plans to launch it on other chat platforms.

160

2 years ago

A collaboration platform for remote teams, allowing them to easily share documents, chat, and call each other.

160

2 years ago

The startup has created a service that uses AI to help companies understand their customers’ expectations, analyze their data to understand what works best for them, and automatically send that information to users.

160

5 years ago

A startup from a company called Popcorn Time, which allows users to stream free movies and TV shows. It's now a part of Netflix.

159

5 years ago

A platform that allows businesses to send out automated emails from a customer service representative. The company is building the technology to replace the phone call.

159

5 years ago

A company that helps businesses call in to talk to prospective clients, and vice versa.

159

5 years ago

Salesforce.com’s Wave is a platform aimed at salespeople that lets them collaborate on calls, track KPIs, and use AI to guide future calls.

159

4 years ago

A solution for taking a photo of a damaged license plate, then automatically attaching the license plate number to that photo.

159

5 years ago

The startup is looking to disrupt the $2.8 trillion consumer credit industry, which it says is ripe for disruption by building a better credit scoring system for micro and small businesses using data from a company called Credit Karma.

158

3 years ago

A startup that uses machine learning to automatically detect customer problems and provide a solution to companies in the form of automated recommendations.

158

3 years ago

A data and management platform for people to manage and grow their online business. The startup is building a data/management platform, called a “Customer Engagement Platform”. It hopes to supplement the analytics and customer management that businesses typically use with a more predictive and nuanced type of data.

158

5 years ago

A startup that makes it possible for anyone to use Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram as a customer service call center without having to re-enter their information. The company has already secured funding from Y Combinator, AngelList, and Techstars.

157

3 years ago

A way to automatically track and analyze a person’s social interactions with others, with a goal of helping them improve their relationships and live a happier life.

157

5 years ago

A startup that provides a service to help people with their immigration paperwork (basically lawyer) A startup that provides an alternative to Airbnb for people to rent out their homes (which they are not living in)

156

5 years ago

“A safe investment wrapper for cryptocurrency savings accounts”. The company is building an account that lets people invest cryptocurrency, while also automatically tracking the value of the investment and sending out monthly statements.

156

5 years ago

The startup aims to make managing web apps easier with a toolset that evaluates the security of a website, then automatically sets up a SSO for a developer to use.

156

5 years ago

A platform for sharing and tracking all of your fitness activities. The company developed a stand-alone iOS app called MyFitnessPal in 2011, which has over 150 million users worldwide. In 2017, they launched the fitness tracking and calorie logging platform Fitbit.

155

5 years ago

A new kind of payment system that allows taxi owners to compete with Uber and Lyft. Instead of needing to call a dispatcher, riders can hail a cab in real-time and pay directly through the app.

155

5 years ago

This startup is building a way to create virtual reality experiences for brands, using a technology called “phantom display”.

155

5 years ago

A startup that allows you to create a “move” between friends, effectively turning a video call into a video-text-chat.

155

4 years ago

Slack is a chat system for teams that uses a chatbot-like interface. The startup’s bot is called “Dalai,” whose goal is to make the process of building a Slack team a smooth experience.

155

4 years ago

This company wants to build a platform that automatically adjusts the rate that your car consumes fuel based on a variety of variables (driving conditions, time of day, weather, etc.)

155

3 years ago

A startup for people who want to buy or sell their homes online. The startup aims to be the Amazon of home sales, specifically in the high-end market.

155

5 years ago

Builds mobile apps for small and medium-sized businesses that are typically handled by outsourced developers. It helps the client keep track of their employees and their weekly hours, track expenses, and generate invoices.

154

5 years ago

A way to build and test websites locally - without leaving your local machine, using a browser-based editor.

154

5 years ago

One of several startups that are building alternative work schedules that let people swap out their hours for the week. They all basically pair an employer with a local worker who can come in for extra hours in exchange for a small fee or a flat rate.

154

5 years ago

A startup that aims to bring on-demand services like Uber to the B2B travel sector with a new service called Travia that will allow travel managers to hire drivers for their clients on-demand.

154

3 years ago

A customer service app called "Helpful" that allows customers to get help 24/7. The startup was founded by a former product manager at Google and Square.

154

5 years ago

A way for companies to keep track of their employees' safety and productivity data, and automatically reach out to them to provide support if they're having a hard time.

153

5 years ago

A company that helps people work remotely by building a platform that helps them easily book conference calls, connect with co-workers, and handle all the other technical details that come with working remotely.

153

5 years ago

A kitchen system called the “KitchenPod” that’s meant to let you cook, then take the result home for later. The kitchen has a base unit, and a separate pod that connects to a smartphone. The fridge is connected to the base unit via Bluetooth, so it can track things like what you’re eating and how much of it you’re eating. When the pod is connected to the base unit, it can track the fridge’s temperature, as well as how much food it’s holding.

153

5 years ago

Builds on the company’s previous product, which allows users to create animated GIFs from their smartphone. Now the team wants to help people automatically make money from their GIFs.

153

4 years ago

A company that is building a driverless car for fleets, that can be operated via text message and automatically remembers addresses.

153

3 years ago

This is an artificial intelligence startup that’s trying to build a system to help people pay their bills in real time. The idea is that people would get a notification to pay their bill, and then the system would make the payment automatically.

153

5 years ago

Automatically tracking employee performance with an award system that tracks achievements on a daily basis and gives out points.

152

5 years ago

Seed-stage, early-stage, and pre-seed stage seed-stage companies are typically those that are less than 2 years old, and are valued between $500,000 and

152

5 years ago

Crowdvilla is a startup that lets you book room reservations online, for prices that are typically lower than a hotel's.

152

3 years ago

A tool for freelance designers, sellers, and sellers of goods. The startup sends quotes through email automatically and allows for tracking of invoices and payments.

152

3 years ago

A decentralized exchange that uses a virtual currency called "flux"

152

5 years ago

A “dynamic pricing platform” for calls and text messages.

151

5 years ago

A new way of doing customer service that’s designed to be more personal and efficient than the call center model.

151

5 years ago

A healthcare service that provides a platform for human resources to view and search through the health records of employees. Providers can also use the platform to set up secure access for their employees, and then billing details are sent automatically.

151

3 years ago

The company’s first product is a smartphone app that lets users automatically buy data packages from their employers.

151

3 years ago

A company that helps mid-sized companies in Mexico manage their call centers.

151

2 years ago

A tool that helps restaurants and bars manage their food and alcohol costs and workflow. It helps them better manage their food costs by automatically ordering and tracking inventory and sales.

151

5 years ago

A mobile app that helps users take pictures of their receipts, and then automatically categorize them into different expense categories, such as rent, food, and transportation.

150

5 years ago

The startup is building a system that lets restaurant operators do inventory management automatically, which is difficult because of the high number of variables involved in managing inventory, from the type of food to how it’s portioned and stored.

150

5 years ago

In the UK, an increasingly important part of the economy isn’t bricks and mortar stores but phone apps. And one startup wants to replace the app store with a custom-built version. The idea is that you buy an app once and then get the updates for free. The company is giving away its first product for free, called The App Store, in order to gain feedback.

150

5 years ago

A startup that helps people buy and sell things locally through the app. Pricy is hoping to compete with services like Carousell and OLX, which have been operating in the same niche for years.

150

5 years ago

A tool that enables users to automatically draft and share social media posts

150

5 years ago

This is a tool for the music industry that automatically alerts you when someone you’re following releases a new song. The B2C startup is working with music companies and artists to make the feature happen.

150

5 years ago

An SDK for automatically creating, updating, and publishing content to social media.

150

3 years ago

This startup is building a platform that lets users manage money and assets over a mobile device. They’re building an app that can get money from any user’s bank account and pay bills automatically.

150

5 years ago

A mobile app that allows you to manage your credit and debit card numbers with just your phone’s camera and a voice response. Circle uses the camera to take a picture of the card and then calls the number on the card to confirm it’s valid before linking it to your phone.

149

5 years ago

A company that wants to build a way to understand the meaning of phone calls (through audio) and help courts make educated decisions on them.

149

5 years ago

A market for the world’s farmers, specifically those who want to start selling their excess produce in bulk.

149

5 years ago

A tool for recruiters, that lets them upload their resume to a centralized network and have it automatically filtered to candidates that are a good match for a given job.

148

4 years ago

Jet.com is a startup that will sell anything from household items to clothes to groceries to a single user, with no membership fees or minimum purchase requirements. It’s been called the Amazon of online shopping that will work on the ground. The company says it has 1.1 million active buyers already, and a $3 billion run rate.

148

3 years ago

A startup that helps companies set up a virtual call center that can field calls around the globe with a single click.

148

3 years ago

An AI powered call center that promises to help businesses tackle customer service issues more effectively. The startup calls itself “the first AI-powered call center” and claims to be able to solve customer service issues more efficiently than humans. The startup is currently in closed beta in the US.

148

3 years ago

A platform that connects small businesses with the tools they need to build and scale their customer service operations. In the startup’s words, it “puts the sales team back in the call center”.

148

5 years ago

A bot that can automatically find lost items and return them to their owner.

147

5 years ago

A tool for getting a lot of attention on social media, especially Twitter. It's basically a social media management app that helps you build a plan for driving lots of followers, likes, retweets, etc.

147

5 years ago

A GPS-based ride-sharing app that allows users to call a car directly from their phone.

147

5 years ago

"Gizmodo" called the Startup Battlefield and Fast Company’s 2016 “Top 10 Coolest Companies”.

147

5 years ago

A startup that automatically bookmarks the location of where you’re going for your next Uber ride and updates it each time you call.

147

5 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses with insurance. They’re working on their first product in the US, called “Bundle”.

147

5 years ago

A startup that offers a student loan refinancing service specifically for those in the public sector.

147

5 years ago

This is a website for buying and selling used computers. The website automatically searches for computers that are listed by sellers.

147

5 years ago

Very interested to see what comes of this product - the idea is to give you a way to create a smart contract with a shipping company that automatically tracks your package from the time it is picked up to the time it is delivered.

147

3 years ago

A design agency that helps small business owners build their brands with branding and social media. The company also offers a new kind of consultancy, called Brand Branding, that helps clients build their presence on Instagram, Facebook, and Pinterest.

147

5 years ago

Builds outbound software sales calls to try to get businesses to buy more software.

146

5 years ago

A digital platform that provides what its founders call a “dynamic ‘recipe’—a step-by-step process that guides users through every step of the creative process from start to finish.”

146

5 years ago

The startup, called Picaboo, speaks to you via your webcam to make it easier to get the perfect selfie by applying a filter to your face.

146

5 years ago

A startup that wants to create an online store that uses artificial intelligence to automatically find and purchase items that match a customer’s taste and preferences.

146

5 years ago

A company that automatically matches users with their fitness instructors

146

5 years ago

A SaaS solution that helps companies manage the customer experience for two-way video calls.

146

4 years ago

This startup is building a platform to help people who have given up their phones or are reluctant to give them up, to still communicate with loved ones, friends and coworkers. They’ve built a chatbot that allows people to send text messages and make calls to their friends without the phone.

146

3 years ago

A startup building a peer-to-peer voice over IP (VoIP) app that lets you call anyone in the world on the same app, even over mobile. The founders said they’ve already signed up over 35,000 users, who can call each other for free.

146

5 years ago

The company is building a platform that integrates with hospital networks and practices to share health records electronically.

145

5 years ago

A chatbot that answers questions and handles customer service calls, using language processing to help users avoid common mistakes.

145

5 years ago

A startup that lets you create a wishlist for your favorite products, then automatically sends you emails when prices drop on those items.

145

5 years ago

The startup is creating a digital, and automated, way to check the status of your vehicle’s maintenance, like a car recall, or a recall on your tires or windshield wipers.

145

3 years ago

A social media platform that’s basically like Facebook, but focused on developing a community of artists who work together to create art and share it with their friends.

145

5 years ago

A group of publications that allow users to create personalized editions. Previously called “my publisher”, the startup is currently focused on personalizing a magazine subscription.

144

5 years ago

Ride-sharing for the elderly. The startup is working on a ride-sharing service for seniors, called Seniorly. The company is also in talks with the US Department of Transportation to develop a pilot program for a level of autonomous driving.

144

5 years ago

A collaboration platform for photographers and artists, built for the Chinese market. They have a service called “A.P.I.S.” where artists and photographers can upload art and photographers can upload photos to sell.

144

5 years ago

This startup is building an AI-powered platform that helps people manage their relationships with their doctors. It uses machine learning to automatically scan medical records and find patterns that indicate better compliance with doctor’s orders.

144

5 years ago

A startup called eCredentials is building a connected ring that stores and connects to your medical records, and lets you keep track of changes and see a history of everything you’ve ever had done.

144

3 years ago

The former CEO of a company called “Nexus”, which was acquired in 2016, wanted to build an app that would allow you to book a taxi through your phone in the same way you book a flight.

144

5 years ago

A platform that helps retailers sell offline. The startup lets retailers sell their products in physical stores, and then also sell it online for buyers. Basically it’s a way for brick and mortar retailers to sell online and to their customers.

143

4 years ago

A startup that helps companies get a better understanding of their customers by using read receipts, call recording, and pop-up notifications to get real-time feedback.

143

4 years ago

This startup is building software that allows you to “conduct a live call with a doctor”, a process that can be helpful for medical consultations as well as for tele-training and coaching.

143

5 years ago

A startup that wants to make a better way to manage wine cellars. The startup is building a software that would allow people to see what’s on their wine cellar, and plan out their purchases in advance, and then automatically order them when a shipment comes in.

142

5 years ago

A SaaS application meant to help recruiters manage the process of calling and hiring candidates, and keep track of who they’ve interviewed and what they’ve asked.

142

5 years ago

A startup that uses an IoT platform to automatically manage the delivery of goods in the same way that Amazon and Uber do. Founded in early 2019, they’re currently in talks with logistics companies in the US, Canada and Mexico.

142

4 years ago

A cross-platform desktop application that allows users to log into their apps without their credentials and automatically logs them into their bank accounts. The startup is building the company off of Yodlee’s data and wants to build it further into apps like Facebook, Spotify, and others.

142

5 years ago

A startup that offers a platform for real-time problem solving called “Teamwork”

141

5 years ago

A new platform that creates targeted ads using the data from your social media. It’s not clear how exactly this would work, but the startup is hoping to “dramatically change the way brands target customers”.

141

5 years ago

A platform for making lists and reminders. The startup is led by the former CEO of a company called Reminders, which was acquired by Google in 2010.

141

5 years ago

A way to automatically sell your old stuff on eBay, using big data to determine what you’re likely to buy again.

141

5 years ago

A platform to help call centers automate and manage customer support.

140

5 years ago

Muyu is a startup based in Brazil that wants to help companies automate their invoices. The startup has a feature-rich platform where users can drag and drop invoices and attachments, and renew them automatically.

140

5 years ago

A team at the Harvard Business School is building a tool that can automatically tell the difference between the various types of ads you’re seeing on the web, and craft personalized, customized ads based on that data.

140

5 years ago

A small, locally-owned business in the Twin Cities that sells and rents space to small nonprofits and non-profits.

140

5 years ago

A tool that helps sales managers and salespeople manage sales leads from all different sources. It works as a CRM for Salesforce, helping salespeople see calls and leads in one place.

139

5 years ago

A company that uses AI to help make low-cost, high-quality face-to-face video calls.

139

3 years ago

The New England Aquarium has just added a new exhibit called the “Eco-Dome”, which is a way to turn the existing aquarium into a living representation of the ocean. The exhibit will be a hands-on experience that allows visitors to see the conditions of plastic, microbeads, and other ocean waste in the wild.

139

5 years ago

A tool to help get the word out about an activist group’s actions, like a call to action or a march. The startup’s slogan is: “There’s more to activism than Facebook.”

138

5 years ago

This startup is building an automated system to automatically detect and flag potential employee fraud.

138

5 years ago

Scrubly is a search engine that automatically detects plagiarism in text. The startup’s first product is a plagiarism tool that monitors students’ texts and flags any that could be misappropriated.

138

5 years ago

A text-to-speech app, allowing users to call up text they record and have it spoken aloud in their voice.

138

2 years ago

A payment processing startup focused on small businesses that delivers a much lower processing cost than businesses typically pay, allowing them to offer lower prices to their customers.

138

5 years ago

The company is centered around a new product called the “Activity Tracker”, which is actually a wristband with sensors that measure the wearer’s activity throughout the day. The wristband communicates with a phone that then records the data on the app. The data can then be synced with a HealthKit-enabled app for tracking progress.

137

5 years ago

A company making an AI-powered HR assistant that learns from employees and helps them work better. The startup was recently acquired by a bigger startup called TalentBin.

137

5 years ago

A company that provides AI-powered technology for online retailers, including an AI-powered website that can automatically suggest new products and changes to products based on consumer behavior.

137

5 years ago

These guys have a chatbot called “Alexa” that helps you track down a product you may have ordered. The company has integrated with major e-commerce companies to provide the service to their customers.

137

4 years ago

This company is building an app called “MyBeds” for homeowners to create a “bespoke bedroom” for their home. The app lets you create a “dream room” from a set of customizable, curated items.

137

2 years ago

A startup that’s building machine learning technology to automatically classify data and detect patterns in it.

137

5 years ago

A platform for helping new startups do business with existing clients. It automates the process of a startup having to call a client to get set up.

136

5 years ago

A video chat app for small businesses, allowing them to record meetings, call in and out, and see who’s online.

136

3 years ago

A startup that wants to make it easier for people to get the most out of their devices. They want to help people find the apps and tools they need to get work done. Side Note: That’s what we call an original idea.

136

3 years ago

You can’t just call up a former classmate and ask them, “Hey, can you help me get a job” But this startup can, and they can do it at scale.

136

5 years ago

A startup that provides a service where you can purchase a gift card that is redeemable for a 1 hour tech support phone call

135

5 years ago

Using computer vision and machine learning, this startup is building a tool that can automatically identify and deliver relevant customer service via text or email.

135

5 years ago

This company, which is now a subsidiary of software giant IBM, is trying to make enterprise software simpler for smaller organizations. They have a new product called “Navigator”, which is designed to help organizations of all sizes (from a startup with 3 people to a Fortune 100 company) navigate the complex technology stack they have today.

135

5 years ago

This startup is building a tool that helps small businesses create and manage their own marketing campaigns. It’s called “marketing automation” and helps businesses automate the creation of emails, landing pages, and other marketing materials.

135

5 years ago

A text-to-speech service for the blind that uses the Amazon Echo to convert written words to audio. WordBlind uses a technology called "on-the-fly" speech synthesis to convert text to audio that sounds like the original.

135

4 years ago

This startup is building a premium, shared-bikes-for-hire platform in Los Angeles that aims to be an Uber for urban transport. Their bikes will be electric and can be reserved online, on-call 24/7, for one hour or longer.

135

4 years ago

A startup that creates a home WiFi system that automatically connects to the nearest WiFi hotspot.

135

3 years ago

This is a startup that aims to help people who want to file a complaint electronically, without the hassle of filling out a long form online.

135

5 years ago

This startup is building a way to automatically build and promote e-newsletters to customers based on their interests.

134

5 years ago

A chatbot that allows you to schedule calls with financial advisors at your convenience.

134

5 years ago

A tool that pairs with a customer’s bank account to automatically route money and send bills.

134

4 years ago

A startup that helps businesses have a better time making phone calls with their customers. Calling by Landline is a suite of tools for salespeople, agencies, and businesses that helps them capture data and turn it into contextually relevant messages.

134

2 years ago

Fathom is a company that is making it easier to connect people with people who can help their ideas come to life. The company offers an alternative to the traditional approach of cold-calling people, instead offering a “media service” in the form of a “virtual assistant” that handles the follow-up.

134

5 years ago

A startup that helps companies manage their supply chains by automatically matching products in inventory to orders. The founders have raised $1M in seed funding, with plans to expand to Europe.

133

5 years ago

Stem is an app that lets you create a virtual assistant to help you with work. Users can ask the virtual assistant to do things like send an email, remind you to call a client, or read your calendar. The virtual assistant can even help you out with tasks like creating a to-do list or learning a new language.

132

5 years ago

A media company that aims to help keep written content up to date by automatically updating articles with the latest information.

132

5 years ago

A platform with a web-based portal for doctors to access patient information, allowing them to talk to patients or patients’ families remotely through video conferencing, or call them into their office.

132

5 years ago

A “Call of Duty-style” shooter game that lets players earn real money playing the game.

132

3 years ago

This startup is building an app that cuts through the noise of the daily news cycle, by separating the good from the bad. The app, called “The Daily”, takes a different perspective, highlighting the optimistic and the important, but not the trivial. It’s already been featured in the Washington Post, Fast Company, and the New York Times.

132

5 years ago

A startup that uses text messaging to help people who are sick or at risk of infection simply call in and connect with a nurse or other professional for a chat, instead of having to go to the doctor’s office.

131

5 years ago

A wearable company that makes a product called a ‘halo’ that is a jacket and a hat for your dog and monitor its health

131

5 years ago

Businesses in the mobile payments space have often struggled with security. Called SIV, it uses AI to make payments on a consumer’s behalf with a single tap.

130

5 years ago

This is a startup that wants to build a system that automatically detects and captures video of police interactions and the surrounding community. The startup recently raised $1.2 million from Digital Ocean’s Venture Fund.

130

5 years ago

The startup is developing a personalized learning platform that connects students with academic experts, helping them identify their strengths and weaknesses and to improve their grades. In a space that typically focuses on grades, the startup is looking to provide a holistic approach to learning.

130

5 years ago

A company that connects large retailers with local farmers, allowing them to buy produce directly from them and have it delivered to their store locally.

130

4 years ago

A platform that aims to help companies build marketing campaigns by automatically finding the right customers.

130

4 years ago

A startup that helps you communicate with your team remotely, whether it be a conversation, a live video call, or a collaborative whiteboard

130

2 years ago

A startup that allows a person to record voiceover or screencast video calls from any device, and then upload it to a website where others can see and comment.

130

5 years ago

A small loan marketplace that allows anyone to lend and borrow locally, in person, with no credit score required.

129

5 years ago

A startup that’s building an app that will help users to change their appearance in real time, combining the optically-corrective benefits of makeup and the photorealistic capabilities of CGI.

129

5 years ago

Not just a one-click solution for saving and transferring contacts, but a true platform for managing them. It allows users to create branded groups of contacts, and then schedule calls among them. It’s ad-free, secure and can be used on both iOS and Android.

129

5 years ago

Zach wants to help people who don't want to use a traditional bank — they don't want to install an app, or they want to use a specific app for different financial needs. Zach is a mobile application that lets you do this, with a free service called Zach Wallet.

129

5 years ago

A software startup that wants to create a way to automatically package and publish videos on social media in a way that doesn’t require extensive video editing.

128

5 years ago

A startup that is working on an injectable drug that will help heal damaged nerve fibers. They’re working on a treatment for a degenerative disorder called Charcot-Marie-Tooth, which is caused by damage to the peripheral nerves.

128

5 years ago

A personal assistant for NYC apartment dwellers, designed to help apartment dwellers get their mail, make and respond to calls, and do their laundry.

128

5 years ago

A startup that helps employees make travel plans (specifically flights) for their organization.

128

5 years ago

A company that wants to build a service that lets you call up an Uber-like app whenever you need a ride anywhere. The service would give you options for the type of car to be used and then would let you track the car’s progress.

128

3 years ago

A startup that wants to make it easy for small and medium-sized businesses to sell insurance for employees. The software is designed for companies to create policies for employees and automatically apply them to their payroll accounts.

128

3 years ago

This app basically allows you to order food from your favorite restaurants. It’s a way to cut out restaurants and make the entire process of ordering food a lot more simple, similar to Grubhub.

128

5 years ago

The team is building a way to automatically and transparently recommend the best employees for an open position. The startup is currently only targeting startups in Silicon Valley.

127

5 years ago

A platform building bots for messaging platform Slack that can automatically detect and respond to communication needs.

127

5 years ago

A SaaS solution that helps software developers build and manage mobile applications. The startup is looking to allow companies to create a mobile application for any of their products, with the system automatically building the app for them.

127

5 years ago

A company that uses machine learning to create products that help senior citizens with activities of daily living, such as shopping, banking and making phone calls.

127

5 years ago

A customer support platform for small business, allowing them to connect with customers via chat, email, social media, and phone calls.

127

5 years ago

A health insurance startup focused on improving women of color’s health care, specifically in rural areas.

127

4 years ago

A startup that helps businesses create a more efficient CRM system by collecting data from multiple sources and automatically integrating it into a single sales pipeline.

127

5 years ago

A company that helps its customers to “reduce the friction” between their customers and their employees by using a distributed ledger called Hyperledger.

126

5 years ago

A B2C online platform that helps people look up the prices of products and services without having to use a phone or computer. It uses the Apple Wallet API to pull up prices from thousands of retailers and automatically applies a coupon.

126

5 years ago

A platform for pet owners with chronic conditions to have more control over their care and more transparency into their health. The app allows owners to take phone calls from their doctors, get their medical records, and run tests for them.

126

5 years ago

A speaker that allows you set up a conference call, share a screen, and use it like a conference room.

126

4 years ago

A messaging app that uses AI and machine learning to automatically generate text. After generating a list of the most common questions and phrases that people send, customer support can use this tool to pre-write responses.

126

3 years ago

A startup that enables people to schedule errand runs in advance, so they don’t run around frantically at the last minute.

126

3 years ago

A virtual assistant and call center for HR. It’s a cloud-based platform and SaaS product that helps HR teams automate employee onboarding and manage benefits and licenses.

126

3 years ago

A mobile app for the economically underprivileged in India that will help them apply for micro loans. The startup has already provided over $400,000 worth of loans.

126

5 years ago

A startup called “MyBoat” that helps you find guides, captains, and crews for your next adventure

125

5 years ago

This startup is building an “app store for white-label content marketing” for companies. It’s called “branded content” and has a lot of the same features as Pinterest’s official app store.

125

5 years ago

A tool that helps people manage their rent payments, creating a digital ledger of when payments are made, and of any late fees or collection calls.

125

5 years ago

A company that helps freelance and on-call workers find jobs. It’s currently working with 10,000 companies including Uber, GoDaddy, and Microsoft.

125

5 years ago

A tool that allows employers to set up a pay stub, and then automatically file it with the IRS for you. The startup is working with the IRS to use the tool to help create a better federal tax system.

125

5 years ago

This company builds a virtual assistant for the health care industry to improve the efficiency and quality of patient interactions, from scheduling to documentation to making phone calls.

124

5 years ago

This company is going after the $1.5 billion USD market of people who have a ton of receipts, but can’t manage them. They’re building a toolset that uses artificial intelligence to scan receipts and automatically categorize them by month or a year to help people use them for tax filing.

124

5 years ago

A startup that rewards employees for being more productive. Employees can earn points by completing tasks like answering customer service calls or helping with marketing, which they can then redeem for rewards or cash.

124

5 years ago

A platform for travel agencies to manage their inventory, even when they’re not physically in the store.

124

5 years ago

A widget that helps you save money on your phone bill by automatically charging your phone only when you’re near a Wi-Fi network.

124

2 years ago

A virtual assistant that helps people get answers to basic questions (“How much is a flight” “What time does the next flight to NYC leave”) — a digital concierge, basically.

124

5 years ago

This startup makes a workplace calendar that automatically syncs with a company's online calendar, and is integrated with Slack.

123

2 years ago

The startup is building a tool that automatically analyzes a company's marketing and sales data to help them improve their ROI. It's a cloud-based tool that offers a variety of services, from understanding what your current customers are buying and what else they might like to marketing to build loyalty and sales.

123

5 years ago

A startup helping companies that use a lot of data or have a lot of data. The startup is looking to offer 24/7/365 support, with an automated phone call within two hours of an issue being raised.

122

5 years ago

Building a tool to help publicly traded companies file for an IPO faster, something that’s typically a multi-year process with multiple roadblocks.

122

5 years ago

A social media app that claims to help people “organically grow their social networks”.

122

5 years ago

This startup is building a service that automatically generates an article and blog post for a journalist based on their content.

122

5 years ago

Ex-Google engineers are building a new living room device they call the “Echo” that’s essentially a giant voice-controlled speaker. The device is a stripped-down, Google-made version of the Google Home, and can be controlled by voice, music, and TV apps. It’s set to launch in November.

122

5 years ago

Only 1% of all workers in the US have their overtime legally included in their paychecks. This startup wants to be the alternative. They’re building a mobile app that tracks time and automatically computes overtime pay.

122

5 years ago

A company that has developed a virtual assistant that can automatically transcribe conferences and meetings.

122

5 years ago

A startup that helps people automatically send money to a friend via SMS

122

5 years ago

The A16Z crypto hedge fund has a startup incubator called Alight Labs, which is building a machine learning platform to detect fraud in the industry.

122

5 years ago

A system for automatically identifying potential threats on the internet and alerting users through push notifications.

122

5 years ago

Rather than outsourcing maintenance of on-premises equipment, a startup called LifeSpan develops and sells cloud-based tools that help companies manage their equipment. It’s based in Austin, Texas.

122

4 years ago

A startup for scheduling calls to the UK’s National Health Service, offering option to use the platform to connect with a doctor in real-time.

122

4 years ago

A company that helps employees get paid even if their company is out of money. A startup called Yieldbot essentially acts as a middle man between companies and their employees.

122

3 years ago

An Android app that helps people with Parkinson disease manage their tremors. The app uses a method called muscle stimulation to help the user control the tremor.

122

5 years ago

The company is building something called “Zero-Effort”, which allows you to get a lot of stuff done at once without actually doing anything. When you get the app, you get a list of tasks that have been done for you.

121

5 years ago

A healthy, fast, and affordable way to get food delivered. It’s a millennial company, with the founders calling themselves a “health-food lifestyle brand”.

121

5 years ago

A Canadian startup that has been testing a new way to deal with the waste of Canadian food waste by using what they call “a great bed of lettuce”.

121

5 years ago

A startup for people to sell stuff, and a way to help the buyers and sellers find each other. A similar marketplace exists today called eCohort, which launched in March of 2019.

121

5 years ago

This startup is looking to automatically generate and sell weekly email subscriptions to people based on their buying habits. The email service is for people who want to make sure they get email notifications for products they purchase frequently, like coffee or a subscription service, like Gilt or Birchbox.

121

5 years ago

A startup that wants to take your credit card data and have it automatically pay your bills, so you never have to pay a late fee.

121

5 years ago

A startup that helps its users automatically take better screenshots, including those of mobile devices. It’s like a smartphone’s automatic screenshot function but for computers.

121

5 years ago

A platform for customers to find and book speaking engagements with companies, without the need to cold-call.

121

3 years ago

A platform to help companies identify and hire tech talent locally, rather than from a national pool.

121

5 years ago

A tool that helps people find the best travel deals, picking up on the long tail of unadvertised fares. The startup is pitching itself as a sort of early booking agent, where customers can search for flights and then call in to a travel agent.

120

5 years ago

This startup is building a tool to automatically find data entry errors and fix them before the document is sent to customers.

120

5 years ago

A solution for customers to take a photo of a receipt or invoice and have it automatically link to a transaction in QuickBooks.

120

5 years ago

A new way to store and manage your digital media. The team at Briefly is building a platform that enables users to “train” their computer to automatically organize and discover their files, and then creates a “smart folder” that’s a digital representation of the physical one.

120

5 years ago

A platform to save money on airline tickets for frequent travelers. The company’s software automatically determines how much you’d pay each way to get to a particular destination, based on your previous travel history.

119

4 years ago

A startup that wants to bring Facebook Messenger-style voice calling to the desktop.

119

4 years ago

A startup that lets you do your holiday shopping automatically.

119

4 years ago

A search engine for mobile phone numbers with features like call forwarding.

119

5 years ago

A startup that sells high-quality, locally made clothes for men who want something more stylish than what you can find at Old Navy

118

5 years ago

An AI-powered AI assistant, Pexel is building a bot that will handle tasks like making phone calls, scheduling appointments, and even answering questions.

118

4 years ago

This startup is building a platform that helps brands to create a distinctive voice in the digital landscape, bringing a familiar brand experience to a digital platform. It’s basically a quiz app that allows brands to build their own personality profiles to bring to the web.

118

5 years ago

This is a tool that helps small business with their tax returns. The startup is called TurboTax because it claims to be a more comprehensive and efficient way to get your taxes done.

117

5 years ago

A startup called Shift is building an algorithmic platform to help restaurants figure out which dishes to prepare to meet the demands of busy days.

117

5 years ago

A startup that used machine learning to automatically identify the best apps for people based on their demographics, to help navigate the app store.

117

5 years ago

Canvas is a Y Combinator company that creates “smart” pillows that “take advantage of the unique wireless signals from your body to automatically adjust your sleep position”.

116

5 years ago

A digital tax preparation software that automatically calculates federal and state taxes based on a person’s income, deductions and credits

116

4 years ago

A platform that lets you select a task, and then automatically bids on it.

116

3 years ago

This startup is building an app that helps people design and manage their home automation system (cameras, lights, etc.) from their phone or desktop computer. It basically acts as a way to manage and control smart home devices from a smartphone.

116

3 years ago

This startup is trying to take the hassle out of finding a flight for an upcoming vacation. Rather than waiting for multiple websites to return the results, FlightHub finds the cheapest flight for a given route, then books it for you automatically.

116

5 years ago

A startup that allows users to create online surveys or polls, and then automatically send emails to users who have registered on the platform.

115

5 years ago

A startup that will allow you to automatically receive payment for your work via AI. The company has raised $1.2 million.

115

4 years ago

Create a platform for companies to manage their own customer service phone calls.

115

3 years ago

A health insurance customer service startup that combines video and text messaging to lower call volume and costs.

115

5 years ago

This startup is building a closed social network for people who are physically or emotionally unable to socialize with others in the same way as most of the world. The idea is that they’ll want to be part of a social network, but they can’t be fully active because of a physical or emotional impairment.

114

5 years ago

A payment platform for mobile airtime cards and prepaid calling cards

114

5 years ago

A platform that connects a marketer’s email list with their website’s email opt-in form, allowing users to automatically sign up for emails when they arrive on the website.

114

5 years ago

A startup that helps people get their wages deposited electronically into their bank accounts. They’re using data from the US government’s MyEBT card and are aiming to make getting paid faster and easier for people who are on the edge of the financial system.

114

5 years ago

A free, open-source platform for building and managing distributed applications. Uses a programming language called Akka.

114

5 years ago

A venture backed brand that makes nut-milk-based drinks and skincare products. The company has three products in the market already, and recently introduced a new product that uses a nutty brown rice protein called “brown rice protein powder.”

113

5 years ago

A startup that’s solving the problem of connecting a company’s virtual assistants to its voice and chat platforms. (Hey, Alexa, can you call the pizza place)

113

5 years ago

A data science tool that automatically turns data into “actionable, knowledge-rich insights” about any given user, looking for insights like “which users are most likely to convert to customers, or which users spend the most money”.

113

5 years ago

A technology company that creates “smart” thermostats for home and business use, allowing homeowners to control their thermostats via their smartphone. The company is led by CEO and founder Rajat Pahuja, who previously built a business in India called Shubh Loans that went “very profitable,” according to Pahuja.

113

5 years ago

SaveUp is a one-stop shop for college savings plans in the US, Canada, and the UK. It works to save people money with a tool that automatically sends pre-tax contributions from employer to student's 529. The company has raised $1.5M in funding.

113

4 years ago

A startup that helps people find the closest taxi service on demand. A company called Taxi Magic will match you up with a cab in under 5 minutes, and if there's not one nearby, you can request a car to come pick you up.

113

4 years ago

Smart contracts are basically pieces of code that will execute conditions set by the maker of the contract when the contract is broken.

113

2 years ago

Portion is a tool for creating and sharing recipes to help people cook more healthfully. It integrates with other apps like Instagram and Buffer to get a recipe posted to social media automatically. Portion is on the App Store.

113

5 years ago

A device for the elderly that monitors what’s going on with their blood pressure, pulse, and oxygen levels. The company also wants to build a “elderly safe” home that automatically adjusts itself to the needs of the elderly.

112

5 years ago

A semiconductor startup called 3ic is building a new type of chip that combines digital and analog components that work together to solve problems in alternate dimensions. For instance, 3ic’s analog-digital chip can channel data through certain dimensions to solve problems in medical imaging, like detecting tumours.

112

5 years ago

A new startup that creates “micro-apps” for Web sites and apps, which are small pieces of software that can be embedded into a site or app to do powerful things like pull data from an external API and present it in a way that’s easy to use. For instance, one startup called Jingo lets small-business owners track employee schedules by giving them a “checklist” embedded in their website.

112

4 years ago

A company that uses algorithms to direct automated phone calls to businesses to help them reach out to prospective customers who have similar interests. The startup offers a “campaign” for as low as $400 for up to two calls per day.

112

3 years ago

A blockchain-based payments platform built on a protocol called Tango, designed to enable micropayments.

112

4 years ago

Basically a “one-stop shop” for hiring engineers and data scientists.

111

3 years ago

Virtual assistant that can be used with voice commands and text messages to schedule appointments, make reminder calls, and more. It’s currently available in the US, with plans to expand internationally.

111

5 years ago

A tool for mobile, web, and desktop developers to build mobile and desktop apps that can be accessed locally or remotely.

110

5 years ago

This startup’s business is taking the laborious process of logging in to a website and making it more streamlined. Sola does this by creating what it calls a “lazy login” which says, “If you’re not logged in, you don’t need to log in.” Sola has raised $500,000 in seed funding.

110

5 years ago

Masseur.io lets you quickly book a massage via the web, no phone calls, no appointment needed.

110

4 years ago

A cellphone app that automatically suggests time-saving, healthy habits for you.

110

4 years ago

A startup that calls itself the Amazon of homeopathic products. The company sells and ships over a hundred products to consumers, including aromatherapy oils that help people relax. It’s the leading homeopathic e-commerce site in the UK.

110

4 years ago

This startup wants to make the process of renting a car easier for both renters and car rental companies. Their product, which they call “the first car sharing app”, allows users to book a car with just a few taps.

110

4 years ago

A platform for sales reps to automatically track orders and invoices.

110

3 years ago

A workplace application that automatically analyzes emails to determine which emails are the most important and should be answered immediately. It’s trying to replace the traditional “email triage” process with a more targeted process that says, for instance, “take care of these 10 emails first, then this one”.

110

3 years ago

A network of brick-and-mortar stores and online retail sites that brings together consumers with consumers who are looking for products that aren’t in stock locally.

110

5 years ago

A customer support tool that helps companies make customer calls and unlock customer data with a single API. The startup is currently aiming to partner with larger companies to develop a customer support tool that scales for multiple products.

109

5 years ago

A business plan for a startup is like a sales pitch. It’s vague. It’s hard to see its potential. And it’s hard to know if it’s worth checking out. So many founders miss out on the chance to grow their business because they don’t have this thing called a business plan that explains how they’ll do it. The goal of this startup is to make it easy for anyone to write that plan. It’s currently only available in the Bay Area.

109

5 years ago

People are tired of waiting on hold for customer service, so they’re putting their calls into a queue to be answered and retrieved. The startup is aiming to be the de facto customer service app for the next generation of companies, and says it’s already working with several major companies in the space.

109

5 years ago

An online tool to help employees track and control the costs of things like conference calls, or to help them split up phone bills.

109

5 years ago

A startup that uses artificial intelligence to monitor your health and give you a counseling session with a live doctor over the phone. The goal is to make the call center a “one-stop-shop” for any kind of health issues.

109

4 years ago

A tool that helps you keep track of the book you read, and which you can then automatically give to a friend.

109

4 years ago

A tool to automatically and accurately edit videos from your iPhone, so that you don’t have to use the stock iOS app

109

4 years ago

A video chat product that allows you to call up a video, group chat, or voice call with friends from your phone whenever you want.

109

4 years ago

A startup that teaches you how to code HTML in your sleep with its platform called “Nootropics”

109

2 years ago

A peer-to-peer marketplace where people can buy and sell things locally without going through a middleman. Currently, it works with people in New York City, but the startup plans to expand to other cities soon.

109

5 years ago

A platform that allows companies to “reduce pain points and improve employee productivity by automatically executing and tracking processes.”

108

4 years ago

A product for displaying and uploading digital artwork called “the Art App”.

108

3 years ago

A software company that provides customer service agents with more training, encouraging more calls to be answered faster and with more customers getting a more personalized response.

108

5 years ago

Create a new way for people to get their money from the bank. Give people a way to borrow and pay back small amounts of money to their bank electronically.

107

5 years ago

A startup that helps people find jobs online, with the help of a system called "In The Loop"

107

4 years ago

iaidigital helps cities manage their streets and sidewalks. It uses the power of machine learning to automatically flag and alert city workers about potholes, graffiti, and other issues.

107

3 years ago

Health AI is building a digital health platform for the chronically ill and people in the early stages of developing diseases. The company launched in Boston in early 2017. The startup is building an AI-enabled doctor system that will read and interpret patient medical records and send the data to an online health doctor.

107

3 years ago

A new way to securely communicate with family and friends through text, phone calls, video calls, and group chats

107

5 years ago

This startup is building a system to monitor traffic at work sites and automatically send alerts to employees if a problem is detected.

106

4 years ago

A way for teams to create private Slack channels, with premium features like call-in and call-out.

106

3 years ago

A telephone hotline for women in the US to call for tips and advice on sexual assault and harassment. It lists hotlines, counselors, and rape centers and people can also search for a group in their area.

106

5 years ago

An online marketplace for buying and selling used items and goods. The company is using a technology called RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) to allow consumers to scan an item and find out what they’re worth on the platform, which they say is a cheaper way to buy used goods, and helps sellers by cutting out the middleman.

105

4 years ago

A way to automatically send money to a friend in need. If you can’t go to the person who needs the money, you can still give them some of what you have.

105

4 years ago

A platform for building interactive, multiplayer games that can be played without the need for a screen. Prototyped with a game called “Truck Stop.”

105

4 years ago

A live chat audio software for call centers.

105

3 years ago

We’re used to filling out credit card forms and writing out checks for purchases. Bankroll is a mobile app that does the same for business expenses. Bankroll acts as a virtual assistant pre-populating forms for the customer, and allows the customer to make purchases from another app called the Bankroll app.

105

5 years ago

A “non-traditional” startup that focuses on the aftermarket. It focuses on a market that’s typically difficult to reach because of the need for a deeper understanding of a customer’s business and needs.

104

4 years ago

The accelerator program, which uses the Y Combinator model, has graduated from YC more than 50 companies and has been called “the most successful startup incubator”.

104

5 years ago

The BLS blog provides a daily newsletter, typically written by an economist, that summarizes recent changes in labor market conditions locally and nationally, and features summaries of research findings.

103

5 years ago

A simple way to put email and messaging in one inbox, and a way to make calls from one platform. Each app is meant to be used alongside the other, and can be combined with other services like Slack and Google Voice.

103

5 years ago

The world of finance is changing dramatically, and there’s a lot of confusion around how new technologies like fintech will impact financial services. Fintech can take the form of apps, startups, and platforms, or it can be composed of a mix of all three. Fintech is a catch-all term that can include everything from cryptocurrencies, to artificial intelligence, to machine learning, and more. Fintech startup solutions help companies navigate these changes.

103

4 years ago

A startup that’s building a “smart” charging station that can tell when your phone is low on juice and automatically deliver a new battery.

103

4 years ago

A company that helps recruiters, called “instaCandidate,” compete with LinkedIn by posting candidates in a more fun and unique way. InstaCandidate has a branch in India, and is looking to expand to the United States.

103

4 years ago

A startup that wants to be the Wikipedia of insurance companies, allowing agents to research coverage on any company, to avoid calling the wrong company before doing business.

103

2 years ago

A messaging app for the deaf and hard of hearing that makes it possible for deaf people to get phone calls, video calls, and video chats. In May 2019 the company launched a product that lets deaf people hear their friends through a device to communicate.

103

5 years ago

A platform that helps companies manage their voice and video calls and lets them share those calls with other people and groups.

102

5 years ago

A startup that helps B2B companies automate their expenses. The company’s software is built to be used by the finance department to track expenses, and to automatically reconcile them with the appropriate accounting system.

102

5 years ago

A “dynamic” service that allows customers to take a picture of a receipt and have it automatically translated to 10 other languages. It also provides translation services for non-English speaking customers.

102

5 years ago

A web-based, cloud-based app that helps organized people, called “Mavens”, manage their life, including shopping, to-do lists, etc.

102

4 years ago

A startup that wants to help customers in India manage their money in a single app. The startup’s goal is to create an Indian version of a Venmo-like app, but specifically for Indian users.

102

5 years ago

A software company that tracks and analyzes water usage in the United States. The startup is led by a guy who also founded a company called Aquatech that tracked water usage in the US in the 1990s.

101

5 years ago

A new service called WeWork Connect, for real estate developers and investors.

101

4 years ago

The startup is looking to build a platform that will allow organizations to “build, launch and track a new app within minutes”. The startup built a demo app, called “the app builder”, that allows users to build and launch an app within minutes. The startup has raised $2.7M in seed funding as of September 2019.

101

4 years ago

The company with the combined vision of Google, Facebook, and Uber: A new kind of messaging platform that allows you to send and receive a message with a set of actions. An example: You can send a message to a friend and then order them a pizza, with the message automatically being routed through the app and then to the pizza chain.

101

3 years ago

A San Francisco-based company that’s building a “virtual assistant” that can make restaurant reservations, book flights and call the cops, among other things.

101

3 years ago

A company that helps people apply for jobs (and help recruiters and hiring managers find the best candidates) by creating a database of over 100 million job seekers. The app helps users track their applications and automatically updates them when a job is available.

101

5 years ago

A company that allows users to create and market “smart” contracts. They can be used to create asset-backed securities, loans and bonds, and can be made to automatically pay out to users if certain conditions are met.

100

5 years ago

A subscription-based phone service that hooks up to your existing phone line via the internet. The startup wants to take the $10 or so a month charge to connect to the internet and use your phone for calls.

100

5 years ago

A two-sided marketplace for ads, designed specifically for blockchain and cryptocurrencies, and backed by Y Combinator. The platform will allow publishers and advertisers to sell digital advertising at an auction, then use smart contracts to facilitate payment.

100

5 years ago

A messaging app that eliminates the need for SMS text messages to communicate with a business in China. The startup wants to make calls and texts cheaper and faster, with a focus on reducing spam.

99

2 years ago

A startup that aims to use a technology called "Dissociative Inhibition" to turn AI into a tool to help cure psychological disorders. The technology is currently in a clinical trial.

99

5 years ago

An AI-powered platform for understanding and automatically classifying IoT data.

98

5 years ago

This startup is building a service that turns your iPhone into a platform for helping you find a doctor or emergency room. You’ll be able to call any medical professional or hospital directly from your iPhone, and they’ll provide you with directions and a diagnosis.

98

4 years ago

This startup offers a gamified service for calling Uber or Lyft, which works through the app.

98

5 years ago

A startup that plans to use machine learning to reduce the number of calls to customer support teams.

97

5 years ago

This startup is building a tool to automatically generate landing pages for your campaign. The startup is a Y Combinator alum, having raised a seed round in 2013.

97

4 years ago

This startup helps companies build software that automatically detects and fixes computer security problems.

97

3 years ago

A platform that makes calls to your cell phone, and is currently being tested in the US.

97

3 years ago

A product that automatically converts spreadsheets into interactive white papers.

97

3 years ago

A tool for tracking who’s on the phone with you, and how long the call lasts.

97

5 years ago

This startup is developing a platform that aims to reduce the number of phone calls a doctor makes to patients.

96

5 years ago

A startup that’s building a way for people to explore and explore a world of their own around their city. It lets you drop in for a day, look around, and get a sense of the neighborhood without having to physically travel to it.

96

4 years ago

A company that uses social media to track the performance of restaurants and other eateries. It’s created a system that automatically posts photos of food and service to Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.

96

4 years ago

A startup that wants to make it easy for companies to pay their bills, track service calls, and get invoices all in one place.

96

4 years ago

A company that helps organizations create accurate sales forecasting reports by automatically collecting the data from multiple sources.

96

4 years ago

A startup that tracks how much time people spend on various things, and then automatically pays them. Aimed at product managers who want to make sure people aren’t getting distracted.

96

4 years ago

A subscription-based service for making video calls to other people that connects you to the person you’re calling with a data connection, not the person you’re calling.

95

4 years ago

A company that is making a platform that helps other companies by letting them power their own call centers through AI.

95

4 years ago

A video camera with a face recognition system built into it, allowing you to unlock your phone using your face and look at the camera to see who’s calling, without looking at the phone.

95

3 years ago

A free service that helps employees track their expenses, automatically categorizing them and making it easier to reconcile them.

95

3 years ago

An AI-assisted asset manager for helping investors allocate to the right asset classes. The startup offers access to portfolios across the globe, automatically rebalancing portfolios as they change.

95

3 years ago

A startup that targets Indian users with a service that helps them find a doctor, a nurse, or a therapist quickly. The service takes a variety of inputs like location and symptoms, which it then uses to match the user with a doctor and sends them a call.

95

2 years ago

A startup that offers a way to track phone calls in real time,

95

5 years ago

Celery is a social networking tool for startups and entrepreneurs, created in 2014. It was originally called “Hootsuite for startups” but changed its name in 2016. Celery allows users to plan, track and share information with their community, or network. It also includes a suite of tools for scheduling events and offers a marketplace for connected service providers.

94

3 years ago

Calligraphy is a startup that wants to bring the art of lettering to the digital age. They’re building an app that lets you take images and input text, and then transform them into beautiful printed works of art.

94

2 years ago

A platform for researching new drugs, based on a mechanism called “Optogenetics” that allows scientists to turn cells on and off with light.

94

5 years ago

A company called SmartPay that claims to be building a service that allows merchants to accept digital currency payments without having to install a terminal.

93

4 years ago

This startup wants to build “a new form of healthcare,” specifically for elderly people in the US. The startup has already raised $14 million in funding.

93

4 years ago

A global network of local markets, with local farmers who are able to sell their produce directly to consumers. The company’s customers are typically top-tier restaurants and grocery stores.

93

3 years ago

A video chat application that allows you to call and video chat with family, friends and anyone else you choose, using a phone number or email address

93

4 years ago

A way to make it easier for small companies to host conference calls.

92

5 years ago

This “authentic voice-calling” startup lets you make and receive phone calls using Amazon’s Alexa or Google Assistant devices.

91

5 years ago

This company markets what it calls a "virtual assistant" to serve restaurant owners. The software helps manage the workflow of ordering, food prep, and more, allowing cashiers to focus on other tasks. The startup has raised $400,000 in funding to date.

91

5 years ago

A platform that brings medical students and doctors together for consultations via video calls. The company says it has more than a thousand doctors signed on, and that in its first six months it had $300,000 in revenue.

91

4 years ago

A venture-backed startup that’s building an app for iOS that allows you to flip your phone’s screen horizontally and vertically to share photos.

91

4 years ago

People who are moving can now hire a moving company with a phone call.

91

4 years ago

A notification app for your phone that gives you a couple of seconds to not answer calls and texts while it pulls up the phone's number details.

91

3 years ago

A company that creates digital customer service tools for use in call centers.

91

3 years ago

A mobile app that connects people with babysitters, so parents can make plans without the stress of having to figure out the schedule. The parent can use the app to find a sitter quickly and make arrangements without having to deal with the logistics of calling around.

91

5 years ago

The other factor is the service-based nature of B2B companies. B2B companies typically spend on services, such as accounting or legal services. The most common B2B service businesses include accounting, banking, and legal services. B2B marketing startups are therefore more likely to be targeting B2

90

4 years ago

To help the fresh produce industry, which is worth $100 billion in the US, Farmako hopes to build a “smart warehouse” that uses artificial intelligence to track when and where fruit and vegetables are grown, to help ensure they’re grown locally.

90

4 years ago

A startup that lets you add multiple PayPal transactions into one. Called “one-click-pay”

90

3 years ago

This is a startup that’s building a new kind of app store called the App Market. It’s looking to go beyond the app store model and allow apps to be built on the platform, allowing people to customize their experience on the app store.

90

4 years ago

A startup for companies to replace their in-house call centers with AI, saving them money and time.

89

4 years ago

A company that sells a system for autonomous vehicles to detect traffic and road hazards. The company is also building a self-driving car platform called Drive.AI

89

4 years ago

A startup that wants to build AI-powered chatbots that can automatically generate chat transcripts, allowing companies to save time and money by using automated chat systems.

89

4 years ago

This real estate company wants to build software that automatically builds and sells portfolios of homes to investors.

89

4 years ago

A company in India that’s working on a new way to bridge the rural-urban divide by using a product called “the farming app”. The app helps farmers manage their crops, including automatic seeding, crop rotation, watering, and planting.

89

2 years ago

An employee-benefit platform that helps companies, employees and HR professionals design plans that can be sent electronically to the plan.

89

2 years ago

An automated system that tracks and analyzes consumers’ spending habits, and automatically alerts them when they’re about to exceed their spending limit.

89

4 years ago

A startup that offers a way for people to book rides from their homes to the airport. UberX rides are typically cheaper than cab rides, but even after the startup’s recent troubles, it has a market share of over 30%.

88

4 years ago

A startup for 1099 independent contractors to automatically file their taxes.

88

4 years ago

A social app (currently only in the UK) that helps people share their experience of using a service at a “near restaurant”. The startup aims to help people find restaurants they like, without needing to physically go there.

88

4 years ago

A personalized VR/AR experience that lets you physically interact with objects to create a unique experience.

88

4 years ago

A B2B startup that helps “co-workers” communicate in writing instead of phone calls.

88

3 years ago

A startup that makes a wearable device that can detect the slightest inkling of a heart attack and call 911 immediately.

88

3 years ago

A company that provides a platform to take a photo and automatically generate a 3-D model of it

88

4 years ago

The company’s founders say they’ve developed a product called The Future of Productivity, which is a way for people to map their processes to a set of rules, and to share their achievements with a community of peers.

87

4 years ago

The California-based company, which previously had raised $16 million, is selling custom-designed power banks, which are basically portable chargers for smartphones, tablets, laptops, and other devices. The company is selling them through its website but is also looking to partner with retailers to sell them in their brick-and-mortar stores.

87

4 years ago

A startup that helps people stay in contact with their family and friends, with messaging, calling, and video calling.

87

4 years ago

The startup provides small businesses with the tools to grow organically by providing tips and support to small businesses from its customers.

87

4 years ago

A startup that has built an app that allows people to automatically pay their utility bills with cryptocurrency.

87

3 years ago

A health-focused startup provides a service that automatically pulls in data from the patient’s phone and presents it in a way that helps them make better decisions.

87

3 years ago

A software platform for scheduling interviews that uses AI to reduce the number of times you have to call employers for the same job

87

4 years ago

This startup is building an app to help companies decide between what they call “full stack” or “micro-services” architectures.

86

4 years ago

This startup is building a way to take a URL and automatically create a site in the Google Cloud.

86

4 years ago

A call center for urgent matters, such as medical emergencies, natural disasters, or other crises. The company says they have raised $10 million and have 25 employees.

86

4 years ago

A startup designed for salespeople to sync sales calls with their sales history, history of sales calls with their customer, and push out daily reports.

86

4 years ago

This startup is building a quadcopter drone that can do the work of a four-man crew on any job. They call it “the flying robot.”

86

4 years ago

A startup that uses the smartphone’s accelerometer to automatically turn on fans and heating/cooling systems when it’s cold outside.

86

4 years ago

Uses machine learning to automatically detect which members of a startup’s team are the best performers and which are the worst. The startup uses this data to help optimize the startup’s resources.

86

4 years ago

A group messaging app that gives users of all ages the ability to text and call their friends, including the elderly and the disabled.

86

4 years ago

A mobile app that helps you find the most efficient way to complete a given task (like calling a business) based on your current location, time of day, and context.

86

3 years ago

A startup that wants to help companies help their workers manage their time better. To do this it builds a dashboard of the most important tasks that employees have on a daily basis, and automatically shows the tasks that need to be done to get them done.

86

3 years ago

A process that allows music creators and labels to connect with fans on social media, using an old-fashioned phone call or email to get straight to the heart of the matter and figure out how they can make music together.

86

3 years ago

A company building a virtual assistant specifically for the Indian market, combining different natural language processing technologies.

86

4 years ago

A tool that automatically scans photos for copyright infringement. The startup wants to help potential infringers to make sure their photos don’t get taken down due to false accusations.

85

4 years ago

A platform for sending text messages to employees from their smartphones, without the need to call. The app lets businesses communicate with their employees and strictly enforce company rules.

85

4 years ago

A startup called Inbox, which helps you manage your inbox.

85

4 years ago

A startup that allows companies to cut down on employee telephone usage by using an app to auto-reject calls to certain numbers based on location.

85

4 years ago

A video call recording service that integrates with Slack.

85

4 years ago

A startup that’s working on an alternative to the taxi app. Instead of calling a car to come pick you up, you call your car. The startup is working on an app that lets you call the car using a phone app, rather than having to use your phone.

85

4 years ago

A startup that lets people take a picture of a receipt and automatically identify the item, provide a price and a link to a merchant's website.

85

3 years ago

A video chat and call service for teams.

85

4 years ago

A startup called Ava is the first to offer a solution to the “last mile problem” in ride-sharing. It’s a payment system that allows riders to send money to driver partners via Venmo.

84

4 years ago

A tool to help nonprofits create their own call-to-action campaigns, by turning their event pages into a call-to-action page.

84

4 years ago

A platform that allows people to test out and share their own designs, called Viva Labs. The startup calls it “Uber for manufacturing” and is already helping people test their ideas out at the Maker Fair in New York City.

84

5 years ago

Idea: A credit card company that’s specifically built for musicians. It replaces the usual tools musicians use to get paid.

83

4 years ago

A product-focused company that helps companies in the developing world get products manufactured locally.

83

4 years ago

A startup that wants to automatically match people with the best Airbnb rentals for them.

83

4 years ago

A web-based tool for hiring customer service representatives who can use their real-time chat to handle support calls.

83

2 years ago

Pager is building a platform to help companies manage their customer service operations, with a goal of making it easier for businesses to keep track of calls and service tickets. The startup is working with a number of companies in the retail, healthcare, and legal industries.

83

2 years ago

A platform that helps people get work done without the hassle of cell phone calls or emails.

83

4 years ago

A new company called Aranner is building a technology platform that helps digital marketers provide better customer-experience-based marketing solutions to clients.

82

4 years ago

An e-commerce app for small operations (typically unlicensed) that allows them to get orders and ship products directly to customers, as well as manage inventory and customer accounts.

82

4 years ago

A live performance app that lets people stream their performances. A new app called LiveStream lets users stream live video online for free. LiveStream is free to use with up to five people in the same room, available in 24 languages, and it has 10,000 users.

82

4 years ago

This startup is building a platform for the company to launch a hardware product that can automatically detect when a customer is about to run out of battery.

82

4 years ago

An API platform that helps developers build automated call centers, with the intention of bringing a machine-to-machine interaction system to businesses.

82

3 years ago

Ideal: A tool for managing a sales pipeline, which helps sales reps find leads, schedule call time, and keep track of their pipeline.

82

3 years ago

A company that’s been called “Uber for professional bookkeepers”, which helps bookkeepers automate their accounting.

82

5 years ago

Idea: This startup is helping to launch a product called “Tinder for travel” where users can pick and choose flights, hotels, transport, etc. and then a concierge arranges the trip for them.

81

4 years ago

In a blog post, the company announced a new product called “Individual Plans”, which allow you to customize your coverage and how much risk you’re willing to take.

81

4 years ago

This startup is building a way to create a personal news feed in which you can share posts and photos, while also making it easy to search and browse the feed. It's best known for co-founder Daniel Kottke's parody of Facebook, which he called "The Facebook."

81

3 years ago

A platform for women called “the hub” that allows women to share their stories and connect with others with similar experiences.

81

5 years ago

A platform that allows businesses to manage their outbound calls from one place, with a feature to help them avoid mistakes and save money. The startup offers a solution for businesses that don’t have their own call center.

80

4 years ago

A software platform that allows businesses to build apps for employees to track their time and get paid for it automatically. They have 12 customers and are still growing.

80

4 years ago

This is a way for people to show up at an event (like a conference) and automatically get access to the speaker’s slides and notes.

80

4 years ago

A tool for managing content marketing called "MightyBuzz."

80

4 years ago

A product that allows a person to send a text to a number and have a voice call placed to a person.

80

4 years ago

A startup that allows companies to deliver a customer service experience that is both efficient and personable. The startup is a spinoff of a company called Customer.io, where the founders had to implement a customer service software for a customer support company.

80

4 years ago

The startup wants to be the first to bring a product to market that helps prevent boil water advisories by automatically alerting people about problems in their water supply.

80

4 years ago

A startup that’s building real estate tools for tour operators and hotels. The company is a spin-off of a similar service called AirBnB, and says the average hotel makes $500 a year on each room they manage.

80

3 years ago

A platform called Apia, which helps international companies navigate the process of moving their data into the cloud. They’re now working with 15 companies in five different countries.

80

3 years ago

An AI-powered system that analyzes video for plagiarism and automatically flags the instances of it happening. It's currently in the pilot phase, with 1000 users.

80

4 years ago

A platform that helps people build custom AI into their business processes. The company wants to use AI to automatically generate data for business reports.

79

4 years ago

A startup that helps people who have trouble remembering dates and times to add them to their calendars automatically.

79

4 years ago

A startup that helps you automatically back up your data in the cloud, in the event that the cloud infrastructure wipes out your files.

79

4 years ago

A company that makes a product called a “pill stop” which is a pill dispenser for people with bad backs, designed to make it easier to take pills by placing them in a container instead of a cup.

79

4 years ago

A platform for making it easier for people to integrate their health and fitness data into their daily lives. The startup is currently trying to get the FDA on its side to call its technology a medical device.

79

4 years ago

The technology at work here is a bit obscure, but it’s a patent-pending way of helping schools and other groups create a geographically differentiated curriculum.

79

4 years ago

A company that helps its users keep track of their daily vitamin intake, then automatically orders vitamins on their behalf.

79

4 years ago

A tool that helps users manage their annual and quarterly taxes by automatically filling out forms. The startup allows users to access the tool by physically visiting a kiosk at a local tax preparer.

79

3 years ago

A basic, free phone number that can be used for any company’s voicemail system, for call tracking and call analytics.

79

3 years ago

A startup that provides a payment service that allows customers to pay vendors and employees with a phone call. Will launch in NY, NY in October.

79

3 years ago

A startup called Grapher has developed a visual map tool that allows travel companies to visualize their operation in real time, making it easier to figure out how to allocate labor and resources.

79

3 years ago

Helping people organize their thoughts and those of others in a way that is both effective and aesthetically pleasing.

79

3 years ago

A startup called “SendGrid for recruiters” that helps recruiters send out personalized, relevant e-mails to job seekers.

79

3 years ago

A startup that uses AI to bring virtual assistants to work, including scheduling meetings, making calls, and more.

79

3 years ago

(We’ve changed the name of this company. It was previously called PRism.)

79

4 years ago

A millennial-focused startup that wants to create a locally-sourced and craft beer-friendly alternative to “traditional” craft beers. LocalBev will work directly with a brewer to create a unique beer style, with each batch brewed on an on-site system.

78

4 years ago

Another product for running virtual meetings, this time focused on the enterprise. The startup helps companies organize large-scale conference calls even though they could be anywhere in the world.

78

4 years ago

3D printers designed specifically to work with medical devices.

78

4 years ago

This startup helps companies by helping them automate the tedious processes in their call center. The company helps companies “automate the pain” by making it easier for workers to handle certain tasks in the call center, such as making customer greetings, answering simple questions, and transferring a call to another agent.

78

4 years ago

A SaaS platform that helps businesses manage their phone calls with a single dashboard that can be accessed from any device. The founders say they’ve already had over 400,000 calls a month through their platform.

78

4 years ago

A “middleman” for moving foreign currency between banks, the startup will offer a service that automatically transfers a customer’s funds from a U.S. bank account to a foreign bank account.

78

4 years ago

This company wants to build an app that will help people find doctors who are willing to perform medical procedures that are typically not covered by insurance.

78

4 years ago

The startup is building a suite of software for the supply chain, specifically for the pharmaceutical industry.

78

4 years ago

A startup that helps entrepreneurs in the US get their home-based businesses into compliance with the tax code. It’s also a service that has helped 35 lawyers in the Bay Area file taxes in just over 3 hours, typically via telephone.

78

4 years ago

A tool for managing your online marketing that’s based on an approach called CAPTCHA.

78

4 years ago

A software company with a product called Ask, which is a platform that helps you connect with others who are in the same position you are.

78

3 years ago

The startup aims to create a new kind of fire extinguisher for homes, replacing the “expired” pressurized fire extinguisher with one that is part of the wall and meant to be used on the spot, at which point its contents are automatically activated.

78

3 years ago

A data visualizations and analytics tool that helps companies better understand the e-commerce space. The startup’s product, OneSource, is built on a software called TripWatcher, which allows companies to track their consumers’ online shopping habits and understand how they navigate the online space. It’s being used by over 80,000 businesses across 2,000 categories.

78

2 years ago

A company that’s building applications for the cannabis industry. Their first app is called “TopShelf”, a tool that lets users find and book cannabis-related events, purchase cannabis products, and share their cannabis experiences with friends.

78

4 years ago

On 2 June 2015, an app called "YouNow" was released by a team of developers from the University of Southern California. The app allows users to broadcast live videos to their friends, and allows viewers to tip the broadcasters. The video is only viewable for 24 hours, but viewers can re-watch them at any time.

77

4 years ago

An email marketing platform that automatically creates HTML-based landing pages for each email campaign.

77

4 years ago

A startup that wants to make it easier for business owners to use the same tools to run their business online as they do in the physical world. For example, users can use a smartphone camera to scan a QR code on a package and automatically get the package’s tracking info.

77

4 years ago

The company is building an AI-powered platform that uses machine learning and natural language processing to automatically identify and recommend products to customers.

77

4 years ago

This company is building a new way for people to get access to fresh, locally grown produce. The startup wants to make it easier for consumers to connect to local farmers and get them to market their products.

77

4 years ago

Amped is a personal assistant platform that aims to help people “get unstuck” and get back to doing the things they love. Amped helps people make phone calls, book restaurants through OpenTable, and book other things that help them get back to doing the things they love.

77

3 years ago

A team of students from the University of Cambridge are building a virtual assistant that learns from its users and automatically fills out tasks.

77

3 years ago

A solution to the problem of hiring remote workers, which the company calls “telecommuting for people”. It helps companies manage their remote workers, helping them to stay productive and productive.

77

2 years ago

This startup wants to replace sales teams with machine learning software. The startup hopes to use artificial intelligence to make cold calls more efficient and less expensive.

77

2 years ago

A company that makes it easy for people to make video calls to each other by using their smartphones to connect to free video calling services such as Google Hangouts or WhatsApp.

77

4 years ago

A startup that helps nonprofits replace donation solicitation with a call-to-action to register to vote.

76

4 years ago

This startup is building an app that sends a smart message to your employer when you leave your desk. It’s designed to remind companies of their hiring rules, but it could also be useful for workers to avoid calling out sick.

76

4 years ago

The startup’s platform allows you to make a food delivery order from a website, without having to visit a restaurant physically.

76

4 years ago

This startup is building a tool that allows consumers to make calls to any business in the United States, based on a phone number.

76

4 years ago

A system where you can click on a sticker to make a phone call. The stickers are already on sale in the UK and the US.

76

4 years ago

A platform that allows you to make more sales calls and get more appointments without having to keep track of all the different tools that you need.

76

4 years ago

A new way to communicate in foreign languages, with a built-in translator. The product, called Translator, is being pitched as an easy way to communicate with people from other countries, offering a voice and text translation service.

76

4 years ago

A startup that allows users to make drawings on their iPhone that are automatically converted into a 3D model.

76

3 years ago

A startup that aims to bring an automated way to manage your finances. The startup is working on a machine learning algorithm to automatically find the best payment plan for any given situation.

76

3 years ago

A company that helps companies build digital marketing campaigns with native ads and calls-to-action

76

3 years ago

A new service that connects customers with people they can call to help with home repairs.

76

3 years ago

A data analytics tool for banks. The startup, called River, wants to help financial institutions by offering a way to identify a customer’s behavior based on their credit and debit card purchases. It also provides a visual dashboard that lets a business see how well their customers are performing.

76

3 years ago

A startup that calls itself “your logistics concierge”, with a focus on big international companies

76

2 years ago

A tool to help salespeople manage the thousands of sales calls they make every week.

76

2 years ago

A platform that automatically generates reports for companies on how they stack up against their peers using data from datasets like the Census and FCC.

76

4 years ago

In October 2015, an app called "SparkPeople" was released by a team of developers from the University of Cincinnati. The app allows users to track their daily health and fitness goals, as well as providing personal and social health tips.

75

4 years ago

A way to make screen recordings more useful by automatically attaching them to emails.

75

4 years ago

A solution for quick communication between remote employees, allowing communication through video calls, screen sharing, and file sharing.

75

4 years ago

A company that makes a product called “Flex”, a flexible structural material that can be used to build buildings instead of using steel beams.

75

4 years ago

A platform for building and selling quirky, graphically-enhanced, personalized T-shirts.

75

4 years ago

A platform that helps financial institutions, including banks and credit unions, provide services like checking accounts and loans. These services are typically offered by financial advisors and brokers.

75

4 years ago

A startup that wants to help marketers create lead nurturing campaigns that are more personalized and personalized to the target market. It currently has a product called see-now-buy-now, which shows users a personalized ad based on things like their interests and location.

75

3 years ago

A system that automatically ships your purchases to the correct address.

75

3 years ago

A SaaS that helps hospitals and doctors manage their data, including the ability to send reminders and other notifications via email, text messages, and even voice calls.

75

3 years ago

A text-messaging service that allows people to get in contact with their doctors via text or call, with the company serving as an operator to help make the doctor-patient relationship more efficient.

75

3 years ago

This startup is building a system that allows you to automatically track sales by product, by region, by customer, by salesperson, etc.

75

3 years ago

An AI-based technology that figures out what an artist is working on and automatically creates a high quality version.

75

4 years ago

"A security system that automatically detects and reports any attempts to hack into the system. They’re developing it in order to identify hackers before they can do harm."

74

4 years ago

A startup that’s building what it calls a “virtual medical clinic”

74

4 years ago

A startup that lets people host video conference calls in their homes. The company is building out a platform with tools to make VR meetings more accessible.

74

4 years ago

This is a software platform that allows call center workers to find out which of their client’s questions are likely to be answered by a computer and which ones need a human operator.

74

4 years ago

This is an on-demand concierge service for cleaners, basically an Uber for household staff.

74

4 years ago

A new way to watch movies online. Using a tool called Puma, viewers can quickly find a movie and watch it with the option to purchase it for a fixed price.

74

4 years ago

A company that makes it easy for companies to give employees stock options and stock grants, and for employees to automatically convert those options into money.

74

4 years ago

A tool for streamlining the entire social security process, with an app that allows you to give money to a friend or relative as a gift, automatically.

74

4 years ago

The startup makes a product called "The Chef's Helper," which it says is a "lean efficiency platform" for kitchen operations.

74

4 years ago

This startup is building a device for physically and digitally connecting people to each other in real life.

74

3 years ago

A ride-sharing app that aims to help people find transportation without having to call a cab or Uber. The startup is built on the idea that they don’t need to be near the point of need to get a ride.

74

3 years ago

A “smart” vacuum that can detect allergens in the home and automatically clean it, with a camera and microphone to monitor cleaning and maintenance.

74

3 years ago

A company that makes a facial recognition app that can automatically detect and categorize facial expressions.

74

3 years ago

This company is making it easier for people to create a cloud-based office that automatically syncs with their phone, computer, and other devices.

74

3 years ago

A startup that automatically syncs your phone and Facebook contacts.

74

3 years ago

A startup developing a new robotic material called “micro-cystalline diamond” that it says is 30 times stronger than steel and 10 times stronger than the current strongest ceramics. It’s super-strong and low-density, so it could be used for everything from an aircraft wing to an electric car battery.

74

3 years ago

A platform that calls on other people to do work on projects, such as writing code or translating.

74

5 years ago

Idea: This startup is building machine learning software that helps people create smoother panning and zooming in videos. The startup previously sold a product called Flycam that helps camera operators smoothly move from one part of the scene to another.

73

4 years ago

A tool for managing the best time to post on Twitter for promotion strategies called "Tweet Beat."

73

4 years ago

A company that helps companies easily switch their customer service calls from one number to another.

73

4 years ago

An on-demand delivery startup that helps people order and pay for basic services like food and phone calls.

73

4 years ago

This startup is building a tool for talent acquisition. Instead of being on the phone with call centers, an employee can upload their resume, answer a few questions, and be matched with a hiring manager.

73

4 years ago

A payment platform that uses the Ethereum blockchain to automatically handle payments and money transfers between parties.

73

4 years ago

A way to easily create a video chat app with voice and video calls, text messaging and file sharing.

73

4 years ago

This app is designed to help people earn one-on-one time with a live mental health counselor. As opposed to getting a video chat with a counselor, users can book a session face-to-face with a counselor via a live video call.

73

4 years ago

This system for creating “enterprise documentation” is meant to help companies take notes and stay organized by creating a single repository for all their information. The startup is also building a “mock” product called “Docs.io” that allows anyone to create and organize documentation all in one place.

73

4 years ago

This startup is exploring a new way to send money to friends and family. Instead of using traditional bank transfer, they’re using a virtual currency they call Ven. It’s made of a built-in electronic payment system that’s easy to use, and they say they can send Ven without fees.

73

3 years ago

A tool that makes it easier for businesses to take and track phone calls, with a focus on salespeople and customer service reps.

73

3 years ago

A startup that teaches people how to do basic coding, specifically in Python and JavaScript.

73

4 years ago

A startup that lets users pay for their own ads on websites and social media. The startup is also announcing its first acquisition, a company called ad optimization engine Storefront that has developed a technology to show ads to people based on their demographic profile.

72

4 years ago

A startup that wants to help people sell more stuff on Facebook. It wants to build a plugin for Facebook that allows sellers to add a call-to-action to their ad to get someone to call them.

72

4 years ago

An AI-powered chatbot that helps with financial planning. The startup wants to bring AI to the financial planning industry, which has historically been dominated by humans, who can be biased and inefficient.

72

4 years ago

A startup that wants to replace the tedious process of filling out financial aid forms in the US. US students and colleges can apply for aid with a form that automatically pulls in their data.

72

4 years ago

A startup that helps companies automate their customer support, typically by making it easier to collect data and send out automated responses to customers.

72

4 years ago

This startup wants to help the elderly person move on from their house, yard, and social life, with a system that will automatically notify family members when an adult is living alone, coming and going, and in need of assistance.

72

4 years ago

Helping people collaborate more easily via a mobile application and web app. The company is developing an AI-driven productivity tool that leverages the user’s location, time and day to automatically arrange meetings and tasks.

72

3 years ago

A startup that will allow people to attach themselves to a message and send it to specific contacts or friends. Called “rallying”, the app is meant to speed up responses and bring people together.

72

4 years ago

A messaging app that aggregates all your texts, calls and social media interactions into one place, combining the messages into a single stream for you to keep track of.

71

4 years ago

Real estate startup that wants to help landlords put their buildings on the MLS, reduce the number of agent calls they get, and automate their signups.

71

4 years ago

A company that helps make a person’s phone more secure through a simple chat or phone call

71

4 years ago

This startup wants to give companies a way to integrate data from all their disparate systems, even if they’re not built on the same platform. Their service, called GoodData, is meant to make it easier for companies to manage data across different systems.

71

4 years ago

The software allows users to create a digital portfolio from their website, which is then used by employers to screen candidates. The startup also has a product called Jobvite that allows candidates to create a resume from their site and the company then converts it into a PDF.

71

4 years ago

A software product that automatically sends out marketing reminders for things like follow ups, social media posts, and store store openings. The startup’s founder claims that most startups have missed out on the marketing effort because they have forgotten to do marketing.

71

4 years ago

An artificial intelligence company that can give real-time feedback to doctors and coaches during live video calls.

71

4 years ago

A tool that promises to automatically create a shortlist of candidates and automate the process of collecting feedback on them. It uses crowdsourcing to make an AI-based list, and provides coaching to the candidate to see if the feedback is accurate.

71

4 years ago

A “private social network” with a “pay-what-you-can membership” that’s meant to be a more private and fiscally sustainable alternative to social media sites like Facebook. The company is growing quickly and currently has 30,000 members.

71

3 years ago

A tool for making video, software, and audio calls from a mobile phone.

71

3 years ago

A way to connect your contacts with your social network, so you can add them to your email contacts automatically.

71

3 years ago

A private messaging app for professionals, who, according to the company, are “too busy” to communicate with clients via Skype, email, or phone calls.

71

3 years ago

An API that lets developers create a “paywall” at the top of their store which they can then use to automatically extend subscription discounts to people who’ve already purchased.

71

3 years ago

A “smart” mic launched in September 2019 that can wirelessly connect to a phone and act as a speakerphone or a speaker. The device is meant to improve call quality and reduce missed calls.

71

3 years ago

A “digital assistant” for schools and districts with a real-time video calling system where teachers and administrators can speak with each other, for example to record students’ test scores.

71

3 years ago

A marketing startup that helps brands reach their customers on their terms. The company provides messaging and other marketing tools, as well as a platform called Rx2 that helps brands leverage data, chat bots and more to communicate with their customers.

71

2 years ago

A way to help doctors and patients communicate better in person and over the phone, and even in real time. Beside is a way of sending images and videos over text messages and calls.

71

4 years ago

A startup that builds a point-of-sale system for all sorts of retailers, including restaurants, bars, and coffee shops. The startup aims to make the process of opening a business as simple as a phone call.

70

4 years ago

The startup wants to help you take better pictures and videos and save them in a single place. It’s called SoundSnap and it’s basically a mobile app that turns any camera into a video recorder.

70

4 years ago

A tool for salespeople to generate new leads. The company’s co-founder used to go on sales calls where he’d be asked to generate leads, but then sit on his hands for days while he waited for new leads to appear. So he built a tool that automated this process, which has already generated 500 leads.

70

4 years ago

Freshdesk is a SaaS business that helps sales teams manage sales leads, sales calls, and sales discussions.

70

4 years ago

This startup wants to make sure you never miss a call from your boss or a client again. The startup’s app lets you see when someone’s calling you on your phone with a “call waiting” feature, and make it easy to connect with them.

70

4 years ago

Booking.com has 50 million customers, but they still have to manually approve bookings. The startup wants to build a system that automatically approves bookings for hotels, without human intervention.

70

4 years ago

A group messaging app that uses artificial intelligence to make group calls more efficient, offering suggestions on topics to discuss. It’s currently available in beta.

70

4 years ago

A startup pitching a way to help companies reduce their energy usage by automatically adjusting the temperature in their buildings. They currently have several contracts with Fortune 500 companies.

70

3 years ago

A startup called “Bravo” that lets people pay for their parking tickets with cryptocurrency.

70

3 years ago

A new way to manage personal relationships and social interactions with a platform called "The Space"

70

3 years ago

A startup that makes an app called the “World Cup of football” that lets users swap trading cards with other users.

70

3 years ago

A way for people to protect their identities online. The startup wants to create a system that can automatically generate new passwords when you have to reset your password or login somewhere.

70

3 years ago

A new way of doing data visualization, called “dynamic image synthesis.” This is a bit like drawing with an eye dropper.

70

2 years ago

A startup that allows people to book meetings with doctors and other medical professionals over the phone. The startup, founded in May, has already had more than 10,000 calls placed.

70

5 years ago

A team of former HubSpot and Google employees have created a new startup called Binder that makes it easy for sales and marketing teams to collaborate with one another.

69

4 years ago

A startup for organic, fair trade or locally-sourced coffee beans. The startup is targeting the $1 billion coffee market in the US, and has raised a total of $1.1 million in funding.

69

4 years ago

Provides a way for landlords to rent properties from a portfolio of available properties without having to call each individual landlord.

69

4 years ago

The startup’s mission is to make the internet as cheap as a phone call. Its technology uses existing cellular networks to make cheap local and international peer-to-peer calls.

69

4 years ago

A startup that allows users to “communicate verbally” with employees in other countries, offering a way to have a phone call with a colleague, even if they’re not in the same office.

69

4 years ago

A product that helps engineers build software, including a feature called “Life Cycle” which helps predict when software should be rewritten.

69

4 years ago

A replacement for the “shitty” conference call or conference voice chat apps that clutter your phone. The startup wants to use a sophisticated system of algorithms to filter through all of the crappy conference calls that happen in your daily life. The company’s founders say these calls are distracting, and in some places illegal.

69

4 years ago

A startup that allows users to keep track of their car insurance payments, then automatically pays the insurance company.

69

4 years ago

A video-chatting app for group video-chatting that also lets you set up custom video calls.

69

4 years ago

A “global, secure, and private” messaging and voice calling system, which is built on blockchain.

69

4 years ago

“It’s an app that’s basically a search engine inside of an app. Instead of searching through Google, you search through an app.”

69

3 years ago

Rethink Robotics is building a competitor to the industrial robot arms that dominate factory floors, building a robot that is more efficient and flexible. Its robot, called Sawyer, is also more human-centered, with arms that can be repositioned, and arms that can pick up and move things.

69

3 years ago

A B2B company that is building a system to manage the progress of service calls — it uses AI to predict when a service call will be needed so providers (like plumbers) can plan ahead.

69

3 years ago

A new take on the smartphone app, this startup is eliminating the smartphone app and replacing it with a digital card. The company wants to build a card that looks like a plastic card but is actually a virtual payment card. Customers would buy the card and then use that to pay for things. They’re called “seamless payments.”

69

3 years ago

A startup focused on making video calls with mobile phones, for locations where “calling is not possible.”

69

3 years ago

A strategy game that teaches people how to think strategically by presenting both positive and negative scenarios.

69

3 years ago

A smart watch that can do a lot of things, from tracking your activity to making phone calls.

69

2 years ago

A startup that makes it easier to manage a group of people who share the same set of interests, sent messages to each other, and get updates from each other. It’s basically a more robust version of a group text.

69

4 years ago

For companies that have been around for a long time, a digital strategy is often easier said than done. But a new startup called Dacora is looking to make sure these companies can maintain their digital presence for as long as their business does.

68

4 years ago

A $20 earpiece that you can use to listen to music and make phone calls.

68

4 years ago

A company that uses machine learning to analyze the content of a person’s voice to figure out how they sound and what they’re saying. The company says that it can help companies improve customer service by understanding the context of a call and tailoring the appropriate response.

68

3 years ago

A startup that helps build more affordable, modular homes in places that have historically been difficult to build. The company has built affordable housing as part of the Green City Solutions program in Philadelphia.

68

3 years ago

This startup is building a platform that helps consumers cut down on unnecessary roaming costs by giving them access to the “best rates for international calls,” including the ability to call to other countries for just 5 cents per minute.

68

3 years ago

Two-way video calling is on the rise. The company is building a platform that allows you to “video call” your friends and family inside the app.

68

3 years ago

A startup that supports the sharing of smaller, more personal photos and videos, specifically suited for the sharing economy.

68

3 years ago

A company building an open-source platform for mobile games with a technology called “user-generated content”. The company is building an online platform for mobile games that allows users to create new content and then use it in other games.

68

3 years ago

A tool meant to combat tokenized fraud. The startup wants to make it easier for merchants to limit their exposure to fraud by verifying their identities and vetting them with a phone call.

68

3 years ago

A tool for planning and coordinating a conference, conference call, or meeting. It allows you to invite attendees to the event, schedule times for the event, and manage speaker and panelists.

68

3 years ago

The startup is basically a Spotify for classical music. It’s meant to help classical music fans discover new artists (and may or may not have a far more interesting name than that.)

68

3 years ago

Additionally, startups are typically small, so there is often no need for more than a couple of volunteers per week.

68

3 years ago

A platform that helps brands and agencies buy influencer marketing directly to consumers. The company is building a platform that helps brands and agencies choose influencers more strategically. The company says they’ve already signed a few high-profile influencer campaigns.

68

2 years ago

A platform that allows companies to build their own online community for security and safety, like an online chat room for employees to talk and be engaged. The platform offers premium features such as live video conference calls for HR, sales or marketing, a Facebook-like chat room for customers to ask questions, and a forum for employees to engage on product issues.

68

4 years ago

A group of entrepreneurs in San Francisco who are building a tool for managing the logistics of selling a house. The app, called Apprise, is meant to help sellers manage their home and prepare it to list on the market.

67

4 years ago

A startup that helps people take a picture of a ticket and automatically uploads it to their app, so they don’t have to worry about printing it out.

67

4 years ago

An email client that automatically filters emails based on the content. The startup uses machine learning to determine whether an email is important or not.

67

4 years ago

A software company building a tool called “Kronos” that helps companies track and manage their workforce, customers, and suppliers. They’ve built a prototype of their tool and are now looking for $100,000 in seed funding.

67

3 years ago

The startup is building a B2B sales platform that helps sales reps manage their leads, build mass emails, and run live calls.

67

3 years ago

A startup that helps users save the data they want in a digital storage system. You can save to a Dropbox account and have it automatically backed up, with a separate app that syncs it between devices.

67

3 years ago

A startup for sending a notification to people when a call you're on is about to be disconnected.

67

3 years ago

A company that provides credit data to banks and financial institutions. The company is part of an institutional group called “Funding Circle”

67

3 years ago

Startups can either use a SaaS service or build their own website, but the latter typically takes longer and costs more. The company makes it easy for startups to deploy a fully-functional website within 48 hours for $1,000

67

3 years ago

A credit card that automatically pays a percentage of your purchases each month.

67

2 years ago

A social network designed specifically for the medical industry by a medical student.

67

2 years ago

A startup that enables organisations to create micro-jobs to manage small-scale projects. Typically, the company will manage tasks on an as-needed basis.

67

4 years ago

The startup allows users to take a picture of a receipt, upload it to their account, and instantly receive a credit or cash back from the brand. The startup is using AI and image recognition to verify the authenticity of the receipt, and can also automatically link the payment to your bank account.

66

3 years ago

A platform for calls-to-action on social media, allowing users to quickly share a button on their Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, or Snapchat profile that drives traffic to a website or app. The site has more than 5 million active users.

66

3 years ago

This startup has apparently built a real-time, social network for your dog, or at least a way for you to communicate with your dog. The service is called Peek, and it’s a new way to get a pet’s attention and celebrate with them.

66

3 years ago

A “smart” coffee maker that will automatically order coffee from various coffee shops and retailers, as well as make specific blends and brews.

66

3 years ago

A startup that delivers a suite of services for small businesses. The business is built on a service called Hubsmash that automatically connects remote workers with employers via Slack.

66

3 years ago

A tool to help people run their business in a more efficient way — for example, the idea is to help people automate the scheduling of their employees. The firm is behind a tool called Taskify that can help companies run their businesses more efficiently.

66

3 years ago

A “virtual assistant” for salespeople, which allows them to schedule follow-up calls in minutes with little or no effort.

66

4 years ago

This startup is building a new generation of web browsers, called “containers”, that work like operating systems. Containers are like virtual machines (VM) in that they run programs inside them, but they’re a lot more flexible. You can build a container that can run a Ruby or a Python, for example, and you can run a container that runs a ton of different kinds of programs. Containers can also be used to run a group of VMs, and VMs can run each other, too. The tech is still in its early days, but it’s a promising tech that’s been used to run the Linux operating system.

65

4 years ago

A design and development studio that says it’s “a team of designers, engineers and startups” that helps “build and manage large scale web apps”. It’s interesting to see a startup that’s taking on the very same tasks that larger companies have historically outsourced to larger consulting firms like Accenture or PwC.

65

4 years ago

The startup's founders have been driving customer growth for companies like Lyft, Instacart, and Delivery Hero. After the US, they're going global and they're looking to build a customer service app called Enter, which they say can help companies grow faster by building and managing customer relationships.

65

4 years ago

A startup that uses artificial intelligence to replace the need for a call center by predicting customer needs and creating automatic replies.

65

4 years ago

A company that is building a single mobile app to help shoppers find products they want. It’s first product is a $5 app for finding high quality clothing that’s been made specifically for your body type.

65

4 years ago

A software company that offers a platform for people to share their stories of entrepreneurship and entrepreneurship failures (called "Failcast.")

65

4 years ago

A startup for online resources for writers. The startup wants to compete with OverDrive and ebrary by giving people access to a content library that is curated specifically for writers and writers’s needs.

65

4 years ago

A tool to help recruiters determine which companies they should be calling and emailing.

65

4 years ago

A SaaS platform for e-commerce website that gives users the ability to create calls to action, create and manage CTA templates, and design and manage a page layout.

65

4 years ago

This startup is building an app that lets you take an image of a receipt, then automatically saves it as a PDF so it’s linked to your bank account.

65

4 years ago

A team of developers is building an app called “Todoist” that is meant to be the ultimate productivity app.

65

4 years ago

This is a platform for building out personalized customer service — for instance, a startup called Chum’s can take the clickstream data from the customer’s website and use it to predict what questions the customer might ask and how long the customer will spend on their website.

65

3 years ago

A call center for the gig economy aimed at helping employers recruit, manage and pay freelance workers.

65

3 years ago

This is a startup that aims to connect employers with workers based on algorithms and analytics, breaking down the barriers that have historically kept people from working together.

65

3 years ago

A startup that makes it easy to book airline tickets and manage your trip, with a “very simple” interface that looks like “Yelp for travel”. The company is focused on the Latin American market, where 90% of airfare sales are made by word of mouth — and where travel agents often have to call different airlines to book tickets.

65

3 years ago

A startup that automatically creates and saves content from your phone's camera and gallery to your Dropbox account and automatically syncs to your computer. The app is free and available for both iOS and Android.

65

3 years ago

A startup called Protoplasma is building a new kind of ad blocker: one that blocks ads in real time, without having to change your browser. It’s built around the idea of “content blocking”, or reducing the amount of time spent staring at ads while using a browser.

65

3 years ago

The founders of Zapier want to make it easy to set up a set of apps to automatically trigger each other. They say they have over 35,000 users and are profitable.

65

3 years ago

A startup that makes a smart home product called the “Tilt,” a hub that can connect to other smart home devices, such as the Nest thermostat, to make them work together to save energy and set schedules.

65

3 years ago

A company that is basically a website builder for small businesses, providing a web presence for those in need of one.

65

3 years ago

A cross-functional machine learning company, whose technology can automatically recognize faces (e.g. celebrities) in photos and video.

65

4 years ago

A startup that has built an app for companies to manage remote workers. It works as a virtual call center. The client can choose to pay the workers via a direct deposit or via their bank account. The startup says that their product is like a landline, meaning that a worker can use it even if their employer doesn’t pay for the service.

64

4 years ago

ChatOMatic is building a chatbot for Slack channels that can automatically write status updates, notes, and reminders for users.

64

4 years ago

A tool for teaching machine learning, that uses a visual programming language called Keras to help train AI models.

64

4 years ago

A startup for renters to automatically pay their bills, set up rental history, and even get alerts when the bills are paid late.

64

4 years ago

A company that aims to make it easier for music-lovers to discover new music by organizing music playlists. The company allows users to create playlists that are automatically updated with new music put out by artists.

64

4 years ago

A company that helps small businesses and companies of all sizes create “lean-forward” websites and apps. The company has a number of products aimed at helping this process, including an earlier app that lets you create templates and prototype a mobile app. This week they launched a new product called Twig, which is a platform that lets you create a prototype of your product in a matter of minutes.

64

4 years ago

A wearable device designed for women to track sleep. The founders say their design and concept is inspired by the experience of their own mothers, and specifically the struggles they had with sleep disorders.

64

3 years ago

AI and machine learning-powered call center service that helps call center agents make better decisions.

64

3 years ago

A real-time video editor for Facebook live videos, allowing for easy video editing in the browser. The startup calls itself a “Tay” for video, and has built a following of 4,000 users in 2 months.

64

3 years ago

A blockchain-powered video platform for publishers, allowing them to monetize their content. The startup’s platform is built on the Ethereum blockchain, with a native token called the Vibe Coin.

64

3 years ago

A startup that’s launching in September to help clients automatically build their online presence using AI.

64

3 years ago

A startup that hopes to make retail experiences more personalized, rather than having a one-size-fits-all approach. The startup is building a tool that lets retailers track their customers’ buying habits and turn them into recommendations automatically.

64

3 years ago

A startup that wants to replace the traditional paywall with an algorithmically curated one that increases revenue for publishers. The startup wants to make subscriptions better, both financially and socially.

64

3 years ago

A company that helps businesses with their search advertising. The company is built on a search engine called SmartyStreets, which is built on a sheet of paper and helps users find businesses that match their needs.

64

3 years ago

A platform that helps companies with in-office meetings, allowing people to chat/record meetings and later watch them back. The startup would also help companies streamline their conference call programs. Founded in July.

64

3 years ago

A company that creates a platform for managing and facilitating user-generated content, called “Community”.

64

3 years ago

A startup that uses an algorithm to automatically create a daily email digest featuring stories from your social feeds.

64

3 years ago

A startup that is developing a new type of animated content, which they call “motion comics.” The company wants to combine animated video with text to create “a story that is more engaging and sophisticated than the traditional comic book.”

64

4 years ago

A platform that helps brands to track and optimize their calls to action. The startup was started in May 2018 and raised a $1.6 million seed round in July 2018.

63

4 years ago

A call tracking app off of the client’s own phone number.

63

4 years ago

A system that helps you create compelling presentations by automatically capturing slides, then automatically creating videos for your content.

63

4 years ago

A cloud-based IT support service for small businesses, with a focus on customer service, pricing, and callbacks. Their first project was a $25,000 project with a couple of cashflow issues.

63

3 years ago

A virtual assistant that helps you to “learn more and do more”. It uses machine learning to automatically generate study schedules that help you understand the material, and then adapts them to your progress.

63

3 years ago

A Google Docs alternative that organizes documents chronologically, and lets you add notes or tags on the document.

63

3 years ago

A platform for removing tobacco from the market using a new technique called “vapor extraction”, which pulls the nicotine out of tobacco with water. The startup manufactures the product in a factory in Israel.

63

3 years ago

A company that uses AI to make your conference calls less annoying and more productive. Its current customers include Mozilla and the United Nations Development Program.

63

3 years ago

A tool for making fashion and lifestyle designs more accessible to the visually impaired. It’s designed to be a sort of digital notepad, allowing users to record and share their ideas, or “riffs” as they call them.

63

3 years ago

A platform for companies to manage all their IT in one place, and even get their data analyzed by a team of analysts, with an in-person service call. The company is based in California and has more than 25,000 customers.

63

3 years ago

A B2B company that helps companies establish customized policies that are automatically executed for employees based on their usage of the company’s software.

63

3 years ago

A startup that lets small businesses take a picture of an invoice and have it automatically sent to the debtor’s email inbox, or printed out if they’re unable to copy and paste the email.

63

3 years ago

A startup that makes it easy for companies to build software and applications for their customers, then automatically deploy that software to their customers' domains.

63

4 years ago

The company is building a facial recognition product for hotels, enabling them to identify guests from photos and automatically adjust room rates. In this way, staying at a hotel is a more seamless process – the process of checking in and out is handled automatically.

62

4 years ago

This startup wants to help their customers improve their sales by offering an AI-powered interface to help them create sales proposals, automatically pulling in information from their customers' existing data to build out proposals.

62

4 years ago

An iOS app that lets you call in sick, automatically send messages, and manage the flow of your body’s functions all through an app.

62

4 years ago

This startup is building a software platform that monitors the quality of service from your cloud provider and automatically alerts you if there are issues.

62

3 years ago

In July 2019, the company began selling a credit card-sized device called a “pocket hacker” that can replace a key fob with a Bluetooth-connected device that allows you to lock and unlock your vehicle without a key. The pocket hacker has been a popular product at tech and automobile trade shows, and customers pay $99 a month to use the device.

62

3 years ago

A tool to help small businesses in the UK and Ireland manage their tax filing. The company offers a free, self-service tax filing tool that lets businesses file their tax returns online, and pay their tax electronically.

62

3 years ago

A software product for sales calls that tracks the call for each person, allowing them to keep notes, monitor progress, and get feedback.

62

3 years ago

A startup that wants to build a new kind of database to keep track of financial information, allowing users to bring in their bank statements electronically, and also create reports that can be exported to CSV or PDF formats.

62

3 years ago

A company that makes a mobile app specifically for mobile-first companies like Airbnb and Uber.

62

2 years ago

A “loyalty program for the hospitality industry”. The startup is basically a loyalty program for hotel guests, and is currently in private beta.

62

2 years ago

A platform that helps companies hire up to 100 people with just a two-question survey. The startup uses AI to match candidates to specific job openings, and is currently working on a feature that automatically fills out job applications.

62

4 years ago

A tool for teachers to automatically make links fit the curriculum. The startup has built a tool that generates links to lesson plans, which are then embedded into the lesson plan itself.

61

4 years ago

A startup that helps merchants get paid through the app of their choice. The company works on a commission-free platform that allows businesses to track the sales of their products and services and be paid through an app of their choice. And all the payments are handled automatically.

61

4 years ago

A startup for booking a doctor's appointment for a specific patient in a specific location. Doctors and patients can both create and track appointments online, with the idea being that patients will be able to call in for an appointment from anywhere at any time, and doctors can only book appointments on the site.

61

4 years ago

A 3D-printed gadget that looks like a baseball cap that can be used to store and carry your phone in your pocket. The company calls it the “Portable Pocket”.

61

3 years ago

A virtual assistant for office tasks, like getting a return email to a client or scheduling a conference call.

61

3 years ago

A social enterprise that provides equipment and support to the developing world for the production of sustainable, high-quality, locally-sourced products.

61

3 years ago

A startup that wants to make it easier for people to have a “digital safe word”, allowing them to call out a word that can be checked against a database of words and actions to see if they’re safe to proceed.

61

3 years ago

A startup that will automatically import your iTunes music library into Spotify

61

3 years ago

The Philadelphia Business Journal also has a weekly feature called "Philadelphia Startup Spotlight", which highlights Philly startups. It highlights the company's most recent news and trends, and interviews the CEO.

61

3 years ago

A digital membership card that syncs with your credit card and pays you automatically. The startup says it’s already integrated with 10,000 credit cards.

61

3 years ago

A company that wants to selectively make a person’s inbox more efficient by automatically removing messages that are less important, without having to manually flag them.

61

3 years ago

A company that helps people make phone calls anywhere in the world using the internet.

61

2 years ago

A startup that helps you manage your outbound calls and improve sales through call recording and call analytics.

61

2 years ago

A tool that accepts inbound payments from merchants and then automatically sends out email marketing campaigns to customers. It’s all done through the same platform.

61

2 years ago

A startup that wants to help companies provide live video calling and video conferencing to customers, with plans to launch in January 2019.

61

4 years ago

A startup that helps companies manage call center operations by providing a suite of automated tools for scheduling, routing, and compliance.

60

4 years ago

A company for people who want to automate personal financials to make their lives easier. For example, the company has a product that keeps track of your credit cards and automatically pays them off.

60

4 years ago

The company says it’s a tool that makes it easy for people to examine their own online data and discover trends in the data, and then automatically download and share the data with other people in the company.

60

3 years ago

A platform that allows landlords to automatically send text messages and email to their tenants, in order to help with maintenance and communication.

60

3 years ago

A tool for creating and deploying automation scripts, called workflows. It’s currently in beta.

60

3 years ago

A debit card payments system for corporate clients, built specifically for software products.

60

3 years ago

A mobile app that helps people lose weight, based on a diet program called the “Bulletproof Diet”.

60

3 years ago

A tool for tracking your fitness, with a fitness tracker that measures things like your heart rate and distance. The startup is working on a product called the

60

3 years ago

A startup that allows home sellers, who typically have a lot of personal information on their listing, to provide an online quote that sellers can easily adjust. The seller can see how much the buyer wants to spend, and change the price of the inventory.

60

3 years ago

A company that helps companies process credit card transactions using an API. It uses a machine learning technology called Credly to integrate the data into their system.

60

3 years ago

Tracking devices that can automatically send an alert to a parent when a child is loitering near a pool.

60

3 years ago

The startup wants to provide what it calls the best way to connect with other people in your area, with an app for people to find a date for a night out, or a person to help with a problem.

60

3 years ago

A startup that helps developers build internal or external integrations that involve API calls.

60

3 years ago

A startup aiming to make it easy to identify and reach people who are so-called “unbanked”, who don’t have bank accounts. The startup says that they have over 6 million unbanked people in the US alone.

60

3 years ago

A business that enables users to create a customised cryptocurrency portfolio with an algorithmically-developed asset allocation.

60

3 years ago

A mobile app for restaurant delivery that automatically calculates tips for customers.

60

5 years ago

A startup that’s built an open-source, artificial intelligence-powered bot that helps you schedule meetings on Slack. The bot is called Lino and was built by a team of ex-Google and ex-Yahoo engineers.

59

4 years ago

An ecommerce platform for food that’s grown organically and locally with a focus on freshness and sustainability.

59

3 years ago

A social network that automatically generates riddles based on tweets and images.

59

3 years ago

The startup is building what it calls an “AI platform for the internet of things (IoT)”. It aims to digitize and make programmable the world of the internet of things, which is fraught with security issues, power consumption issues, and the need for ultra-low cost.

59

3 years ago

A video-producing app that automatically creates animated GIFs for social media. They’re looking for funding to expand into the Middle East, Latin America, and Europe.

59

3 years ago

A platform that allows companies to offer employees flexible work arrangements as part of their benefits package. It’s basically a HR tool for companies to manage their workplace.

59

3 years ago

An AI-powered service that takes live video from a camera and automatically analyzes it to help producers improve the quality of the video.

59

3 years ago

A company that offers a fraud monitoring service that automatically alerts employees to suspicious activity.

59

3 years ago

A startup that enables developers to build apps that automatically manage their marketing and sales efforts.

59

3 years ago

A “personal assistant and concierge app” that allows users to call and ask questions and provide feedback (“likes” and “dislikes”) without leaving the app.

59

3 years ago

A company that allows people to link their Netflix, Amazon, Spotify and other streaming accounts into a single interface, and then automatically pays a share of their spending to the music and film industry.

59

2 years ago

This startup wants to help small businesses create natural products. The app will help users choose from a list of natural ingredients and ingredients from around the world and then the app will automatically create a custom recipe using the chosen ingredients.

59

4 years ago

A platform for the market for organic and non-GMO foods. The startup is focused on making it easier for consumers to buy and sell locally-grown and organic foods.

58

4 years ago

A startup that uses machine learning to provide the type of financial advice customers would typically get from a licensed financial professional.

58

3 years ago

The startup is using machine learning to build a system that automatically generates the content for a podcast.

58

3 years ago

The app lets users make calls and send texts to other users who are nearby. To make the service work, users have to register with a phone number and create a profile.

58

3 years ago

A company that aims to help companies get more out of their existing data without having to hire expensive data scientists. It’s called DataFact because it’s not just about data, it’s also about factoring in other factors like quality, quantity and timeliness.

58

3 years ago

A startup that enables customers to buy, sell, and share their unused apps through a new app called AppShare. AppShare will help developers and app owners get more money out of their apps, and would be a one-stop shop for app users to find, download, and sell used apps.

58

3 years ago

A platform to enable and automate video calls.

58

3 years ago

A virtual assistant for HR, the startup is building a solution for help desk calls, it currently has 3 contracts after launching in April 2019.

58

3 years ago

A startup working to make video conferencing cheaper and easier for small businesses, using AI to make the experience more like a phone call. They’re looking to charge $1 per minute for the call, and finish with a survey to help qualify your business for a discount.

58

2 years ago

A startup that’s building a data company specifically for the marijuana industry, in the hopes of providing a better experience for both consumers and producers.

58

2 years ago

A startup building a platform for the construction industry that automatically pulls in all of the data necessary to construct a building and let’s companies bid on it.

58

4 years ago

A tool to automatically create and distribute landing pages.

57

3 years ago

A platform that aims to bring “authentic, personalized experiences to the masses.” The company’s first product, a chatbot called Rosa, is meant to help take on the Facebook Messenger bot monopoly and is already used by a number of companies.

57

3 years ago

Plair is a platform that allows users to earn rewards and pay for goods and services through an app or through a credit card. Users can earn points called Plair Points, which can be redeemed for goods and services.

57

3 years ago

A smart wearable for children that monitors for signs of possible abuse, then sends a phone call to parents.

57

3 years ago

This startup wants to grow a network of “smart” parking spaces that can hold a car’s information and automatically pay the driver when they return. The idea is to keep cars from sitting idle and losing value.

57

2 years ago

A collaboration tool for engineers and designers. It’s a way to easily share files, arrange work sessions, and schedule calls. It’s currently being used by 60 companies, and they’re seeking seed funding.

57

2 years ago

A social network for companies to build their brand recognition organically.

57

4 years ago

An AI startup that uses machine learning to help companies manage their customer service requests. Uses AI to automate customer service requests, and can also do things like act as a virtual secretary, book appointments, and handle customer service calls.

56

4 years ago

An analytics tool that helps companies troubleshoot their customer service, identifying the best time and day to call and the best time to email. The startup wants to use AI and machine learning to help companies make better decisions around their customers.

56

4 years ago

This company, currently based in the Bay Area, builds software to help companies manage their customer-facing website, sales and support teams. The company also builds software for call centers and call center managers to help them improve their efficiency and customer satisfaction.

56

3 years ago

A startup that aims to bridge the gap between enterprise software and consumer software. It’s currently targeting the enterprise by offering enterprise features to consumer software (such as simple drag and drop to move photos around the screen, or an app that automatically shares posts to social media.)

56

3 years ago

A startup from China that builds video games around a concept called “social finance” where the players make bets with their friends and the company that the outcome of the game will influence. For example, the company could build a game where the company that wins the bet could lobby for laws favorable to them.

56

3 years ago

“Find a product or service that fits your needs and create a custom experience in minutes instead of days or weeks.” The company will automatically match users with the best online seller or service.

56

3 years ago

The team behind mobile health startup, MintMD, is launching a new company called Nanograph to develop the first full-spectrum digital X-ray system. The startup says the system will be able to use a digital camera to capture and display an image in real time, with the ability to zoom in on a specific part of the body, and will be able to show the same image to a physician, who can review it with a phone.

56

3 years ago

This startup wants to use machine learning to automatically write reports for companies. The startup has been operating since September and is now working with some mid-sized companies.

56

3 years ago

A platform that helps health insurance companies and employers manage benefits. The platform, called Medi-Advantage, helps companies set up and manage health plans.

56

3 years ago

A startup called “The Mapper” provides a platform for navigating different APIs in a single UI.

56

3 years ago

A startup for organizing your books, helping you find what you’re looking for, and automatically shipping them to you as soon as they are published.

56

3 years ago

A personal assistant for your photos, automatically tagging them and giving them context in your Google Photos library.

56

2 years ago

A digital utility bill payment platform that pays bills automatically with a credit card.

56

2 years ago

This is an IoT service for refrigerators, helping to automatically adjust the temperature as food is cooked and stored.

56

4 years ago

A platform that lets people deposit checks with a smartphone camera, without having to physically write a check.

55

4 years ago

A solution to the problem of constantly interrupted meetings with video calls and screens, the app offers a way to replace the typical status meeting in which people check in and listen to voicemails with a real-time video call and an instant messaging channel.

55

3 years ago

A startup in the process of launching a $1 billion new venture fund called the FinTech Fund that will invest in the future of money, especially in the FinTech sector. They’re looking for “unicorns” (startups valued at over $1 billion) in the financial technology sector.

55

3 years ago

The company makes a home security system that uses geofencing to automatically turn on lights and unlock doors when a person is near the house.

55

3 years ago

A startup that’s building hardware that enables and tracks connected objects to collect statistics automatically. The company wants to make the world more “smart”.

55

3 years ago

A startup that helps companies use their digital marketing to create new sales via content marketing. One of their clients, a startup called “Floorplans”, uses Content Marketing as part of their sales funnel.

55

3 years ago

A bus pass for seniors, priced at $20 per month, and automatically renewing itself for 10 months.

55

3 years ago

A tool for helping commuters get to their train station on time, called "Trip Planner."

55

3 years ago

This is a text messaging app that lets you call and text your friends and family directly from your phone. It’s like the Snapchat app, only instead of sharing photos or videos, it’s sharing texts. The startup makes money by charging a small percentage of the transaction.

55

3 years ago

"We are building an entire chain of connected devices that make a home fully automated. We call it the “internet of things” and it will include the things you love but it will also include the things you don’t love."

55

3 years ago

A company that wants to make it easier to send money globally using the trustless system of “atomic swaps.” It’s a digital currency created to allow people to directly exchange assets, cryptographically, without a middleman.

55

2 years ago

A startup that is building a product called “your dog” that allows a person to “talk” to their dog using their smartphone. The idea is that it will help people with speech impairments communicate with their pets.

55

5 years ago

Idea: This startup is building a way to automatically detect and diagnose problems in large fleets of industrial equipment

54

5 years ago

Idea: A startup that is building an AI-powered platform, intended as an alternative to the likes of Verint and others, meant to help call centers

54

3 years ago

A tool that lets companies see how many employees are making calls for them online, with an eye toward measuring up on the competition and seeing which employees are spending too much time on the phone.

54

3 years ago

A company that allows you to search for restaurants, bars, and more, coming up with the best suggestions for you. After you make your choice, the app automatically tracks your food and drink consumption, and then rewards you with gift cards when you go out.

54

3 years ago

The founders of this app want to build a tool for managing digital feedback. Instead of emailing feedback to a manager or leaving a comment on a blog post, users can send feedback directly to a specific employee, and the app’s smart algorithms will automatically highlight the most important parts of each comment so the employee can see it, reply to it, and move on without having to read through unnecessary comments.

54

3 years ago

Rural Electric is a Tennessee-based startup producing a clean energy product called a "solar dryer," a small device that uses a solar thermal panel to heat air and dry laundry.

54

3 years ago

A new way to view ads in the mobile app world. The startup uses a new technology called “visual search” to allow users to swipe through ads, rather than the traditional method of text-searching ads. It’s being tested with a few companies.

54

3 years ago

This startup, based in the Netherlands, builds a method of 3D printing that they claim is “environmentally, economically and socially sustainable.”

54

3 years ago

A “smart” outdoor lighting system that works with an app to automatically turn on and off when people walk into the room. The product is currently in a limited release.

54

3 years ago

A tool that helps you make sales calls based off of a database of contacts.

54

3 years ago

Cempra is developing a new type of cancer immunotherapy called CAR T cell therapies.

54

3 years ago

A company that aims to eliminate the need to print invoices. The company’s platform handles e-invoicing, and sends out a PDF invoice to the customer automatically. They’re currently operating in California and New York.

54

3 years ago

The startup is building an app to help people manage their money and save for retirement with an investment platform called My Retirement Plan.

54

2 years ago

A software company that lets people register their email addresses on all the different websites they use so they can automatically receive notifications when they’re mentioned on the internet.

54

2 years ago

A call center startup, they want to replace the “phone tree” model that lets businesses get through to people one at a time with a single phone number. They’re currently working with Fortune 500 companies.

54

2 years ago

A startup that makes it easy to create a custom work schedule. The startup calls it “a Slack for people.”

54

4 years ago

A game for mobile device users that uses a game mechanic called “Twilight Syndrome.” The game’s goal is to help users overcome their fears.

53

4 years ago

A startup called Vostu is building a tool that helps users translate and interpret data into more accessible formats. The current service runs on Slack, but is also available as a standalone product. Vostu also offers a translator for users to translate into other languages, and plans to launch an AI-powered translation service in the future.

53

4 years ago

With the app and website, users can select a package that fits their needs and then buy the package by clicking a button and the platform will automatically calculate the total cost for them.

53

3 years ago

This company is building a way to track the progress of a call for services and streamline communications between the customer, service provider, and the customer’s care team.

53

3 years ago

The president of a company called Trip Monitor, who spoke about the startup in a recent episode of The Startup Podcast, says that Trip Monitor, which is built on the idea that hotels should give consumers a “tiered” experience when it comes to online reviews, has built up a database of over 10 million hotel reviews.

53

3 years ago

A startup that lets you upload an image and text and automatically turns it into a professional-looking business card.

53

3 years ago

This startup is developing a new way to manage calls. The company wants to provide a way for call center representatives to manage their job while they’re on the phone with customers, and cut down the amount of time they spend away from the desk.

53

3 years ago

A platform that helps companies manage their vendors, both domestically and internationally.

53

3 years ago

A company building a system to help people pay their bills quickly and securely. It's a software system that lets you log into a web portal and pay your bills automatically. It's designed to help people pay their bills quickly and securely.

53

3 years ago

A SaaS product for sales teams that helps them organize their pipeline, track expenses and manage call data.

53

3 years ago

A web-based platform that allows users to take pictures of their items and then automatically price them against other markets. The startup plans on using the data to build a price engine to help consumers compare prices on items they may not be able to find locally.

53

3 years ago

A CPG startup making a product called "Coffee.io" that uses the same smartphone-based sensor technology as Fitbit, but with coffee instead of steps.

53

3 years ago

A startup that makes it easier to hire contractors. The startup makes it easy to say, “I want to hire a designer to do this,” and they can find one who typically works for a few hours for free.

53

3 years ago

A company that makes a fertilizer for indoor plants. The company’s founders say that the product was designed specifically to save plants from the toxic chemicals in common houseplants, without over-stimulating them.

53

3 years ago

Winner of the 2018 Hackathon, this idea is to build an app that allows people to create an "ambient" playlist of songs from their own personal music library that automatically plays when they are in an Uber.

53

3 years ago

This company helps companies and governments manage big data in a central location, also called a data warehouse.

53

3 years ago

A platform for people to earn rent and get connected to services using investments in an app called Invoice.

53

2 years ago

A tool that helps developers test their websites locally using a browser-based test environment.

53

2 years ago

A platform for hiring freelancers to do work for companies, which are then paid automatically by PayPal. The company says it has grown 300% in the past year, hiring a team of 50 people.

53

5 years ago

Idea: A text messaging app to help women in Afghanistan stay safe from abuse. It works as a “panic button” that calls a preselected list of family and friends when pressed.

52

4 years ago

This startup is building an interface to help doctors write prescriptions for their patients, letting them input all the information into one place and automatically send out the order over the phone.

52

3 years ago

A startup that’s trying to help its customers locate and recover data that’s become inaccessible. It’s also building a “backup as a service” solution, so you can set up a snapshot of any data that’s important to you and have it automatically stored online.

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3 years ago

A tool for sharing data between doctors, especially in a group practice setting. It’s a tool for doctors to share patient data electronically, and is focused on revamping the way that doctors communicate with their peers.

52

3 years ago

A startup building an “AI Assistant that helps you throw a dinner party to impress your friends, that also knows when to make a restaurant reservation, and when to call your mom”.

52

3 years ago

Building a Slack-like platform for the European market where companies can create their own channels. In the US there’s already a Slack-like company called Slack that has over 9 million users, with a valuation of $2 billion.

52

3 years ago

An API for building interactive visualizations of data, called "Interactive Visualization API for Data Science", which is built for data scientists to build interactive visualizations for their data.

52

3 years ago

You can already get Amazon’s Alexa in the car, but this startup wants to take the experience of calling a car to your place to deliver food to a new level. It integrates with UberEats.

52

3 years ago

is a content management system that helps companies manage their content programmatically.

52

3 years ago

The startup’s goal is to change how we interact with the people around us, making every interaction more powerful and meaningful. The startup’s solution is a mobile app that lets you select the type of interaction you want with someone, such as them calling you, them sending you a text, or you sending a text to them. The startup is looking for users to test this new app.

52

2 years ago

A platform that provides users with a device that manages the electricity usage of their home automatically. The company claims to save up to 80% on energy costs with this technology.

52

5 years ago

Idea: This startup is building an application that helps call centers handle chat/chatbot conversations with customers. It’s a way to help them navigate inquiries that come in via different communication channels.

51

4 years ago

A company that builds a virtual assistant for call center agents, to help them deal with the high volume of calls they deal with.

51

3 years ago

A startup that monitors the health of your home, automatically alerting you to issues you might otherwise let slide. The company uses a team of market researchers, data scientists and a network of professional home inspectors to make sure it can competently monitor the health of your home.

51

3 years ago

A business that helps consumers find, research, and buy locally-sourced food.

51

3 years ago

The startup offers an AI-powered call center that helps businesses address their customer service needs.

51

3 years ago

A platform that helps people build and manage their own organically-grown gardens. The app is free and available in the US, Canada and Australia.

51

3 years ago

A startup that helps businesses find and retain top talent by sending candidates into their offices and showing them how their business works. The startup says they are working with 50 clients, with both startups and large enterprise companies, who keep the candidates on call for up to 36 hours.

51

3 years ago

This startup is working on a way for people to send their physical therapy prescription to their physical therapist electronically.

51

3 years ago

A tool that helps you take conference calls directly from your Slack team.

51

3 years ago

A tool for setting up emergency events for the homeless, their friends, and supporters. The startup uses a mapped interface to organize people and events, and then helps organize logistics like phone calls, note taking, and transportation.

51

3 years ago

A startup that helps people reduce their carbon footprint by taking into account their location and habits. It’s a spin-off from the company Method, which has been called one of the most innovative startups of the past year.

51

3 years ago

A personal finance management tool for children. The company’s product, called “I Can Be Millionaire” is available in the UK, Australia and New Zealand.

51

3 years ago

A company that automatically organizes and tags family photos using AI, with hopes of becoming the next Kodak. They’re currently in the process of building their first product.

51

2 years ago

PlacePeek is a way for anyone to create a map of their house, and then share and access it with others. It’s basically a way to share a floor plan with guests or other parties.

51

2 years ago

A way to receive money from friends and family across the country using a phone call. The founders say it’s a bit like Venmo but with US banks available for people to transfer funds to.

51

2 years ago

A tool for sales people, which helps sales reps manage their time by automatically generating a schedule based on their goals and the time they have available.

51

2 years ago

A company that makes a product called “Aquaman” that cleans water with the help of the sun, but also uses intelligent algorithms to determine the best times of day to clean the water, what household items can be used to filter the water, and what types of water-cleaning products would be best to buy. Aquaman’s website says they’ve sold $2.75 million in their first four years of operations, and that they’ve serviced 200,000 customers worldwide.

51

2 years ago

The AI-based personal assistant that can call restaurants, check your background, and order pizza, and will learn as you do.

51

5 years ago

Idea: A startup for local home services (eg plumbing, electrical, landscaping) The company is also building out a mobile platform called On-the-Job that it says will allow customers to book services directly from their phone and schedule appointments

50

4 years ago

A startup that helps businesses automate the process of reaching out to customers and prospects. Instead of using a “cold call”, which is risky and has a 50% failure rate, companies use a “warm call” that is more successful and costs less.

50

3 years ago

A startup that’s trying to collect and analyze data on an algorithmically-generated “human genome”, with the goal of eventually using it to improve medicine.

50

3 years ago

A tool that allows marketers to create ads that automatically follow people as they use apps and services, creating a customized experience for each person.

50

3 years ago

A tool that allows you to take screen recordings on any device, and then upload them to a site where they’re automatically overlayed with a visualization of the device’s audio.

50

3 years ago

A software platform that allows users to create custom ledgers and financial statements, and then automatically send such statements to their preferred tax and accounting firms.

50

3 years ago

A simple method to avoid the hassle of making cold calls to candidates and instead let a company’s own hiring managers and recruiters interview candidates.

50

3 years ago

A company that helps banks, loans, and credit unions automate their lending policies, typically for a lower cost than current analog solutions.

50

3 years ago

A company that provides a new type of security software that works like a lock (that you can't physically lock yourself out of). The idea is that it prevents people from editing their own content, and also helps to prevent fraud.

50

3 years ago

A digital assistant that integrates with Slack, allowing users to answer calls with a simple voice command or other text-based input.

50

3 years ago

A video chat-based peer-to-peer calling app that’s part of the “WhatsApp for Enterprise” initiative.

50

3 years ago

A startup that wants to give companies the ability to track things like their cars’ maintenance, send them automatically reminders, and optimize their usage.

50

2 years ago

The Slack-style messaging app for games, called Gamejam. The startup wants to make it easier for game developers to collaborate on projects, as well as get feedback, feedback, and more feedback.

50

2 years ago

The VCs have been called out for valuing companies based on the idea rather than the execution. They’ve also been criticized for the size of the checks they write - instead of the usual $1-5M checks, they’re going bigger — more than $20M at times.

50

2 years ago

This startup is building a web-based call center powered by AI to help businesses scale their customer-facing customer support.

50

2 years ago

A company that helps consumers determine what to buy based on seasonal sales and discounts. It’s basically a shopping list generator on steroids. It hooks up to the people’s favorite retailers and uses their data to identify the best deals and send users notifications.

50

2 years ago

A Y Combinator alum, this startup’s goal is to help people with their retirement planning. The company is working on something it calls the "Retirement Calculator" which it says will help people plan for their retirement using data sourced from the federal government. It also plans to sell tax-loss harvesting services for retirement accounts.

50

4 years ago

The startup is building a tool to help small businesses hire local contractors. It’s designed to automatically negotiate prices with contractors. The idea is that if you’re a contractor that needs to do a job in Tampa, you don’t want to drive to Jacksonville to get a bid, and if a company in Tampa needs to do a job, they don’t want to drive to Jacksonville to get a bid.

49

3 years ago

wants to be like LinkedIn, but for the world of work. It’s a targeted, global social network for businesses where data is shared automatically.

49

3 years ago

In the early days of mobile, people didn’t have ways to reconnect with friends when they weren’t together. Now, with everyone having access to mobile data and voice, they can easily make phone calls with friends who are traveling and even call their friends’ phones.

49

3 years ago

A startup called Finser is building a type of bank account that lets you make payments between accounts of different banks.

49

3 years ago

A platform for homeowners to replace their dated windows with energy efficient vinyl windows without having to call a contractor.

49

3 years ago

A chat-based voice messaging app with a focus on free international calls

49

3 years ago

These are basically a Bluetooth-connected pair of earbuds that you wear while running to monitor your steps and encourage running more.

49

3 years ago

A "social entertainment network" – basically a streaming video network, similar to Netflix and Hulu, where users can pay a monthly subscription to access a library of movies and TV shows.

48

3 years ago

A virtual phone system that lets you make calls from any connected device in your home. The startup wants to make the business of phone systems obsolete.

48

3 years ago

A bank for the underbanked, targeting those who don’t have bank accounts, who typically live in rural areas, and are just too poor to be able to afford a bank.

48

3 years ago

A hardware startup that takes a radically different approach to computer security. Rather than trying to block malware, the company says it can help protect against it by learning to predict what types of attacks are likely. It’s meant to work with mobile devices, and has a deal with Facebook to “secure” the social network’s billion users.

48

3 years ago

A startup that helps users set up a virtual assistant inside their phone, whether it is a marketing assistant, cooking assistant, or dog walking assistant. The service costs $12/month and provides users with a monthly premium subscription to get unlimited calls.

48

3 years ago

The startup aims to make it easier for employees to do their work remotely, so they can stop being on call and focus on their projects.

48

3 years ago

A platform that helps companies engage their customers by automatically generating personalized ads to promote their products. The startup says there are currently over 3 billion pieces of content on the internet, but only about 1.4 billion of them are ads.

48

2 years ago

A tool for making sales calls from within Slack and LinkedIn.

48

2 years ago

A ride-hailing app specifically for the elderly, which automatically calculates fares and routes based on the user’s age and location.

48

5 years ago

Idea: The startup is building a tool that automatically writes a person’s will and will updates, letting you track wills from multiple users in the same account. It’s built on top of a free service that lets you write a will once and store it with them. They’re aiming to replace legal representatives with their software, while still giving users the option to use a lawyer.

47

4 years ago

This startup is building a tool that allows companies to use machine learning to automatically categorize their customers, which will inform marketing efforts.

47

3 years ago

An automated way to automatically trade in your car by the end of its lease.

47

3 years ago

A startup looking to reduce costs and increase reliability for appliance manufacturers. The company is in the process of building a platform for manufacturers to automatically test their products for failures, and then automatically repair the failures when they happen. It’s an idea similar to the AirWatch platform that Apple uses to manage its software updates.

47

3 years ago

A startup that can help companies automatically manage the way they deal with legal disputes and other legal issues, giving them the ability to track and manage the way they deal with law enforcement, government agencies, judges, opposing counsel and more.

47

3 years ago

Video chat for students, with an emphasis on video quality and an option for students to get reimbursed for video-calling.

47

3 years ago

A team that’s built a technology platform for live streaming events, built on top of a large database of what’s called a “Super Fan Database”. The Super Fan Database is a database of people who are the most loyal to a brand or organization. The application allows for organizers to use the database to reach out to users and incentivize them to attend an event.

47

3 years ago

A tech company that helps help customers who want to buy their own insurance. If a customer wants to buy insurance, they can use the app to get quotes from all the different providers, and then choose the best one. The app is free, and the company will charge a percentage of the premium, typically 35%.

47

3 years ago

A startup that brings a “GIF-ified” version of the popular virtual reality game, Pokémon Go, to the real world. In the game players collect virtual creatures called “Pokemons” by moving around in the real world. The startup is building a mobile app that uses your phone’s GPS and camera to track your movements and turn them into Pokemons.

47

3 years ago

A web-based tool that allows employees to create video calls with any employee in their organization. Voice calls, video calls, and group calls all support integrations with Slack and Google Hangouts.

47

3 years ago

This startup is building a technology that will allow companies to automatically record and track inventory data across multiple locations.

47

2 years ago

A young company that wants to build a platform that allows phone calls to be “re-routed” to a different number.

47

2 years ago

A cloud-based product that allows companies to manage their entire call center, from scheduling to recording, from a single interface.

47

3 years ago

A startup that allows a person to do “self-service” for their home and car. The application, which is built on the Salesforce platform, allows users to change their locks, adjust thermostats, and get the latest on manufacturer recalls.

46

3 years ago

A company that builds software for process automation, with their product called Clear. Clear is a full-fledged IT automation platform that’s easy to install and use.

46

3 years ago

An insurance brokerage for commercial insurance specifically for small businesses.

46

3 years ago

Yupi is an app-based ordering system designed to replace the need to call in an order or visit a restaurant. The startup is building an app that allows customers to order food, and the app will call the chef and place the order, which gets then sent directly to the kitchen. The chef can also text back and tell the app when they’re done with their orders.

46

3 years ago

A startup that allows you to track your next-day flights and automatically book seats, with a time-saving feature that allows you to book the same seat on a flight 24 hours in advance, saving you the hassle of trying to book the same flight two or three days in advance. The app currently has a pilot with Flyte, and is also in talks with other airlines.

46

3 years ago

SaaS company that provides customer service representatives with a way to communicate with customers who call the company’s 800 number via text message and email.

46

3 years ago

This startup wants to use machine learning to help people automatically pick the correct color for a t-shirt or shirt.

46

3 years ago

A tool to make it easy for people to get paid for their work, whether it’s for work on social media or work on the side, by automatically converting their time into credits that can be redeemed for real world goods and services

46

3 years ago

A startup for what the founders call “digital assets”

46

3 years ago

A company that helps major companies hire talent, specifically in the tech space. The company operates in NYC, San Francisco, and Austin.

46

3 years ago

A platform for managing global distribution for brands and retailers, allowing them to ship items to consumers in their local currency and have the right pricing automatically applied.

46

2 years ago

A digital assistant that learns from your emails and phone calls to save time as it helps with daily tasks.

46

2 years ago

A smart lock for your front door that automatically unlocks when you come home.

46

2 years ago

This startup wants to give freelancers an alternative to the freelance marketplace, with a startup that pays them more than what they’d typically get in the marketplace.

46

2 years ago

A startup that wants to help people in remote areas get connected to the internet. It’s a device that attaches to a satellite dish that connects to a computer to allow people to get online, and a phone line to get phone calls.

46

5 years ago

Idea: A technology company that’s building an API to automatically match parts of a building’s structure with subcontractors. The idea is to help construction businesses better manage manpower.

45

3 years ago

The startup’s founders say they want to build a marketplace that connects farmers with buyers of locally grown, organic produce, with plans to launch in early 2017.

45

3 years ago

A company building an app that allows people to take pictures of themselves and automatically generate optimized Facebook profiles.

45

3 years ago

A startup for tracking and managing the health of people with diabetes. The company is building a platform that uses AI to automatically detect changes in blood sugar and insulin levels.

45

3 years ago

A toolset that automatically tracks and offsets a person’s carbon emissions.

45

3 years ago

A B2B company called Fuse360 helps small businesses, including restaurants, and property managers buy and manage their insurance policies through a single platform. Fuse360 aims to make the insurance purchase process simpler and cheaper than it is today.

45

3 years ago

A wifi-enabled smartphone that makes it easy to receive calls, texts and other notifications while you’re out and about. The startup is currently focused on the US and the UK.

45

2 years ago

The idea is that a virtual assistant can help people keep track of things like how many miles they travel each week, how often they go out to dinner, how much they spend on toiletries, and what they eat at home. Groopay is a subscription service that allows people to pay a monthly fee to automatically track their spending.

45

2 years ago

This is an app for home inspectors to track service calls in real-time. The startup aims to make it easier for small businesses to find a local inspector.

45

5 years ago

Idea: A small team of workers in the UK is building a new browser called Rethink… which is meant to be the only browser you need. The startup is building out a single browser with an artificial intelligence-powered search function as the core of the browser.

44

2 years ago

A text messaging platform for businesses, which aims to replace the phone call. The company hopes to use the platform to replace phone calls, which can be disruptive for customers, and help businesses make business-to-business sales more efficient.

44

2 years ago

This startup is building a platform that allows patients to consult with a doctor by video call and see the doctor via their smartphone camera.

44

2 years ago

A company that makes a machine that can automatically separate olive oil and water, using a simple centrifuge. The startup is offering its machine as a service to olive oil producers at a cost of free for now.

44

2 years ago

A chatbot that helps people discover and save money on flights by automatically matching them with the best deals based on their travel history.

44

2 years ago

izo is building a digital wallet for the underbanked. The company also provides a “mobile payment kit” that helps merchants accept payments via a mobile device. It’s also the parent company of another startup called AppDynamics, which lets customers see how their apps are performing.

44

2 years ago

A product called “Fracture” that lets users quickly create 360 video from a series of photos. The startup is using 500k photos and videos from Google Plus.

44

3 years ago

The startup is building a cloud based “data hub” specifically for social impact companies. It aims to “make it easier for social enterprises and nonprofits to integrate their data with the rest of the world, and for those people to access it.” The startup’s first customers are a group of nonprofits in the Bay Area.

43

3 years ago

A video chat app for students in the US, who are looking to make video calls with professors and classmates.

43

3 years ago

A startup that provides a mix of online coaching via text and on-the-phone calls to help entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.

43

2 years ago

A system letting people keep track of the calls on their phone even when the phone is turned off, using the phone’s microphone to record ambient sound to create a virtual ‘call log’ that can be searched, searched, and searched.

43

2 years ago

A software as a service that helps recruiters and hiring managers streamline the recruiting process by automatically sending résumés and cover letters to potential candidates. The startup is backed by VCs including Village Capital, First Round Capital, and 500 Startups.

43

2 years ago

A “social network for financial advisors” that ties into brokerage accounts to give financial advisors a tool to connect with clients and prospects. The startup is also working on a social network for financial advisors called "The Advisor Network".

43

2 years ago

A startup that allows landlords to easily check up on vacant properties, without having to call or email the tenant. The startup is looking to connect with landlords in the US and Canada.

43

5 years ago

Idea: A new kind of ecommerce platform for physical goods, where every product page has a video embedded. The company calls itself “a new kind of ecommerce platform for physical goods, where every product page has a video embedded.” Users can watch videos to hear the story behind the product, or if they want, can touch the screen and hear the video narrated by a voiceover.

42

3 years ago

A tool for retailers to boost the productivity of their store staff by simplifying manual data entry tasks that could be done automatically.

42

3 years ago

This is a SaaS system that allows retailers to automatically execute marketing campaigns based on the customer’s purchasing history. The startup says it has already signed up 50 retailers and is looking to expand.

42

3 years ago

A plan for a company that tracks and automatically creates estimates for building projects

42

2 years ago

This startup is building an AI-powered chatbot to help with customer service. The chatbot automatically handles routine questions and can even handle complex ones like “Can I bring in a pet” with a simple “Yes, bring in a pet.”

42

2 years ago

This company is building a shopping list app that uses AI to automatically suggest products based on a user’s shopping history.

42

2 years ago

A platform for enterprise salespeople to track and manage leads, using AI to automatically create and prioritize emails.

42

2 years ago

The startup helps companies manage their hardware inventory, and in August launched a new version of their product, now called “MegaStore”, that can manage up to 4,000 individual items.

42

3 years ago

A tool that helps companies save money by reducing the number of times they have to order supplies. The startup’s service is called ProSupply and it helps companies order more efficiently by identifying the supplies that they need and automating the ordering process.

41

3 years ago

Businesses often have to deal with the issue of creating a “high security environment” to pass over their payment information to someone. Entrepreneurs Ryan Levitt and David Honig say that the good news is that the process has basically become “the same as logging into Gmail,” and they’ve developed a simple, secure solution that they’re now using in their own businesses.

41

3 years ago

A company making a smart lens that takes photos using the phone’s camera and then automatically identifies people, objects and background information in the photo. The startup is now shipping the lens as a standalone product.

41

3 years ago

A travel booking app called Yolt uses a dynamic pricing algorithm to continuously adjust pricing based on demand, which they say leads to less price volatility and a larger number of paid hotel rooms.

41

2 years ago

A company that helps companies with their “time to value”, or the amount of time it takes to complete a task. The company’s first product, called Time to Value, helps companies get accurate estimates of how long it will take to complete a task. It’s currently being used by a company in the US and in the UK.

41

2 years ago

This is a company that’s looking to make it easier to manage your health information. It’s basically a health information management system, a place where you can store all your medical records, update them, share them with doctors, and so on.

41

3 years ago

This company is working on a mathematically-based way to improve speech recognition technology.

40

3 years ago

This startup is helping smaller companies and individuals better understand the impact of their advertising spending. The startup has a product called "Advertising Metrics", which helps advertisers understand the impact of their ad spend.

40

3 years ago

A startup building a new kind of collaborative software, called a “collaborative operating system”, that can be run on desktop and laptop computers, tablets and smart phones. The startup’s first product will be a $20 software download that can be used to build and deploy collaborative apps.

40

2 years ago

A SaaS platform that helps companies manage IT operations, specifically for small and medium sized businesses.

40

2 years ago

A tool used by teachers and parents to help organize and plan after-school activities. Instead of tracking each child, the company uses the school calendar to automatically track kids attending different activities and then creates plans for parents based on the kids’ interests and availability.

40

2 years ago

A way to add a little human touch to a lot of data, using machine learning to understand the contents of emails and automatically categorizing them. The startup is building a system that will do the same thing, but this time with emails.

40

2 years ago

A platform that automatically compiles and posts content from social media profiles across a variety of social media sites.

40

2 years ago

The startup’s product is a dashboard that automatically generates reports based on the day’s activity.

40

5 years ago

Idea: A tool for financial advisors to help them build stronger relationships with clients. The startup helps advisors keep track of how they’re spending time with clients and helps with communication like text messages and phone calls.

39

2 years ago

A startup that lets you make a wallet that automatically charges your credit cards.

39

5 years ago

Idea: A company that makes travel backpacks that have a pocket specifically for storing your laptop

38

2 years ago

A platform that helps small businesses connect with people who are looking to earn money. The startup wants to build a community where people can connect directly with people who are looking to make money via a service called “Earn”.

38

2 years ago

A B2B company that provides the ability for businesses to have a more flexible and customizable in-person conference call experience.

38

2 years ago

A tool that connects a user’s software libraries to their computer, then automatically updates them when a new version is released. This makes it easy to sync and update all of your different software libraries.

38

2 years ago

A “mobile app that gamifies investing”. There’s no specific product yet, but the startup is planning to launch a new app called “Stockfolio”, with a new feature that will let users compete against each other to see who can make the best purchase recommendation.

38

2 years ago

A health care startup that uses AI to predict adverse drug interactions and automatically alert patients.

38

2 years ago

A company that sells a $12 “smart” TV that tracks your eye movements to determine which channel you’re watching and automatically changes the channel for you.

38

3 years ago

A company that wants to automatically tag content on the web with things like location and the presence of other people so people can easily search for relevant content.

37

2 years ago

A way to help consumers find the best-in-class restaurants based on their preferences, and also get them to automatically pay for their meals through their phone rather than stopping at a cash register.

37

2 years ago

Multiply, which is working on a “social-mobile-games” startup, and is working on an experimental program called “Upside” that helps users better understand the “world’s biggest economic and environmental problems through social play.”

37

2 years ago

A platform to facilitate payments in the B2B space. They want to replace the roles of brokers and agents, who typically serve as middlemen.

37

2 years ago

A platform that uses machine learning and predictive analytics to streamline the process of recruiting from resumes to phone calls to interviews, saving companies time and money.

37

2 years ago

A personal assistant meant for the visually impaired. The startup is currently building a prototype of its app and is also working on a piece of hardware called the Eyeblink.

37

2 years ago

An AI-based platform meant to help companies improve their customer support by automatically measuring the number of queries a customer makes and how long it takes that customer to get a response.

37

2 years ago

A company that sells an app that emails people to remind them to call back when they say they will.

37

2 years ago

A new type of smartphone that can be controlled by a select group of people. The device is controlled by a few people who can call, text and video chat. The founder, Shai Bantum, was born with a rare heart defect that made it necessary for him to have a pacemaker. The company is in beta in the US and Israel.

37

2 years ago

A wearable device that can detect motion and is electronically programmed to respond to that motion.

37

3 years ago

A startup that provides users with all the aspects of the Netflix experience, except the selection of the show, which automatically adapts to the viewer.

36

3 years ago

A way for companies to get “radically better deals” on local tech talent.

36

3 years ago

A platform for making it easier to build secure video calls, chats, and meetings.

36

3 years ago

A company that helps connect companies with their customers in real time. The company can provide a lot of real-time engagement for companies like Call of Duty, allowing users to play the game in real time with their friends.

36

2 years ago

With the help of their software, people can scan their passport and automatically create an “e-passport”. The startup wants to use this to simplify issuing travel documents for the under-served.

36

2 years ago

A video streaming app for kids, where parents can create playlists and have them automatically played to their kids.

36

2 years ago

A startup that has developed a system that allows a user to automatically sync their phone’s contents to a Google Drive account.

36

2 years ago

E-commerce for the developing world. ShopJuhu is building an online marketplace specifically for consumers in India, which they say is currently underserved.

36

2 years ago

A software-as-a-service for home health workers. The system is meant to improve pain management and allow workers to share medical notes, follow-up on patients, and electronically receive orders from clients.

36

2 years ago

A startup for buying and selling used phones online. One of its business models is a “gifted” model that gives “reputable” users the ability to gift other users with phones. Called "Gifted,” it's a free app for iOS that lets you buy and gift phones to your friends, family, or strangers.

35

2 years ago

Another “automate everything” idea, this one for the legal sector. A startup that will work with law firms to automatically fill out, track and file legal documents.

35

5 years ago

Idea: A startup that is building a SaaS/cloud solution for call center automation The company says it already has $200k in monthly recurring revenue and over 100 customers

34

2 years ago

A smart light bulb that can automatically control your home’s temperature. The startup’s lightbulbs are installed in the ceiling of a home and monitor the temperature and humidity. If the temperature goes above a certain level, the bulb will automatically turn on the A/C or heat.

34

2 years ago

This startup is working on a tool that helps you prevent emails from getting lost, or even deleted. The startup has built a program called SuperMail that uses AI to prevent email inbox clutter from getting out of hand.

34

2 years ago

A cloud-based budgeting system that automatically checks a person’s spending patterns and helps them develop a budget.

34

2 years ago

A platform that enables monthly payments for a user’s monthly expenses for things like rent, utilities, insurance, etc. Users set up a recurring payment plan and a payment schedule and the app will automatically deduct the scheduled amount from the user’s bank account.

34

2 years ago

A company that uses artificial intelligence to help a customer find a product they’re looking for on Amazon. The startup has already built a tool that helps people find a product, then automatically sends them an email notification when it’s available to buy.

34

2 years ago

A tool that helps generate real estate listings automatically on a Craigslist like platform.

34

2 years ago

A platform for creating personalized photos for clients and consumers, which it calls “Snapshots.” Snapshots lets users create custom prints of photos, which it then sells to clients.

33

2 years ago

A “geo-tracking” app that claims to help prevent fraud by using location data to identify a person who is geographically near a store or other location where a fraudulent transaction may be taking place.

33

2 years ago

A platform that lets you organically connect with people in your network based on interests. The service is already used by over a million people and has been adopted by companies like Virgin Galactic and The Economist.

33

2 years ago

A virtual assistant for physicians that can handle calls, review case notes, manage schedules, track lab results, and more. The company is building a platform to integrate medicine into the digital age.

33

2 years ago

A new type of on-demand production for TV, movies, and video that allows creators to tap into a global pool of talent. It is based on its own website, called UpUp.

33

5 years ago

Idea: A startup to help people stop smoking cigarettes by using a device called PACT, which is a patch that helps people stop smoking by delivering a drug through the skin.

32

3 years ago

A company that uses AI to automatically generate and improve content across a company's digital properties.

32

2 years ago

This is a social network for inbound call center sales reps. It’s been used by more than 100,000 reps and is used by 75% of the world’s top 100 companies, including P&G, Coca-Cola and Apple.

32

2 years ago

This startup is building a platform based on artificial intelligence to map out the Internet’s hyperlinks, helping people find things they may not have known they were looking for. The startup’s map is already being used to help people discover hidden gems on the web, and to build apps that can automatically map out the web.

32

2 years ago

The company wants to bring the benefits of video to traditional business meetings. The product is a video conferencing tool that allows people to host video calls via a smartphone.

32

2 years ago

A startup that puts a virtual assistant in your pocket so you can order groceries, check the weather, and order a carpool without having to call a human.

32

3 years ago

A software company that helps retailers track the items in their inventory and automatically ship orders.

31

2 years ago

A startup that lets you book your favorite apps on demand. The idea is you can book a video call with a friend, a ride with Uber, a haircut from Costco, etc.

31

2 years ago

A startup called Bizbit that offers a next-generation communications tool for people who don’t have phones. It allows users to text photos, videos, and audio directly to each other, all via a simple web interface.

31

2 years ago

A startup that makes a device that connects to the Apple Watch Series 3 and gives users the ability to answer calls and text messages from their wrists. The gadget, which is called the Apple Watch H2O was first unveiled in June 2015.

31

2 years ago

A social network that provides a link between people, which are both automatically vetted. The network is built on the idea that you can only have a relationship with someone if you can prove that you know each other.

31

2 years ago

A tool that helps people build sites. The startup calls itself an “aspiring developer” that helps people quickly build sites.

31

2 years ago

A company that builds a platform for remote employees called The Remote Office. The startup is trying to make telecommuting more mainstream. The company wants to eliminate the need for physical offices.

31

2 years ago

A provider of smart-home devices in China that uses artificial intelligence to automatically detect motion and sound in the home, and send alerts to users.

31

2 years ago

A tool for optimizing the design of websites, based on a technique called Page-Per-View, a technique that’s long been used in the TV industry.

31

3 years ago

A company that sells a system that automatically replaces pages of ads on a website with a single, engaging video. The startup is focused on the display market, so it wants to take out all the boring parts of an ad page, and replace them with a single, engaging experience.

30

3 years ago

An earlier version of the startup, called Viglink, helped websites with affiliate links generate revenue. It was acquired by the company Pagefair in September. Viglink is now a separate company, and Pagefair has changed how it charges for the affiliate marketplace. It’s also trying to make it easier for advertisers to buy links directly from publishers.

30

3 years ago

A startup that uses a technology called “deep learning” to help machines make sense of the “unstructured data” that’s fed into their systems.

30

2 years ago

A logistics platform for small and medium businesses, specifically aimed at ease of use for retailers and brands. Customers can have the option to have products shipped from the store, or to have the items delivered directly to the customer’s home.

30

2 years ago

The company is building a new kind of user interface that is built around a concept called "pull-to-refresh". The idea is that you are able to pull down the keyboard to refresh the content and pull it back up to go back to the previous page. This is one of the biggest innovations in the startup space today.

30

2 years ago

A digital assistant for the self-employed. The startup wants to put a digital assistant in your pocket. The assistant can handle everything from booking appointments to making calls.

30

2 years ago

A platform allowing people to grant others access to their email, calendars, contacts, and calendars. The founders call the product “the most social e-mail service you’ve ever seen.”

30

5 years ago

Idea: A startup that makes it easier for people to sell or donate their clothing. Users take a picture of their items and it’s automatically listed on a number of different online marketplaces.

29

2 years ago

The startup is working on a $30 per month automated savings plan that automatically invests in a wide range of products including stocks, bonds, mutual funds, ETFs, and even cryptocurrencies. The plan can invest in multiple portfolios, and is managed by a human advisor.

29

2 years ago

A toolkit for automating service calls from customers to service providers.

29

2 years ago

A "smart money" app that uses data to automatically manage and share money between friends. Users add their credit cards and accounts to the app and then link it to their Facebook friends. The app takes a small fee of all transactions and automatically transfers money between people.

29

2 years ago

A startup that lets you automatically pull data from your existing Facebook account and create a Facebook ad for the product of your choosing.

29

2 years ago

A startup called SmallFoot is working on a mobile app that helps people find the best route for walking, cycling, or running to their destination. They’ve built a company based around improving the health of the planet and reducing carbon emissions.

29

2 years ago

The startup wants to build a generic API that allows users to make calls and store data on their own servers, instead of uploading to external services.

29

2 years ago

The company is developing a new method for evaluating software developers, called “digital profiling”, that uses an algorithm that takes real-time data from a developer’s social media feed to measure their software development skills.

29

2 years ago

A “DIY” app that lets you automatically order flowers and gifts on demand, sending them to the person you want them sent to.

29

2 years ago

A global marketplace for freelance translators and language schools. The company wants to help companies around the world find talent locally.

29

2 years ago

A B2B tool built by company called Push Button for Business. It allows customers to access, manage, and pay for property insurance through their mobile device.

28

2 years ago

Unmetric is basically a dating app for inventors. The founders say that over a quarter of patents are never licensed, and that a large majority of inventors are single. Unmetric wants to help connect inventors with others who may be interested in licensing or collaborating on an idea.

28

2 years ago

A “task management app for people who don’t like to use email”. Customers can pay $2 per month to have all emails from their inbox automatically forwarded to Reddit.

28

2 years ago

A startup that’s focused on making online education more interactive. Its service, called ReadyBuddy, allows students to receive personalized feedback from their instructors for every lesson. It works by having a group of students take a quiz up front, and then having their instructor review it.

28

2 years ago

A startup that wants to bridge the gap between dating apps and the real world. It’s building an app called “I Want You” that lets users select a type of date and then find their perfect match based on users’ preferences.

28

2 years ago

A smart, connected home device, enabling technology that automatically adjusts the temperature in your home to match the outside temperature.

28

2 years ago

The app helps employees to create and manage their workflows for tasks that need to be done. It’s currently available as a Chrome extension and is based on a similar tool called Todoist.

28

2 years ago

A startup that builds virtual assistants that can find a person’s contact information and look up their details from their phone or social media accounts. Users can also ask their virtual assistant to look up information or make a phone call for them.

27

2 years ago

A tool that lets people create and manage their own cryptographically secure identity on the Ethereum blockchain. The startup is building an open-source community around the project.

27

2 years ago

In the past, the Mayor's Office of New Urban Mechanics has run a number of initiatives to support startups in the city, including a grant program and a series of hackathons. Now the office has launched a pilot program to provide startups with a $2,000 grant to help them get off the ground. The program is run through the Mayor's Office of Innovation, and is specifically meant for startups that provide new or novel solutions to the city's biggest problems.

27

2 years ago

A PC-based chatbot that helps make sales calls and handle customer service. It’s a retooled version of the company’s prior product, Promoter, which was sold for $1.9 million to a competitor.

27

2 years ago

A company that’s helping consumers better manage their utilities in the home and in their cars. The startup’s main product, called “Smart Energy”, is a tool that allows users to plan out their utility usage, then get alerts when they’re running low and automatically make adjustments.

27

2 years ago

A job-search company that allows people to access their resume online from anywhere, with a feature similar to LinkedIn called "Credentials" that lets you highlight skills you’re particularly proud of.

27

2 years ago

A startup that wants to connect people on the same street (or city) via a phone call, text message, or video call.

27

2 years ago

A startup that turns Skype calls and video conferences into video calls with high-quality video.

27

2 years ago

This hardware startup has a hardware product for banks to automatically make ATM withdrawals from their ATMs.

27

2 years ago

A startup that wants to improve VR’s interaction with the real world by allowing video chat to be as intuitive as a phone call.

26

2 years ago

A 2D image recognition app that is using artificial intelligence to automatically identify images of objects from the users’ cameras.

26

2 years ago

A startup that has developed a grid-enabled system of smart water sprinklers that can be networked together and water your garden automatically.

26

2 years ago

This startup is looking to help people make better decisions about their health and wellness. It wants to bring in-person coaching for wellness and diet, and wellness coaching to phone calls.

26

2 years ago

A B2B SaaS platform for helping banks manage their customer service calls, including which agents are best for which jobs and how to schedule a customer’s call.

26

2 years ago

A startup that wants to build an app that will automatically classify images automatically, serving as a kind of digital assistant. They claim that the app already produces over 30k classifications per day.

26

2 years ago

A system that allows a device to automatically find and charge its own battery when it gets low.

26

5 years ago

Idea: A startup that helps online businesses understand how their product is interacting with the real world It’s like an interactive version of Google Analytics The startup’s software is built on top of a distributed programmable database called BigTable and is currently selling to a handful of enterprise clients

25

2 years ago

A software startup that makes it easier to launch products on Kickstarter. The company has built a product called Kickstart that helps companies launch their own crowdfunding

25

2 years ago

A new startup in the wellness space, Thrive has developed a tracker that monitors a person’s movement throughout the day. The app automatically tracks steps, distance, and calories burned.

25

2 years ago

A startup that uses crowd-sourcing to help businesses get people in their offices to physically install their products.

25

2 years ago

The cofounder of a company called Too Good To Go is opening a new business that delivers groceries and other essentials in reusable boxes.

25

2 years ago

A startup for selling houses that’s based on a platform for renting the houses, called Rentalia. The founders say it’s like Airbnb, but for houses.

25

2 years ago

"BarkBox is a monthly subscription service that sends a box of healthy, organic treats to your pup's door every month. BarkBox ships their treats to you in a box that's specifically made for dogs. BarkBox provides a healthy alternative to commercial treats and treats dog owners by themselves"

25

2 years ago

A startup called Jikuu is building human-powered robots that can move through the environment and sense objects, people, and other robots.

25

5 years ago

Idea: This is a startup that is building small robots. The startup’s first product is a robot called

24

2 years ago

This startup wants to make it easier for baby boomers to sell their used homes, which are typically a good investment but often sit empty for years.

24

2 years ago

A startup that is building an AI-based system that automatically detects and reverses “missteps” on an investment portfolio. They say the startup is able to detect and correct for a handful of common mistakes 80% of the time, and that it doesn’t require any human involvement.

24

2 years ago

A company building a new kind of payment card that builds on the mobile wallet paradigm that exists today. The company is building a card that can hold all of your bank card data. Instead of having to manually enter your 12-digit number every time you use the card, the card will be able to pull up your recent transactions and automatically pull in your bank card number.

24

2 years ago

A startup that helps users find vacation rentals, which are typically reserved for long weekends and short periods of time.

24

2 years ago

A startup that helps employees get their salaries and benefits paid out faster. The startup is planning to use their platform to automatically pay employees as they’re paid by their employer.

24

2 years ago

A tool for making sure a phone call from a company to a customer goes through the right channel.

24

2 years ago

MyVoxer is an SMS-based calling service for enterprises.

23

2 years ago

An AI platform that takes complex legal documents and turns them into easy to understand, cleanly formatted content that is then automatically licensed.

23

2 years ago

A better way to track customer service interactions, using AI to flag calls as a result of a past interaction, and then give customer service reps better training on how to handle those calls next time.

23

2 years ago

A customer service platform for people who can’t call in, with chat and web-based support. It works with a Slack bot that can make automatic suggestions based on previous chat history.

23

2 years ago

A startup that makes an app called “Cloak” that allows you to use your phone as a personal assistant.

23

2 years ago

A startup that helps people sell their possessions through a marketplace called Kijiji-like “Missed Connection”, a market where people post items for sale when they’re not looking to buy themselves.

23

2 years ago

A company that wants to help save the world by making more efficient use of water. It’s taking a similar approach to companies like Nest by offering up a system that’s able to sense when your faucet has been left on for too long and automatically turns it off.

23

2 years ago

Helping companies get reimbursed for time spent on phone calls while driving.

23

2 years ago

A tool for users of the Google Docs productivity suite to automatically convert a Google spreadsheet into a website.

23

5 years ago

Idea: A mobile game that runs in-browser for the browser-based game streaming service The startup basically wants to make a mobile game but instead of building a native iOS or Android app, it can run inside the browser and be streamed to a phone

22

2 years ago

This product is designed to help people massage their muscles with light to help reduce pain and increase blood flow. It is the first product of its kind that uses a new kind of light therapy called near-infrared laser therapy. Cofounders Ryan and David Berger, both of whom have had shoulder problems, were the original inspirations for the product.

22

2 years ago

A “mobile-first” venture that seeks to bring the next wave of car companies to the US with a startup they call the “Tesla of the auto industry.” They’re building a self-driving, electric, and fully autonomous vehicle that can be sold to people at a rate they can afford.

22

2 years ago

A company in the midst of building what they call “the world’s first decentralized, trustless, and scalable blockchain.”

22

2 years ago

A self-hosted, flat-rate conference call service

22

2 years ago

Wealth is the founder of the app Wealthify, which was recently acquired by Citigroup. They’ve also recently launched a new financial platform called , which helps people manage their wealth.

22

5 years ago

Idea: A platform for insurers to call and text patients regularly about their health and to encourage them to get physicals. The startup aims to be a replacement for the “wellness programs” that many insurers have offered in the past.

21

2 years ago

A tool for emergency dispatchers to monitor calls in real time. AI-powered software looks at patterns in data, helping dispatchers to make better decisions.

21

2 years ago

A chatbot that can give businesses recommendations on the best time to call certain customers.

21

2 years ago

A startup that wants to bring large-scale machine learning to the masses. It’s hoping to create an easy way for businesses to use the technology, and is powered by a machine learning framework called Caffe.

21

2 years ago

A way to send money without fees. The startup began as a project from Spark, a YC startup that was acquired by PayPal, and then spun off of PayPal. The startup uses a mobile device to scan an item’s barcode, compare it against a list of unique codes, and automatically send money.

21

2 years ago

A platform that automatically detects and adapts to websites’ content to help business owners. They’re in stealth mode, but yesterday announced a $4 million investment from Rincon Venture Partners.

20

2 years ago

A video chat platform that allows you to host video calls on a website or mobile app. They offer a free version but charge for premium features like recording and archiving.

20

2 years ago

A startup that allows you to ask a doctor a question and get a text, email, or video response from a doctor (no need to call or write a separate check) in just 60 seconds.

20

2 years ago

Lets you save money on groceries by having the retailer scan the barcode of an item and automatically calculate the lowest-price option for you.

20

2 years ago

This startup is working on a “technically proficient” app for Apple Watch that will let you pay for things without having to pull out your phone.

20

2 years ago

A messaging app specifically for moms. It’s doing a lot of work with hospitals to promote healthy eating and get moms into the doctor’s office.

20

2 years ago

A software company in Utah that helps companies and not-for-profits set up web-based call centers with zero upfront costs. The founders assume that companies don’t want to spend on call center software since most of their deals are over the phone.

19

2 years ago

Zuki is a company that aims to improve search for non-English speakers by automatically translating between different languages and then mixing it with the original text. The startup also wants to build an app that provides a new view into the internet, with an emphasis on non-English speakers.

19

2 years ago

A SaaS that enables running a company from a phone app. It’s basically ordering food from an app and tracking it to your fridge, or ordering from a restaurant from a phone.

19

2 years ago

A startup that makes it easier for consumers to buy and sell used tires. Called Restyle, this is a model that’s similar to eBay. The startup is using the champion of online shopping, Amazon, to help it get off the ground.

19

2 years ago

A “smart” document scanner that will automatically analyze a document for data like emails, phone numbers, and addresses. The scanner can be applied to receipts, tax forms, and other documents.

19

2 years ago

This startup is building a piece of software that automatically finds, fixes, and reports on software bugs. It’s a common problem for tech companies that want to use software to build or maintain products but don’t want to waste time fixing bugs that don’t need fixing, or wasting time on bugs that do.

19

2 years ago

Launched in May 2010, Y Combinator has been the primary source of funding for many of the most successful startup companies in Silicon Valley. The program has been called "the most prestigious startup accelerator in the world".

19

2 years ago

This startup is building a mobile app for people who are chronically late. Its goal is to help people, especially delivery people, manage their time, and make more money, to ensure that they’re on time more often and are able to get more work done.

18

2 years ago

A startup that seeks to “bring greater transparency to the pharmacy industry” by helping pharmacies accurately fill prescriptions. The business is growing quickly as the business solves for a real pain point in an industry that’s historically been difficult to track.

18

2 years ago

A startup that uses natural language processing to automatically generate articles, news and stories for publications’ content teams.

18

2 years ago

Creating a platform for businesses to package services and make them available to be called on by customers. The startup’s services could be used by a company like Uber, which is looking to build a platform for businesses to become a sort of call center for customers.

18

2 years ago

This startup is building an e-commerce platform for health and beauty products that can automatically fill and ship products from the company’s warehouse to the customer.

17

2 years ago

A startup that is building an online messaging and voice platform that uses machine learning to make sure your calls are connected to the person you’re calling.

17

2 years ago

The startup is building a platform that enables self-storage facilities to let customers book online on their own terms, removing the need for phone calls and manual bookings.

17

2 years ago

A startup that wants to take the “click to call” feature of online dating apps and make it available to anyone with an internet connection.

17

2 years ago

This is a software platform for managing the customer service process for an online business, allowing the business to create a “virtual” customer service rep to handle calls and provide answers and updates.

17

2 years ago

A company that’s building a tool that makes it easy to build a website by automatically creating the code for a website.

17

2 years ago

A system that automatically creates email and social media marketing campaigns for retailers — without employees having to be trained how to do it.

17

2 years ago

This startup is helping companies solve their supply chain issues with a machine learning solution that automatically detects and organizes merchant information and relationships.

17

2 years ago

What’s specifically interesting about this is the way the team is tackling a major pain point for people who work in fintech. They want to make it a bit more like a person is learning a skill, and their interaction with the app can add a sense of community to the experience.

16

2 years ago

A technology company that’s building an AI-powered platform that informs you when your car has been recalled.

16

2 years ago

A startup that’s building a “contactless payment system” that automatically tracks the revenue a merchant is making. The founder says the system tracks revenues from the point of sale, not just the transaction.

16

2 years ago

A clerk at an Amazon fulfillment center is building a product called “mason” that lets you order groceries from your phone by scanning the barcodes on items and automatically placing the order.

16

2 years ago

A digital library specifically for artists and creatives, helping them discover and share new projects, upload/find images, and learn about careers.

16

2 years ago

A startup that makes it easy for people to make “Get Up-to-Date” (GUD) calls, where a doctor can call a patient’s cell phone and get their medical history over the phone.

16

2 years ago

A company that takes your raw video footage, transcodes it, and uses artificial intelligence to automatically create an animated explainer video.

16

2 years ago

A platform to connect and leverage people across the world to work together on projects, without them having to physically meet each other.

16

2 years ago

Notify’s team of engineers and designers believe that the best way to communicate with someone is not to call or text them. This is why the company built Notify, an app that allows people to email each other without the use of their phone numbers.

16

5 years ago

Idea: A startup that makes smart home devices. One of its products, a WiFi-connected laser for the kitchen called Clipi, automatically adds a plant-based seasoning to food as it cooks.

15

2 years ago

A platform that helps companies buy and sell third-party data. Designed specifically for businesses that don’t have or can’t manage data themselves, the platform is meant to aggregate data and provide visualizations of it.

15

2 years ago

This is a startup that’s designing a better way to manage your food delivery. Instead of having to call an operator to place an order, the startup’s technology will let you order hot food from an app.

15

2 years ago

A B2B company that helps you connect with the right sales reps for your company’s products. The startup’s founders are software engineers who want to shift the responsibility for sales people’s calls to software.

15

2 years ago

An AI system that can automatically find and fix typos in corporate documents.

15

2 years ago

A mobile app that helps you find a restaurant that serves the kind of food you like and then automatically checks into that restaurant using OpenTable so you can get a meal during your trip.

15

2 years ago

A platform that helps retailers build a personalized store experience for every customer. It offers a suite of tools for optimizing store layout and merchandising, including a tool for scanning products and automatically matching them to the store’s design.

15

2 years ago

A company that provides software for secure direct-to-consumer classified advertising on a website called snapmarket.

15

2 years ago

A startup that can automatically build cross-border compliance and reporting for corporations and government agencies.

15

2 years ago

A startup that allows users to stay in the loop about who’s calling, what they’re up to, and how the conversation is going via Slack, email, and text messaging.

15

2 years ago

Today’s employers often don’t want or need employees who are technically savvy, but rely heavily on software. CEO Joel Maron wants to make it easier for these companies to hire developers.

15

2 years ago

A way to provide cryptographically secure checks and invoices for the real estate industry

14

2 years ago

A messaging app that allows people to start live video calls with other people, and share them with anyone else they want. The app is currently in private beta.

14

2 years ago

In July 2017, Facebook announced a partnership with Snap to allow users to send and receive money between each other. The feature, called “Snapcash”, is a Snapchat feature that allows users to exchange money via an app.

14

2 years ago

The startup is building a freelancing platform for teachers, allowing them to connect with students, collect tuition, and pay the invoicing automatically.

14

2 years ago

A tool that allows you to create custom social media posts that automatically post a reply and share on things like Twitter and Facebook.

14

2 years ago

TrueCar is an online car buying service that sells what it says are the best deals available. The company tries to be transparent about their pricing, but has been called out for some bait-and-switch tactics.

14

2 years ago

A B2B company that helps enterprises manage their customer support costs. Its product is meant to alleviate the need for traditional call centers.

14

5 years ago

Idea: A startup that allows you to send a text message to someone, and it’ll automatically be posted as a review to Google, Yelp, Facebook, and other places on the internet.

13

2 years ago

A startup that helps users find the right product based on their needs, not based on some sort of algorithm. The startup says it targets a specific segment of the market that is typically overlooked by traditional e-commerce sites.

13

2 years ago

We’ve all been there: you’re leaving a message on a voice message system, and you’re cut off, because you’ve used up your allotted number of minutes. Time to Call helps you to cancel those messages entirely.

13

2 years ago

On-demand, on-demand, on-demand. That is the mantra of a startup called Flexport, which helps companies send cargo across the world on the cheapest available route.

13

2 years ago

An online platform that lets restaurants sell table service online. The product is called Tablezoo and is currently in beta.

13

2 years ago

The startup is a fully-automated assistant for organizing tasks. It can listen to its user (via voice or text) and complete tasks, like email and conference calls.

13

2 years ago

A cloud-based software that lets you organize calls to sales reps, and dial in to meetings from anywhere without needing a phone.

13

2 years ago

This startup is building a tool that turns a mobile app into a high-performance supercomputer by processing and storing data locally, then using other processing power in the cloud to analyze it.

13

2 years ago

If you’re a charity looking for donors, this startup can help you connect with them. It works on the idea of C2C, or cash-back credit cards. The site asks for a donation from the charity, and then asks the donor to email or call back with their donation amount.

12

2 years ago

The idea behind LoanTrax is to help automate the loan process, so that borrowers can be pre-qualified, pre-approved, and have their loan rolled over automatically. They’re working with over 100 companies.

12

2 years ago

A software platform that helps salespeople take their calls based on the context and the features they’re looking for.

12

5 years ago

Idea: A podcast for entrepreneurs and small business owners. It’s called “Sales & Marketing” and it’s hosted by two former startup founders.

11

2 years ago

A way for nurses to pay for their own medications automatically via their insurance company.

11

2 years ago

A company that helps manage all the different sources of data about a business, and then uses artificial intelligence to make sure all the data is working together. They have a product in the market for companies that want to collect data about sales and marketing, and their machine learning algorithm can automatically pull all the different data together to give a complete picture of a business.

11

2 years ago

A platform that helps companies with their HR needs, which is the first human resource software designed specifically for enterprise.

11

2 years ago

A company that wants to take the pain out of file uploading, allowing users to upload files from their phone and have them automatically routed to the cloud.

11

2 years ago

The program provides seed funding, office space, and three months of access to mentors in exchange for a commitment of two years from the founders. The founders are expected to devote 40 hours a week to the company, and are expected to move to Silicon Valley for the duration of the program. The program is selective in its application process, accepting only the most promising companies, typically those that are first-time entrepreneurs and have bootstrapped their

11

2 years ago

Using a service from Stripe, this startup allows users to create “pay-per-call” services that aggregate different types of professionals (tax preparers, electricians, lawyers, etc.) and enables them to pick and choose who to call or email with the click of a button.

11

2 years ago

In May of this year, the company launched an app called “Spend on Hiring” that offers companies a way to pay employees in a variety of ways, including services, education, products, and other perks. The idea is that companies can use the app to encourage their employees to spend money on their own, specific, needs, and the company gets to know what things employees are interested in and thus more likely to buy.

11

2 years ago

A platform to help you manage your freelance money, including invoicing, payments, and more. They also have a product called Drip Intelligence that analyzes your data and help you make better decisions about what works for you.

10

2 years ago

A startup building an online marketplace for gift cards, allowing people to buy gift cards from other people (called gift card re-gifting) in a way that allows for price transparency.

10

2 years ago

A new robo-advisor for millennials, aimed at helping them build a portfolio of investments and money-management skills. The company says it will also help people learn more about investing. The company’s first fund, called the “Gen Y Fund”, launched in summer of 2019.

10

2 years ago

A company that makes a video game called "Rotten Kingdom" that sends players to a post-apocalyptic world to fight monsters and collect resources.

10

5 years ago

Idea: A simple way for people to pre-order food online from local restaurants, picking up their food without waiting in a line or ordering into a kitchen. Customers place an order on the website, and then the startup calls the restaurant to confirm. The startup says it’s grown 10% week-over-week for the last year.

9

5 years ago

Idea: A startup that wants to build the next generation of video calling services, tackling the problem of making video calls pleasant and frictionless.

9

5 years ago

Idea: A way to automatically manage your finances that doesn’t require users to enter or re-enter any information. The startup is primarily focused on helping users pay off their debt.

9

5 years ago

Idea: A platform that uses AI to help small business owners scale by building an engine that automatically figures out the most profitable steps to scale a business.

9

2 years ago

This startup wants to improve the way people book and pay for their flights. It’s a sort of Google Docs for flights, where users can enter flight details, and the startup will automatically transfer money between payers and payees.

9

2 years ago

A startup that provides a self-service tool to take a bunch of photos, or a single photo, and then automatically build a 360-degree image of it.

8

5 years ago

Idea: A-Frame, like React, is a web framework for building virtual reality experiences Unlike React, it’s made specifically for VR

4

5 years ago

Idea: Music creators can now use a new app called Soundmine to create songs using a variety of beats in a range of genres. Users can switch up the instruments and change the tempo or pitch, and add vocals, lyrics, and a melody.

4

5 years ago

Idea: A startup that wants to get people off the couch and get them playing table tennis. The startup’s primary focus is on what they call “casual players” — people who play recreationally, but don’t want to spend a lot of time practicing to get better. The startup offers lessons on how to play the game online, as well as in-person lessons in San Francisco.

3

1 hour ago

A startup that uses AI to automatically generate and optimize personalized workout plans by analyzing a user's home equipment, schedule, and biometric data from wearables.

0

5 years ago

A startup that is a competitor to Taskrabbit, but specifically for moving companies

-1

5 years ago

A startup that provides a way for users to alert emergency services of their location This is meant to be used as an alternative to calling 911, which is often the default option for users in emergency

-1

5 years ago

Idea: Previously, the company was raising money under the name Tender, which would have been a food delivery service that employed the same “crowd delivery” model as Munchery or Peach Now, the company is simply called Tender, and will be an online marketplace for farmers

-1

5 years ago

Idea: Make your next conference call more productive

-1

5 years ago

Idea: The founders of Recruiterbox have started a new company called Proxee, which is a “CRM for recruiters” The app promises to help recruiters source and manage candidates

-1

5 years ago

Idea: A startup that enables people to automatically record the music they listen to on their phones and stream it to a connected speaker

-1

5 years ago

Idea: A business intelligence platform that allows big companies to keep track of their financial data It’s basically a way to manage multiple data silos in one place

-1

5 years ago

Idea: A software platform that helps retailers serve their customers better, with many of the features of a CRM but specifically for retailer use

-1

5 years ago

Idea: A software company that helps banks run call centers more efficiently The company is currently working with two banks in Brazil

-1

5 years ago

Idea: A startup that helps keep track of customer service tickets by connecting the person who answers the phone to the person who originally took the call.

-1

5 years ago

Idea: A platform for video collaboration, for example to make a video call with a bunch of people at the same time, along with a tool for editing the video together.

-1

5 years ago

Idea: A company that wants to help businesses refine their hiring process by looking at past candidates. Specifically, they want to help companies discover talent in their town without having to go through the costly process of headhunting.

-1

5 years ago

Idea: A business that helps carpenters and plumbers schedule service calls. So far, the founders say they have $1,500 in

-1

5 years ago

Idea: In the US, a startup that brings data from a person’s Fitbit or other fitness tracker into their doctor’s office. The system, called Bionode, is already used at Cedars-Sinai Hospital. They’re looking to branch out to other health providers as well.

-1

5 years ago

Idea: A startup that’s building a service that allows businesses to automatically share their tax information with their employees.

-1

5 years ago

Idea: This is the company behind the Bodega app, which calls itself a “Bodega box that comes with a free human.” The startup is building an app for small convenience stores in order to make shopping for milk, eggs, and other items more convenient. Its founders are betting that by bringing in a human to help customers, they’ll be able to differentiate from other convenience stores.

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5 years ago

A tool for automatically converting your app idea into a Github pages.

-1

5 years ago

A startup that is building an on-call platform for businesses to find workers. The platform integrates with companies’ existing software and alerts employees when they need to activate the system.

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A way to find out what people are saying online about you, with a tool that automatically scours Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and other social media platforms to pull out potential customers.

An artificial intelligence tool that automatically generates sales and marketing collateral, including videos and landing pages.

A startup that allows users to draw straight lines and then automatically create a 3D model of the object with a computer vision model.

A 3-way chat system, allowing users to video chat, text, and call each other all at once.

An AI-powered automatic scheduling app for sales teams, with a self-learning algorithm that learns your team’s sales cycle and automatically provides the correct hours for these cycles.

A real-time video-based platform that allows businesses to manage multiple clients and workflows simultaneously. The platform is meant to be able to do things like schedule calls with clients, transcribe meetings, and manage client-facing workflows.

A startup that provides a video calling app for doctors so that they can consult with patients remotely

This startup is building an API that connects users to doctors via text messages and video calls.

Twilio, a company that provides cloud-based communication and telephony APIs, is one of the most well-known startups at YC. Their newest project is a tool that helps call center agents manage multiple languages.

A crowdfunding platform specifically for beginner producers and small businesses.

An email app that automatically replies with the most relevant and recent emails in the inbox.

The startup is building a P2P mobile payments platform for mobile commerce. The product is called Mobypay, and it’s designed to help shoppers buy physical goods off the street using a smartphone.

A health care platform that aims to help doctors communicate with patients and their families in real time by providing a secure way to voice and video call.

A startup that’s building a platform to help companies manage call center operations. The startup says it has $1.5 million in funding from investors including Birchmere Ventures.

The startup is developing a new version of the Nest Protect smoke detector that’s specifically designed to be safe and helpful for people with kids.

A product that tracks how much someone earns, automatically providing estimates for taxes and retirement

The startup is building a mobile network for remote employees that can use the network to send and receive files, make calls, and respond to email.

A startup that’s building software that helps doctors and health providers strategically manage the number of patients they see in a given day

A startup that offers a way for freelancers to manage their work day and bills. The service helps freelancers submit invoices and pay their bills automatically, as well as schedule and reschedule their work.

The startup is a spin-off of a company called Hint, which was founded in 2015 to help people make better decisions about personal finance. The data can be used to help consumers identify opportunities for savings and investments, and Hint says one in three Americans don’t have enough money saved.

Using a mobile app called “Digital Health Profile”, which is currently in beta, they want to help improve the health of the elderly by tracking their health, eating habits, and exercise.

A startup for city-dwellers to browse, buy and sell locally produced goods.

While many startups have been building virtual reality products to help improve cognitive or physical therapy, this startup is specifically built to help people with mental illness. The app works as a video support system to help people with anxiety and mood disorders.

A tool that helps small businesses, specifically those in the restaurant industry, manage and pay all of their in-house expenses, from utilities to payroll. In the US, their core customers are restaurants.

This startup is developing a platform for smart contracts that automatically execute when specified conditions are met.

This startup is building a smart home device that automatically detects and prevents fires. The company is looking to raise $100,000.

A software platform that allows businesses to build loyalty programs by taking a snapshot of a customer's loyalty points balance and automatically applying them to a product or service.

Remind is building a service that sends SMS reminders to users’ phone, like a phone call or text message, which they can set on a schedule.

This is an app that allows users to create lists of their favorite things and have it automatically update to their current location.

A startup that helps big retailers manage a large number of different call center operations. The company says it has been able to save retailers over $100 million a year in labor costs.

The world’s first interactive robot taxidermist. It combines 3D scanning technology and a robotic arm to automatically fuse together a stuffed creature out of real animal parts. The startup says the process is simple for consumers to use, and can be done from their homes.

This startup is working on a new type of door handle, called a “keg handle,” that turns any door handle into a beer tap.

A startup designed to help freelancers manage their invoices, track their payments, and automatically do taxes.

This is a video chat app that can connect users to a live video conference where they can call one another.

A tool to programmatically manage the data and actions of your web app.

A company that wants to use AI to identify fraudulent texts, emails, and calls before they’re delivered to your phone.

A voice-to-text app that automatically provides a transcription of what a user is saying while they speak, and then uses machine learning to improve the transcription.

A $1 app that helps users to manage their credit card debt. Called “Debtors Anonymous” the app tracks users’ credit cards and keeps track of their progress managing their debts.

The company is looking to help service providers know which jobs are the most important to perform, and which jobs can be outsourced, to reduce costs and increase efficiency. Its software, called

A helpdesk platform for developers and startups that can be accessed from any web browser. Users can call, chat, and file tickets.

This startup’s algorithm is designed to find and cancel fraudulent payments, automatically. It’s free for merchants to use, and they’re aiming to partner with processors and banks.

A call center for multilingual businesses. It gives companies a way to handle customer service and human resources in their native language.

A platform that lets users pay workers in any currency they want, automatically.

A Skype-like video calling app for group chats, designed for small teams.

A startup that helps customers change loyalty cards without physically going to the store.

An email service that integrates with existing systems like Outlook or Gmail, and automatically adds calendar events. The startup wants to make it easy to access information from multiple systems and apps.

A company that helps companies build their own data science teams with a software platform called SimpleDataScience.

Mentioned in the "2017 YC Demo Day" video, where they discuss the concept of a "mobile printing program" for small businesses. They are now calling their service "Quick Print," and the company is no longer in YC.

An AI that is trained to help determine the price of a particular asset, and automatically alert buyers and sellers when it sees an opportunity to make an investment.

A company that builds a platform that helps small businesses communicate with customers and suppliers via SMS or voice calls.

A startup where people can create and share their own videos to be used as a free marketing tool. The startup is working on a video series called Inside the Box, which follows a different startup every month as they grow.

A startup that helps you see when your Uber driver is available and get to them quickly, with a built-in feature to automatically book the ride when you get in the car.

A startup called “TripTix” that lets you sell your unused airline tickets to other travelers.

A startup that lets you take a picture of a QR code, plug it in to the service of your choice, and automatically get an email with the link to a website that explains the code.

The startup wants to help you track and control your expenses by allowing you to record expenses in one place and then automatically create reports that show how much you’re spending on certain items.

Automate your phone bill payments by having your phone bill automatically pay your phone bill.

A startup that’s looking to replace the paper nurse call sheets and patient logs with a digital solution that can be accessed by employees at home or on the go via a smartphone app.

A startup that provides a service where people can pay to have a phone call with someone who has been through something similar in their life

A platform that helps businesses and job seekers find and connect with remote teams. Currently, they're working with a company in Brooklyn called Crave that hires people remotely through a third-party site.

The idea is to use an app to automatically coordinate payroll across different companies. Employees get notifications when their salaries are ready, and the company takes a cut of their paycheck. It’s an interesting model that could help companies restructure their payroll.

A startup that makes a product called “The Wig”, a wearable device that can tell you if you have a fever or not by reading your face

A startup providing a “more human” approach to marketing automation, using AI to help marketers find marketing strategies that are tailored specifically to their customers.

A startup focused on improving the quality of the business-to-business process, from pitches to sales calls.

A platform that helps users take better care of their data and their digital life. They’ll be launching an app where users can manage their data automatically and use it to optimize their lives.

A mobile app that helps people find the best and cheapest public transportation in their city. Called "Uber for Transportation", it's already in beta in New York and San Francisco.

An email service that automatically scans your inbox for any wedding or event related emails and sends the relevant information to your other contacts, so that they can plan accordingly.

A security startup that’s building a platform to automatically detect and prevent fraud in the payments industry.

Allows you to track your time spent on phone calls, direct message conversations, or meetings. The startup wants to help you know how much time you’re spending on tasks that are more important and track how you’re using the time you’re not using.

A SaaS company that helps clothing designers with their marketing and sales process, unlike current fashion marketplaces which typically drive high traffic to designers' e-commerce websites.

Espresso is a software company that uses machine learning to automate the process of hiring telecommuters in the US, using a platform that was built specifically for this.

Let’s call this app the “Uber for food”. This is a restaurant-on-demand service that can be triggered via a mobile app.

A voice-activated assistant to handle different aspects of a person’s life by connecting to their bank account, home automation, and messaging/calling services.

Low-cost, low-overhead video conferencing, made possible by software that sends the video through the internet rather than over a traditional phone line, is a key factor in bringing remote workers to a company. This startup is building software for companies to use to host audio and video calls.

A company that’s building a browser extension so users can automatically sign up for credit card promotions, using the credit cards they already own.

A way to keep track of what’s being sent between two strangers, without someone having to physically keep an eye on it.

A platform that helps make your business portable. The startup helps connect businesses with offshore locations that are close to you. For example, with the platform you could have a call center in India, but still be able to talk to the customer in the US.

A startup that’s building a tool that automatically designs and builds ecommerce stores for you