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Pre Startup Ideas

5 years ago

A tool that helps entrepreneurs write the best pitches possible for angel investors.

3,230

2 years ago

A startup for female entrepreneurs in India to connect and share business plans.

2,061

3 years ago 2 views

A platform that helps people start their own businesses. The startup connects entrepreneurs with mentors and experts to help them get started.

1,551

4 years ago

A community of investors and entrepreneurs in India, seeking to create an online community of investors and entrepreneurs who can help each other.

948

2 years ago 1 views

Are you an entrepreneur wanting to apply to Y Combinator We’re accepting applications.

907

3 years ago

A platform that helps you make predictions about how your life will change, allowing you to make informed decisions.

886

4 years ago

A high-tech restaurant platform that tracks how food is being served and how it is being prepared in real-time.

563

3 years ago

A social network for people with depression, anxiety and other mental health issues that helps them find resources and connect with others.

532

5 years ago

A predictive analytics tool that aims to help companies like Amazon predict what products to re-order and when.

479

4 years ago

A machine-learning based platform that can predict the likelihood of you turning into a customer by looking at your behavior on other sites.

440

3 years ago

A new way to do accounting that doesn’t require a bookkeeper, a spreadsheet, or a bank account.

415

4 years ago

This company is trying to bring the power of machine learning to stock markets. It’s working to create a way to use machine learning to find correlations between stock prices and macroeconomic data, to identify bubbles and create predictive models.

383

5 years ago

A startup that uses artificial intelligence to help prevent fraud in payments. It’s an API for banks and merchants to check if accounts are being used fraudulently.

379

4 years ago

The startup aims to help people who suffer from depression and anxiety by

379

5 years ago

The company was founded by Ramy El Bannaoui and Chris Curtis, who had previously founded the company in 2007 and sold it in 2011.

372

2 years ago 1 views

A way to help companies and organizations track their incoming donations and track expenses. It’s like a spreadsheet of donations and expenses, with a built-in way to track budgets.

364

5 years ago 1 views

A startup that helps brands develop an online presence in the Indian market by connecting them with the right media partners to place ads, run sponsored posts, and more.

329

4 years ago

A chat therapy app for depression and anxiety.

329

5 years ago

A micro-funding platform for entrepreneurs, reducing the cost of startup capital for high growth startups by providing a mechanism for investors to match their own funds with the startups they care about. The goal is to save startups money on the front end while generating real returns on the back end.

311

5 years ago

A women’s networking app that connects women interested in entrepreneurship and investing to other like-minded women.

308

4 years ago

A “global prescription drug purchasing company”, with offices in New York, LA, and London.

306

5 years ago

A startup that’s building a crowdfunding platform for entrepreneurs. The company is working with the Stars Foundation, which helps invest in startups in developing countries, to create an online platform to help entrepreneurs raise funds.

302

5 years ago

Social network for entrepreneurs, allowing them to share ideas and get feedback for their business ideas. The startup is free for businesses with fewer than 5 employees.

295

3 years ago

A tool for social entrepreneurs, allowing them to pitch investors on their ideas.

294

3 years ago

Combining data science and machine learning with social media sentiment analysis to predict the likelihood that a new product will be a hit.

282

2 years ago

A startup that makes it easier for people to find a place to stay while traveling. They currently focus on hostels and hotels, but also offer a “home stay” option for people who prefer a less-traditional roof over their head.

275

5 years ago

A tool for developers that helps them create and manage their own website, on top of WordPress or another CMS.

271

4 years ago

This startup will help prevent people from losing their data due to hardware failure.

268

2 years ago

A digital marketing platform for B2B companies, which allows them to predict and optimize customer acquisition, then promotes the right content to the right audience at the right time.

266

5 years ago

A solution for female entrepreneurs to generate revenue online without having to deal with the day-to-day work of running a business.

263

4 years ago

The company is building a platform that will allow people to land on a page with a listing of homes for sale, to create a profile, and then receive a personalized email to show homes that match their preferences.

262

5 years ago

A startup that wants to help companies get a head start on building a social media presence before they launch.

258

5 years ago

A startup that aims to help people with severe anxiety, depression, and other mental health issues find the resources they need to get better

257

5 years ago

An AI-powered solution for the construction industry. It’s a predictive maintenance platform that helps maintenance staff fix machines before they break down.

256

3 years ago

A tool to help entrepreneurs build a custom branded social network.

248

4 years ago

A company that builds software to measure and predict the performance of brands

245

4 years ago

A “Facebook for Real Estate” that combines a platform for real estate agents and sellers to find buyers and sellers with a native advertising platform (similar to Rent.com) that lets companies manage their presence on the site.

243

4 years ago

A software development company that tries to reduce the number of bugs in a product by having customers pretend to be nonspeaking computers.

243

5 years ago

A dating app for people who want to have casual sex, focused on avoiding pressure from other users. The app is meant to be a safe place for people who want to do something that’s not going to last.

242

4 years ago

This startup uses voice recognition and artificial intelligence to understand the emotions that are being expressed by voice (like “I’m angry”) and determine if this voice is coming from a human or machine.

242

2 years ago

A startup that aims to make driving easier by predicting how long it will take you to get to a destination. It currently has 1,000 users and is funded by a $20 million investment from Blackstone.

240

5 years ago

A software platform that aims to facilitate the development of a “predictive model” for the Indian auto industry.

238

5 years ago

A startup building a secure network for physical and digital authentication. The startup wants to help banks and other financial institutions identify and authenticate their customers via their physical presence at a branch or ATM.

238

4 years ago

A startup that wants to help employers prevent employee fraud by allowing them to manage their work-from-home policy and budget via a mobile app.

237

3 years ago

A tool to help local governments prepare for hurricanes and other natural disasters, from looting to gas shortages

237

5 years ago

An AI for fraud prevention for banks.

236

5 years ago

A dating app that matches people based on similar musical preferences.

236

5 years ago

This startup helps users of their service keep track of their prescriptions and keep track of their pill tracking. The startup currently has a 10% retention rate, and one customer from Taiwan is paying them $6,500 per month.

233

4 years ago

A "smart home monitoring" startup focused on energy efficiency. It's currently in a pre-launch stage, with a device that allows users to remotely turn off lights and lock doors with a smartphone, and the company says it has acquired $2.4 million in seed funding

232

4 years ago 1 views

A platform for online retailers to sell products, primarily on Amazon, Shopify, and AliExpress. The startup wants to provide more of a full platform for e-commerce companies, allowing them to accept payments, manage inventory and payment processing, and integrate with Stripe to get paid.

230

4 years ago

A tool for identifying and preventing fraudulent donations to political campaigns.

230

4 years ago

A startup that allows users to build their own websites, without it being done through WordPress

229

3 years ago

Startup that wants to use AI and big data to help predict and prevent home fires.

228

5 years ago

A mobile app that helps businesses track sales to prevent fraud.

227

5 years ago

A third-party insurance company that offers $0 monthly premiums to customers who pay in full every month.

227

4 years ago

This healthcare startup is creating a web-based platform to help people with chronic pain connect with medical professionals who can prescribe pain medication.

227

4 years ago

A tool for editing photos and videos in the cloud, meant both for professionals and for anyone looking to preserve their work.

227

4 years ago

A startup that helps businesses in India, for instance, sort out GST numbers, and upload databases in an easier way than using an Excel spreadsheet

227

4 years ago

AirBnb is launching in India, but more importantly, the startup is looking to grow its presence in other parts of Asia and even the Middle East.

227

4 years ago

A company that makes a comprehensive, searchable database of the world’s universities.

225

2 years ago

An accounting app that helps small businesses prepare and file their own taxes. The startup is focused on people who have never had to file taxes before.

224

5 years ago

This is “a healthcare startup for the world’s largest democracy” – India. It aims to help patients get their prescriptions filled at the lowest prices possible, and is already working with several pharmaceutical companies in India for a $3 million revenue run rate.

222

4 years ago 1 views

This startup wants to build a new type of credit card for the underbanked, especially in developing countries. It takes the form of a prepaid card and is available in any currency. Given the lack of banking options in many such countries, the startup sees a lot of potential for growth.

222

4 years ago

A company that wants to build a system that predicts the future of cities as they grow and change.

221

4 years ago

A team on a mission to build better and more accurate algorithms to predict the future of the US presidency.

217

4 years ago

A startup that helps entrepreneurs in San Francisco to get paid faster, and in the process, cuts down on fraud and lost payments.

216

2 years ago

A platform that makes it easier for consumers to switch from prepaid to postpaid, based on their usage.

215

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 partnership with a local entrepreneur to help them get their product to market.

209

2 years ago

A brand management platform for service providers, allowing them to manage their digital presence across channels.

208

4 years ago

A startup that uses artificial intelligence to predict where a person will get dengue fever within 72 hours and suggests a preventive treatment to them.

207

4 years ago

A search engine for ideas and ideas. The startup’s premise is to make sure you find the best ideas, and do it all for free.

206

2 years ago

A tool that gives entrepreneurs the ability to make their ideas go live online, instantly.

206

5 years ago

A startup that helps people who are preparing for retirement: for example, figuring out how much they need to save, etc

205

5 years ago

A startup that sells a tool for determining if someone is lying or not (voice recognition, eye movement, micro-expressions)

204

4 years ago

A platform to help companies control and manage their entire supply chain. The company wants to aggregate data on every step in the supply chain, create a comprehensive map of it and manage it all from a single dashboard.

203

3 years ago

A digital baby album with a 360-degree view of the pregnancy and birth.

203

4 years ago

Provides employees with a way to share their workplace preferences with their team so they can maximize their efficiency.

200

2 years ago

This is an automated system that helps airlines manage their fleet. It uses AI to handle the data and predict how much to order based on current demand.

198

4 years ago

A startup that uses AI to predict which customers are most likely to churn and suggests discounts to bring them back.

197

4 years ago

A health insurance tool that helps people track their health needs and prescription usage and offers them a way to optimize their coverage.

197

4 years ago

A privacy-focused cryptocurrency that uses multiple layers of encryption to make transactions hard to trace. The company’s software prevents transactions from being saved to a public ledger.

196

2 years ago

A startup that aims to help people save money by helping them understand the costs of their life insurance policies. The startup hopes that, by helping customers understand what their policies are really costing them, they can lower the premiums.

196

5 years ago

A small business loan for entrepreneurs, with a focus on women

195

5 years ago

A tool that predicts the future of hiring using artificial intelligence.

195

4 years ago

A small team of developers and designers are building a simple, yet comprehensive, social network for everyone.

195

2 years ago

An AI that predicts if a person is likely to have a heart attack or stroke.

194

4 years ago

An email marketing tool that integrates with all of your favorite email clients. The startup’s founders say they’ve already closed $1.5 million in pre-launch investment.

193

4 years ago

A new way to evaluate performance, using machine learning to predict whether a team will meet goals before they’re even met.

192

4 years ago

A subscription-based, monthly newsletter that helps entrepreneurs quickly grow their business.

191

4 years ago

A cloud-based insurance platform for credit unions and other institutions to manage risk and collect premiums from their customers.

191

5 years ago

A startup that provides software that helps people with their taxes so they don’t have to pay a tax preparer

190

5 years ago

This startup is building a comprehensive online marketplace for the sale of assets like real estate and cars. The startup is focused on rural markets like India, where the costs of buying and selling homes and commodities is often prohibitively high.

189

4 years ago

This startup helps businesses manage their supply chains by using machine learning to predict how business will flow and allowing businesses to better manage and reduce trips to the office.

188

3 years ago

A startup that helps users show up to appointments on time, by predicting and then warning users about traffic, delays, etc.

188

4 years ago

A program that trains and supports people to become entrepreneurs. The startup has raised $1.35 million.

187

3 years ago

A tool that helps merchants build personalized webpages, show up in search engines, and access to a set of tools that monitor their online presence and conversions.

187

4 years ago

A toolkit to help non-profits build and manage websites. Its pre-built themes include a person-powered fundraising site, an environmental website, and a donation-based site.

186

4 years ago

The startup aims to build a social network for entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs-to-be to help them find and connect with mentors and resources to help them start and grow.

186

4 years ago

A solution for data scientists to turn their computer code into visualizations that can be used in presentations.

186

2 years ago

The startup is lowering the barrier to entry for new companies and entrepreneurs launching in the US, by providing a cheaper, less-established option to use the legal services of the well-established law firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati.

186

5 years ago

Idea: A platform for making, distributing and monetizing augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) games The company says it’s already built over a dozen AR and VR games and is currently monetizing them through app stores, advertising, premium content, and in-app purchases

185

5 years ago

This startup’s goal is to prevent ad fraud. It uses a combination of machine learning, data mining, and crowdsourcing to help companies like Amazon and Google detect fraudulent activity on their platforms.

185

4 years ago

A tool for entrepreneurs to manage all of the legal, sales, and accounting documents for their company.

185

4 years ago 2 views

The startup is working on building an open API to enable other platforms to build apps to help shoppers find the right brand by cross-referencing their online shopping history. The startup wants to build an app that lets shoppers find the right brands to buy, based on previous purchases.

184

4 years ago

A startup building a dashboard for small businesses, essentially a toolset that allows small businesses to manage their online presence in one place.

184

2 years ago

A digital equivalent of an insurance policy that allows businesses to better predict and manage risk.

184

5 years ago

"The premise of the premise of the premise..."

182

4 years ago

As startups have left their desks behind, founders have become increasingly worried about their physical whereabouts, and have invented apps to help. In the new book, “Fearless: How to Be Unafraid and Do Anything,” entrepreneurs and founders like Dave McClure, David Karp, and Adam D’Angelo share their stories of building their companies in secret, and how they’ve gained confidence and fearlessness.

182

4 years ago

A social network for personal trainers, aimed at helping trainers have a better online presence and work more effectively with clients.

182

5 years ago

A social network for women who are searching for a job, created by the company that created the job board Ziprecruiter.

181

4 years ago

Building a platform to allow people to make music together. The company wants to bring the “self-expression that comes from music-making together with the community that comes from sharing music on the Internet.”

181

4 years ago

A platform to help entrepreneurs with their logistics, sales, and accounting

180

5 years ago

A “social network for entrepreneurs”, not unlike Instagram, but built for professional networking.

179

5 years ago

A startup that wants to help people manage their debt, using a predictive system that helps them know whether they’re spending too much or too little.

179

4 years ago

A startup that wants to give businesses a way to predict new customers based on the behavior of previous customers.

179

5 years ago

The University of New South Wales presents the Startup Genome annually.

178

5 years ago

A data analytics and visualization tool aimed at people who want to make better marketing decisions for their business. It helps small businesses, startups, and entrepreneurs use data to make more informed decisions about marketing and sales.

178

5 years ago

This startup wants to help the international diplomatic community solve some of the most pressing problems by building an online platform for them to share their expertise.

178

4 years ago

A health insurance platform that focuses on preventive care and wellness.

177

3 years ago

A company that lets people set aside money for their child's college education by investing in a prepaid tuition plan.

177

5 years ago

A startup that wants to help people with depression and anxiety get the most out of life, by providing personalized recommendations on how

176

5 years ago

In the summer of 2016, the Y Combinator Summer School launched a $100,000 scholarship for students who attend the program. The scholarship is awarded to graduate students from underrepresented backgrounds.

176

5 years ago

This is a game that teaches players about the history of transportation, from the earliest days of the wheel to the present. The game has been played over 100 million times.

176

4 years ago

A new way to give businesses an online presence

176

3 years ago

A company that helps restaurants manage their social media presence with their own digital presence.

176

5 years ago

A platform that helps English language learners practice by presenting them with text in a way that will help them understand.

175

5 years ago

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

175

3 years ago

A software company that specialises in the creation of artificial intelligence for time-sensitive tasks like lead generation, web analytics, and predictive analytics.

175

5 years ago

A startup that uses AI to help companies identify and eliminate wasteful expenses by learning from previous transactions.

174

5 years ago

A startup that helps the millions of people who have a food allergy or are just looking for healthier options prepare meals easily.

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

This on-demand laundry service offers a simple and fast solution for cleaning clothes. The service works with a list of preferred dry cleaners and delivers a package of clean clothes.

174

5 years ago 1 views

A CRM for retailers that uses machine learning to predict consumer behavior and then recommend what products to sell based on their past purchases

173

5 years ago

A data science startup focused on building machine learning solutions for the shipping and logistics industry. The company helps companies identify patterns in their data and build predictive models to improve operational efficiency.

173

4 years ago

This is a startup that aims to help entrepreneurs raise money by turning to friends and family for loans.

173

4 years ago

A B2B startup that’s building a platform for finding and combating fraud in online sales. It’s not an entirely new idea, but Ampli is using machine learning to comb through data to try to pre-empt fraudulent transactions.

173

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.

173

3 years ago

An AI-powered platform that lets media teams shorten the time they spend on content creation by identifying which pieces of content will be most popular, as well as predicting the best time to post it.

173

4 years ago

The most recent Y Combinator batch was the most diverse batch to date, with more women than men and fewer white people than previously.

172

4 years ago

A personal chef service that uses an algorithm to help users make better food decisions based on their food preferences.

172

3 years ago 1 views

A startup that helps people build a profile of their past selves and present selves by creating a “personal timeline”.

172

5 years ago

A startup that provides online freelance services to small businesses and entrepreneurs.

171

5 years ago

A collaborative digital design tool for creative entrepreneurs.

171

5 years ago

A B2B company building an AI tool for sales organizations to track and predict sales pipelines.

171

3 years ago

A platform that lets users simulate movements of their hands to get precise control over virtual objects.

171

3 years ago

A social platform for the food industry. The startup wants to be the platform for all of your meal prep activities, from shopping to cooking to shopping for ingredients.

171

3 years ago

This startup is building an AI-powered chatbot assistant for entrepreneurs, to help guide them through their first year, handling things like financial planning, tax preparation, and other needs.

171

2 years ago

A digital service platform for the healthcare industry that allows patients to see their providers, get prescription refills, and schedule tests online.

171

5 years ago

Idea: A startup that helps companies hire entry-level engineers by arming them with a set of pre-screening questions that help them identify potential candidates

170

5 years ago

An IoT startup that uses sensors and algorithms to predict when a vehicle is getting a flat tire, and then alerts the driver.

170

5 years ago

Startup founders are being more aggressive in the US, with a few companies in the last year getting VCs to fund them at seed or Series A-level, when they may have previously been too early.

170

5 years ago

See Thru is building a tool to help entrepreneurs get their ideas into market faster.

170

5 years ago

A company that lets consumers sell pre-owned goods. The company is currently in an early stage of fundraising.

170

4 years ago

"We're a team of entrepreneurs who formed to create a company that helps the world's most powerful brands get more relevant and influential messages sent their way."

170

4 years ago

A software company that starts by building a predictive model for which loans are more likely to default and then uses that model to predict which loans are particularly risky. The company then buys up those loans and uses them as collateral for insurance on other loans.

170

5 years ago

A startup that provides a service for people to help them prepare for an interview

169

5 years ago

A product that helps e-commerce companies send out quick press releases to media outlets.

169

5 years ago

SaaS that helps business owners create a CRM on demand (rather than on premise and using Excel)

169

4 years ago

A “Trump-proof” tax reform calculator that’s pre-populated with the latest tax brackets and deductions to give individuals a better understanding of the proposed tax changes.

169

5 years ago

A startup that provides credit to college students based on their predictive ability of their future grades

168

4 years ago

A startup that wants to get into the R&D process for drug discovery. The startup wants to make the process more efficient through an AI-driven system that can read and interpret thousands of data points to determine the best possible drug targets.

168

4 years ago

A startup that provides comprehensive financial data services to the growing influencer economy.

168

3 years ago

A software company that is building a solution for managing a client’s daily expenses, which they say is easier than using a spreadsheet or creating a budget online.

168

5 years ago

A “big data” solution that helps food companies track their supply chain and predict how much food they’ll need to produce. The startup’s founders say they’ve already signed up over 500 clients, including Walmart, Nestle, and Cargill.

167

5 years ago

This is a mobile application that helps entrepreneurs find, vet and manage teams. It was built by Y Combinator’s own team and is a set of tools that help founders navigate the startup ecosystem.

167

5 years ago

A self-serve platform for saving money on auto insurance or just comparing rates, which they say is “faster, cheaper, and more comprehensive then any other website”. They currently have $2.5 million in monthly recurring revenue and are looking to launch in Miami and Atlanta.

167

4 years ago

A new way to build an app that can be used by anyone to create an app in minutes, from concept to launch. Users can build on top of a pre-built template to produce their own unique app.

167

5 years ago

A new kind of company that uses algorithms and machine learning to predict how well its customers will do in the future. Possible applications include helping companies set up 401k plans that are as good for their employees as they are for the company’s bottom line.

166

3 years ago

An artificial intelligence platform that can be used to help predict and prevent the spread of diseases.

166

3 years ago

The Startup Grind is a podcast network that highlights the best stories in business, technology and startup news. The podcast is produced by TechCrunch, and features interviews with entrepreneurs, founders and investors.

166

3 years ago

A pre-paid card that gives users access to a credit line, allowing them to buy small-ticket items that they don’t want to pay cash for. A debit card with a $5,000 limit.

166

5 years ago

A startup that helps optimize “predictions and projections” for companies.

165

5 years ago

The startup is building a platform that is able to recognize a set of facial expressions and, in real-time, translate them into emotions. It also translates any other language into emotions. The company promises to keep an eye on emotions in real-time, helping businesses avoid misunderstandings and improve customer service.

165

5 years ago

A platform that helps music artists with marketing, merchandising, and tour management. They have also launched a new app, PressPlay, that’s a digital music locker.

165

5 years ago

This is a startup that’s building a data science team for brands in order to get smarter, more predictive and better at predicting the future of marketing

165

5 years ago

This startup is building an AI toolkit for content creators. The idea is to help people be more precise in their work and to help content creators get paid more for it.

165

5 years ago

A mobile payments startup, focused on helping the unbanked in India, that’s created by a team of MIT grads that previously worked at a mobile payments company.

165

4 years ago

A mobile app that helps restaurant workers stay in the kitchen, letting them monitor orders, prep, and cook more efficiently.

165

4 years ago

This startup is building a real-time financial dashboard for entrepreneurs, allowing them to track how much money they are making and how much they’re spending.

165

3 years ago

The big promise of this startup is a way to make your company’s data more usable. The founders say they can help companies get their data out of spreadsheets and into a platform they can actually use.

165

5 years ago

A startup that helps people to buy and sell used cars, which helps save the environment. The entrepreneurs say that they’ve seen a lot of interest in the platform from US car dealerships.

164

5 years ago

Health insurance is so complicated that people often prefer to just pay the tax penalty and ignore it. This startup wants to make health insurance easy, with an automated system encouraging people to enroll and take advantage of the tax savings.

164

5 years ago

The Startup Genome is a biannual report on the state of entrepreneurship. It is produced by a team of researchers from the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. The report is based on interviews with founders about their businesses, the challenges they face, and their plans for the future. The report is intended to give entrepreneurs, investors, and other stakeholders a comprehensive overview of the startup ecosystem in a particular country, and to help predict trends between countries.

164

4 years ago

A startup builder for entrepreneurs, who can create and customize a site within minutes.

164

4 years ago

A startup that offers a platform for entrepreneurs to grow their online presence with social media, email, and live chats.

164

3 years ago

A predictive analytics tool that helps restaurants better understand their customers and plan accordingly.

164

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 startup that uses machine learning to help prevent check fraud.

163

5 years ago

A “smart” hospital bed that monitors patients and adjusts the temperature in response to their health concerns. It also tracks their movements to prevent falls.

163

4 years ago

A company that helps small businesses (both online and in-person) and entrepreneurs borrow money at a lower interest rate.

163

4 years ago

A food delivery service that uses a combination of machine learning and data science to predict how busy a restaurant or store will be, and places the orders accordingly.

163

5 years ago

A startup working on a program to prevent water damage in homes.

162

5 years ago

Wearable sensors that help detect the presence of volatile gases in buildings.

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 web-based company that helps businesses track and manage their expenses. It is company that offers a “price tracking system” in which businesses create a spreadsheet, and then captures all their expenses through the software.

162

5 years ago

A startup that helps companies create quick spreadsheets for their different departments

162

3 years ago

A startup that lets you know if your health insurance policy will pay for a medication before you buy it, essentially providing a “pre-approval” for your doctor to prescribe it.

162

5 years ago

Note: This list is not comprehensive, and does not include all the companies that applied to YC in 2017.

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5 years ago

A way to easily build custom apps from Bootstrap, Wordpress, and Drupal templates.

161

5 years ago

A platform to help college students compare programs and prepare for graduation.

161

5 years ago

A hardware company building a connected kitchen to help manage and measure food preparation.

161

5 years ago

A startup that is building an algorithm that predicts the future of retail.

161

4 years ago

A product that helps people visualize how their social media presence is being used by brands. It’s built for small businesses, and is pitched as a way to help them manage their online reputation.

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 provides a service where people can order a box of pre-selected items for their doorstep

160

5 years ago

A company that helps people easily find local, personal tax preparers. It’s a bit like TaxJar, which helps make tax season less painful.

160

5 years ago

This is a tool for people who want to get paid to write content for others, and it’s built on the WordPress platform. It lets people write blog posts, copywriting articles, or any other type of content for clients.

160

5 years ago

A startup that uses artificial intelligence to predict where companies will be in three years. They’re based in Philadelphia but working with clients around the world.

160

5 years ago

A company that makes both low-cost and premium products for the fashion industry. The premium products include the T-shirt, the slim-fit denim, and the leather jacket. The company is also manufacturing a line of eyewear, and it recently launched a line of knitwear for women.

160

5 years ago

A startup that creates a turnkey system to help entrepreneurs get started in the right direction

159

5 years ago

A startup that wants to make it easy for developers to build and host websites of their own Think of it like WordPresscom, but for developers

159

5 years ago

A company that is building a model to predict food allergies that can be used by the food industry to help them produce more nutritious, less allergenic food.

159

5 years ago

A chat bot that lets people through meditation than can be used to help people battle depression

159

5 years ago

A way to monitor, measure and prevent “cybercrime”. The startup is currently being used by the United States Department of Defense to fight cybercrime.

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 provides new business development software to help entrepreneurs and small businesses scale up their businesses.

159

5 years ago

A platform that aims to help businesses with their growing digital presence in fashion and retail. They currently have 1,000 merchants and $2.5 million in revenue.

159

5 years ago

A startup for building and selling websites using pre-made templates.

159

4 years ago 2 views

WeWork, which lets you rent out desks and office space by the hour, is expanding its services to include space for meetings, presentations, and training.

159

3 years ago

A platform that helps insurance companies negotiate lower premiums with patients.

159

5 years ago

A startup for pre-owned tablets.

158

5 years ago

Meetup is a platform for people to meet up in person and interact with each other. It's especially useful for groups that have members spread across different cities or different countries.

158

5 years ago

A company that predicts how much a customer is willing to spend on a new product and then serves up the product based on that prediction.

158

5 years ago

a company that helps customers in Europe manage their money quickly and easily. Its first product will be a prepaid Visa card that can be loaded with cash through a debit card.

158

5 years ago

This is a startup that helps start-ups and entrepreneurs get funding from family offices and institutions.

158

5 years ago

This’s the second time around for the company, which previously launched a version of its product in China in 2017, and lost most of its customers after the Chinese government blocked its service.

158

5 years ago

"The world’s first social dating app for underrepresented groups,” which is to say, people of color.

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 uses a software program to crunch open data to predict land value The startup claims that it can predict land value more accurately than appraisers and cheaper than buying survey data

157

5 years ago

A startup that uses AI and machine learning to build financial tools that are better at predicting risk.

157

5 years ago

A company that helps companies build a global presence for their products without having to hire overseas workers

157

5 years ago

This startup lets employers create employee referral programs and sells the referral fees. The startup’s customers include companies like Wayfair, Zillow, and American Express.

157

5 years ago

A crowdfunding platform that aims to help entrepreneurs pitch their projects on a more intimate level. It’s a tool to help founders speak directly to the crowd without the need for a large team of people. It’s currently in private beta.

157

5 years ago

A company that helps banks with digital transformation. The startup wants to help banks develop their online presence by making it easier for them to communicate with customers.

157

3 years ago

A startup that helps people create a business plan for what they want to do. The company, which is still early-stage, wants to help people with their business plans to help them gauge whether entrepreneurship is right for them.

157

3 years ago

A company that seeks to use behavioral science, data and technology to help people with financial and entrepreneurial goals.

157

5 years ago

A health-maintenance company for the elderly, focusing on their social needs. The company’s founder and president, Alejandro Ortiz, said that for many older people, social engagement often goes missing, making it harder for them to stay healthy.

156

5 years ago

A startup that wants to make it easier for people to take a quiz to see which of their tastes and preferences are similar to which of their friends’.

156

5 years ago

A tool to help predict and prevent the spread of malware, malware-related scams, and other malicious software.

156

5 years ago

A team who wants to build a platform for doctors to manage prescriptions and patient records.

156

5 years ago

This startup started in the Y Combinator summer 2017 batch and has a goal of “empowering people around the world to express their identities, express their gender, and be accepted for who they are.”

156

4 years ago

A company that helps companies hire and train in-person apprentices. The company works with a network of companies to match up novices and experienced businesses, creating a system of apprenticeships that lets companies save money and still have their hands on the newest tech.

156

5 years ago

A startup that lets you do to your social media presence what you do to your personal email: use AI to curate your feed, and personalize it.

155

5 years ago

This startup offers an “unbiased” way to tell which colleges are the best for a student based on his or her preferences. The company uses data from the U.S. Department of Education to compare institutions based on various metrics like peer competition and graduation rates.

155

5 years ago

A startup that wants to “build a better IDE” for mobile apps, with features like a live preview of changes to code.

155

5 years ago

A tool designed to bring transparency to the loan origination process, helping to prevent fraud, identify the best loan products, and save lenders money.

155

5 years ago

This app helps you manage your Twitter presence by allowing you to post Tweets in bulk with an interface that helps you organize and schedule your posts.

154

5 years ago

A company that sends workers out to measure sites for a precise fit for solar panels

154

5 years ago

A startup that is building an AI-based system that predicts how a person will perform at a job, based on common traits.

154

5 years ago

A startup that provides a service where people can hire someone to help them with their social media presence (ie post on facebook, tweet, etc)

153

5 years ago

A startup that people with depression can use to get treatment

153

5 years ago

A startup that gives people a way to create a mascot to represent their business

153

5 years ago

A startup that wants to make it easier for businesses to build their own online store. Instead of a lengthy process of building an e-commerce site themselves, the startup will make it easy for a business to buy in to a pre-built site.

153

5 years ago

A venture for helping people find and book cheap flights on both domestic and international flights. The startup is a spin-off of co-founder and CEO Zachary Mider’s previous startup, which is also focused on domestic flights.

153

5 years ago 1 views

Online content creation and distribution company that has helped over 250,000 artists and entrepreneurs connect with brands like Nike, Dell, Mercedez-Benz, and Amazon.

153

5 years ago

A tool to help doctors in the U.S. prescribe digital pills.

153

3 years ago

A data science startup that provides tools and services to detect and prevent fraud.

153

3 years ago

A personalized wardrobe service that helps you choose what to wear based on your style and preferences.

153

5 years ago

A $1 billion startup that sells customized health insurance plans for startups and entrepreneurs.

152

5 years ago

A company that helps employees with allergies prevent reactions to the things they eat, rather than just dealing with them after a reaction occurs.

152

5 years ago

A startup that helps people find and buy homes for $1,000, and is backed by former President Bill Clinton.

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

A platform that helps you make never-ending, premium video content for your YouTube channel. It allows creators to generate content and not worry about the ad revenue.

152

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.

152

5 years ago

A company founded by a team of Stanford and Berkeley researchers that uses AI to detect and prevent fraud. The software aims to detect when a person is trying to make a credit card purchase in a store and notify the appropriate employees, who can then stop the transaction.

152

4 years ago

A mobile app for businesses that represent the next generation of mobile commerce. The startup built a platform for Facebook to build its Messenger platform into businesses, and has 10,000 businesses using it.

152

3 years ago

A platform that allows travelers to book airfare and hotels in advance. The startup is building a software platform that will help airlines, hotels and consumers make better decisions on travel with technology that is both predictive and personalized.

152

5 years ago

A startup that helps international entrepreneurs network with each other in their city

151

5 years ago

A startup that provides a service to help people with cleaning up their digital presence For example, helping people close

151

5 years ago

A startup with a tool that allows beermakers to test their beers without having to brew their own. The startup, which has been around for about four years, says they have 10 customers that are testing its pre-brewed beer.

151

5 years ago

An organization for entrepreneurs and start-ups in the New York area. The startup is building a digital community with a curated marketplace for mentors, events, and funding.

151

5 years ago

A software-as-a-service platform for banks, designed to provide a consistent and comprehensive experience for users and businesses.

151

5 years ago

Matching job seekers with employers, coupled with goal-setting and coaching, could help reduce the representation of men in the American workforce.

151

5 years ago

A startup that takes a tax-prep checklist and places it online, so that people can use it to prepare their taxes at any time.

151

5 years ago

This company’s founders were previously in the gaming industry, and want to help make that industry more inclusive. The startup is building a platform to help game developers with user acquisition and retention by building in features for “people of color, women, and LGBTQ people.”

151

5 years ago

This startup is building a platform for biopharmaceutical companies to build a custom prescription drug formulary, or a list of drugs that doctors are allowed to prescribe to patients.

151

5 years ago

This company wants to teach people how to be a good entrepreneur. The company’s founder is Anand Rajaraman, who ran a business development and strategy practice at Amazon and Google for more than a decade.

151

5 years ago

A company that wants to use artificial intelligence to help people grow their Instagram presence.

151

5 years ago

Cone.io is a SaaS platform that allows companies to build their own social media presence on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram.

151

5 years ago

Lever provides a free, open source platform for all kinds of digital content including documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and even video. Lever is transforming the way people collaborate and learn.

151

4 years ago

A company that aims to help users identify how much they are spending on their utilities each month, and help companies better predict demand.

151

3 years ago

A startup that helps people with dementia to maintain their independence. The startup makes a portable device that helps seniors remember their own schedules and preferences.

151

5 years ago

A startup that gives data on the role of the press in different countries, and what countries are most open to outside reporters.

150

5 years ago

A new form of social networking where users input specific preferences about the people they want to meet, rather than using the usual “like” or “dislike” functions.

150

5 years ago

A software platform that allows companies to use their own data to build predictive models.

150

5 years ago

This is a startup that helps businesses demo their products on the web, using pre-made widgets that look like online store pages.

150

5 years ago 1 views

A startup that uses the power of past sales information to predict returns on investments, helping investors make better financial decisions.

150

5 years ago

A startup that helps business owners and entrepreneurs set up corporate accounts and work with their bank from anywhere.

150

5 years ago

A platform that enables big businesses to automate their customer service, using AI and ML to predict customer satisfaction and easy ways to solve customer problems.

150

5 years ago

A startup that provides a service to help people who are getting divorced (I would prefer this to be a service that provides advice on how to get through the divorce)

149

5 years ago

This company is building a way to leverage the 50 million unclaimed American Express rewards cards that are sitting in a dormant state, unclaimed. The company wants to make it easier for companies to manage those rewards cards.

149

5 years ago

The list is not all-inclusive, but we've tried to include a representative sample of the many companies, startups, and other organizations in the Philadelphia tech scene.

149

5 years ago

A virtual assistant that predicts the weather for cities around the world, including New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris, Tokyo, and Mumbai.

149

5 years ago

A smartphone app that helps patients help themselves. The app helps users manage their prescriptions, so they can take medications at the right time, and refill them before they run out. It also serves as a reminder to patients that they’re taking their meds, and will remind them when their prescriptions are about to expire.

149

5 years ago

A group of entrepreneurs who were tasked with building out the Internet of Things for the US government. The team is building a programmable thermostat, which they say will “change the way people live and work”.

149

5 years ago

The Startup Grind podcast is a weekly podcast about entrepreneurship, hosted by founders of SBJ’s own portfolio companies.

149

5 years ago

A venture-backed accelerator that prepares social-media influencers to launch their own online ventures, helping them manage their social-media buzz and their brand and how they interact with the public.

149

5 years ago

A platform that helps people find apprenticeships, and connect with employers.

149

5 years ago

A startup for people who want to start a business, but don’t have the time or resources to actually do it. The app aims to provide education, mentoring, and a place where entrepreneurs can network.

149

5 years ago

An iPhone-based app for tracking your health and habits, along with the data from your FitBit. The app averages out your personal data and presents a picture of how healthy you are overall.

149

5 years ago

A digital bank account for the Philippines. The startup is currently in pre-launch, and has nearly 200,000 members.

149

5 years ago

A program to help small businesses and entrepreneurs with their bookkeeping.

149

5 years ago

A platform to help users manage and make sense of their music libraries. It’s a Spotify for non-premium users.

149

4 years ago

A digital incense burner that allows instant customized incense creations, with options to purchase pre-made incense packs.

149

5 years ago

An enterprise application designed to help companies manage the spread of malware and security threats. The startup is built on a platform that provides IT teams with a single view of all of the company’s security threats, allowing them to prioritize and control those threats without wasting time.

148

5 years ago

A travel management system for businesses, which enables them to book travel for clients and manage that travel, including meal preferences.

148

5 years ago

The following startups were all listed in the “premier” category at TechCrunch Disrupt SF, but didn’t make the final cut to the demo stage of the event.

148

5 years ago

A startup that wants to get more people to express themselves through GIFs in the hopes that people will create better-looking ones.

148

5 years ago

A company that provides software for doctors to share information about their patients. The software automates the process of these records and allows the doctor to focus on more pressing tasks.

148

3 years ago

A way to help small businesses grow their presence on social media via a 'shopify for small businesses' platform.

148

5 years ago

A travel booking app that uses AI to create itineraries for users based on their preferences. It launched in early July.

147

5 years ago

A company that brings internet of things-style technology to the previously non-internet-connected, like home appliances. It’s a home monitoring hub that allows you to control things like your lights and heating from your smartphone.

147

5 years ago

A health insurance product that allows people to pay monthly premiums for a low deductible, and then cover the rest.

147

5 years ago

This company uses algorithms to predict what things you like based on your online browsing history and then matches you with like-minded people for future purchases.

147

5 years ago

A predictive model that recommends products based on the person’s age and income, and also if it’s a “special occasion”.

147

5 years ago

"Idea 2.0 is a tool for entrepreneurs to help them learn about new technologies in the market and network together. It’s the Uber of technology conferences. The conference is in its second year and has had over 1,000 attendees and 300+ speakers from 45 countries. The conference’s format is based on the model of Airbnb, where the host gets to pick the guests. The guest list is highly curated and the speakers are handpicked by the company’s CEO. The conference has been very well received by attendees and has been named a Top 10 conference in the US in 2018.

147

5 years ago

A company that helps lawyers fight fraud and stop identity theft, as well as help businesses prevent tech support fraud and hacking.

147

5 years ago

TechCrunch’s IPOs have been pretty good over the past decade. The 14 most recent IPOs have collectively brought in $2.4 billion as of April 2018, according to research from Pitchbook.

147

5 years ago

A platform that helps retailers figure out how to attract more customers through social media. It uses a combination of data and algorithms to predict who will sign up for their credit card, and who will visit their physical store.

147

4 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

A startup that helps brands create their own social media. The company is building a tool for brands to create a social media presence on other social media networks and manage their presence on them.

146

5 years ago

This is a non-profit that gives "micro-loans" to entrepreneurs in Laos so they can start businesses. The startup has raised $50,000 in seed funding.

146

5 years ago

This startup is a platform that allows shoppers to send gifts to any other shopper with a linked debit or credit card, or even a prepaid card.

146

5 years ago

A startup that uses AI and machine learning to help companies predict their customers’ behavior, and to craft customer experiences better suited to those behaviors.

146

5 years ago

A company that helps prevent data breaches. The startup’s software uses a “trusted data model” to protect data, and prevent hackers from accessing it.

146

5 years ago

The company is building a platform that brings restaurant recommendations to digital platforms, allowing users to receive a personalized dining experience that’s tailored to their preferences.

146

5 years ago

A podcast network with a focus on “unscripted” storytelling, by people who are not professional journalists. It’s designed to free creative people from the pressure of telling stories they’ve been told to tell.

146

5 years ago

Gives entrepreneurs and startups easy access to the hardware they need to build and run their business. Founded by a former Microsoft engineer, the company has raised $2.5M and is launching in beta today.

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 way to help fast food restaurants manage the waste they produce in their kitchens and on their premises. For every burger they’re able to cut, the startup is able to feed a human in need.

146

4 years ago

This startup is producing the next generation of technologies that can detect and remove water in buildings to prevent mold, bacteria, and other harmful microbes from growing.

146

4 years ago

"Idea" is a series of articles that provide a comprehensive overview of the startup scene in a given area. The goal is to highlight the most interesting and unique startups in a given city.

146

3 years ago

This is a service that helps car dealerships automate the process of selling cars through customer service. It’s a way to outsource the work of selling cars to customer service representatives.

146

5 years ago

The Tampa Bay, Florida-based startup is building a platform that allows users to search for and access previously stolen goods.

145

5 years ago

A startup that aims to bring the transparency of online voting to the world of online retail, where many retailers don’t always do their best to represent their products to their customers.

145

5 years ago

A tool that helps programmers build and execute microservices-based applications on any cloud or on-premise infrastructure. This is a startup that is building its own infrastructure on top of AWS.

145

5 years ago

This startup is building a telepresence technology that allows you to virtually work from home.

145

5 years ago

A company that wants to fund and manage the creation of new content in the form of online videos or podcasts. It is backed by former CNN president Jonathan Klein and has raised $7 million from investors and is already active in several markets, including the UK.

145

5 years ago

This startup is building a tool that helps restaurants manage the costs of delivery, predicting when customers will order and then using predictive analytics to ensure food is available when they need it.

145

5 years ago

A digital platform for managing a team’s social media presence.

145

4 years ago

A company that helps businesses in Latin America build out their online presence.

145

4 years ago

A data product that coordinates the spread of data across government, health care, and media-saturated organizations. The startup wants to make it easier for people to share their personal data, and more easily with companies they don’t trust.

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

A company that helps connect individuals and families to caregivers, offering them a premium subscription service.

144

5 years ago

A startup that helps users record their ideas in the form of a video, which they can then share with others. The app’s goal is to make it easier for people to express themselves.

144

5 years ago 1 views

A startup that wants to help people build websites faster, especially people with little-to-no experience in web development. It wants to help people build websites with WordPress, using AI and machine learning to analyze code and then rebuild the site.

144

5 years ago

The startup is building a self-learning AI that can help brands predict customer behavior and determine what products to sell.

144

5 years ago

A data platform that helps detect, prevent, and mitigate fraud on all payments. It works with banks, Venmo, and Western Union.

144

5 years ago

The startup is building a marketplace for people looking to sell or buy items that have been previously owned by celebrities.

144

5 years ago

This startup is building a credit scoring system that combines traditional FICO scores with an algorithm it’s using to predict the likelihood that a person will default on a credit card.

144

5 years ago

A group of entrepreneurs working to redesign the dating app from the ground up.

144

3 years ago

A kitchen appliance that assists you with meal planning, grocery shopping and meal preparation.

144

5 years ago

This startup wants to provide users with a platform to create personalized content across different platforms. The company describes it as a Snapchat for creative expressions.

143

5 years ago

A tool that helps companies set up predictive maintenance timers for their equipment.

143

5 years ago

A platform for online job listings that helps users find the right job for them. It’s also trying to fight discrimination by allowing users to see what the company’s algorithms predict they’ll be paid before submitting a resume.

143

5 years ago

A web-based platform to make it easy for businesses to grow their social media presence, through tools like a social media management dashboard, a social media scheduling tool, and a social media optimization tool.

143

5 years ago

A web-based P2P lending platform that uses the blockchain to ensure the cashflow of the loan, using AI to predict default rates.

143

5 years ago

A machine learning startup that wants to build a predictive model of your business to help you make better decisions.

143

5 years ago

A startup that makes crockpot meals. Crockpot enables users to pre-order a custom meal from a variety of restaurants and have it delivered. It’s currently in the test phase, and looking to raise a seed round to grow and launch.

143

5 years ago

The app uses algorithms to predict the likelihood that a person will commit suicide. It then sends the person a message to remind them to seek help.

143

5 years ago

The startup’s goal is to help users achieve a more “authentic” online presence. They’re building software that allows users to design their own avatars, choosing from a variety of “personas”, which can be used on other platforms, like Facebook, Twitter, or other social networks.

143

5 years ago

Trying to arm the elderly with a health monitoring device that allows them to get reminders about medication, blood pressure, and other dangerous health conditions.

143

5 years ago

A startup using machine learning to predict which loans a prospective buyer would default on the most.

143

4 years ago

A startup that “aims to help entrepreneurs build products that are fit for the mainstream market” with their software as a service platform. They have $4.5 million in funding.

143

3 years ago

A product that helps people with chronic pain by suggesting medicines that are complementary to other treatments, preventing them from having to stop their treatment unnecessarily.

143

3 years ago

Businesses that have a permanent physical presence in a city can now use Google Maps to check the status of their storefront — whether it’s open or closed — and see when it will open.

143

2 years ago

This startup is building a network of “micro-entrepreneurs” to help them expand their businesses.

143

5 years ago

This app is a replacement for spreadsheets. The app helps users manage every aspect of their finances, including contracts, invoices, and approvals. The startup offers a monthly subscription fee for the software and gives users a free trial period.

142

5 years ago

A startup that wants to build a predictive analytics platform that analyses video to determine what’s going on in the game. It’s good for fantasy leagues and betting.

142

5 years ago

A “Kiva for the world”, allowing investors to crowdfund for loans to entrepreneurs in emerging markets.

142

5 years ago

A content management system built on a social media platform, designed for agencies, PR professionals and creative entrepreneurs

142

5 years ago

People who want to start a company but don’t know how to do so can learn to do it from this startup. They teach entrepreneurs how to raise small amounts of money, how to run a team, and how to keep track of their business.

142

5 years ago

This is a “Y Combinator for entrepreneurs”, where people can get feedback and advice from Y Combinator alumni.

142

5 years ago

The company is building a tool for makers to test their products, with the goal of making failure less painful and more predictable.

142

5 years ago

A startup that promises to improve the reliability of your WiFi, by giving you a constant connection to the internet even when you’re in an area with weak signals. The idea is pretty simple — by bouncing a signal off of a cell tower, the startup is able to provide a stronger signal to the device. At the moment, it’s in a sort of alpha stage — the company will be launching a Kickstarter in early 2016 to help fund a smartphone app, which will then be released for the general public.

142

5 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses track repairs, maintenance, and replacements rather than having to rely on spreadsheets and stops receiving Ubers and other ride-share services.

142

5 years ago

A company that allows entrepreneurs to raise money with their credit cards (and pay back later with future earnings).

142

4 years ago

A company that aims to develop a pay-as-you-go model for travel, combining the convenience of an app with the cost-cutting of a prepaid plan.

142

3 years ago

An online platform for pre-screening candidates before speaking engagements, meant to be used as a way to filter potentially unsuitable candidates.

142

3 years ago

A company that helps companies use AI to predict customer spending. The startup wants to help companies build products that customers will want to purchase.

142

3 years ago

A comprehensive technology solution that supports the delivery of video content, from broadcast to pre-recorded video to live event video. The startup provides production services, and is another YC alum.

142

5 years ago

A startup that enables doctors to treat patients with diabetes by prescribing them low-cost glucose-monitoring devices. The startup is partnered with the American Diabetes Association and has already provided over 10,000 glucose monitoring devices to patients in the US.

141

5 years ago

A digital health platform for employees that allows them to book medical appointments, track usage, and get feedback from a doctor. The company wants to use machine learning to predict when employees are likely to need care, and to allow for more timely and personalized care, making it more efficient for employers.

141

5 years ago

A digital platform that helps entrepreneurs find investors.

141

5 years ago

A credit reporting agency that uses AI to predict a person’s financial risk.

141

5 years ago

A renewable energy startup that helps entrepreneurs build solar projects. The company says it installed over 2 megawatts last year and has plans to install more this year.

141

5 years ago

A tool for cleaning and organizing deprecated connections from a Slack workspace.

141

5 years ago

A B2B company that helps entrepreneurs know what it takes to get their software products approved for use in the market.

141

4 years ago

A project backed by the President of Brazil to develop the country’s cabs.

141

4 years ago

A startup that wants to create a social messaging tool that integrates with Facebook. The business is built around answering questions with a dropdown menu of pre-approved answers.

141

5 years ago

A startup that provides a service where you can order healthy meals that are pre-plated and delivered to your house

140

5 years ago

A platform that connects people looking to go back to school with students willing to help each other out with things like homework, tutoring, and test prep. The founders say they’ve already helped more than 6,000 students fill out their applications and get into the class of their dreams.

140

5 years ago

A startup that helps small business owners manage and grow their business across the internet by allowing them to create a virtual storefront, and tap into the expertise of other entrepreneurs.

140

5 years ago

This startup will help people create powerpoint-style presentations with built-in live video.

140

5 years ago

"Wired" magazine named the list of the "75 Smartest Entrepreneurs in Technology" on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the magazine.

140

5 years ago

A startup that lets users upload, preview and purchase a pre-made selection of stock photos from thousands of professional photographers and stock photo agencies. Users can save money by purchasing images from photographers at lower than standard rates, and then have them professionally curated by the company.

140

5 years ago

A software platform for creating presentations for meetings and meetings for presentations.

140

5 years ago

This is a startup that’s building a personalized fitness plan for you based on your fitness goals, and your preferences like what music you like, which music to play, and what kind of food you like. It’s like an Uber for fitness.

140

5 years ago

A platform that helps entrepreneurs in the Middle East launch their own companies in the U.S.

140

3 years ago

Want to get your employees to pay attention to their company’s social media presence but don’t want to manage the content yourself

140

5 years ago

The following were selected by our judges in a preliminary round of judging:

139

5 years ago

A startup that helps to ensure that you’re not being cheated by local taxi drivers. The startup offers a database of pre-vetted taxi drivers, helping to ensure that you’re taken to the right place, and not taken to a dodgy place.

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5 years ago

A platform that helps colleges and universities manage and share course-related data. The company claims to have over 300 clients, and at present has over 10M enrolled students.

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5 years ago

A software company that helps companies build out their marketing automation systems, allowing them to focus on the marketing tasks they know how to do well rather than managing spreadsheets.

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5 years ago

A platform for small businesses in South Africa to connect to other businesses, build their online presence, and start selling.

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5 years ago

A startup that’s building a tool to help companies manage their social media presence from a single dashboard. It currently has $12,000 in monthly recurring revenue, and charges a flat $5 monthly fee.

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5 years ago

A “data mining tool for healthcare companies” that aims to reduce the time it takes to build predictive models for their customers, and to help them make better decisions on who to target for their products.

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3 years ago

A premium version for 100,000 users will get faster access, no ads, and other benefits.

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3 years ago

The District app helps people find a lawyer, file a case if needed, and get legal advice. It’s a digital platform that helps people find legal representation and decision support.

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2 years ago

A tool that allows you to connect with people to find out their preferred pricing and terms for an item.

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5 years ago

A mobile-first bank focused on small business owners and entrepreneurs.

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5 years ago

A use case-based apprenticeship platform for nurses, health technicians, and other healthcare professionals.

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4 years ago

The startup is building software to help organizations grow their social media presence, providing a more automated process for adding a Twitter handle, Facebook page, and Instagram account.

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3 years ago

A startup that provides health insurance by matching employers with employees to help mitigate the financial risk of employees with pre-existing conditions.

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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.

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5 years ago

A startup that’s building an AI to help predict the future of the US government by monitoring and analyzing data and information.

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5 years ago

A platform that lets you manage your video and social media presence from one place, allowing you to have a single profile across a variety of social networks.

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5 years ago

An online marketplace for digital goods and services, built on the premise that a closed loop market can be established within an existing open market (e.g. Facebook)

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5 years ago

Centrify Corporate Services is a cloud-based managed services provider that helps enterprises bring their on-premises Microsoft-based services into the cloud.

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5 years ago

A company that helps people in the US get discounts, gifts, and discounts on their prescriptions. It’s currently for people with high-deductible insurance plans.

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5 years ago

An AI engine that predicts where customers will shop and when they will shop, then puts the right products in the right place at the right time.

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3 years ago

In July, the Brazilian government canceled a $500 million investment in Uber. In response, Uber Brazil has been building a team of 150 to prepare for its eventual return to the country.

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5 years ago

A company that provides sign-language interpreters for the deaf

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5 years ago

A digital platform that allows users to build and share images and designs with other users. The company is working with a number of brands, including Walmart and Target, to boost their presence on social media.

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5 years ago

A company that’s building a “novel” construction management system for construction projects that use “smart data” to predict how expensive a project will be down to the square foot of a building. It’s meant to replace the current method where a project management team manually calculates the costs.

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5 years ago

A software company that uses AI to predict your monthly credit card payments, based on your current spending.

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5 years ago

Startup building software for farmers to help them understand weather patterns and predict crop yields. It also plans to create a bank for farmers, and expand into a larger platform for farmers to exchange information.

136

5 years ago

A digital platform that helps medical professionals collaborate and share prescriptions.

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5 years ago

A tool for entrepreneurs and business owners to manage their sales pipeline.

136

3 years ago

A company that wants to help entrepreneurs become “lean” in their products.

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5 years ago

A startup that provides a mobile app for group bookings, with a smart algorithm that learns how guests prefer to travel together.

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5 years ago

A company that helps companies book tours and events at museums and galleries. The startup’s founders previously worked at the Louvre, and want to help them grow their business in the UK, US, and Canada.

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5 years ago

A company that helps businesses build their customer base, using an email tool that can send personalized content based on preferences.

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5 years ago

A company that makes systems for detecting and preventing fraudulent transactions and identity theft.

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5 years ago

A digital agency helping brands build, build, build their online presence.

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5 years ago

A web-based platform that prevents employees from falling asleep at their desks.

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5 years ago

Cored is a healthcare startup looking to use artificial intelligence and data to predict and monitor a patient’s medical outcomes. The company currently has a team of PhDs and uses IBM Watson and Amazon Mechanical Turk to do its work.

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5 years ago

A portfolio app for young entrepreneurs, giving them a place to showcase their work by way of a digital portfolio.

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3 years ago

A company that uses AI to analyze and predict customer behavior which can be used to improve the company’s products and make them more useful.

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3 years ago

A startup with a simple, monthly subscription-based service that helps you manage your online presence.

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3 years ago

A startup where designers and entrepreneurs can connect, share ideas, and collaborate on projects.

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5 years ago

Idea: A startup that helps utilities identify and prevent blackouts, utilizing machine learning and satellite imagery to predict when the grid will fail

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5 years ago

A startup that makes it easier to hire freelance workers through a platform that allows managers to post jobs, and then compare candidates based on credentials, previous work, and social recommendations.

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5 years ago

A digital marketplace for pre-made email newsletters. They say they’re building the email equivalent of Amazon’s marketplace.

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5 years ago

A restaurant-like space in a building that lets local entrepreneurs run a curated collection of food businesses — a quick-service restaurant, a coffee shop, an ice cream parlor, a bakery, etc. — in a single location. The space also offers shared office space and has a private chef who can cook for customers.

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5 years ago

A new product from Zensci that uses AI to predict what customers want.

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5 years ago

A tiny startup with a big mission: it wants to find out what happens to coral reefs when they are threatened by climate change. The company has launched a stand up paddleboard to see how much pollution and sediment a reef can handle, and wants to combine this with data from satellites and drones. The startup also wants to restore coral reefs and is building a drone to do this. It plans to use this data to create predictive models of how reefs could react to climate change.

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5 years ago

A B2B company that helps companies create a network of suppliers and vendors based in other countries to help save their clients money and prevent fraud. The company is launching in the US to manage supply chains in the US, China, and Europe.

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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.

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4 years ago

The company is building an app that uses artificial intelligence to try to predict what you’re going to want based on what you’ve bought before.

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3 years ago

A data analytics platform that helps companies understand the relationship between customers, sales, and other metrics. The platform crawls through hundreds of thousands of data points and runs machine learning models to predict what should happen next in a customer’s behavior. The startup is still in beta.

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5 years ago

A startup that provides a service for people to record a speech or presentation and then have it transcribed

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5 years ago

A startup that helps MIT researchers start new companies. It’s a new twist on a classic idea, as the startup connects entrepreneurs with researchers to facilitate their work.

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5 years ago

This company uses AI to help companies detect and prevent fraud.

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3 years ago

A “mobile pharmacy” that aims to solve a problem faced by too many small companies — employees who work from home often need prescription refills.

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5 years ago

A tool that delivers content based on the interests of users. The startup has built a platform where users are able to express their interests, and then receive content that is tailored to their tastes.

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5 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses market to homebuyers. Their product is a “premier content marketing platform” that utilizes detailed data about a dozen variables, including income, credit score, and the type of property they’re looking for.

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5 years ago

An AI-driven (no more than 20 people) enterprise software company that is using “human intelligence” to predict and prevent customer churn.

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5 years ago

A new kind of social networking platform that gives users their own personal “safe space” within the network. The site is focused on being a safe place for people to express themselves, and is designed to be a safe space for people of all types, but especially for those who are marginalized.

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5 years ago

A SaaS platform that helps a company “improve its brand by engaging with its customers and creating a more compelling experience for the consumer.” It helps brands create content, establish a presence and grow their customer base.

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5 years ago

A tool that helps you schedule and manage your social media presence.

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5 years ago

This startup is looking to prevent the spread of the Zika virus and other mosquito borne illnesses by manufacturing naturally repellent sunscreen that users can apply to their skin.

132

5 years ago

An “entrepreneur” app that helps you read business books at your own pace.

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5 years ago

A health insurance company that covers “no-care” expenses for patients with chronic illness. Keeps health premiums low by covering expenses like dental and vision, with a background check.

132

5 years ago

A startup that wants to replace the traditional annual tax prep software with one that can be used to help employees and independent contractors file their taxes with ease.

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5 years ago

They’re building a credit scoring platform that looks at your credit history, social media presence, and other things to predict your creditworthiness.

132

5 years ago

A company that makes a cloud-based service for small businesses that allows them to collaborate in real-time and access their spreadsheets in the cloud.

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4 years ago

This startup has an app that helps people save for retirement. It’s a tool for people who haven’t had the time to prepare for retirement, but who are now approaching it.

132

5 years ago

A company that’s building a web app that makes it easy for non-technical users to create and update documents, spreadsheets, and presentations.

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5 years ago

Pinlighter is an online service for drugstores that gives customers a fast, easy, and personalized way to comparison-shop for prescription drugs. The startup, which has raised $2.3M, was founded in October 2015 and now has more than 1,000 customers in the Chicago area.

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5 years ago

A virtual assistant that can respond to people in over 70 languages, and who can also be integrated into the Amazon Echo and Google Home products. The team is also developing a smart speaker that can take in natural language input and respond with a preset answer.

131

5 years ago

A startup looking to help entrepreneurs in Africa start and grow businesses based on their unique needs.

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5 years ago

A startup that helps you create customized “sampler packs” of music. The startup wants to build an algorithm that lets users produce personalized mixes, or albums, without the need to upload music. Instead, users create a “profile” of songs and artists they like, and the system then chooses other songs the user likes and creates an album, including tracklists. The service is currently free, with plans starting at $5 per month for premium features.

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5 years ago

The startup operates a women’s-only workspace that allows female entrepreneurs to connect and build new ideas.

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5 years ago

A startup for female entrepreneurs where they can share products and get feedback, plus other resources.

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5 years ago

A travel booking service for customers who prefer to stay in a more local or independent hotel. The company wants to make the whole booking process faster and more intuitive.

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5 years ago

A startup that helps people manage their social media presence, making sure they aren’t posting the same content too often.

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5 years ago

This startup is creating a chatbot that will help users find the best deal on airline tickets, and provide recommendations based on personal preferences.

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3 years ago

Based in India, this startup is building software for managing a family farm. They use a combination of traditional tools and tech for their operations, featuring an irrigation system that can predict which fields need water, a digital record-keeping suite, and a series of IoT devices for farm management.

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5 years ago

“A premium app store with an emphasis on quality,” aiming to have a “curated selection of apps” that are not available anywhere else.

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5 years ago

A tool to help people track their expenses on the web. It’s currently pre-beta, however.

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5 years ago

A real estate company that helps people buy pre-owned homes via a mobile app.

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5 years ago

In an effort to identify people who are interested in starting a business, the Y Combinator Summer School offers select entrepreneurs the opportunity to learn from Y Combinator fellows while also receiving mentorship from Y Combinator partners. Since the school’s launch in 2011, over 400 students from around the world have participated.

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5 years ago

A startup that makes it easy for non-programmers to spread their own ideas together with others in real time. The company has been building a community of online users to ask and answer questions in a Q&A format.

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5 years ago

A tool for measuring traffic patterns in real time and making predictions

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5 years ago

A sales tool for companies with an online presence, allowing them to get email addresses for leads and salespeople.

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5 years ago

A startup that aims to use machine learning to predict which people will be most receptive to a new product.

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4 years ago

The app will allow people to search and buy flights at any time of day, choosing from direct flights, travel agencies, or their preferred airlines.

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5 years ago

A company that’s building tools for non-profit organizations to track and publish donations and donors, as well as tools for those organizations to track and publish their own press.

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5 years ago

A startup that wants to help organizations build better customer service experiences. The startup builds artificial intelligence to help organizations capture customer insights with its software. It claims to be able to predict customer service issues by scanning a customer’s social media activity.

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5 years ago

We also did a deep dive in an article about the class, including a video from the press conference.

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5 years ago

A product that tracks the digital footprints of their clients (by tracking device signals) and then uses machine learning algorithms to predict what they’re going to do next. They want to use this data to build a digital reputation system for brands.

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5 years ago

A startup that allows users to automate their interactions with Uber. A spin on the existent “Uber for X” category, Upply pulls in Uber data and uses a predictive algorithm to help predict what a user is likely to say in an Uber interaction and then use that to automate the interaction.

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5 years ago

In the summer of 2016, Y Combinator opened a office in London to focus on Europe. The office is headed by Laura Simpson, who previously worked at eBay, and has joined the Y Combinator London team. Y Combinator London is focused on advising and investing in European startups and is led by Stephen O’Grady, who previously worked at Twitter, Google, and Yahoo.

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5 years ago

A tool that allows people to create their own digital currency, or “pre-sale tokens”, then sell them to investors. The startup’s founders say they’re already working with a handful of early-stage startups.

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3 years ago

A startup that connects insurance companies with doctors who are willing to write prescriptions, and also takes a cut from the drug companies.

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2 years ago

A startup that uses proprietary algorithms to predict when customers are likely to run out of a particular product.

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5 years ago

Data is siloed across different departments at a company, preventing anyone from understanding how their company stacks up against the competition. This startup is building a map of various types of data within a company, allowing users to search across multiple data sets at once.

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5 years ago

A maker of software to help create and organize personas for online marketing. It’s currently available for free, though the founders are looking to go premium.

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5 years ago

A digital marketplace for office space. The startup is a spin-off of co-founder Aditya Kripalani’s previous startup, which is also focused on office space.

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5 years ago

A company for people who want to earn money from their data. The startup is building a marketplace for data that matches people with companies that would like to use their data for things like predictive algorithms and marketing.

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5 years ago

A way for people who need to move into a new apartment to take a photo of their living room or kitchen and quickly see a comprehensive price list of what it would cost to remodel it. The startup says it’s profitable and has a $150,000 monthly revenue run rate.

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5 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses create a social media presence, with a focus on Facebook and Twitter

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5 years ago

A tool built for building mobile apps and websites that integrates with the Wordpress dashboard, allowing users to build content and manage the site from within the Wordpress interface.

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4 years ago

The startup uses digital technology to help prevent fraud in the food supply chain, essentially helping to prevent food poisoning in a way that’s less intrusive than the E. coli outbreak that occurred in the fall.

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4 years ago

A platform for the design and creation of websites. The startup wants to use its tools to make it easier for small businesses to take advantage of WordPress’s features, and create a platform that’s especially well suited for a variety of small businesses.

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3 years ago

A way to connect high-school students with mentors to help them get into college through video conferencing and mentoring. They’ve partnered with organizations like Teach for America and the Boys & Girls Club to help students prepare for college.

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3 years ago

The company is building an API for tracking and predicting weather and climate events in real-time. The API is built on top of Google’s cloud and uses real-time data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

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5 years ago

A team of entrepreneurs is building a platform that helps people with disabilities complete simple tasks, like filling out online forms, paying bills, or making restaurant reservations. The startup has raised $500,000 in seed funding, and is targeting a launch date of mid-October.

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5 years ago

A company that helps charities and nonprofits raise money through online platforms. The company’s current product allows organizations to create an online presence, convert and store donations, and use the data to build and optimize their online marketing campaigns.

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5 years ago

“The most comprehensive digital personal assistant in the world”

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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.

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3 years ago

A startup that matches cashiers with customers, ensuring that they’re well-prepared for each transaction.

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5 years ago

A web service that provides pre-made email templates for various types of legal contracts. The idea is that if you’re an attorney, you can easily draft a document for a client.

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5 years ago

A startup that wants to build an analytics platform for restaurants, which they claim will allow restaurants to engage in more precise, targeted marketing, and track employee satisfaction.

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5 years ago

A platform for software developers to be able to build and test mobile apps and websites with ease. In a press release, the company said that its technology was “designed to reduce the time and cost of development for mobile applications.”

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5 years ago

CEO and co-founder, Josh, is a self-proclaimed "Serial Entrepreneur." He's built startups in the past five years, including a few that were acquired by larger tech companies.

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5 years ago

A software company that builds apps for Slack teams, adding features like the ability to share Google Drive documents, integrate with Giphy for GIF sharing, and add pre-built templates to your channels.

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5 years ago

A fix for the “gig economy”, offering a comprehensive insurance package for independent workers. Their product is designed for the future and will work for any independent worker, anywhere in the world.

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5 years ago

A tool that predicts which part of a city you might want to live or work in, based on what’s nearby.

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5 years ago

A startup for buying and selling airtime on prepaid phones, currently live in Sweden.

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4 years ago

A podcast that focuses on the intersection of technology and business, including interviews with entrepreneurs and venture capitalists.

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3 years ago

A way for people to verify their identity and prevent fraud by checking their identity against a government database, such as a driver's license or passport.

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3 years ago

A group of entrepreneurs starting a new software company.

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3 years ago

A “premium luxury travel experience” for families, with a focus on family travel.

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5 years ago

A startup that uses AI and an artificial brain to analyze and predict what new products should be in the marketplace.

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5 years ago

A platform for “radical self-expression” for people with disabilities.

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5 years ago

This startup wants to improve the impact of school-based violence prevention programs.

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5 years ago

This startup is building a mobile app for users to discover and book their preferred doctors and hospitals in India.

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4 years ago

A startup that filters the best products to buy for customers based on their personal preferences.

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3 years ago

A startup for online education. The startup wants to help people learn languages abroad through the web, with test preparation and coaching.

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3 years ago

A company that automates the interview process for recruiting software developers and engineers, counting competitors like VideoHire, Interviews.com, ZipRecruiter and Workable among its customers.

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3 years ago

A food delivery startup that uses algorithms to predict when people want to order take-out and when they are at home. It’s a food-delivery platform that’s striving to become a one-stop-shop for ordering food online.

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5 years ago

A startup that specializes in data mining, targeting the B2B space. The company aims to help companies reduce time spent on data analysis and create models that can predict the lifespan of their assets.

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5 years ago

A digital platform that helps people take exams for jobs, and that then prepares them for the job. It launched in June, and after a few weeks of beta testing, is now up and running.

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5 years ago

A new way for entrepreneurs to get funding. The startup, which launches today, wants to give entrepreneurs access to a “constant stream of regular, predictable investments”.

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5 years ago

A project of the World Economic Forum, the Global Shapers Community is the largest global network of entrepreneurs, young professionals, and innovators. The network’s purpose is to connect the global network of young professionals with the global community of entrepreneurs. The network was founded by the World Economic Forum and Swiss Re in January 2016, with the first annual Global Shaper Summit taking place in Davos, Switzerland. Over the summer of 2016, the World Economic Forum announced that it would be partnering with the Global Shapers Community to create the World Economic Forum Young Entrepreneur Council, which completed its first meeting in October 2016.

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5 years ago

This company makes a predictive analytics tool for human resources departments.

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5 years ago

A content incentive platform that rewards employees for sharing and spreading content. It’s currently targeting the hospitality industry.

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3 years ago

A company that wants to build a decentralized, open-source exchange platform for digital projects. They say they’ll have a separate platform for ICOs and one for pre-sale tokens.

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3 years ago

Provides a credit score for students by combining data from their FAFSA and other sources to predict how they’ll perform on a loan or in the job market.

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5 years ago

A data analytics company that turns data into stories that can be used to tell stories. They have a big focus on the criminal justice system, using real-time court data to help their clients make predictions on when a suspect will be released on bail, or when they will be convicted.

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5 years ago

A non-profit that follows and mentors African-American female entrepreneurs, providing them access to mentors and resources to help them build their businesses.

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5 years ago

A simple blogging platform for creating media in the style of Tumblr or WordPress.

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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.

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5 years ago

The startup provides software, training and data to help consumers achieve their fitness goals. The company’s software, which is built on the premise that “it’s not about the number of times you go to the gym, it’s about how much you get done when you go”, has won the Best Startup Award at the Philadelphia Startup Weekend.

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5 years ago

A company that helps tech companies prevent and integrate compliance with GDPR

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5 years ago

The Startup Grind is a podcast produced by TechCrunch and Rolling Stone. It features interviews with top entrepreneurs, investors, and thought leaders in the startup community.

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5 years ago

This startup is building a tool that helps school districts keep track of their IT budgets and prevent fraud and misuse.

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3 years ago

A predictive analytics tool for helping businesses make decisions about their employees. The startup looks at things like how many hours people work and how many days they’re on vacation, and works with companies to help them make better hiring and retention decisions.

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3 years ago

A device that prevents waste and helps the patient manage their medications

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5 years ago

A startup that provides a service to help people clean up their digital presence before they die so that family members have access to all the right information

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5 years ago

The founders of this startup are serial entrepreneurs. They’ve raised $4.5 million to build a platform that can help brands and agencies build better ads and work with customers directly to improve their marketing efforts.

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5 years ago

A startup that wants to build a discount drug pricing loyalty card with a goal of reducing the cost of prescription medications by up to 50%.

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5 years ago

A way to create a spreadsheet that’s machine-readable. The startup is building a way to read spreadsheets without needing to know the syntax of formulas.

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5 years ago

This startup is building a dashboard for your business that helps you see and predict the best times to work and take vacations.

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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.

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5 years ago

A startup that aims to help brands create a "more human" social media presence.

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3 years ago

A platform for social impact investment (a funding model that invests in companies that benefit the world) that focuses on early stage startups and entrepreneurs.

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5 years ago

Predictive modeling technology that can help marketers understand where consumers are and what they’re interested in at any given time.

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5 years ago

A new way to personalize a conference that helps you book a room, attend a presentation, and find a new friend.

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5 years ago

A tool for independent artists and entrepreneurs to get a head start on their next business idea. The startup has been testing through its own internal network.

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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.

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5 years ago

A software suite with a native app on iOS and Android. It helps restaurants manage their restaurant operations such as food preparation, ordering, scheduling and ordering.

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4 years ago

A platform that hooks up investors to teams of entrepreneurs. The startup is trying to build a way for investors and companies to make more financial sense by linking them up.

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5 years ago

A startup that offers entrepreneurs support and advice on their business idea in the form of a “venture coach”. They’re working on a way that their coaches can help entrepreneurs with their projects from anywhere in the world.

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5 years ago

A tool for users to get feedback on projects. The startup was founded by serial entrepreneur and former CEO of Upwork.

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5 years ago

The startup has created a predictive analytics tool that helps food companies decide where to open new locations. The startup is focused on the US and UK.

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5 years ago

A company that helps companies build their mobile presence using a toolkit that allows them to add HTML5 to their sites.

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5 years ago

In 2018, the founders of OpenTable were awarded the National Venture Capital Association’s Entrepreneur of the Year Award in the Consumer Products and Services category.

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5 years ago

A tool for HR to manage your online presence in one place.

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5 years ago

A company that helps companies close the loop with their customers, by using a combination of AI and data science to better predict and solve customer problems.

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5 years ago

An “Ask-a-Vet” app that directs users to the nearest vet, and is backed by PetMed Express, a pet supply retailer.

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5 years ago

A startup that helps you choose, prepare, and deliver food for people who are ill, elderly, or disabled

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5 years ago

We’ve all shared our thoughts on the internet, so why not do it for a profit There are a lot of people with some expertise in the areas of screenwriting, video editing, and voice acting who’d like to work in their free time on projects without any pressure to launch.

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A company that helps build technology for banks to provide online banking through telepresence. A few months ago, it was reported that Facebook was looking to invest in VR company Magic Leap to help make this possible.

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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.

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The company aims to be a “banking for millennials” that offers high-yield savings accounts. It’s a way for younger consumers to build their savings without having to pay a premium for the privilege.

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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.

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5 years ago

A mobile app that helps people manage their social media profiles. The startup is currently focused on identifying influencers and helping brands manage their social media presence.

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5 years ago

A company that is building a marketplace for data that comes from large data sets. TimeNexus aims to make this data available to researchers and teams to help them build out their own prediction models.

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5 years ago

A “pre-purchase” platform that helps people make decisions on whether or not they should buy a particular item. The goal is to help people save for the future without having to waste time or money on unnecessary purchases.

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5 years ago

A tool for the hospitality industry to manage attendee profiles. One of the founders previously worked at Airbnb.

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4 years ago

A micro-entrepreneur in India that wants to relieve the stress of small businesses by providing them with a platform for managing all their accounting needs.

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3 years ago

This startup wants to build a platform to connect mompreneurs with other women in their community, as well as manage their businesses.

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5 years ago

A tool to help connect people with annual physicals and prevent illness

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5 years ago

A payment API for individuals and businesses to manage their payment types and preferences. The startup is looking to make it easier for people to get paid and make payments.

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5 years ago

A predictive analytics tool for all businesses, including SaaS ones, that aims to cut down on customer churn.

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5 years ago

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

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3 years ago

A data visualizer that lets you map and see how different types of cancer are spread in a population.

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3 years ago

A startup that combines predictive analytics and machine learning with facial recognition to help retailers improve customer experience

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2 years ago

The startup wants to create a better way for companies to manage their workforce’s time. Instead of using spreadsheets and other clunky tools, it wants to use a more sophisticated series of games and visualizations to make it easier to track and manage employees' time.

116

5 years ago

A startup that allows customers to buy groceries with a prepaid Visa card. It’s already in the works with over 16,000 users.

115

5 years ago

A medical system that aims to be “patient centric”, providing a digital doctor’s office at the patient’s home. The startup wants to make it affordable and easy to book appointments, get prescriptions, and book tests.

115

5 years ago

An artificial intelligence engine for the U.S. Air Force. The startup uses machine learning to predict the behavior of drones in a given environment.

115

5 years ago

A company that gathers data from 10 million office spaces around the world and uses AI to predict how offices will be used in the future. The startup, which launched in May, will use this data to help companies with building out spaces in the future, by using it to determine which workspaces are most needed.

115

5 years ago

A company that connects stores’ cashiers with our grocery delivery apps. Express Grocer lets customers order groceries from a local store and have them delivered to their door step.

115

5 years ago

An online publisher for local news, Newburgh Free Press has been around since 2014.

115

5 years ago

A software company that helps retailers predict when to restock a product’s shelf. The startup’s software helps retailers forecast demand and restock in a way that fits within their current inventory.

115

4 years ago

A web app that helps users find the best online courses to take based on their goals, learning styles, and learning preferences.

115

3 years ago

A startup that wants to build an AI-based system that predicts crime, based on variables like unemployment and income.

115

5 years ago

A company that helps small businesses gather data about their customers, and is now expanding to help retailers do the same. The company’s founding team previously worked at Google Analytics.

114

5 years ago

The Berkeley-headquartered organization was founded in 2011 to encourage entrepreneurship among middle-class Americans. It has a $50 million budget and has invested in more than 200 startups.

114

5 years ago

A digital identity service for entrepreneurs that allows them to use their own data to establish credibility, avoid identity fraud, and manage their reputation.

114

5 years ago

An accelerator for entrepreneurs who want to build on-demand delivery apps for the US.

114

5 years ago

A tool to help people manage their social media presence, through reporting, curating, and scheduling.

114

5 years ago

A “next-generation” keyboard for Android that can “adapt to your preferred speed, style, and keyboard layout”

114

5 years ago

A company that helps small businesses build an online presence. They’re already working with a few small businesses who want to launch an online presence.

114

5 years ago

This company wants to build a mobile app that allows parents to choose what type of diaper they would like for their newborn, like chux or a prefold diaper.

114

4 years ago

A way to make paying taxes easier, with a tool that lets you pay your taxes in a way that’s more efficient than the IRS’ online tools. The startup also wants to make the tax process more predictable and transparent by providing a taxpayer’s tax form for every state, and giving an estimate of what the liability is.

114

3 years ago

This startup allows brands to track their press mentions and then see which outlets they were featured in.

114

5 years ago

An AI-based assist-ive technology for elderly patients. It’s built on Amazon’s Alexa platform and uses artificial intelligence to predict what the doctor will say before he says it, allowing the patient to adjust their behavior based on the doctor’s instructions.

113

5 years ago

A startup that uses artificial intelligence to create a set of data driven, predictive models that can be used to predict possible customer behavior.

113

5 years ago

A payment platform for mobile airtime cards and prepaid calling cards

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

A “self-learning” personal assistant that learns your preferences from your habits and adjusts to serve you better. The startup is in the middle of a $3 million seed round.

113

5 years ago

A network of “hackers” that help companies detect and prevent data breaches.

113

4 years ago

A startup that launched in 2009, The Ophelia Project is the original "crowdfunding for women" platform, meaning it enables female entrepreneurs to raise money from female investors. It has raised $133 million since its inception.

113

5 years ago

A startup that wants to build a streamlined enterprise mobile application. Its platform lets businesses choose from pre-built mobile apps or customize them from scratch. It’s built on the Salesforce Chatter API and is targeting the C-Suite.

112

5 years ago

A tech company focused on helping startups and entrepreneurs increase retention of new hires through a data-driven approach.

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

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.

112

5 years ago

"This list of startups is a non-exhaustive collection of the best companies funded by YC. It's not intended to be a comprehensive list of all startups funded by YC. Regardless, we'll be publishing additional startups funded by YC at a later date."

112

3 years ago

A startup that allows users to build their own personalized content by feeding in their own data. It’s similar to the way people build their own websites on Wordpress.com

112

3 years ago

This company wants to build a universal language of facial expressions that can be used in any social context

112

3 years ago

A doctor in India uses WhatsApp to send prescriptions directly to patients’ homes

112

5 years ago

The startup’s founders say they want to be the company that “solves the ‘I can’t find my team’ problem.” It wants to be the new way of tracking employees, replacing spreadsheets and HR systems with a single, secure system.

111

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.

111

5 years ago

A startup for freelance writers, editors, and translators. The startup is in its pre-launch phase, but has already sold $3,000 worth of services. It’s not a traditional marketplace, instead relying on a closed community of writers and translators who are all working on the same project.

111

5 years ago

If you ever needed to take a picture of your data, this is the app for you. The camera-based app allows you to take pictures of your data and export it to a spreadsheet.

111

5 years ago

A platform that uses AI to predict the outcome of games, similar to a sportsbook and Vegas odds.

111

5 years ago

A platform that helps people identify viable business opportunities. The startup helps entrepreneurs identify markets, feasibility, and other factors that make their business ideas viable.

111

3 years ago

A startup using AI to analyze facial expressions and power a new kind of chatbot.

111

5 years ago

A startup that builds “lifelogging wearables” for people to track their health and fitness habits. It tracks blood sugar, blood pressure, heart rate, sleep, and activity.

110

4 years ago

A Y Combinator company that helps entrepreneurs build their business with video.

110

2 years ago

A startup that builds tools for building modern webapps. It aims to help developers create modern webapps like Wordpress sites, but also build sites that are faster, secure and more scalable than the typical ASP.NET app.

110

2 years ago

A startup that predicts who is likely to get cancer so doctors can better treat them

110

5 years ago

A platform that makes it easier for companies to measure employee engagement. It analyzes text messages, chatroom messages, and social media posts to provide employers with insights into what employees prefer, what their priorities are, and what they’re working on.

109

5 years ago

Startup Grind is a global community that aims to connect entrepreneurs and their startups with like-minded people, resources, and events in order to accelerate their growth. Startup Grind Philly is one of the first chapters based in the United States.

109

5 years ago

A live-streaming tool meant to be used for video interviews. The company is also building a subscription-based premium service that will allow users to conduct live-streamed interviews.

109

5 years ago

A startup that helps businesses build and manage their customer databases, moving away from spreadsheets and manual processes to digitized solutions

109

5 years ago

A software platform for providing pre-paid credit cards. The startup is building an API for businesses to buy virtual credit cards branded with their brand, which they can then offer to their customers.

109

4 years ago

A startup for online tax preparation, with a focus on preparing businesses and those with complicated tax situations.

109

4 years ago

SaaS that brings mobile banking to underbanked businesses, with a freemium model that starts at $20 per month. It offers a mobile app with check-deposit functionality, but also wants to build out a premium platform for mid-sized businesses.

109

4 years ago

Using AI and machine learning to help social media influencers learn to improve their social media presence.

109

5 years ago

A platform that lets you track your health data, including your blood pressure. The startup is also building a new blood test that can detect pre-diabetes and diabetes before they manifest.

108

5 years ago

A B2B company that aims to help B2B brands with marketing and sales by leveraging the power of B2B data and CRM technology. They have customers including Royal Bank of Canada and American Express.

108

5 years ago

A machine learning startup that helps companies predict whether their sales will meet their forecast.

108

5 years ago

A company that offers a tool to help users with depression and anxiety make better decisions. The company’s biofeedback tool can help users understand their brainwaves, moods, and other patterns that signal when a decision is best, and when they should stop or change.

108

4 years ago

A social platform that allows users to express themselves and create their own emojis

108

4 years ago

A platform for preparing and serving meals at home, which allows users to order food from a menu and have it made when they arrive.

108

4 years ago

A way to transfer money from a bank account to a prepaid card.

108

3 years ago

The company is looking to create a single directory for all the services, both online and offline, that people use to deal with their money. They want to make it easy to find resources, from banking to tax preparation to credit cards.

108

5 years ago

A group of “startup veterans” that want to build a platform for startups to raise capital. It aims to help startups raise $500,000 in seed funding, as well as $1 million in Series A funding and $5 million in a Series B. The startup is in pre-launch mode, with a staff of 15 that includes YC alumni.

107

5 years ago

This startup is building a tool that tracks and provides real-time information about your health, such as blood pressure, heart rate, and oxygen levels.

107

5 years ago

An AI that helps businesses predict demand for their products before they’re even built.

107

4 years ago

A company that provides software that helps choose the best video compression settings and then uploads videos to YouTube or Vimeo.

107

4 years ago

A software company that uses machine learning to predict where the next Kindle Fire or Google Pixel will be sold.

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 company that wants to take the hassle out of finding and keeping talent by creating a platform that allows users to post their skills, preferences and location and teams of recruiters can then search for them by those criteria.

107

3 years ago

A platform for “premium” investment products that is designed to appeal to accredited investors. It currently has about 1,200 members.

107

3 years ago

A platform that uses artificial intelligence to predict a person’s risk of cancer.

107

5 years ago

A WordPress-based blogging platform that removes the clutter of a blog, allowing you to focus on what you’re saying, not all the add-ons you’re using.

106

5 years ago

A platform that helps connect female entrepreneurs with investors. Its founders are hoping to reach 1 million female founders in the next 10 years.

106

5 years ago

The company’s pitch is that it is building a digital platform to help entrepreneurs raise capital at a much lower cost than traditional venture capital.

106

5 years ago

A startup that promises to transform the way people get and pay for their medical prescriptions.

106

5 years ago

A startup creating a new patent system for the fashion industry, similar to how patents work on music. It wants to prevent knock-offs, but also be used by brands for protection of their business models.

106

5 years ago

Some people like to own a car, which is usually a pretty big financial investment. Zendrive aims to be the Uber of cars, providing a way for people to get around without having to deal with insurance or renting or buying a car.

106

4 years ago

An online community for entrepreneurs and innovators. With over 3,000 members, it’s hosted by a number of founders, including Evan Williams. The startup has raised $8M to date.

106

4 years ago

The Y Combinator Summer 2019 batch had 56 companies, down 8 from the previous batch. This batch was the first to feature more only-female teams than male teams.

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]s one of the largest and most comprehensive digital marketing agencies in India, we’re all about solving problems for businesses and brands,” the company wrote on their website. “We approach each engagement in an equally hands-on and consultative manner, bringing in a unique blend of experience and expertise. We’re building on a solid foundation built by our founding team and have a great culture, which is what sets us apart from our peers in the industry.”

106

2 years ago

A health startup that uses an algorithm to predict how a person’s body will respond to a medication by analyzing their genetic profile.

106

5 years ago

A new startup that’s looking to use artificial intelligence to help companies develop and test new products and services. They’re looking to build a platform to pull together all of the publicly available data about products and consumers and teach a neural network to help companies predict how people will interact with their products, which they believe is the key to increasing product adoption. Currently, the startup has $2.5 million in seed funding.

105

5 years ago

The Startup Grind Philly Meetup is a group of local entrepreneurs, investors, and other startup enthusiasts who regularly gather to talk about entrepreneurship, funding, and startups in Philadelphia. The event is organized by a variety of organizations including the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business, The Foundry and the Philadelphia Technology Alliance.

105

4 years ago

A tool that helps companies sell more pre-owned items. It allows businesses to manage their used items and keep a digital record of them, inventorying them, then selling them.

105

4 years ago

A startup that lets users share status updates with the press and other stakeholders. The startup wants to become a single point of contact for journalists and other stakeholders, allowing them to build relationships with journalists, send them updates, and more.

105

4 years ago

A web-based tool to help people plan their financial goals. It’s especially useful for people without an advisor, and uses machine learning to predict where individuals are on the financial spectrum.

105

3 years ago

A commerce platform for the Indian market, where many consumers have previously had to go through multiple vendors to make a purchase.

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A startup that aims to use AI to predict the next trend, helping brands to create promotions that will appeal to the types of customers who usually buy the product or service that’s the talk of the town.

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

An online marketplace for buying and selling used cars, with sellers spread out across the US. A small number of sellers offer used cars, but most of the items are from rentals. The company has raised $40M in a Series E.

104

3 years ago

An “augmented reality” startup that wants to put augmented reality into a high school science textbook. It’s aiming for a $30 million valuation at a $3.4 million pre-order.

104

3 years ago

A company that wants to use machine learning to help companies understand their shopping behavior. The startup says it can help retailers predict what products to sell, what stores to open and when.

104

3 years ago

A startup that helps brands build their Instagram presence. The startup works with brands to promote their content on Instagram, and gives them analytics on how their followers are interacting and engaging with their content.

104

2 years ago

A wearable device that uses sensors to measure your body’s levels of oxygen saturation, pulse, and blood pressure in order to alert you to potential dangers like low oxygen or high blood pressure.

104

2 years ago

A platform that helps you find a business mentor. The app was built to help emerging entrepreneurs who are just starting out.

104

5 years ago

A coworking space that hosts entrepreneurs for meetings. They are hosting a series of events and are looking for members.

103

5 years ago

A company to help online retailers in China tackle the country’s ever-present counterfeit goods problem. The startup offers services such as in-store analytics, product testing, and education.

103

5 years ago

A startup that built an app that enables people to create custom messaging channels on WhatsApp. The startup, which has already raised funding from Y Combinator and other investors, is currently working with WhatsApp to enable its customers to sell premium products in their chat channels.

103

5 years ago

A startup that scans the web for infringing material and sends the webmaster a notification. The company says it has a team of around 30 people who monitor the web for content it believes is infringing. The entrepreneur who came up with the idea told us that the team monitors about 20,000 URLs per day, and sends notification to site owners with the option to take down the content.

103

5 years ago

A “crowdsourced business intelligence platform”. The startup wants to help businesses predict and manage their growth. It launched in May with 1000 customers.

103

5 years ago

Medipost is a startup that wants to help doctors personalize medicine for patients by allowing them to create and share their own prescription orders.

103

5 years ago

A startup in the health space is building a new device that connects people with a local doctor on demand, allowing them to get diagnoses and prescription refills on the spot. The startup has raised $3.1 million in funding.

103

3 years ago

A virtual assistant that helps people prepare for interviews. The startup is currently in a beta program with 1,000 companies.

103

3 years ago

SaaS business meant to help law firms manage their loan operations. It’s a spreadsheet tool that integrates with law firm systems and is meant to help make loan operations more efficient.

103

3 years ago

A B2B platform for the insurance industry allowing businesses to get quotes and pay insurance premiums.

103

2 years ago

A startup that aims to disrupt the pharmacy space. The company wants to take the doctors out of the loop, allowing patients to see their doctors online, and making it easier than ever for patients to fill prescriptions.

103

5 years ago

This is a company that makes a mechanical keyboard that is fully programmable with over a million possible keyboard configurations as well as being hackable. The company is now shipping pre-order keyboards.

102

5 years ago

A startup that brings together the digital and physical worlds to make sure you’re prepared for any situation. Exos is a communications platform that will help you be ready before an earthquake hits, a hurricane hits, or a tsunami strikes.

102

5 years ago

Of course, that’s just a sampling. And some of these companies are still in the idea stage, so they might not turn into actual businesses. But this list shows that there’s a lot of revenue to be made building new tools for the online world. Now it’s up to entrepreneurs to decide what sorts of products to build.

102

5 years ago

This August, TechCrunch reported that Instagram was in talks with Facebook to acquire the company for as much as $1 billion. Instagram, which was founded in 2010, is based in San Francisco, and is a popular photography app that has more than 300 million users around the world. It was acquired by Facebook in 2012, and Facebook has since used Instagram to promote its other products, including Instagram Stories, and advertisements. Instagram has been a big investment for Facebook, and many think it has been one of the company's most successful acquisitions. However, Instagram's popularity has led to a lot of negative press coverage about the user data that Facebook has access to.

102

4 years ago

This startup is building a platform to help companies find and vet talent. It’s based on “The Apprentice” format, where candidates are selected by a panel of experts and then compete in a series of challenges (e.g. an improv comedy show.)

102

4 years ago

A startup that uses AI to predict your health, using a mix of data from your medical history and the future to predict your risk for a variety of age-related illnesses. The company wants to use data to provide “preventative care” to people with chronic illnesses.

102

3 years ago

A startup that wants to make it easier for nonprofits to build and manage a digital presence. It helps them get on digital platforms like Facebook, Google, and Instagram.

102

3 years ago

A startup that is developing an AI as a service platform to help companies automate predictive analytics from a variety of data sources.

102

2 years ago

A startup that’s built a platform for in-person apprenticeships. It’s part of a trend of startups that want to make the in-person apprenticeship model as accessible as possible.

102

5 years ago

A startup that will “provide prescription drug adherence to your patients”.

101

5 years ago

A coworking space that offers a space to network and work, and the tools to help organize the work that’s done there. It’s designed to be a place for entrepreneurs and freelancers to meet up, work together, and eventually launch their own companies.

101

5 years ago

A suite of tools to help prevent workplace stress. The company offers a virtual office, a health coach and a network of wellness experts to ensure employees are staying on track.

101

5 years ago

A space for young entrepreneurs to share and develop their ideas.

101

5 years ago

A financial services company that offers loans to entrepreneurs. It’s a portion of a $1 billion personal loan portfolio.

101

4 years ago

A tool for bringing employees together. The tool allows you to add tasks by dragging and dropping from an online spreadsheet to a shared Google Drive.

101

4 years ago

A company that offers an AI-based process for fraud prevention during the financial transactions process.

101

3 years ago

A platform for growing organic food that uses data to predict seasonal produce demand.

101

5 years ago

A platform that helps you stay on top of your taxes. It helps you organize your finances and prepare your taxes in a way that’s easier and more efficient.

100

4 years ago

A startup that’s bringing Bitcoin into the physical world, with a prepaid debit card and a physical debit card. The founders want to make Bitcoin universally usable, and are building a physical card to use at stores, ATMs, and anywhere else.

100

4 years ago

A startup that’s been using AI to help companies make better financial decisions, allowing them to make “retail-like decisions” that are more targeted and make better predictions.

100

4 years ago

A startup for ordering local delivery food from restaurants, with delivery promised in under 30 minutes. The startup has raised $1.6 million in pre-seed funding.

100

4 years ago

A platform for renting kidney donors. The company’s CEO says it has signed up over 100 patients and has started to offer discounted rates to those that pre-order and complete the process first.

100

2 years ago

A company that is building a pre-workout drink that supposedly boosts mental performance.

100

2 years ago

A startup that helps companies build and maintain an online presence that’s easily accessible to consumers.

100

5 years ago

A digital assistant that learns a user’s preferences and preferences over time to show more relevant ads

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A startup that tracks and predicts sales on Amazon

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4 years ago

A startup that helps businesses manage their payments and invoices, which the founders say is significantly more effective than spreadsheets. It aims to be a full-stack solution for companies in need of a better way to manage their accounts receivable.

99

4 years ago

A tool for making presentations in a Google Doc.

99

4 years ago

A tech-enabled market for finding and hiring high-quality freelancers. The company’s aim is to help small businesses expand their reach and have access to a more comprehensive pool of talent.

99

3 years ago

A system that helps restaurants learn which customers will pay for their meal based on information like previous orders, and which ones will not.

99

5 years ago

A company that allows businesses to fundraise, and invest in pre-seed deals.

98

5 years ago

A startup that is building a tool that helps companies map out employees' preferred work hours and locations so they can more easily schedule work from home.

98

5 years ago

Predicts and enables “data-driven innovation”. The company is looking at building a machine learning platform to help their customers find new ways to use analytics to make their businesses more profitable.

98

4 years ago

An AI-powered chatbot that can help companies and employees schedule meetings, handle travel coordination, book rooms and even help with pre-determined tasks in the office.

98

3 years ago

An accounting tool that simplifies tax filings and minimizes errors by taking over tedium-heavy tax-prep tasks, like preparing W-2s and 1099s.

98

2 years ago

Building a platform for video producers to sell their services, allowing them to create and manage videos and have them pre-sold to customers.

98

5 years ago

This startup makes a machine that allows users to draw on the screen using air pressure.

97

5 years ago

A startup to help companies and entrepreneurs secure their personal data and keep it safe.

97

5 years ago

A tool that helps prevent cybercrime and spam by flagging suspicious emails.

97

5 years ago

The startup wants to build a way for people to manage their digital assets via their mobile device. The startup says they’ve built a mobile app that can be used to create a digital presence for local businesses and brands. Co-founders say they’ve been doing extensive research on the best way to adopt blockchain technology.

97

5 years ago

A startup that builds a prediction engine for how different financial instruments will perform. It’s first application is a prediction for bitcoin.

97

5 years ago

A product that aims to use machine learning to predict when things like a bag of chips or a soda will go bad and sell it to local grocers at a lower price to keep fresh foods on the shelves.

97

4 years ago

A startup for premium coaching. The startup is building a platform that connects people with professional coaches and business consultants.

97

4 years ago

A premium subscription service for people who want to track their finances, based on the idea that most people need a little help when it comes to money.

97

4 years ago

A “predictive maintenance” engine that maps out the wear and tear on your car to give you estimates on what parts need to be replaced.

97

3 years ago

A premium, on-demand cleaning service in NYC

97

3 years ago

A product that automatically converts spreadsheets into interactive white papers.

97

3 years ago

A healthy food delivery service, currently operating in New York City. The founders describe their service as more of a meal service than a food truck, with meals prepared and delivered to customers, who can choose to pick it up at a designated spot or have it delivered to their home.

97

2 years ago

A startup that helps prevent fraud by helping users detect and report imposters.

97

2 years ago

An AI that helps users to take better pictures by predicting where a person’s eye will go in the image to help them capture moments.

97

5 years ago

With this company’s “socially intelligent” inventory management system, manufacturers can better predict demand for their products in real time, and thus lower their costs. It integrates with factories’ inventory systems and takes orders and shipment predictions from social networks to figure out where to place a product’s next shipment.

96

5 years ago

A startup that enables customers to pre-order any kind of product and get it shipped to their house in just 3 days. It’s currently been used to pre-order 500 products.

96

5 years ago

A platform that aims to improve the quality of data in health and education, by using AI and machine learning. A result is a platform that makes data “actionable” so it can be used to simulate outcomes and make predictions.

96

5 years ago

This is a tool for managing your social media presence. It’s a bit like social media management firm Social.com, but for social media.

96

5 years ago

A system that prevents people without credit scores from opening bank accounts, thereby eliminating the risk of fraud and identity theft.

96

5 years ago

This startup is building an app that enables workers to schedule tasks via a mobile app instead of an email. They’re currently working on a version for freelance workers, but they’ve also written a book on how to run your business without a web presence.

96

5 years ago

A digital platform that helps retailers predict demand in local markets for holiday products.

96

4 years ago

A startup that creates artificial intelligence for shopping. The startup uses machine learning to create custom recommendations using their users' previous purchases and their shopping histories.

96

4 years ago

A company that’s building a credit scoring system that predicts consumers’ creditworthiness, then helps them build a credit score.

96

4 years ago

A platform for businesses to manage their insurance claims, streamlining the claims process and helping companies save money on premiums and time.

96

4 years ago

A startup that builds artificial intelligence and machine learning products, such as a facial recognition camera. It’s an SaaS business that helps businesses use AI to predict supply chain disruptions and optimize operations.

96

3 years ago

A startup that provides an API that allows companies to make better decisions about when to hire, what to hire for, and when to give people bonuses. It also provides an AI-based predictive analytics platform that can identify problem employees in a company.

96

3 years ago

A startup building a system of “lenses” that allow users to scan their own eyes at home and then have a doctor prescribe the right medications. The technology is already available to consumers, and they are taking pre-orders with the goal of launching in 2017.

96

2 years ago

A startup for planning your day using the best time to do things. Simple, pretty and accurate.

96

5 years ago

Idea: Build custom apps around on-premise hardware

95

4 years ago

A startup that makes it possible to play League of Legends without loading up 20 minutes of video. The app pulls high-level play out of the video and presents it in a condensed format, with highlights and stats.

95

4 years ago

This startup is building a toolset for identifying fake news and hoaxes on the web. It’s a service for news organizations, who can use it to filter out fake news stories and prevent them from appearing on their site.

95

4 years ago

A blockchain startup that aims to bring “fraud” detection to the supply chain, preventing “shady retailers” from selling counterfeit goods.

95

4 years ago

A startup that allows for a visual representation of any API, to help developers quickly see what information they have access to.

95

4 years ago

A startup that helps companies implement negative pressure ventilation (NVP) systems.

95

4 years ago

This company has built an open-source platform for data science and predictive modeling. The company has built a platform that provides insights into data quickly and cost-efficiently.

95

4 years ago

A startup that wants to build a platform to help startups build out their online presence and gain fans.

95

4 years ago

A new platform that allows you to share your carpooling plans with friends on your preferred ride-sharing app, while allowing the app to earn money from your ride-sharing efforts.

95

4 years ago

A new digital platform that helps businesses manage their own digital presence on social media, allowing them to have a single URL, a single account, and a single look on all their social media.

95

4 years ago

This startup designs and builds a line of “smart” showerheads that the founders say lets users control the temperature and pressure of the water through a smartphone app.

95

4 years ago

A tool that allows people to find the right tax preparer to help them legally minimize their tax burden.

95

3 years ago

A startup that helps match patients with doctors based on their doctor’s preference of specialty.

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

5 years ago

The startup is using machine learning to predict customer retention.

94

5 years ago

A solution that uses AI and predictive analytics to help companies monitor and manage the risk of their business.

94

4 years ago

"FastCo" lists the top startups in the world every year. The list is based on revenue, but also factors in the startup's presence on other "fast-growing" lists, including those published by "Forbes", "Inc." and "Forbes Europe".

94

4 years ago

A startup that helps people with bad credit build credit, working with companies like Wells Fargo and American Express to help people build their credit scores.

94

4 years ago

A tool that makes shopping for and buying prescription drugs easier and more convenient

94

4 years ago

This startup is building an app that allows speakers and presenters to publish and sell their presentations offline — and to do so on their own terms.

94

4 years ago

A tool that helps users create visual representations of their email accounts in order to better manage them.

94

4 years ago

A mobile therapy app for anxiety, depression and other mental health issues.

94

4 years ago

A “virtual concierge service” for hotels. They started in India with a network of over 200 hotels and now have a presence in the US.

94

3 years ago

A system that makes it easy for brands to extend their online presence to mobile, built on the company’s own platform.

94

3 years ago

An AI for small business loans, to help entrepreneurs get lower interest rates

94

3 years ago

This startup uses 10+ years of e-commerce data to predict customer behavior and recommend customer engagement strategies.

94

3 years ago

Intersemi is building a security system for trucks, which uses blockchain technology to prevent tampering.

94

5 years ago

A virtual assistant that helps people make sense of their social media profiles and other profiles. It’s meant to help people better understand their network and meet new people, and it’s already being used by some of the most successful entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley.

93

5 years ago

A tool meant to simplify the process of building and maintaining a slide deck for an investor presentation in order to minimize the need for custom development.

93

4 years ago

Nota is building a tool that helps companies calculate their cost of goods sold on on each unit of product they sell. The startup built a tool that can predict and measure the cost of goods sold within an hour.

93

4 years ago

A Wi-Fi-enabled fitness tracker that allows the user to measure their body fat percentage. When paired with Omron’s blood pressure monitor, it can also provide access to one’s general health history.

93

4 years ago

Ideny is a platform that lets users share their ideas in written form, get feedback from others, and see a live visual representation of their ideas – so they can see how others are responding to their thoughts. Their results indicate that they’ve successfully engaged more than 80,000 people in the process.

93

4 years ago

A digital health platform that helps patients track their blood pressure, heart rate, and other measurements. The idea is that it’s less expensive, and easier to use than the existing devices, which are used by a small percentage of the market.

93

4 years ago

A free service that helps entrepreneurs organize events and meetings

93

3 years ago

A marketing platform that allows people to bring all their marketing and advertising in one, seamless interface. The company says they have 3,000 monthly active users and 35,000 monthly impressions.

93

4 years ago

A startup that lets users create and edit their own digital avatar, and use it to build their online presence.

92

4 years ago

This startup is building an AI that helps people manage their emotions. The startup works to remind people when they’re feeling down, and helps people change their state of mind. As an example, the startup is helping people who have depression manage their emotions more effectively.

92

4 years ago

A micro-finance tool meant to help entrepreneurs in the Philippines.

92

4 years ago

A company that helps artists and designers build and manage their online presences and businesses.

92

4 years ago

Cozy is a place for entrepreneurs to meet one another.

92

4 years ago

A mobile app that lets you search for local entrepreneurs in your city to connect with and request help.

92

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

Expense sharing for travel is a growing trend, but Expense Buddy aims to do it better than others by creating a “predictive expense engine” that creates a bill for your trip before you leave, and serves it to you via email or SMS.

91

5 years ago

A tool for social entrepreneurs that tracks fundraising milestones and goals, preventing over-promising.

91

5 years ago

A software platform for healthcare companies to manage their prescription costs. Has been used to automate over 40% of the cost of a typical Medicare Part D plan.

91

4 years ago

A platform for businesses to sell and share content that’s been prepared for a conference or event. The startup focuses on the event marketing, rather than sales, side of events.

91

4 years ago

A platform that helps people track their credit card usage. The company is working with companies like American Express, Chase, and Mastercard to promote the platform.

91

4 years ago

A company that provides a kind of dating website for heterosexual gay and bisexual people. It’s different from Tinder because it has a very comprehensive user interface, and has a gay-couple feature that allows you to see other couples in your area.

91

4 years ago

A startup that uses AI to predict when a customer is about to make a purchase, and then gives you a heads-up.

91

4 years ago

A startup that helps connect students with mentors as they prepare for interviews at top companies like Google and Facebook

91

3 years ago

A credit card financing tool for startups and entrepreneurs.

91

3 years ago

A tool that helps businesses forecast their costs and how they can save money through a “predictive analytics engine” that can find ways to save money in areas like marketing, operations, and HR.

91

5 years ago

The Brooklyn-based coworking space is a community of startups and entrepreneurs working to change the world. It’s located at 625 Kent Avenue, and has a membership program that ranges from $50 to $250 per month.

90

5 years ago

A platform for early stage companies that focuses on the content side of an entrepreneur’s portfolio

90

5 years ago

A company that helps food trucks get paid for food that was previously ordered but never delivered, taking the hassle out of money transfers and payments.

90

4 years ago

This startup is building a universal tool for “real time fraud prevention” for businesses in the UK.

90

4 years ago

This startup is building an e-commerce platform that allows customers to buy products from their favorite artists. Users can purchase items that are currently available for pre-order, or items that are available for sale but are still in production.

90

4 years ago

A company that allows people with chronic pain to receive prescription refills with a text message.

90

3 years ago

Designed to help companies discover and select potential new hires, the startup uses machine learning to predict if a job candidate will fit into a company culture.

90

3 years ago

A platform that matches young entrepreneurs with investors. Currently focused on Southeast Asia.

90

3 years ago

A tool that helps users manage their healthcare accounts, which include the primary care physicians that they see, prescription and medical history, and the payments that are out of their control. It’s meant to help people manage their health regardless of where they live.

90

4 years ago

An AI system that helps content marketers predict how their content will perform and optimize its placement within their marketing campaigns, based on data from their own previous content.

89

4 years ago

A startup that arranges travel-to-work commuter trips. The company’s main idea is to help people save on gas, and in a press release said it was already saving customers $150 million in gas.

89

4 years ago

A B2B company building a platform that helps energy companies manage their energy spending and present it in a way that’s easy to understand.

89

4 years ago

A real-time interpretation service that connects companies with interpreters.

89

4 years ago

A project management and time tracking app that allows users to track time from multiple devices, while also converting time tracking data into a single, searchable spreadsheet.

89

4 years ago

A startup that wants to use machine learning to predict the next trends in fashion. The startup uses machine learning techniques to predict everything from what style will be popular next week to what brands will be the most popular in 3 years.

89

4 years ago

A company that helps you find a new or used car based on your driving history or preferred car type.

89

4 years ago

A way to charge users for apps and games, presumably at a flat rate.

89

4 years ago

Salesforce recently released an API for building automation, but it’s pretty complicated and requires a lot of training to use. OnePlus helps with that by providing a simple, one-click solution to building automation.

89

2 years ago

This startup wants to make it easier for anyone to find the right insurance price, and track their own premiums and costs, as well as provide an easy way to compare policies.

89

5 years ago

Idea: Crowdsourced AI to predict drone flight paths

88

5 years ago

The idea is to build a platform that makes it easier to manage and collaborate on Excel spreadsheets, which would be useful for people working on projects with a lot of data that they need to send around.

88

5 years ago

A travel service that leverages machine intelligence to anticipate your needs better. It takes into account past similar trips and predicts your next trip in real-time.

88

4 years ago

The startup is building a platform for developers to create tools that help identify and prevent fraud for both consumers and businesses.

88

4 years ago

A video conference system that’s “a complete, unified communication and collaboration platform that allows companies to securely connect, share and present video, even if an individual is miles away”.

88

4 years ago

A company that makes a computer with a touchscreen for people who have difficulty with a mouse. The touchscreen operates in a similar way to a touchscreen phone, with a stylus for more precise input.

88

4 years ago

Andina is creating a platform for businesses to better manage their social media presence, with real-time social intelligence for key influencers.

88

4 years ago

A tool to help intrapreneurs intall and manage their enterprise-wide deployments of serverless apps built on AWS Lambda. The startup wants to help users track and manage deployments.

88

4 years ago

A company that helps companies create and manage their online video presence. They make it easier to create and deliver videos, and to use video as a marketing channel.

88

4 years ago

This startup is building a platform that connects people who want to enter the IRS’ EITC program with tax preparers. The startup, which was founded by former EITC advisor Amanda Nalley, has already been used by tens of thousands of people to qualify for the tax credit.

88

4 years ago

A platform that helps women get into tech, by launching entrepreneurship bootcamps and mentorship programs.

88

4 years ago

A startup to help people make good financial decisions by presenting them with an income forecast for every month of a job and helping them see how much they need to save for retirement.

88

4 years ago

A digital signature app for the iPhone and iPad. The startup is already working with some Fortune 500 companies like Google, Dropbox, and American Express.

88

4 years ago

A platform for new-hire onboarding that uses an “heuristic-based” system to determine the employee’s job fit. Previously, most company HR has been based on a 90-10 fit scale with 10 being the best fit, but the company claims it can do better.

87

4 years ago

A platform that helps businesses create customized shopping lists. It’s free for early users, with a premium option available.

87

4 years ago

A startup that wants to use AI to figure out who has a change in behavior is an addict and who has other underlying illness like depression. The startup uses data science to work out what’s causing changes in behavior and figure out whether it’s a symptom of a mental illness.

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 way to log workouts on your phone, for those who prefer to skip the gym.

87

4 years ago

A platform for small businesses (under $100k in annual revenue) to manage their online presence, including website building, SEO, email marketing, etc.

87

4 years ago

A software and hardware system that helps people to prepare and track their taxes and taxes for other people and companies.

87

4 years ago

A platform that aggregates the content and deals of all of these deals to help investors get a comprehensive picture of deals happening across the world.

87

4 years ago

A startup for connecting people with legal representation when they’re in trouble.

87

4 years ago

A startup that helps doctors, patients, and patients’ families manage chronic conditions like diabetes, blood pressure, and asthma. It has significant traction in the US and UK.

87

4 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 company building a device to help people get off the couch to raise their blood pressure.

87

5 years ago

Startups with a focus on the small business market are a regular feature of Y Combinator, and this one is a real game-changer. EnviroFinder collects data from multiple sources and makes it easy for businesses to see how they rank in their local market, then take that information and “re-market” it to their customers on websites they’ve built. The idea is to help entrepreneurs win at the local level in a way that doesn’t rely on expensive and time-consuming in-person events.

86

4 years ago

A startup that seeks to solve the problem of employees jumping from company to company, working with different managers in different departments. The company lets employees create profiles, giving the main manager a chance to see who they’ve worked with and what they’ve done in their previous jobs.

86

4 years ago

A tool for people who want to manage their social media presence. The startup has a global team with offices in the US, UK, and China. It has raised $35M from investors including Sequoia Capital.

86

4 years ago

A startup that offers training and certification to job seekers to prepare them for entry-level jobs at startups.

86

4 years ago

A platform for buying and selling precious metals in the US, which is working to expand internationally.

86

3 years ago

A healthcare startup that aims to address the issue of prescription drug waste by allowing doctors to write prescriptions

86

2 years ago

An AI-powered medical transcription tool meant to help reduce the costs of medical transcriptionists. The app offers a predictive tool that predicts the best time to transcribe a medical record, and it also gives an income estimate based on the time it would take to transcribe a file.

86

4 years ago

A startup that will be launched by Ben Horowitz, which will be the first project of his new Horowitz Center for Entrepreneurship. The company will create a social network for network engineers to receive and give feedback on code.

85

4 years ago

This startup aims to make the professional jump to become an entrepreneur easier by building a framework for them to build a business in a few months and iterate on it.

85

4 years ago

Pivot is a social network for women entrepreneurs. It started in 2016 as a blog that features women in the Philadelphia area, but has since grown to include a community of over 600,000 women.

85

4 years ago

an online showcase of emerging artists, curated by a curatorial team. The site showcases a rotating selection of the best of a given category of art, and promotes the artists on social media and in the press.

85

4 years ago

A decentralized prediction market, looking to use the power of the blockchain to bring more transparency to public wagers. The startup already has a partnership with the NBA to use data on player performance to create more stable markets.

85

4 years ago

The company was founded in 2012 by Joshua Granick, a former entrepreneur and executive at a number of startups including Twitter and Uber.

85

4 years ago

A platform that allows users to sign up for CB Insights premium and get access to an ad-free and expanded set of reports and data.

85

4 years ago

A startup that uses AI to predict when a conversation will end in a sale, using a combination of keywords and context.

85

4 years ago

A startup that builds a predictive algorithm that can help people get access to mental health services.

85

3 years ago

A platform to plug in third-party content providers to allow entrepreneurs to post their content directly to LinkedIn.

85

5 years ago

A company that helps students pay for tuition with a prepaid debit card, available to any in the US. The startup has built a “pay to school” system that works with any college, university, or trade school. The startup doesn’t operate in Brazil.

84

4 years ago

A “a mobile app for anyone who wants to become an artist”, designed for “artists who have previously been turned down by art schools” to help them learn to draw.

84

4 years ago

A B2B startup that uses artificial intelligence to train machine learning models to help companies predict demand for their products.

84

4 years ago

A startup that wants to give young adults a place to nurture their entrepreneurial spirit. The company looks to bring together startups and would-be entrepreneurs to help them make the leap.

84

4 years ago

Employers can access a single dashboard to track their employee’s performance. Performance is measured across different channels, including time spent at work, friend requests, and the effectiveness of their social media presence.

84

4 years ago

A self-learning AI engine that’s aimed at predicting customer behavior and building loyalty.

84

4 years ago

This is a company that is building a tool to help companies track their expenses in a way that can be neatly summarized into a spreadsheet.

84

4 years ago

A food delivery startup that only delivers food and drink that’s been on the premises for a couple hours. It’s already expanded into DC and NYC.

84

4 years ago

A tool for people to track personal health data. The startup is building an app that helps you keep track of your health data, including your blood pressure, blood sugar, and cholesterol.

84

4 years ago

A startup for insurers to upload their accounts and their clients’ accounts and ensure that premiums and benefits are reconciled.

84

4 years ago

The idea is that a user builds a profile of pre-made designs for their logo that they can then sell or share with other users who can purchase them. The startup is focused on the design industry, and allows you to buy and sell your own designs.

84

4 years ago

a startup building a search engine that crawls the internet for duplicates, then presents a list of options to the user. They’re building a free version that’s already available in the Chrome store, and a paid version that’s not yet.

84

4 years ago

A startup that helps companies create better customer profiles, including demographic data, psychographic data, location data, preferences, and other factors.

84

4 years ago

A platform that connects young entrepreneurs with mentors and customers. The startup works with businesses in the creative sector, and has worked with other startups including Airbnb and Coinbase.

84

4 years ago

Helping women and men, particularly in South Asia and the Middle East, to make informed, healthy choices during pregnancy and before, through their pregnancy and parenting plans.

84

2 years ago

In late 2013, Y Combinator launched a course in the field of web development. The course is taught by Sam Altman, founder and president of Y Combinator. Some of the instructors are Sam Altman, Paul Graham, Chris Dixon, Michael Seibel, and Jared Friedman.

84

4 years ago

A platform for creating and distributing podcasts. The company is currently in private beta, and has already sold $2 million worth of ad-free podcasts, which are spread across categories like health, finance, travel, and parenting.

83

4 years ago

A platform that aims to replace the traditional credit card with a prepaid card that allows you to load funds to it at stores, without having to register it.

83

4 years ago

A platform that helps content creators and entrepreneurs share their content, and makes it easier for small businesses to create their own products with pre-made templates.

83

4 years ago

The startup has been on a hiring spree and intends to hire 100 people by the end of the year.

83

4 years ago

A company that takes data from sensors embedded in the environment and uses machine learning to power a dashboard that allows easy tracking and prediction of behavior.

83

4 years ago

An API for robots in factories to help them run more efficiently, and to more precisely do their tasks

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

4 years ago

A tool for businesses looking to make international payments, publicizing that their business has a presence in a foreign country and helping them find a local bank account.

83

3 years ago

A startup that uses machine learning to predict what people will do next. The startup, which is based in Boston, is trying to leverage “pattern recognition” to predict the next move in a given situation.

83

2 years ago

A tech startup that helps companies move data between on-premise systems and the cloud.

83

5 years ago

A software company that uses artificial intelligence to predict the effectiveness of a drug and adjust the dosage accordingly.

82

4 years ago

A startup has built a technology to predict and prevent stock market crashes. The company wants to use its technology to manage the flow of capital into financial markets.

82

4 years ago

A comprehensive set of tools for biotech and pharmaceutical companies to manage and track their path to market.

82

4 years ago

A domain registration and hosting service for startups and entrepreneurs in India and the Middle East. The company is in the midst of a $1 million seed round.

82

4 years ago

An AI based on the brain scans of professional baseball players that can predict at what point a hitter will break his bat on a pitch.

82

4 years ago

A startup that uses an algorithm to predict the likelihood that an ad will be clicked on.

82

4 years ago

This startup is creating “predictive messaging” tools that allow people to get notifications, like when they have a doctor’s appointment, before they actually do.

82

4 years ago

The company is building an AI that predicts and prevents disease.

82

4 years ago

Intellit is building a site that lets businesses with a physical presence sell products and services online.

82

4 years ago

A startup that uses AI to predict plant availability and traffic patterns before opening to help retailers manage inventory and stock.

82

4 years ago

Intrinsic is building a way for anyone to track their credit card spending on the web, giving them a visual representation of their spending habits.

82

3 years ago

A startup that leverages machine learning to help people who have anxiety and depression more easily know how to cope with their condition. It’s meant to be a self-help tool.

82

3 years ago

A tool to help you save, manage, and organize all of your tasks, notes, and things you want to do. It’s like a to-do list that can be viewed as a calendar or spreadsheet and helps you keep track of all of your projects.

82

3 years ago

A startup that wants to make it easier for consumers to buy fruits and vegetables online. It’s like Google Express of fresh produce — the startups wants to get fresh produce from farm to refrigerator.

82

3 years ago

A software-as-a-service platform that helps apply machine learning to the data. The startup is building a predictive analytics platform that will be powered by artificial intelligence.

82

4 years ago

This startup wants to be the “Google of Social Media”, helping brands manage their social media presence with a suite of tools.

81

4 years ago

What’s the difference between a company’s internet and mobile presence, and how can it be improved

81

4 years ago

Building a video platform for small businesses, allowing them to make videos and upload them to YouTube and Facebook. The startup has deals with such companies as CafePress and Personal Creations.

81

4 years ago

A startup that lets people earn money by helping their friends book trips. At present, the company has partnered with Airbnb and Kayak to help people book their own trips.

81

4 years ago

A team of futurists based in Tel-Aviv, Israel, that uses data science to predict how human behavior will change in response to various technologies.

81

4 years ago

Mentioned on Forbes as an example of “a group of entrepreneurs who are making some smart decisions for the future of transportation.” They’re making an electric scooter that’s more than just a toy and aims to build a fleet of them for riders in places where people deal with traffic and don’t have a car — and to not just be a toy for rich people.

81

4 years ago

A social network for Latinx entrepreneurs and women with entrepreneur friends.

81

4 years ago

A tool to help people get their doctor to prescribe cheaper medications by checking Medicare cost data and comparing it to what a doctor’s office would charge for that medication.

81

4 years ago

A SaaS solution for businesses to take credit card payments from their mobile devices, including ApplePay and Google Pay, and then process that payment through their preferred payment processor.

81

4 years ago

This B2B software company aims to make the retail space more predictable. They’re using machine learning to help retailers predict sales by combining a customer’s purchase history with weather, seasonality, and other factors.

81

4 years ago

“We're building a platform for hosting, connecting and monetizing all types of users. Our focus is to enable the most innovative entrepreneurs and brands to build unique applications with our tools."

81

4 years ago

The startup is looking to build an app that enables customers to buy pre-made meals (think take-out) within a few minutes.

81

4 years ago

A startup that helps you discover the cheapest flight to your next holiday, based on your budget and preferred origin/destination.

81

3 years ago

A startup that lets you ask a bunch of questions, and then gives you personalized answers from experts. You’re presented with a bunch of questions, and then given a series of answers from other users. The answers are often things you wouldn’t have known to ask.

81

3 years ago

A network of real-time, high-quality audio recordings of presidential speeches, for use in classrooms, research, and other purposes.

81

3 years ago

A platform to help people build an online presence without going through an agency.

81

2 years ago

A technology that uses an algorithm to predict if an employee will leave their job.

81

2 years ago

Y Combinator has been criticized for sometimes playing a role in the demise of startups that they have nurtured. The company has been accused of being "too good" to startups, providing the founders with too much money and support and thus suppressing the risk of failure.

81

2 years ago

A company that helps companies find the best employees by predicting their needs and repurposing skill sets from other companies.

81

5 years ago

A company that collects data from credit cards to build a predictive model of which cardholders are likely to pay back their debts (and which ones are likely to default). It’s looking to offer a free model to banks for their riskiest customers.

80

4 years ago

A company that lets businesses forecast demand for their products. They’re currently doing predictive maintenance for industrial equipment.

80

4 years ago

A “truly decentralized Internet”, where all of the data is stored on computers that are spread across the world, and none of the data is stored on any single computer.

80

4 years ago

A company that helps people choose the right credit card to use. It’s based on the premise that most people don’t realize that the card they already have is probably the right one for them.

80

4 years ago

The company wants to help marketers predict which city will see the most growth in mobile app usage. They’ve built a machine-learning algorithm that generates possible markets based on a number of factors, including population density and the amount of money spent on mobile devices.

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

This startup wants to use big data to predict which customers are most likely to leave a store and where they’ll go next.

80

4 years ago

A platform for tracking kids’ safety, built on the premise that kids can’t always tell you when something has happened.

80

3 years ago

A company building a chatbot that evaluates your current financial status and predicts your future.

80

3 years ago

A 90-day “refuge” for artists that allows them to work at their own pace on an art project without pressure to ship a finished product.

80

2 years ago

A startup to help people and companies see each other’s social media presence.

80

4 years ago

This startup wants to help contractors get paid on time, by giving them a virtual presence on restaurant sites.

79

4 years ago

A startup that wants to build a social credit system in China. They say that if you’re the type of person who might not be able to get a loan in China — like someone living in a rural village — then your credit score will be pretty low. The startup wants to build an online platform to expand the reach of credit scores to everyone.

79

4 years ago

This startup wants to help small businesses create, manage, and share Google Docs spreadsheets directly from their phone.

79

4 years ago

This startup helps to deliver a new kind of photo book with a digital book that can be sold or shared online. It’s a premium service that costs $600 for a year.

79

4 years ago

A startup to help companies of all types keep track of all their employees’ health insurance coverage, from birth control to prescriptions to doctor’s appointments.

79

4 years ago

A startup that aggregates all of the world’s data on climate change and presents it in an easy-to-digest format.

79

4 years ago

A micro-finance company that provides loans to entrepreneurs in rural India.

79

4 years ago

A tool for businesses to manage their social media presence and communicate with customers via social media.

79

4 years ago

This startup system uses a combination of machine learning and custom coding to detect fraudulent activity on ebay and predict the likelihood of a transaction being fraudulent.

79

4 years ago

A healthcare subscription service for people wanting to track and keep tabs on their prescriptions. The company is building out a very simple and user friendly platform that saves users time and money by managing their prescriptions.

79

4 years ago

A private messaging app for entrepreneurs in Latin America.

79

4 years ago

A news app that lets users pay for premium content, with a minimum subscription of $29.99.

79

4 years ago

A platform that lets freelancers buy insurance through the Affordable Care Act, then pay monthly premiums that are deducted from their paychecks.

79

4 years ago

If kids are being sent to school by themselves, they may do poorly if they’re already scared of new situations. To help kids transition, the startup will send them to a therapist to help them “develop a calming presence” that they can use throughout their school life.

79

4 years ago

A tool for restaurants to manage their online presence, including online ordering, reservations, background checks, and all of the financials.

79

4 years ago

A machine learning platform that can predict cancer in the pancreas better than the current gold standard.

79

3 years ago

A startup that wants to help avoid medical bills by selling insurance for emergency services, for which it charges a premium.

79

3 years ago

A credit-scoring tool for small businesses or individuals, helping them get pre-approved for loans and loans from banks.

79

3 years ago

In 2011, TechCrunch announced the first Startup Battlefield in San Francisco, and the event has grown to become a major tech event for entrepreneurs and investors. This year, TechCrunch is launching two Startup Battlefield events in the San Francisco Bay Area and one in Los Angeles.

79

3 years ago

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

79

5 years ago

Embrace is a team of scientists that are working on a way to detect and prevent heart attacks. They’re focused on developing a blood test that can detect a heart attack before it happens so that doctors can treat and prevent it. The startup has raised $84,000 in seed funding.

78

4 years ago

A company that helps small businesses get started on social networks. The startup funds small businesses to build their social media presence in exchange for a cut of their sales.

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 real estate startup that’s been around for several years, but is just getting press this year

78

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.

78

4 years ago

A Slack client for business teams and entrepreneurs.

78

4 years ago

It’s a startup that helps start-ups and entrepreneurs sell their products through physical stores.

78

4 years ago

A personal finance management tool for young entrepreneurs. It helps users track their net worth, investments, and expenses, and is compatible with any financial product.

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

Unilever is using AI to make its detergents more environmentally friendly. The company is using artificial intelligence to predict how much detergent a person needs, based on their behavior and preferences.

78

3 years ago

Riders are able to opt into a premium service that provides drivers with a car, insurance and savings on every ride. The idea is to create a community of drivers and riders that share in the cost of car ownership.

78

2 years ago

Helping people with their social media presence, the company gives people an avatar they can customize with different avatars that represent their different roles.

78

4 years ago

The company’s vision is to make the process of creating a video game “as simple as making a PowerPoint presentation”. It wants to make video game creation accessible to non-programmers, and today’s software for that is too difficult to use.

77

4 years ago

A startup that makes it easier to communicate with doctors remotely. Doctors can chat with patients via a smartphone or the web, and can see what prescriptions they’ve already written and what they’re working on right now.

77

4 years ago

A new iOS app for tickets that lets users to pre-order tickets to a show and pay for it using a credit card or reward points.

77

4 years ago

This startup is building a tool to help local businesses build a web presence. The company already has clients in Chicago and Los Angeles.

77

4 years ago

A tool that uses machine learning to interpret facial expressions to make hiring decisions.

77

4 years ago

A company that provides the top digital marketing agency in the world with a digital presence outside of their clients’ websites.

77

4 years ago

A blockchain-powered two-factor authentication provider that claims to prevent phishing, improve user security, and reduce fraud.

77

4 years ago

As of today, one of the most popular tools for building website themes is WordPress. The startup is looking to take that power of customization and commoditization to the mobile web.

77

4 years ago

Founded in 2017, the company plans to use machine learning to allow retailers to better predict the needs of their customers and make changes in real time.

77

4 years ago

A chatbot that will be available in ten languages and can recognize over 500 “emotional states” through facial expressions, tone of voice, and other factors.

77

4 years ago

A crowdfunding platform for startups, allowing people to invest in entrepreneurs as a way to get access to a new product before it’s ready for the market. Borrowing the model of Kickstarter, AngelList connects people with startups without the need to make a down payment.

77

4 years ago

A registered nurse who is also a social entrepreneur wants to build a startup helping companies with HR and payroll tasks.

77

4 years ago

A personalized recommendation platform that helps you discover new apps and games. The startup offers a $1 per month premium subscription that displays recommendations based on your taste in games or other things.

77

4 years ago

A company that uses machine learning to discover and prevent fraudulent users from taking advantage of traditional banking systems.

77

4 years ago

A traditional pharmacy and health clinic that sells prescriptions and medical services online, but also provides telemedicine services. It’s aimed at people who want to shop and get care at the same place.

77

4 years ago

A tool for digitizing old school video, with the goal of preserving iconic video for future generations.

77

3 years ago

A platform that lets people sell their unused gadgets; the startup is targeting consumers and entrepreneurs in need of cash for their tech.

77

3 years ago

A web platform for the government to share information about drugs for prescription.

77

3 years ago

The startup wants to create a platform that helps entrepreneurs move their products from concept to production

77

2 years ago

A startup that makes custom-made clothing. The company has run a successful Kickstarter campaign in the past year, and is now taking preorders for their next product — a one-of-a-kind T-shirt printed with your face.

77

2 years ago

This startup is building a tax preparation software solution that allows users to create their own tax calculations based on their specific tax situation.

77

4 years ago

A software platform that helps companies create an online presence. It helps businesses manage their websites and online marketing campaigns while making it easier for customers to contact them.

76

4 years ago

A platform to help small businesses with their digital presence and marketing. The startup is still in development, and only recently launched its website.

76

4 years ago

A product that combines a “digital kitchen scale” with a connected kitchen appliance. The goal is to make cooking more precise; for instance, you can measure the exact amount of rice you’re using.

76

4 years ago

A cloud-based tool to prevent nursing home abuse by monitoring patient activity and alerting nursing homes if a resident is being abused.

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4 years ago 1 views

A video series that helps people make better decisions by evaluating their past behavior to predict what sort of decisions they’ll make in the future.

76

4 years ago

A new way to pay for groceries, with an app that allows customers to scan their items. The app will be able to take payments using cryptocurrency, and use machine learning to predict what customers might buy next.

76

4 years ago

Pitchbook presents two popular pitch events: the "Pitch It" event and the "Pitch It" event.

76

4 years ago

A startup that helps people manage and record social interactions, and then presents it as a graph on a website.

76

4 years ago

This list is not a comprehensive list of every startup in the region. We have excluded startups focused on a single vertical in a city, startups founded in a certain part of the world, and startups that are only based in one city.

76

4 years ago

A platform for selling pre-owned designer goods, creating a marketplace for buying and selling designer goods and selling pre-owned designer goods online.

76

4 years ago

A software system for prescribing drugs based on historic data. A predictive algorithm can calculate patient response to drugs and select the best one based on that data.

76

4 years ago

The goal of this startup is to use AI algorithms to combine a person’s genetic information with their lifestyle and health data to predict their risk of diseases. The company is currently in stealth mode.

76

4 years ago

A B2B company that helps businesses manage their operations. The startup was co-founded by a former Google employee who used to run a business before quitting in 2011 to become a full-time entrepreneur.

76

4 years ago

A digital platform for women, who are often underrepresented in the tech industry, to access and develop their ideas.

76

4 years ago

A company that’s building a “premium” test for restless legs syndrome

76

4 years ago

A company that makes a device for testing an individual’s taste preferences and then uses the data to create recipes for their food

76

4 years ago

An organization focused on supporting women entrepreneurs in Thailand.

76

4 years ago

A machine learning platform that uses machine learning to predict which products will sell well.

76

4 years ago

Caspi is a company that provides a software platform for pre-paid mobility services. They’re working to make the customer experience better and to help the sharing economy model scale.

76

2 years ago

A college prep and career prep program for kids in high school designed to help them find internships or jobs.

76

2 years ago

A startup that is looking to help people get a pre-approval for loans.

76

4 years ago

A unique, third-party app that helps you track your shipping from UPS, FedEx, USPS, DHL, and Aliexpress. The company has sold $20,000 in products since October 1, 2016.

75

4 years ago

A startup that is building a way for users to create and share animated GIFs within their social media networks. The company offers a free plan with premium features.

75

4 years ago

A tool that allows businesses to create a professional presence on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter. The company is building a way for business owners to more easily manage their social media presence.

75

4 years ago

A tool for automating email marketing for businesses. Its founders, having previously built a small email marketing SaaS for startups, were looking for a way to automate the process.

75

4 years ago

A way to provide better credit for businesses and entrepreneurs in the US. The startup is using machine learning to provide more personalized lending options.

75

4 years ago

A platform that allows users to run localized peer-to-peer sales of prepaid minutes.

75

4 years ago

A B2C subscription service for emergency room visits that includes pre-paid debit cards and a 24/7 concierge service.

75

4 years ago

A company that wants to bring on-demand, on-premise video conferencing to the masses. It plans to use its own video hardware, and a platform owned by the company, to make it easier for people to book, manage, and pay for video conferencing.

75

4 years ago

A startup that helps entrepreneurs in the UK build and scale their startup quickly.

75

3 years ago

A startup that allows customers to order premium coffee, tea, beer, wine, and liquor from a single source.

75

3 years ago

Trello is more of an office productivity tool, with functionality for management of projects, sharing of files and tasks, etc. It supports a wide range of file formats and is accessible via web, mobile, or desktop. Trello also supports other services, such as Slack. Trello also offers a free plan to start, with a premium plan starting at $6/month.

75

3 years ago

A startup that uses computers to teach kids about computer science. The founder, who was a 7th grader when he started, previously built an app that teaches kids about the Internet.

75

2 years ago

A real-time messaging app for the medical community, connecting doctors with patients around their most pressing needs. It’s a chatbot that connects users to a real human.

75

2 years ago

A platform that connects American Express to small businesses, allowing them to easily take payments from customers.

75

2 years ago

A voice-activated personal assistant that can speed up your tax preparation and give you personalized financial advice.

75

4 years ago

A startup that helps teams make decisions by using machine learning to predict the future based on past decisions.

74

4 years ago

A health startup that wants to be the Amazon of health insurance: a way for consumers to compare and buy plans to lower their premiums.

74

4 years ago

Helps companies manage their human capital better by replacing spreadsheets with online tools. Helps companies manage their human capital better by replacing spreadsheets with online tools.

74

4 years ago

A software platform for companies planning to do an IPO. The company provides pre-IPO planning tools for companies to enable them to do an IPO more efficiently.

74

4 years ago

A reinterpretation of the concept of a data center, which is to warehouse all of your data, monetize it, and sell it to other companies.

74

4 years ago

A company focused on helping clients with growing their presence in Asia. Its app helps people navigate Asia’s credit card market, which is significantly different from the US market.

74

4 years ago

A tool for companies to build more efficient internal communication, involving messaging, spreadsheet automation, and scheduling. It’s the first product from the team more commonly known for their work on the cloud-based calendar startup, Meeting.ly.

74

4 years ago

A college prep app for high schoolers.

74

4 years ago

A startup based in Shenzhen, China, that’s building a software tool for small businesses that helps with accounting, tax preparation, and payment processing

74

4 years ago

A health and wellness startup that is working to disrupt the pharmacy business by lowering the costs of shopping for prescriptions and increasing the transparency in patient data.

74

4 years ago

A company that helps monitor and prevent Medicare fraud.

74

4 years ago 1 views

A messaging app that compresses video to send over text and images, meaning users can send longer videos over shorter messages.

74

4 years ago

This company wants to help companies deal with the “digital exhaust” of their own employees, which includes information that can be used to identify a person’s preferred job, background, and interests.

74

4 years ago

Matching a user's facial expressions with activities they would like to do, like watching TV or playing video games. The startup wants to use this to tailor ads in a way that’s more aligned with users’ interests.

74

4 years ago

An Android app that helps small businesses find and book talent like a more efficient version of ZipRecruiter.

74

4 years ago

It is a drop-in-a-bucket startup incubator in the heart of Downtown Los Angeles. The company was founded in 2017 by former Google executive Brian Wieser. The company's mission is to foster entrepreneurship in the city of Los Angeles.

74

3 years ago

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

74

3 years ago

A startup that wants to replace the old “bunch of keys” business model that requires manual labor to file tax returns from tax preparation services to online forms.

74

3 years ago

A consumer-facing SaaS company that has built a platform to help brands, agencies, and retailers manage their social media presence.

74

3 years ago

Helping companies find and hire female engineers with a tool that uses data and algorithms to assess a candidate’s potential. The idea is that the startup can predict how women will respond to certain interview questions, and the more data it can crunch, the better.

74

3 years ago

A fast-growing global microfinance platform that helps entrepreneurs and small businesses access credit and loans.

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 people buying homes that allows the buyer to see the price of a house in relation to rent and other similar properties within a couple miles. It’s built on the premise that anyone buying a home should be able to see how much rent it would take to pay off the mortgage.

73

4 years ago

A company that offers a closed-loop technology for managing real-time customer service representatives. Unbounce’s system enables companies to manage customer interactions in real-time, and give back control of the customer’s experience to the organization.

73

4 years ago

A VR/AR platform that uses 3D scans of real estate to present you with a virtual walkthrough of a home or apartment. The startup is currently in private beta and has raised $1.5M.

73

4 years ago

A Cleveland-based startup that has developed an algorithm that claims to predict the weather seven days in advance.

73

4 years ago

A software system for prescribing drugs based on historic data.

73

4 years ago

This is a startup focusing on machine learning for the financial services industry. Its platform helps banks build predictions about how customers will act, and help inform decisions.

73

4 years ago

Working with a lab in Italy, this startup is developing a service to prevent the spread of dengue fever.

73

4 years ago

An online marketplace for home cooks, enabling online customers to make online orders of prepared meals that they can pick up at their own home.

73

4 years ago

This startup has developed a machine learning software for facial recognition, which it says can be trained to recognize the gender, race, age, and facial expression of a person.

73

4 years ago

A software-as-a-service platform that analyzes large-scale data streams to predict and prevent fraud.

73

3 years ago

A “self-learning” app that learns your writing style and adapts to your preferences

73

5 years ago

Idea: A startup for entrepreneurs who want to get in touch with investors Early users say it’s helped them raise $50,000

72

4 years ago

A machine learning platform that helps companies make more accurate predictions about when they’ll run out of inventory. The startup is looking to build a “data factory” to make its predictions more accurate.

72

4 years ago

An AI-powered network for the internet of things to share data from devices, enabling devices to talk to each other and enabling the creation of new business models like predictive maintenance and maintenance as a service.

72

4 years ago

A financial technology company that helps comprehensive research in the world of growth investing.

72

4 years ago

A tool that helps entrepreneurs find customers by promising to help them find people who want to buy their products. The startup is currently in the process of being acquired by a larger consumer-facing company.

72

4 years ago

The startup’s a startup looking to disrupt the human resources market in big, old-school companies. With the help of AI and machine learning, the startup wants to make recruiting and hiring more efficient while helping companies tap into the power of data to better predict how well candidates will fit.

72

4 years ago

A tool that helps companies track non-employee contractors with a single platform, replacing hundreds of spreadsheets.

72

4 years ago

A personalized health and wellness platform, giving people a new way to learn about their own health and fix the issues that prevent them from achieving their goals.

72

4 years ago

A chatbot that helps users create a “smart contract” based around their personal preference. Founder David Chen tells me that the bot was built to be a “simple and fun way to teach people about smart contracts and blockchain.”

72

3 years ago

A software platform for identifying and preventing fraud on the Web, including identity theft.

72

3 years ago

A startup that solves the problem of people who want to invest in their favorite games but don’t want to be the ones to make the money or run the game. Players will be able to invest in pre-release games, and will get a share of the profits based on how much they invested.

72

3 years ago

A content management system that enables small businesses to use their own custom backend. It’s a simpler way for small businesses to run their sites, and is also a cheaper alternative to using something like WordPress.

72

3 years ago

A tool for converting spreadsheets into easily searchable tables.

72

2 years ago

CFO is a company that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to help banks make more accurate financial forecasts. The company wants to help banks make more accurate forecasts by using AI to predict demand based on spending habits.

72

2 years ago

The Winter 2014 class was the first class to include the class-wide submission of a side project. The submission was to build a side project that would be presented and discussed at the demo day of the Winter 2014 class. The submission was to build MoonVox, which is a

72

4 years ago

A data visualization tool that offers individualized reports for each user, combining data from multiple sources and presenting them to an end user in a way that is easy to digest. The company’s first product, released in 2019, is for healthcare and financial services.

71

4 years ago

A social network for the “smart, social, and stylish” user, built on the premise that everyone has a story to tell and that people will share that story if they’re beautiful.

71

4 years ago

It’s 2015, and you’re still using an Excel spreadsheet to track your expenses. Monefy helps you do that, but also keeps your financial records organized.

71

4 years ago

A platform for developing, selling, and distributing premium branded content. The company’s already working with clients like Red Bull, Caviar, and more.

71

4 years ago

A platform for breaking down supply chain data to help companies find labor, physical labor. The company is looking to target manufacturers, who it says are the only group that is currently prevented from putting labor into their own supply chain data.

71

4 years ago

A platform company that specializes in predictive maintenance and predictive servicing. They’ll tell you how long your car will last, based on the data and condition of your car.

71

4 years ago

This startup is building a platform for managing all of the different tools used in a carpenter’s shop, which are usually spread across a bunch of different apps.

71

4 years ago

A B2B SaaS startup focused on helping companies find, manage and automate their supply chain. The company is led by former McKinsey consultant and CEO, who previously started and sold several companies.

71

4 years ago

A new tool for food entrepreneurs to make their delivery services more efficient, with a focus on making it easier for them to share their locations with customers.

71

4 years ago

A company operating in the travel space with a host of different products, including an app that predicts which airline seats are best for you, an app that lets you create wish lists, and an app that tracks your travel expenses.

71

4 years ago

A microinsurance startup that uses AI to help farmers make better decisions about risk on their farms and to spread the cost of floods and droughts to others.

71

3 years ago

This startup is a “smarter way of sending money”, replacing paper checks with digital payments. The startup is essentially a digital alternative to pre-paid gift cards.

71

3 years ago

A startup that helps homebuyers track down previous owners and negotiate to buy a home.

71

3 years ago

A SaaS company that creates a custom software stack for managing applications in the cloud and on-premises.

71

3 years ago

A platform for dating that claims to be better than popular app Tinder in part because it’s based on mutual interests rather than proximity, and uses a “personalized algorithm” to match you with someone based on first impressions.

71

3 years ago

A startup looking to build the most comprehensive website for pro-wrestling fans, available on all major social media platforms.

71

3 years ago

This startup wants to launch a new way of getting healthcare, which is more personal and cheaper. By using a home-based device that records symptoms to answer questions like: “How are you feeling” “What’s happening with your lungs” “How do you compare to your doctor’s predictions”

71

3 years ago

A startup that makes algorithms to help predict which languages will be most used in the future.

71

3 years ago

A startup building a tool that helps large businesses collaborate more efficiently by sharing and comparing spreadsheets.

71

3 years ago

This insurance startup is working to make prescription drug management easier for employers.

71

3 years ago

A startup that provides on-demand tax preparation services for individuals, families and small businesses.

71

3 years ago

A company with a suite of products for monitoring the safety of workers at construction sites. They are currently in negotiations with the United States President's Task Force on Safety and Health in Construction.

71

2 years ago

The startup is creating a way for users to use their personal media content in presentations and meetings.

71

4 years ago

A digital representation of a physical card game for the internet, replacing the physical card deck with a virtual one. The startup’s founder says they’re close to the top 500 in the iPhone app store. They have a few hundred users.

70

4 years ago

A tool for those who are on the fence about leaving their job to go on the job market, with tools to help them prepare for interviews, work on their resume, and define the kind of job they’re looking for. They are approaching companies and are set to launch the beta version of the product in the summer.

70

4 years ago

A consultation service for startups and entrepreneurs, providing business and marketing advice.

70

4 years ago

A solution that helps companies manage their guest-list and check-in processes and prevent mistakes.

70

4 years ago

A team of three full stack engineers, two graphics designers, and a marketing lead, Capital’s goal is to disrupt the legal sector of the marketplace by providing a full service legal shop. Capital is a firm that represents individuals and small businesses in a variety of legal matters. The team is currently focusing on the representation of individuals, but also does work for small businesses.

70

4 years ago

A preventive healthcare startup that wants to use AI to help doctors manage patients’ conditions before they get sick.

70

4 years ago

This healthcare startup wants to help employees avoid the cycle of health insurance premiums and high deductibles. They send a monthly debit card to employees, and can be customized to cover a certain amount of money per month for a certain service, ranging from life insurance to primary care to dental. They’re profitable and growing in the San Francisco Bay Area.

70

4 years ago

This company is building a platform that connects real estate agents with short-term rentals, making it easier for agents to make money. The startup's founders are both previous Airbnb employees.

70

4 years ago

A toolkit for building online courses. The startup is using pre-built templates and templates specific to the type of course.

70

4 years ago

A company that claims to build “the best pitch deck you’ve ever read” for startups and entrepreneurs.

70

4 years ago

DriveMill is building a platform for the next generation of data scientists, helping them to build and test models that can successfully predict and help predict the future.

70

4 years ago

A startup that uses AI to predict what the next big fashion trend will be, and then makes all their clothes in those colors.

70

4 years ago

This startup is building a management app for restaurants, allowing managers to see which tables, employees, and guests are on the premises and track their purchases.

70

4 years ago

A company that makes mobile games for kids. The startup is best known for its games for preschoolers and its games are made in partnership with a number of companies, including Disney and Nickelodeon.

70

4 years ago

One of the most interesting startups to come out of the fintech space, Nomiku is building a device that allows consumers to cook with precision.

70

3 years ago

This startup is building an open-source, open-access platform for large-scale data pre-processing, making large data sets more readable, usable and beautiful.

70

3 years ago

A digital assistant that learns a person’s interests and delivers tailored news and personal intelligence. The startup is looking to use machine learning to predict what news/information a person will like.

70

3 years ago

A digital platform for “consumers and solopreneurs to share, connect, sell and showcase their digital art.”

70

3 years ago

A software platform that will help retailers manage their inventory by taking data from back-of-house systems and predictive analytics.

70

3 years ago

A new way to fill out forms, with a drag-and-drop UI, allowing you to create quick forms with pre-populated fields and fill them out in a secure, encrypted way.

70

3 years ago

A chatbot that allows you to hire a nanny or teach a language online, based on your schedule and preferences.

70

3 years ago

A B2C startup that works with medical practices to provide a mobile app that lets patients book appointments, order prescriptions and keep track of health records.

70

3 years ago

A tool for helping entrepreneurs find funding for their businesses, based out of the Silicon Valley area.

70

3 years ago

The startup helps consumers in cities post short, free listings, and to pay rent via the same platform. The startup uses its data to give advertisers accurate analytics on customers and their preferences.

70

5 years ago

A startup that lets you order prescription drugs online and have them delivered to your door

69

4 years ago

Food preparation with an interactive interface.

69

4 years ago

A company that aims to help people and companies plan sales and sales presentations online. They're currently working on a product for sales managers who want to be more strategic about sales by designing sales presentations ahead of time.

69

4 years ago

An automated phone system for people dealing with anxiety and depression, the idea is to free up employees to work on other things.

69

4 years ago

The Startup Genome is a resource for founders and investors. It covers early stage startups and is a non-profit that helps entrepreneurs, investors, and mentors. The Startup Genome aims to improve the ecosystem by providing entrepreneurs with data to help guide their decisions and spread best practices.

69

4 years ago

A “full service HR company”, with a focus on “pre-employment screening, onboarding, and training.”

69

4 years ago

A startup that wants to help companies make more efficient use of the cloud by using machine learning and artificial intelligence to monitor usage and predict when to cut costs.

69

4 years ago

As part of the BizCloud startups program, this company’s idea is a simple spreadsheet that makes it easy for people to organize their business ideas in a way that benefits everyone.

69

4 years ago

A tool for using big data to predict where a product will sell best, rather than applying traditional marketing/sales data.

69

4 years ago

A Slack-like platform for online chat rooms and one-on-one messaging using customizable avatars to represent each user.

69

4 years ago

The company makes a tailored set of business templates that are created for each company, and help entrepreneurs launch quickly, with little to no upfront costs.

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 hardware wallet for bitcoin. A recent redesign has brought in some features that were previously only available for the Ledger.

69

4 years ago

A digital prescription for a doctor’s handwritten notes, meant to make the experience more efficient and streamlined.

69

4 years ago

A startup that’s building a service that let’s you easily make a customized, pre-made collar to dress up your dog in. The startup wants to make it easy to give your dog a unique outfit.

69

4 years ago

An AI-powered assistant to help people with mental health issues. The startup is focused on helping users manage their depression, anxiety, and other mental health issues.

69

4 years ago

A company that helps do-it-yourselfers build their own computerized drill press, with plans to offer on-demand service.

69

4 years ago

A startup that uses artificial intelligence to create “magic” applications that can read and interpret data in multiple formats and present it in visual and understandable ways.

69

4 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

An API that generates content for entrepreneurs and startups on the subject of marketing, building out a platform for content creators to share their knowledge with the world.

69

3 years ago

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

69

2 years ago

A “startup for the people” that wants to help people become entrepreneurs. It wants to help people build businesses, share their ideas, and turn those ideas into products.

69

2 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses build a web presence and an online presence for their brick and mortar stores. It’s offered for free with a premium level for business with more than $150,000 in annual revenue.

69

4 years ago

The company believes in a privacy-preserving model for storing and sharing user data to add value to their users, and is building a platform to let users control how their data is used.

68

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 startup looking to make the world’s best, high-end machine parts with a focus on precision machining. Their idea is to build a factory that can produce any size and shape part, anywhere in the world, with high precision and great quality.

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4 years ago

A medical device that can detect breast cancer, in a more affordable and less invasive way than current tools. It’s not FDA approved yet, but the founders say they have been talking to a number of medical companies that have expressed interest.

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A startup that wants to use a combination of machine learning and AI to help you better manage your health data. The startup is looking to take a similar approach to a product they previously released, the AmpedSense wearable device.

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4 years ago

The company is building a predictive service to help companies target social media ads.

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4 years ago

This pair of Latinx entrepreneurs wants to use data and analytics to help people who’ve been affected by incarceration make a successful transition back into society.

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4 years ago

A startup that’s building a machine-learning framework for health care data, using it to make predictions about a patient’s likelihood to get better.

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4 years ago

A free tool for entrepreneurs to research and plan their crowdfunding campaigns.

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3 years ago

A company that’s trying to help people build websites using the WordPress platform and theme them with their own designs, letting them sell their own products from the website.

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3 years ago

A platform for sharing stories about people’s experiences with depression and anxiety

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3 years ago

A startup that helps parents manage their kids’ online lives and protect them from online predators.

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3 years ago

A tool that uses data analytics to help companies predict how many customers they’ll be able to retain, allowing them to make decisions before they hit a point of diminishing return.

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3 years ago

A food delivery platform for restaurants that will let them deliver food orders quickly, choose a unique delivery option, and let customers see the food being prepared.

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3 years ago

A workplace wellness platform for employers, giving them tools to help them spread healthy habits.

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3 years ago

A product recommendation engine that looks at the user's preferences in a typical internet application and recommends other related items.

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3 years ago

A community of women who are interested in preserving history and sharing their stories.

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3 years ago

A startup that sells a pair of sunglasses for $100, but in a way that doesn’t require the purchase of a prescription.

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3 years ago

A group buying service for “pre-vetted products” that is “a great place for startups to find their product’s early adopters”.

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3 years ago

A predictive software company that provides expert advice in the form of a series of recommendations on the customer’s financial situation. The startup looks at the customer’s spending patterns, employer, income, investments, and credit to make a series of suggestions on how to improve the customer’s financial health.

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3 years ago

A tool for managing performance, which includes preparation, training, and analysis

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3 years ago 1 views

A B2B marketplace for merchants to easily procure goods and services. It has been dubbed the “Amazon of the Third World” by the press.

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2 years ago

A startup that helps Chinese SMEs make money from the millions of micro-entrepreneurs in China. It’ll be an in-person platform that connects the two.

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2 years ago

A company developing a predictive analytics tool that aims to help hospitals mitigate the risk of expensive, preventable medical errors.

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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.

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4 years ago

Customized content creation and curation for brands, with a focus on video and on-demand content. Its tools include a library of pre-made videos, on-demand content library, and a set of tools to create and share your own custom videos.

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4 years ago

A startup that helps individuals purchase the best health insurance policy. The startup’s customers are spread across 10 US states, with plans that range from $5 to $200 per month.

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4 years ago

A digital assistant for accountants who wants to get into the tax preparation business.

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4 years ago

A startup that’s working to make the mental health sector more accessible to people through a smartphone app. It can be used to support people who have depression, anxiety and other forms of mental illness. The app works by connecting users with personal care managers who can make appointments with a therapist, prescribe medication and make referrals.

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4 years ago

A self-service tool for enterprise software that helps salespeople track leads, close deals, and monitor their performance. The startup is building on the success of its previous product, a CRM.

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4 years ago

A business intelligence platform that helps companies uncover trends and data that can help predict and prevent fraud, with a focus on the e-commerce space.

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4 years ago

An employee-owned insurance company. The startup wants to build a marketplace of insurance products for businesses, where employees can buy coverage to meet their specific needs and where the startup takes a cut of the premiums.

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4 years ago

One way to get more people on board with startups is to help them use the product. That’s what this startup is doing, with a platform that lets you build and test out apps on the premise of getting you started.

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4 years ago

Prim is a content management system for people who want to manage their own, personal website. It’s similar to WordPress and Squarespace, but offers more options for branding, like colors and fonts. The startup has 20K users, but it’s not yet making any revenue.

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3 years ago

A company that builds and sells a device “that helps prevent errors and bottlenecks in manufacturing and distribution.”

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3 years ago

This startup is working to allow people to create a personalized coffee subscription based on the coffee they drink and when they drink it. The company is selling $49 pre-packages to people who are willing to sign up with a certain amount of coffee that they want in a month.

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3 years ago

A platform for automating and personalizing behavioral health apps for people with depression and anxiety.

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3 years ago

A startup that uses machine learning to help marketers more accurately predict which campaigns work, so they can scale and do more of them.

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3 years ago

An artificial intelligence platform that allows businesses to accurately predict customer retention based on different aspects, from retention rate to research.

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3 years ago

A tool for homes that helps predict and address emergency situations like fires and floods. The startup says it’s already sold over $1 million worth of its fire and flood sensors since launching in early august.

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3 years ago

A machine learning platform that allows developers to create a predictive model of their own products, testing whether it can predict sales.

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3 years ago

A new service that uses machine learning to match people with their perfect job by analyzing their skills, experience, and work preferences.

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3 years ago

A community forum for sharing and organizing advice around making and growing a business, aimed at helping budding entrepreneurs and SMEs.

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3 years ago

A real time, data-driven sentiment analysis for financial markets that predicts the next move, based on their historical data.

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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.

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2 years ago

A startup that wants to create a set of simple, customizable, and fun online tools that map out the steps to becoming a full-time entrepreneur.

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4 years ago

This startup wants to use the power of social media to help health care professionals treat depression. It’s a new kind of “social medicine”, using social media and technology to treat depression in a way that is more human and empathetic.

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4 years ago

A payment app for the UK that lets customers pay their pre-approved utility bills without a bank account.

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4 years ago

Two entrepreneurs are trying to build a real-time language translator, meaning they aren’t just building an AI tool.

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4 years ago

A startup that helps companies with their social media presence. The company says it helps companies post content that resonates with their followers, and that they’ve delivered more than 1,000 social media posts for clients.

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4 years ago

Projects from previous YC batches that have gone on to raise funding

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4 years ago

A team of researchers at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory is building an AI that can accurately diagnose diseases and make predictions based on a reference set of data. It's the MIT team's latest bid to bring the power of AI to the masses.

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4 years ago

A management platform for connecting sales reps with clients, currently only available in the UK. The company’s co-founder was previously the CEO of the UK’s largest recruitment search engine.

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4 years ago

A startup that uses a “rules engine” to provide a predictive model for understanding the relationship between various risk factors and their effects on health.

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4 years ago

A company that helps businesses, especially ones with physical products, sell their wares. It’s using the same sort of predictive analytics to help consumers identify which products are the most popular, and use that information to help optimize their personal shopping.

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4 years ago

A prepaid debit card that also acts as a bank account, so you can buy things without needing a credit card.

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4 years ago

Issac Williams, cofounder of DevOps startup OpsGenie, is a serial entrepreneur who has founded

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4 years ago

A journal of short fiction that tells the stories of founders, investors, and entrepreneurs on the Y Combinator platform.

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4 years ago

A tool to help teams build and release small experimental products. It’s currently in pre-launch, with more features to come over the next couple of weeks.

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3 years ago

An easy-to-use platform for managing your business finances from one place. The startup is backed by Y Combinator, and is currently in the process of preparing for a funding round.

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3 years ago

A company that’s developing technology to help people with disabilities who rely on electrical assistive devices to communicate with technology. Essentially, the startups is building a sensor that is easily connected to a computer, and when someone presses the button, the computer responds.

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3 years ago

Eclipsum is a startup that is making it easier for users to create visual presentations with the use of “smart” software. The software runs on a laptop, tablet, or smartphone and allows users to create and share interactive graphs, charts, and maps.

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3 years ago

A three-year-old startup that offers a social networking platform for people who are underrepresented in the tech industry — women and minorities.

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3 years ago

An AI that uses machine learning to detect and predict customer pain points

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3 years ago

A platform for entrepreneurs to raise their risk profile before starting a company.

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3 years ago

E-commerce site that helps users compare products by price, function, and other factors, with a focus on helping women, who are not as well-represented in comparison sites.

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3 years ago

A startup that lets you create your own virtual assistant from a list of pre-made commands, built by other users.

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3 years ago

This is the first step in a larger effort to roll out a “social discount” on various products — all of which will have their price adjusted using algorithms to account for a person’s shopping history and preferences.

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3 years ago

A digital wallet for travelers, which lets users pre-pay for travel and get discounts on airlines.

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3 years ago

A company that is building a product that helps you translate your existing spreadsheets into a more visual format.

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2 years ago

A startup that plans to provide a startup package for entrepreneurs in Southeast Asia

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2 years ago

A startup looking to build a tool that helps you focus on what’s important, rather than how you get things done. The idea is to make the product work like a reminder system that pops up at pre-determined times throughout the day, asking you how you’re feeling and what you need to do, asking you to make a decision, or giving you an idea of what to do next.

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4 years ago

A software company that helps employees manage their finances and track spending in a way that’s more effective than spreadsheets and paper.

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4 years ago

A drag-and-drop tool for building custom, high-performance websites, with an emphasis on WordPress.

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4 years ago

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

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4 years ago

A company that aims to help retailers understand customer data and make better consumer decisions. They say they’ve built a platform for retailers to “assess buyer preferences”, and have gained the attention of big name retailers.

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4 years ago

In May, Prevest created a proof-of-concept platform that allows people to collaborate on content. The company says they’re focused on the “first-time creators” who don’t have the resources to create content independently.

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4 years ago

A tool that provides a simple way to import and export data from word documents to Spreadsheets, Google Docs and others.

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4 years ago

A company that creates custom-designed, pre-packaged, monthly subscription boxes of healthy snacks. The boxes are meant to be tasty, portable, and affordable, but also good for you. Customers can customize their boxes with additional ingredients, and can track their consumption on a website. The boxes are available on subscription, as well as individually.

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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.

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3 years ago

A credit card that helps people prepay their rent and utilities. The startup has signed up “thousands” of users, and is currently trying to raise $500,000 on Indiegogo.

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3 years ago

A tool for marketers that helps them learn about their customers by making them answer a survey about their habits and preferences.

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3 years ago

The startup wants to use machine learning to help medical device companies tackle and prevent errors in medication dosing.

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3 years ago

This is a predictive analytics startup for retail and e-commerce sales.

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3 years ago

A company that makes custom snacks for kids' birthday parties, pitching it as a “version of Etsy for preschoolers”.

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3 years ago

This is a platform for tracking the health of your physical assets. It plugs into existing electronic health records and helps diagnose problems and make proactive recommendations to prevent them.

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3 years ago

A person can’t buy domain names any more. So instead they can go to a URL registrar like GoDaddy and buy a name pair like “www.airlines.com”. The startup is taking names in the .com, .net, .org, .us and .gov TLDs and buying them up in bulk with the idea that it can then resell them at a premium.

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3 years ago

An online platform that helps doctors sell off unused prescriptions while making it easy for patients to get their refills.

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3 years ago

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

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3 years ago

A company that helps brands use their customer data to predict customer behavior and develop customer acquisition campaigns.

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3 years ago

A B2B company that “helps organizations manage the rest of their business, beyond their ERP software, which may include on-premises tools, outside services, and software”.

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3 years ago

This startup is building an “intelligent” home management system that uses machine learning to automate things like lighting, climate control, and heating/cooling. The system learns from the user and builds out of a user’s preferences and habits.

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2 years ago

A company that wants to bring precision medicine to the X-ray industry

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5 years ago

Idea: New types of spaces, like cafes, parks, and gyms, that are built for entrepreneurs and freelancers

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4 years ago

A tool that lets people take their pet to the vet, get it checked out, and get prescription medications.

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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.

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4 years ago

A digital marketing platform for lifestyle brands, creating an app for brands to manage and grow their digital presence.

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4 years ago

Typeform is a premium form builder that turns any text into a form.

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4 years ago

A startup that helps SMBs automate their payroll, giving them the flexibility to pay their employees via direct deposit or on their preferred payment processor.

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4 years ago

A machine learning platform to predict which cases in the hospital will likely succeed and which ones will likely fail. The startup says they can reduce the average cost of a surgical procedure by a third with this system.

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4 years ago

A medical internet startup that wants to make a digital prescription that gets plugged into a patient’s electronic medical records, helping them avoid errors and get seen faster.

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4 years ago

A micro-retailer selling premium coffee beans and selling their brand in retail locations

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4 years ago

A WhatsApp-like messenger app for personal security that doesn’t rely on personal information to be secure. The app helps you to take the best precautions for your safety and helps you to stay safe.

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4 years ago

A portfolio manager for consultants and entrepreneurs, who provides advice on how to invest in startups.

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3 years ago

This is a startup that builds software to help companies and governments manage health care. The company claims that it’s cheaper than traditional health care and prevents a lot of errors.

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3 years ago

A business credit card for “micro-entrepreneurs” or those who want to start with a small business credit card while they build their business.

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3 years ago

A SaaS company that helps customers optimize their returns and prevent fraud.

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3 years ago

A company that delivers care to patients with chronic conditions, like diabetes and high blood pressure, through a network of integrated care centers in a discrete geographic area.

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3 years ago

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

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3 years ago

A finance company that works with a company’s investment managers to run a comprehensive and comprehensive asset allocation strategy.

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3 years ago

A startup that wants to create a platform for people to make money using their skills and talent, with the goal of creating a sustainable path for the next generation of entrepreneurs in the US.

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5 years ago

The event featured the first TechCrunch XR (extended reality) Hackathon in which teams built VR and AR experiences using HTC Vive and Facebook’s Oculus Rift VR headset. The event also featured a Startup Alley in which the most promising startups from the 2019 program showcased themselves to investors, mentors and press.

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4 years ago

This startup is building an app that allows users to build a homepage for their business and then upload content from their phone, giving them a little more control of their online presence.

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4 years ago

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

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4 years ago

A startup that aims to make it easier for small business owners to have a storefront presence on the internet. Instead of opening a website the company works with businesses to have a simple storefront integrated into their existing business.

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4 years ago

This startup is building an artificial intelligence that can read texts, detect sentiment, and predict the intent of a text. The company claims it can help organizations eliminate “false positives” and focus on the right people, at the right time.

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4 years ago

A startup that aims to make healthcare more accessible, by allowing people to order prescriptions, find the closest and most convenient pharmacy, and then track the results of those prescriptions.

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4 years ago

Looks to help entrepreneurs raise money through debt and equity, by providing a marketplace for investors to buy stock in startups.

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4 years ago

A company building a marketplace for job-seekers to connect with employers. They are taking pre-orders for their product.

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4 years ago

A startup that is building a platform that lets people set up recurring payments on their credit card and prepaid cards. They are also building a platform to help banks interact with their customers.

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4 years ago

A machine-learning API that helps companies use data from their CRM systems to predict which customers are at risk of churning.

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4 years ago

A tool that will allow non-profits to raise money for their causes by pre-selling branded merchandise, starting with a fundraiser for the American Red Cross. Customers purchase pieces of a t-shirt or hoody and design their own text and images, which they can then have printed and shipped. The proceeds of their sale will go directly to the American Red Cross.

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4 years ago

A digital service that helps businesses set up a digital presence in China. The firm focuses on B2C and B2B companies.

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4 years ago

A startup focused on helping retailers build smart merchandising systems that can predict which products will sell based on a shopper’s past buying behaviors.

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3 years ago

An AI-driven startup that aims to predict which people will die from cancer.

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This company wants to provide a way to get a person’s health history from their doctor’s office, including their past medications and prescriptions.

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3 years ago

An email service that lets users better select recipients and prevent spam.

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3 years ago

The startup is looking to take the wallet out of the equation for purchases of things like alcohol, cigarettes, pregnancy tests and condoms.

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3 years ago

A startup that builds on the idea of a home-owner’s insurance policy, but with a focus on preventing fraud.

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3 years ago

A startup that helps people manage their digital health data, including blood pressure, blood sugar, and cholesterol in a more holistic way. It launches with a blood pressure and blood sugar monitor.

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3 years ago

A food-delivery startup that takes the hassle out of eating at home by delivering food prepared by local chefs — a much more inexpensive alternative to restaurants.

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3 years ago

A predictive analytics and chatbot platform, focused on retail.

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3 years ago

A startup building a predictive analytics tool for restaurants. Rather than manually input data, users can choose their ingredients and the startup will tell them what it believes will turn out best.

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3 years ago

This startup wants to replace the manual process of gathering data from social networks with a software solution. It’ll aggregate data from multiple social networks and present it in a way that’ll allow users to make better decisions.

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2 years ago

An email-based service that helps people organize and store documents, spreadsheets and files in a way that’s easy to access and manage.

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2 years ago

A platform that can serve as a hub for online exam prep.

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4 years ago

An AI that predicts stock performance based on the news it hears.

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4 years ago

Ever the entrepreneur, Aaron Hinkley (of 25% Happier fame) co-founded a new startup, Arana, with his wife. It’s an online platform focused on promoting and discussing the benefits of meditation in a way that’s accessible to everyone.

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4 years ago

A freelancing marketplace with a premium membership that allows companies to outsource technical tasks to freelancers.

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4 years ago

A startup on O2O sites where companies can pre-sell inventory to customers. They charge a commission based on the volume of the sale.

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4 years ago

A platform for billing insurance companies, that works by analyzing the risk of patients and helping doctors write accurate prescriptions.

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4 years ago

This startup co-founded by basketball player Kevin Durant is building a platform for housing developers to find and sell homes online. The startup’s database of pre-vetted homes is curated.

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4 years ago

A decentralized social network for food lovers and entrepreneurs, which lets restaurants and culinary businesses “employ” community members to help out at each location. Customers can also share their favorite dishes, and restaurants can advertise their products to people who like the same cuisine.

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4 years ago

The startup is built around an ad-hoc infrastructure for sharing small jobs (up to $100) between companies. Previously, small businesses have to either go through the pain of setting up their own internal app or use their own separate contractor management platform (like TaskRabbit). The startup uses its API to help companies manage their workforces, with a platform that allows for bid and project management.

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4 years ago

An organization that helps people who are the victims of domestic violence to get the help they need to prevent future events.

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3 years ago

Fast-growing e-commerce company with a SaaS application for online reviews. They say their online reviews have been used as a predictor for an item’s success.

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3 years ago

A startup that provides support to people with mental health issues, such as anxiety and depression.

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3 years ago

A company building a platform that draws on previous experience in the music industry to help artists distribute the rights to their work.

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3 years ago

A company that helps determine if a loan is worth making. Fundera’s technology is based on smart contacts, which match up borrowers and lenders and run predictive analytics to determine if a loan is worth making.

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3 years ago

A company that wants to bring health insurance to the world’s poorest. The startup is already in talks with the government of the Philippines about expanding the product, and is sending representatives to India to talk about it too.

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3 years ago

A startup that helps entrepreneurs find small business loans so they can grow businesses without having to sell themselves or their company’s stock.

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2 years ago

A YouTube channel that features interviews with entrepreneurs about their successes and failures.

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2 years ago

A company that aims to use AI to help promote the health of people with mental health issues. Their target is to help better predict and manage mood disorders in the future by offering services for people who are thinking about getting treatment.

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4 years ago

A company that helps companies manage their email marketing campaigns through a tool that allows them to create and send personalized emails to customers who have expressed an interest in a brand.

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4 years ago

A digital notebook for recording and annotating presentations.

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4 years ago

A way to use pre-built markdown templates to build a blog.

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4 years ago

A machine learning platform for businesses, meant to help them predict which opportunities will be successful, which ones won’t, and which ones they should invest in.

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4 years ago

A startup that sells webinars that present real-life examples of how to use your tech product.

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4 years ago

A tool that helps businesses “manage their digital presence”. It’s a web platform that helps people manage their whole business.

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4 years ago

A startup that builds predictive analytics for marketers to help them make more accurate decisions about the products they want to sell.

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4 years ago

This startup wants to be “the Uber of college admission”. It’s focusing on the US market, where there’s a lot of paperwork and bureaucracy to navigate, and even more pressure to get into the right school.

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4 years ago

A content marketing platform that helps travel influencers curate and share content in real-time. It’s a full-service marketing company that helps travel influencers like authors and hosts to manage their social media presence, book tours, and content marketing.

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4 years ago

A company that helps small businesses in Mexico expand their reach and increase their business. The startup curates deals and services for small and medium businesses, including farmers and entrepreneurs.

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3 years ago

A company that aims to help companies evaluate their sales pipelines, using data and predictive models to help businesses predict how they should allocate resources. A platform that helps companies understand how to optimize their sales pipeline.

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3 years ago

A startup that promises to help you know what your current income is and where it will be in the future. The startup uses an algorithm that tracks past income and predicts future income using a number of factors, including job history, location, and the current economy.

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3 years ago

A tool that helps professors get students prepared for in-person job interviews.

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3 years ago

A software company that builds a machine learning tool for tracking and predicting where problems are going to arise in a process.

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3 years ago

A tool that helps doctors and patients keep track of prescriptions, side effects, etc.

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3 years ago

This web-based software for apartment and home owners to manage their property and rents. They’re now on their fourth site in the US, with plans to open in China and have a presence in Europe by the end of the year.

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3 years ago

A comprehensive analysis and rating of US cities.

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3 years ago

This startup founded by a team of vets is building an app that can detect PTSD in veterans in a matter of minutes. They’re taking preorders for the app.

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3 years ago

The software startup is aiming to make it easy for people to have a conversation about racism, white supremacy, and systemic oppression on their own terms.

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3 years ago

A software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider that helps companies and organizations track and monitor their “digital footprints”, or the internet presence they have.

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3 years ago

A web-based platform for connecting buyers and sellers for real estate transactions. The company wants to use blockchain to help prevent fraud, and is headquartered in London.

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2 years ago

Canvas is a platform for buying and selling pre-packaged meals at restaurants.

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2 years ago

This startup is developing a system where people can use pre-packaged information about their blood pressure or sleep problems to get personalized advice. It will sell this data to health insurers and third-party companies that need it.

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4 years ago

A company that helps companies with their marketing, by creating videos and sending their press releases to news outlets

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4 years ago

A platform for people in countries with oppressive governments to buy digital encryption and anonymous browsing tools.

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4 years ago

A SaaS and on-premise solution for companies looking to manage their employee time and attendance.

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4 years ago

A tool that lets you connect to the data in your existing spreadsheets and make them read like a novel. Convert your spreadsheets into a novel.

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4 years ago

A dental insurance product that covers the cost of a root canal or crown if you have a pre-existing condition.

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4 years ago

This startup is creating a digital life preserver for small businesses that is a free, encrypted way for the business to communicate with their customers.

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3 years ago

A predictive AI firm which uses machine learning to predict which businesses will be the most successful. The idea is that you can get a better idea of how well you’re doing as an entrepreneur by seeing what others are doing.

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3 years ago 1 views

The company aims to change the way people shop, by giving them a way to scan items and get product recommendations based on their preferences, similar to the way Amazon recommends products to you.

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3 years ago

A “workplace concierge” that helps employees find travel and entertainment options based off of their preferences.

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3 years ago

A platform that connects tax preparers to taxpayers. Its core feature is an online platform that works like a tax calculator and allows users to compare preparers and accountants to find someone that fits their needs.

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3 years ago

A brand-new startup that offers a way for people to share their data with companies for research. The startup wants to incentivize more people to share their medical data with researchers who can use it to better understand how diseases spread.

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3 years ago

A free app that helps you find the cheapest price for your prescriptions and get them delivered straight to your doorstep.

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3 years ago

This startup is building a machine that can scan and reinterpret customers’ DNA to find the most effective treatment for their genetic condition.

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3 years ago

A startup for open hardware, allowing businesses to use pre-existing hardware in their own products.

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3 years ago

A self-serve restaurant where customers order from a menu of pre-made meals that’s delivered in 30 minutes. By using robots to prepare meals in advance, the company is able to offer a consistent menu across its locations.

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3 years ago

The company’s co-founder and CEO, Ryan Williams, previously co-founded an online ticket co-op and a ticketing software company.

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3 years ago

This is a meal delivery service. The startup is meant to bridge the gap between gourmet food and the everyday person, catering to families who don’t want to spend a lot of time preparing meals, but still want to eat well.

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3 years ago

A startup that is using AI to help companies assess their hiring practices and prevent bias by making hiring more objective. The startup says its AI can identify the type of bias that occurs when unconscious biases are triggered.

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2 years ago

A band of friendly scammers that pretend to be IRS agents, but are actually working for the IRS

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5 years ago

Idea: Personality-based dating app that predicts relationship compatibility It works by asking questions on a sliding scale of topics like religion, politics, sports, and more

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5 years ago

A platform that lets businesses manage their online presence and marketing efforts. The company is targeting small and medium-sized businesses.

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4 years ago

The startup’s software helps companies create, share, and keep track of all the things they care about. The business has over 1,000 customers in the US, including Microsoft, American Express, and Google.

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4 years ago 1 views

A tool for businesses to plan and manage their expenses and make them more accurate. It pulls in data from other services like Salesforce, Google Docs and more, so you can plan an expense with a spreadsheet and see it instantly reflected in your online banking.

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4 years ago

A startup that allows customers to book restaurants by the hour. The app is already in use in the UK, and has been linked to the likes of Pizza Express and Jamie Oliver.

59

4 years ago

Seed of an AI that learns to predict the stock market. The startup is working on creating a program that can learn to predict the price of a stock based on previous moves. The startup will use machine learning to predict the price of a stock that has been traded in the past.

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3 years ago

A digital assistant, currently focused on helping entrepreneurs plan events and prioritize tasks.

59

3 years ago

A company that helps people find the people they want to hire, turning job boards into a place where people can express interest in a job rather than looking through disparate listings.

59

3 years ago

A premium social media app for businesses that helps them become more efficient and build the best customer experiences.

59

3 years ago

A company that helps prevent fraudulent charges by sending text messages to customers when they’re about to make a payment.

59

3 years ago

A tool to make freelance work more predictable, with an admin dashboard that allows companies to quickly track their freelance’s schedule.

59

3 years ago

A “social network for artists”. The startup is working on building a “multimedia platform for entrepreneurs, engineers, and creatives”.

59

3 years ago

A system that gives builders and renovators an easy way to track down previous owners and use the information to create a more authentic renovation process. The startup says it has already helped about 10,000 customers, with 3,000 of those using it to find previous owners.

59

3 years ago

The startup wants to take the hassle out of shipping by offering express and overnight shipping services.

59

3 years ago

A startup that aims to build a loyalty program for coffee shops. Coffee drinkers can earn points for drink purchases at participating coffee shops. The company has a goal of $20,000, which is a smaller sum than the previous round.

59

3 years ago

An intelligence company that works with other companies to solve problems by analyzing data and developing predictive algorithms.

59

3 years ago

A startup that helps entrepreneurs realize the benefits of a freelancing lifestyle and more effectively manage it.

59

3 years ago

A software company that helps companies create a single, mobile-friendly app that allows workers to access spreadsheets and documents from any device.

59

3 years ago

A platform that helps small businesses manage their web presence, managing their content and their reputation.

59

3 years ago

A startup that helps teachers prepare for standardized tests. It’s particularly useful for those in rural schools, where teachers have to travel long distances to get to their classrooms.

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2 years ago

A SaaS startup that aims to help SMBs manage their businesses. The startup helps companies “accelerate the growth of their business by providing a scalable, comprehensive software suite that helps their employees collaborate and automate business processes.”

59

4 years ago

A startup that’s building a dashboard for hospitality businesses to predict how busy their businesses will be over the next few weeks.

58

3 years ago

The premium version of the popular chat client Discord. The founders are building a product that helps smaller, independent developers book services and manage their own store. The company says it’s the only app that lets users build their own store.

58

3 years ago

A digital platform that helps companies manage their cash flow. The startup has built a platform that can help companies manage cash flow with their suppliers, so they can get paid on time and prevent overages.

58

3 years ago

A cloud-based platform that helps restaurants track food safety and food prep operations.

58

3 years ago

A company that makes health insurance coverage more affordable for people with preexisting conditions. By partnering with online retailers, customers can purchase health insurance from providers of their choice. The startup plans to launch in the US in early 2016.

58

3 years ago

PRPS is building a platform that aggregates data from AI and machine learning and converts it into a visual format that humans can use to predict and prevent failures of things like cars, factories, and the like.

58

3 years ago

This startup is building a “tax-preparation” app for professions, such as accountants and attorneys.

58

3 years ago

This company is looking to disrupt the marketing and sales industry by connecting companies with people interested in working for them. It’s a tool for recruiting, and connects the two parties so recruiters can find people interested in the companies they represent.

58

3 years ago

The Startup Pitch Competition is held annually at Y Combinator. Since 2012, over 150 teams have participated in the competition, where a panel of judges evaluates every team's presentation. The top 20 teams participate in an on-stage interview with a panel of judges, after which two teams are selected to move on to the company presentation stage.

58

3 years ago

A product that helps doctors write prescriptions digitally and seamlessly. The startup is building a digital platform that lets doctors manage the flow of prescriptions, including those for controlled substances, pain management, and common prescriptions.

58

3 years ago

A platform for helping companies manage their operations and improve their throughput with a predictive software platform.

58

3 years ago

A company that specializes in “crypto-trading,” which they say is pretty much the same as buying and selling stocks except that a percentage of the gain is paid in crypto rather than cash.

58

3 years ago

A micro-credit startup that helps low-income individuals and families buy and grow businesses. The startup wants to help people become entrepreneurs by providing low initial loans and an easy to use app to build a business plan.

58

3 years ago

A GPS for your phone that helps you find nearby stores, based on your preferences and location.

58

3 years ago

A B2B software company that helps advance teams and businesses in the construction industry. The startup sells software that tracks and preempts the construction industry’s most common delays.

58

3 years ago

This is an algorithmic company that claims to be able to predict whether an investment will make money. They’re not in the business of selling, but of helping investors make better decisions that can help them get a better return.

58

3 years ago

A payments startup that uses machine learning and predictive analytics to help banks identify customers at risk of fraud.

58

2 years ago

A company selling affordable and customizable graphing calculators. It’s currently in the pre-launch stage. The startup is targeting schools and young people in the US.

58

4 years ago

A startup that helps people make smart purchases based on their personal style. The app uses a proprietary algorithm to recommend items based on presented trends, using a “personality profile” to make purchases.

57

4 years ago

The company wants to help companies get started with process automation by packaging enterprise software with a bunch of pre-configured templates for common processes.

57

4 years ago

A startup that helps companies maintain their brand and social media presence with a tool that’s meant to encourage engagement, build community and sales.

57

4 years ago

This startup helps entrepreneurs, and small businesses, take their product to market with a crowdfunding campaign. The company features a patent-pending “platform” that’s described as a new way to integrate multiple crowdfunding platforms and a “complete crowdfunding campaign management solution”.

57

4 years ago

A mobile app that offers a “micro-budgeting” service for young entrepreneurs.

57

3 years ago

A startup that’s building an AI system to help banks predict customer behavior. The startup has signed up over 50 banks as customers.

57

3 years ago

SaaS product that helps businesses manage their marketing data, with a focus on helping organizations increase productivity by segmenting and grouping the data, and using it to create predictive analytics and forecasting tools.

57

3 years ago

A business that wants to build a comprehensive toolkit to help companies source and track the intellectual property they’ve created. The goal is to give companies a way to better manage the patented content their employees create.

57

3 years ago

A software platform that helps hospitals digitally manage their supply chain. The startup works with hospitals to track a patient’s prescriptions, medications, and other supplies.

57

3 years ago

A startup that lets users search for nearby food and specialty ingredients, and then pay for them in an app. It’s access to these ingredients can be used in recipes or to make products. The startup, which is rapidly growing, is still in the pre-launch stage.

57

3 years ago

The startup is building a platform for entrepreneurs to easily build and market their products. The startup's founder says that it can also provide financing to help scale businesses.

57

3 years ago

A hardware startup that sells a low-cost, low-energy, laser-based 3D printer that can print out objects from a 3D file. The team at PRINT.AI is led by a serial entrepreneur who has participated in Y Combinator, including projects such as Exakte and Foundry.

57

3 years ago

A startup that wants to make fast, easy, and cheap food at home, with a system that cooks rice, noodles, and many other items. You set the time, temperature, pressure, and food and it produces a bowl of ready-to-eat food.

57

3 years ago

A company that wants to provide a different type of “digital twin” for companies, an online representation of the physical asset.

57

3 years ago

The company’s CEO, Will Clark, is a former member of the U.S. Air Force and a former personal trainer, and the company’s co-founders are also experienced entrepreneurs. The company, which launched in 2013, is looking to address a major issue in the fitness industry: it’s difficult, expensive, and time-consuming to get fit.

57

3 years ago

A predictive analytics platform that helps companies see what their customers want before they even know they want it.

57

3 years ago

A student loan tracker that helps borrowers make payments and pay off loans. The startup is built to be more effective than a loan payment calculator and more comprehensive than student loan websites.

57

3 years ago

An enterprise-level CRM for small businesses that uses artificial intelligence to help customize and personalize their marketing. It was previously known as ZOOM.

57

3 years ago

A tool that helps people budget by using a spreadsheet of their monthly income, expenses, and other factors.

57

3 years ago

A startup that makes a bra with a sensor in it that measures the pressure exerted on the wearer’s chest to see if it’s working.

57

3 years ago

A community of users who want to get their hands on premium watches, which they can then sell back.

57

3 years ago

A medical device startup that’s building a device that allows doctors to remotely monitor a patient’s blood and blood pressure.

57

2 years ago

A tool for presenting data in an interactive way.

57

2 years ago

A machine learning platform for the finance industry to predict suspicious transactions. The company claims to help banks cut down on fraud, but its pitch is a bit more vague. It aims to make machine learning data available to other startups to use to build a similar service.

57

2 years ago

A wearable that measures blood pressure and heart rate at a user's fingertips. The startup’s co-founder and CEO is a former Apple employee with a Ph.D from Harvard; they’re looking to raise $100,000 on Kickstarter.

57

4 years ago 1 views

This startup wants to make it easier to buy products online with just a few clicks. It’s a global e-commerce platform that connects to Amazon, eBay, and AliExpress for brands.

56

4 years ago

A survey tool to measure consumer attitudes and preferences. The startup is looking to build a mobile survey tool to help companies understand consumer needs.

56

3 years ago

A coworking space for freelancers, entrepreneurs, and small business owners.

56

3 years ago

A startup that builds predictive analytics for retailers. The startup helps retailers understand how consumers are shopping, and how to better target them with ads.

56

3 years ago

A startup that’s helping businesses prepare for things like a third-party audit with a data-driven system.

56

3 years ago

Ovo is a startup building a tool to serve as a shopping assistant in the web browser. The startup says the tool can predict what you’re going to buy, and recommend products with the intent of making online shopping more efficient.

56

3 years ago

A tool to create visualizations of spatial data. The tool works by taking data from an API, and generates a graphical representation that shows the data in a new way.

56

3 years ago

A startup that tracks, analyzes, and builds predictive models for customer behavior, so brands can tailor their marketing strategies to customers more effectively.

56

3 years ago

idea: This is a simple web-based service that monitors users’ presence and habits on their phone via software that runs on the phone, and can alert them to when they’re getting too distracted.

56

3 years ago

A B2B company that helps “small and medium-sized enterprises” scale through the use of predictive analytics and artificial intelligence.

56

3 years ago

A dating app for those who’ve never had sex, for those who haven’t in a while, for those with certain medical conditions, for those who don’t want to meet up with people they don’t know well. It’s currently in the pre-launch stage, with a new version launching in August.

56

3 years ago 1 views

A group of photographers who create a “worldwide portfolio of travel images”, focusing on “underrepresented cultures”.

56

3 years ago

A company that helps people take a low-impact workout to keep their blood pressure and heart rate in check.

56

3 years ago

This platform aims to simplify the management of all the different HR processes that companies face — from hiring to firing to performance reviews to compensation. It’s built on the premise that HR is a commodity, and the company wants to be the one that handles it all.

56

3 years ago

This startup is building a machine learning platform for predictive analytics that uses machine learning algorithms to help companies analyze their data. The startup competes with the likes of H2O, Clarity, and other AI startups.

56

3 years ago

A startup that provides an over-the-counter device that acts as a pharmacy, with Internet connectivity and a user-friendly interface. It’s meant to be easy to use, preventing people from having to go to the doctor.

56

3 years ago

A software company that manages the complicated legal structure of companies and provides a comprehensive platform for managing compliance. The startup is currently in talks with a major insurer for a trial run.

56

2 years ago

A startup for reporting that connects reporters with lawyers, marketing agencies and other businesses that need to create documents such as contracts and leases. The startup is also looking to use predictive analytics to help businesses cut down the time they spend on tedious work.

56

5 years ago

Idea: A startup that helps students and recent grads find and apply for jobs The target market is students who are pretty much guaranteed to get a job, but the startup’s ambitions are much larger

55

4 years ago

Four companies that use AI to predict what might happen next in the stock market.

55

4 years ago

Takes the hassle out of managing your business’s digital presence with a single platform, with tools for editing and sharing your website, e-mail and social media posts.

55

3 years ago

A B2B service for managing prescription orders. As of May, the startup has three clients, including MediServe, a pharmaceutical benefit management company.

55

3 years ago

A platform that helps people find and make connections with other people based on what they’re interested in. The company says they’ve already built a network with over 1,000 active users, and they have a big presence at tech conferences like YC.

55

3 years ago

A company that provides loans for small businesses and for entrepreneurs. The company has built its business on the idea that the best way to connect people with needs to resources is via their own networks.

55

3 years ago

A tele-medicine company that builds tele-presence technology to allow doctors to treat patients remotely with a smartphone, tablet, or laptop. They want to bring together the data they collect while treating patients and share it with hospitals, insurance companies, and other health providers.

55

3 years ago

A credit card and prepaid card for parents to use for their children’s allowance.

55

3 years ago

A tool that brings together data from multiple sources and presents it in a single place.

55

3 years ago

A platform for creative entrepreneurs to connect over Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

55

3 years ago

A platform that allows users to find the best pre-vetted maid and concierge services in a specific city.

55

3 years ago

A startup provider, where subscribers can get their hands on a curated list of products based on their preferences, instead of having to sift through so many options.

55

3 years ago

A product for creating videos and photos to go with presentations.

55

3 years ago

A startup that’s trying to bring the messaging platforms of the future to the present.

55

3 years ago

This is a startup that sells an AI for “marketing engagement”, by which it means it can help sales geniuses and marketers catch “opportunities, close deals and drive revenue through predictive analytics.”

55

3 years ago

A tool for companies to create and manage their internal social media presence, with a focus on sharing and connecting with customers.

55

3 years ago

A personal chef and concierge service, where we’re all too busy and time-pressed to cook dinner.

55

3 years ago

This startup is building a platform that provides a comprehensive view of employee health, performance, and productivity.

55

3 years ago

A tool that helps users apply their own keyword filters to any pre-existing website and organize their content into spreadsheets to make them more searchable. Just as Google can find your search history and make predictions about what you’re looking for, the tool analyzes your website and makes predictive suggestions.

55

3 years ago

A platform for small businesses to manage and grow their online presence. It’s an online platform that allows local businesses to create a website, a blog, and ads. It also handles payment processing, inventory management and customer service.

55

5 years ago

A startup that provides a service to help students prepare for college

54

5 years ago

Idea: Automate Admissions at top Entrepreneurial Universities

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4 years ago 1 views

A startup that aims to bring the convenience of Evernote-like note taking to PowerPoint presentations.

54

4 years ago

A startup that helps restaurant owners track the number of people who order from their restaurant’s menu, helping them to improve their online presence and track key metrics.

54

3 years ago

A tool for home-based business owners to manage all aspects of their online presence, such as: online stores, social media, advertising, marketing, and more.

54

3 years ago

A startup that lets you skip the line at the airport. It’s a mobile app that acts as a prepaid mobile wallet to avoid the long lines of the TSA.

54

3 years ago

A company that’s building a predictive analytics platform that tracks customer behavior to provide predictions on things like when a customer might make a purchase, what they might buy, and how they might make a return.

54

3 years ago

A platform that connects brands with influencers. The company uses algorithms to identify influencers, then lets brands place ads on their channels and get paid per impression.

54

3 years ago

A social networking app for public transit users, which allows users to share their commute times and preferences with other commuters.

54

3 years ago

This startup is looking to help companies in the B2B space generate leads by using machine learning to predict where they’ll make the best profit.

54

3 years ago

This startup helps companies manage their admin jobs through an integrated commerce platform, with a focus on “value-added” services like tax preparation and accounting.

54

3 years ago

The goal is to improve the educational experience for self-driving car engineers by replacing the monotonous work of copying and pasting data into a spreadsheet with the more creative task of creating a 3D model.

54

3 years ago

According to this article, "This is the most comprehensive list of YC companies by their partners."

54

3 years ago

A startup that wants to help entrepreneurs find the best products, services, and companies to partner with.

54

3 years ago

"Philadelphia is a hotbed of tech startups, with more than its fair share of innovators. But with so many talented people hitting the streets, it can be hard to distinguish the real innovators from the pretenders." - Philadelphia Magazine

54

3 years ago

This startup is helping teachers with their lesson plans using an app that displays relevant research material and does it for free. The startup is also working with the Berkley Center for Entrepreneurial Studies to create curriculum for teachers.

54

3 years ago

A tool to help people more easily manage their finances, with a particular focus on those who want to save more money but don’t know how to maximize their current investments. The company’s founder is a serial entrepreneur and angel investor in Portland who has previously worked at Intuit and First Republic.

54

3 years ago

A startup that’s building a “psychographic” screening system for digital ads. The system will be able to determine a user’s gender, age, and even their preferred color.

54

3 years ago

This startup wants to use data to help predict the best time to buy a house.

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2 years ago

The South by Southwest Conference and Festivals is a large annual festival held in Austin, Texas. It is described by organizers as "the world’s premier technology, media, and entertainment festival and a must-attend destination for creative types" and also as a "celebration of music, film, and interactive experiences".

54

2 years ago

A tool that helps companies find and hire top talent. It tracks and analyses data from candidates’ social media presence and interviews to determine if they’ll be a good fit for a company.

54

4 years ago

A machine learning-based system that can predict the viability of a potential investment in minutes, rather than the weeks it takes traditional gatekeepers.

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

3 years ago

A startup that’s building an app to connect patients with their doctors, allowing patients to type in their symptoms and a doctor to prescribe drugs.

53

3 years ago

A way to send money to people who don’t have bank accounts, or have a different bank account than you. Users can buy prepaid cards, which they then load money to.

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

This is a startup that builds a platform for on-demand, pre-packaged medical appointments. Today the startup has about 4,000 patients, with a team of five. It wants to get to $1M in revenue next year.

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

The most popular city for the founders of the top 50 startups, based on talking to founders, was New York. The city was home to 10% of the startups and the rest are spread across the US, including Silicon Valley and Seattle.

53

3 years ago

The startup has built a suite of cloud-based services for businesses to manage their HR needs. The founders, who previously worked for Google and Microsoft, say their services save businesses around $4 million a year.

53

3 years ago

A predictive modeling tool that aims to help local governments make better decisions about where to invest in public transportation.

53

3 years ago

A platform for managing the process of getting a business off the ground by helping entrepreneurs answer questions like “What are my options”, “How much money do I need” and “What’s my time frame”.

53

3 years ago

A team that is building a way to use machine learning to predict the long term effects of injuries on athletes.

53

3 years ago

Instead of having to buy an expensive hardware device to measure your blood pressure, they’re going to come out with a $10 smartphone app that works off of a few sensors. The startup aims to reduce the cost of healthcare by getting more people to use the device.

53

3 years ago

A startup focused on building a data platform for healthcare informatics. The company is currently working on a methodology that can predict the outcomes of therapies based on the genomic alterations of a patient’s tumor.

53

3 years ago

A scaling solution for companies to handle their social media presence in the new era of real-time content.

53

3 years ago

A startup that’s building a “cloud-based” drug testing service. The startup’s first product uses a small adhesive patch that costs $5, but works like a pregnancy test.

53

3 years ago

A company that helps software engineers learn more about the latest technologies. Its flagship product is “Learn with Code,” an interactive curriculum that prepares you for jobs.

53

3 years ago

An AI to learn, predict and improve user behavior. Hint is building a chatbot that can learn from the conversations people have with it.

53

3 years ago

With YC’s latest batch, they’ve reduced the number of people accepted into the program to 20, down from 23. The startups have also opted out of their previous program model, in which they accepted a number of companies and invested in all but one, and instead will only accept one company in the summer (with the possibility of two in the winter).

53

3 years ago

A startup that’s building a new type of software that uses machine learning to help companies analyze their data and find patterns to help them predict the sales their products will make.

53

3 years ago

This platform is meant to be a place where people can express their political beliefs and have conversations that they otherwise might not have had.

53

3 years ago

A prediction market for the stock market. The startup is based in the UK and built a social network that allows people to bet on market moves.

53

2 years ago

This startup sells a series of online courses on startups and entrepreneurship, and is focused on the US.

53

2 years ago

"Ticket4Rent is a mobile app that allows users to schedule, manage, and track their rent/lease, from the time they book, to the time they move in. They provide a comprehensive guide for renters, as well as a platform for property owners to manage and promote their properties"

53

2 years ago

“A support system for entrepreneurs”. HelpMee is an online community where entrepreneurs can seek advice and help.

53

2 years ago

A company that builds predictive analytics for financial services companies to help them understand the financial risk of potential customers.

53

2 years ago

A seller of a prepackaged meal kit that includes everything you need to cook a meal on a weeknight.

53

5 years ago

A startup that sells a tool to help someone prepare for the Spanish or French exam required to get a driver’s license

52

5 years ago

Idea: A platform to bring great coffee to everyone, everywhere The startup is building a barista-grade coffee brewing system using the Nespresso capsule format The company says it has $8,500 in monthly recurring revenue

52

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

A startup that has been in stealth mode since February and has just now launched their beta version. It’s a piece of software that helps teams build and scale predictive models using machine learning.

52

4 years ago

A freelance marketplace for coders, where developers and entrepreneurs can find each other to work on projects.

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

4 years ago

A startup that wants to use AI to help companies understand and predict human emotion, potentially improving the way they advertise, design products, and market their services and products.

52

3 years ago

A social media management platform for businesses that helps them manage their social media presence while focusing on better results.

52

3 years ago

"Idea" is a weekly feature on The Verge's technology podcast, The Vergecast. Every week, we ask a question about a company or a topic at the intersection of technology and culture. You can listen to previous episodes here . You can read more about the show at our dedicated hub . You can reach us at [email protected]

52

3 years ago

A startup that uses big data to analyze and predict the effectiveness of different marketing campaigns. The company is based in Palo Alto, where they were founded.

52

3 years ago

A web-based marketing platform that helps companies take a customer’s digital presence, like email, and make it searchable, ranking it as high as possible.

52

3 years ago

A B2B startup building an electronic medical records and prescription management system, enabling pharmacists to order and manage their prescriptions.

52

3 years ago

A startup for helping users get access to the music they need, in their preferred format. It’s part Spotify and part iTunes, with a focus on music discovery.

52

3 years ago

A company that creates apps for the NFL to connect fans and team. The company has built apps for the NFL for a year and a half, and has revenue from a partnership with a premier sports app producer.

52

3 years ago

A chatbot that’s meant to help people with chronic and mental health issues, like anxiety and depression, get access to medical professionals. The bot is a project of the nonprofit Mental Health America.

52

3 years ago

This startup is building a standalone front-end for premium video ads.

52

3 years ago

A program that helps government agencies run background checks efficiently and collaboratively. The startup claims that it saves 10-30% of the time it previously took to run a background check, with a process that’s “10x faster than manual checklists”.

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

The startup is building a tool that helps businesses plan and run their registrations for conferences, and then sends pre-registration notifications.

52

3 years ago

In 2018, more than half of the companies in Y Combinator had been founded within the previous three years, with many of the companies founded in 2017.

52

3 years ago

A wearable that allows users to track their heart rate and blood pressure.

52

3 years ago

A startup that aims to help insurance companies manage risk. This is a similar model to the startup’s previous venture, Ava, which helps employers manage workers’ compensation claims for their employees.

52

3 years ago

A software platform for direct-to-consumer prescription medication.

52

3 years ago

This startup is building a “smart” condom that predicts when a user is going to have an orgasm.

52

3 years ago

This startup is working on building a tool that helps companies “simply and accurately” predict whether a new hire will succeed.

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3 years ago 1 views

A healthcare startup that lets you access vetted doctors and pay for care via secure mobile payments. The company says that its growth over the past year has been impressive, with over 10,000 users on its platform.

52

3 years ago

This startup is building a platform that would let users choose which website they want to go to when they are looking to buy a plane ticket. The company wants to build the most comprehensive data for travelers, to help them make their travel decisions.

52

2 years ago

A company that owns a “premium” domain name and phone number, which allows them to offer, manage, and rent out that name and number.

52

2 years ago

A way to make collaboration between teams and departments easier. The startup is looking to make communication faster and more comprehensive, and also is developing an AI-based tool to help with decision-making in corporate settings.

52

2 years ago

A startup that helps make getting insurance easier by offering a service where you can generate a pre-existing condition policy for any health issue.

52

2 years ago

A platform for college students to buy beer, wine, and liquor. The company says they’ve already started taking pre-orders on their API and working with a handful of college stores across the country.

52

4 years ago

An AI-driven platform for insurance companies to manage customer accounts and bill payments. It will also offer insurers a way to present better offers to their customers. It’s already in the process of signing up a million customers in Brazil.

51

4 years ago

A company that helps people collect and report information on the state of the planet and helps them predict where the next natural disaster is likely to strike. It’s a project for The Planetary Society, an international not-for-profit organization dedicated to space exploration.

51

3 years ago

A startup that brings the benefits of a “quiet studio” to people who live in buildings that aren’t as soundproofed. The company’s co-founder, who was previously a producer for The BBC, says he uses the studio for “super-advanced brain science and psychology research”.

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3 years ago

A startup that’s building a platform to help users find the right doctor, pharmacy or other medical provider based on your location, needs, and preferences.

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3 years ago

A medical device that makes a doughnut-shaped balloon around a person’s finger, helping to prevent blood clots. The device is currently in Phase 1 clinical trials.

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3 years ago

A tool that allows users to generate custom documents and spreadsheets.

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3 years ago

A B2B company that allows people to enter and view basic information about products in medical supply catalogs. The company is looking to partner with pharmaceutical companies to streamline the ordering process, and then help prescription customers find the best prices.

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3 years ago

A startup prepping to launch in the fall of 2020 that aims to help identify the biggest expenses for a business before it signs a lease, helping with the process of choosing a location for your company. They heard about this need from top executives at the “billion dollar startups”.

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3 years ago

This is a product that aims to help people with mental health issues better manage their stress and depression.

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3 years ago

The founder of this startup is a professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management who wants to build a platform for entrepreneurs to come together to share what they’re learning, to connect with mentors, and to help each other.

51

3 years ago

A predictive analytics service for healthcare resource planning.

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3 years ago

A startup that is building out an API for insurance brokers to create customized programs for their clients. The API is meant to allow users to create their own programs, rather than rely on a pre-made package.

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3 years ago

A social network for organizations that helps them better communicate, manage and track their projects and the impact they’ve had. Built on top of a powerful AI engine that can monitor, predict, and maximize the effectiveness of a company’s output.

51

3 years ago

A startup that is building a ride-hail app for parents to get access to child care facilities and pick up kids from school. Previously, parents had to go to a parent-only school.

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3 years ago

A white label startup that helps companies with co-branded eCommerce experience management by providing prebuilt eCommerce pages and websites, full shipping and returns processing, and a dashboard for tracking and monitoring the results of a customer experience.

51

3 years ago

A company that uses cookies to block ads on websites by identifying users who have previously objected to an ad.

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3 years ago

A community website for people who live in apartments and are interested in buying their own home, with an app that helps potential homebuyers get pre-approved for a mortgage.

51

3 years ago

Namaste is a medical device that can be used to help patients take their own blood pressure.

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3 years ago

A platform that allows you to manage your online presence by creating and sharing content on your own behalf (for instance, a blog) and through others (for instance, a LinkedIn page.)

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3 years ago

The idea here is that you can build the game you want, rather than having to buy a pre-defined set of games for your kid.

51

3 years ago

A company building an application for iPhone and Android that helps users prevent identity theft, by sending alerts and notifications to users when their personal information is used to make a purchase, and even to notify users when their information is being used without their consent.

51

3 years ago

A startup working to help small businesses get businesses to their customers by using machine learning and predictive analytics.

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3 years ago

A company that helps individuals and businesses track their spending habits to make better, more informed financial decisions. The startup is a spin-off of the world’s largest robo-advisor firm, Betterment, and previously worked on a consumer-focused app.

51

3 years ago

Ploom wants to be the answer to the “unbanked”. A cannabis product, available in pre-rolled joints and cartridges, cartridges can also be used to charge mobile devices.

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3 years ago

A startup for investors and entrepreneurs, where investors can “sharpen their skills” by investing in different startups.

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2 years ago

A startup that wants to make the process of buying insurance easier, especially for e-commerce entrepreneurs and small business owners. Currently focused on the UK market.

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5 years ago

Idea: A web app that predicts the next card in a Magic: The Gathering game The startup raised $35 million in venture capital and says they have 120,000 active users

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4 years ago

A free service that helps hoteliers, restaurateurs, and other businesses manage their online presence. The company says it’s already for over 1,000 clients, ranging from small mom-and-pop shops to large companies.

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This company wants to help brands market to religious consumers. It’s built an algorithm to predict and determine how religious someone is by analyzing their Amazon purchases.

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3 years ago

A B2B company that’s building a platform to help companies identify and manage the best people and content for different jobs in different industries. They work with recruiters and hiring managers to comb through hundreds of candidates and their portfolios and create a single searchable database of the best candidates possible, then present those candidates to companies in real-time as they fill open positions.

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.

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3 years ago

This startup is working on a way for people to send their physical therapy prescription to their physical therapist electronically.

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We’ve talked before about Airtable, an app that lets you organize your data and share it with teams. They’ve recently launched a new feature that lets you share spreadsheets with a link for copying and pasting.

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3 years ago

The startup wants to help content creators and marketers better understand consumer behavior and preferences by conducting a massive survey of over 100,000 people from all over the world.

50

3 years ago

A startup that helps workers control their health insurance premium costs

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3 years ago

A health startup that uses machine learning to predict a person’s risk of cancer based on lifestyle and genetics.

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3 years ago

A new way of managing employee salaries, benefits, and perks. It’s a more powerful alternative to spreadsheets and other tools that are limited by the number of people using them.

50

3 years ago

A company that can help make a company’s network more humane, with a sensor that can be attached to a pet and then used to monitor things like their blood pressure, temperature and respiration.

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2 years ago

A micro-finance startup that uses the power of supply chain management and predictive analytics to help micro-businesses grow.

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2 years ago

An automated ticketing platform for conferences, allowing conference organizers to schedule and sell tickets with greater precision than can be done manually

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2 years ago

This startup is building a SIM card that allows people to move their data across multiple SIM cards in a single phone. The idea is that people want to travel with a single phone but have their data spread across multiple carriers, so they can switch between them without losing their data.

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2 years ago

A tool for couples looking to get organized, with a focus on maintaining communication and helping couples stay organized while trying to get pregnant.

50

2 years ago

A startup that’s building a sophisticated AI to help banks identify fraudulent transactions and prevent bad actors from latching on to bank accounts.

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2 years ago

A web-based tool for managing and sharing “professional content” like presentations, videos, stories, and more. The company wants to create “an online environment where professionals can share their content with a community of peers and followers in a way that is both simple and engaging”.

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5 years ago

A startup for meeting planners and event services. A software company that helps companies manage their capital, cash, and expense budgets. A SaaS company that provides companies with an easy way to predict how much inventory they will need to order. An online marketplace that connects hotel merchants, small businesses, and other groups with the company’s hotel partners. A solution for real-estate brokers to manage and share MLS data securely.

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4 years ago

A platform for private schools and programs that helps them build their own websites and tools. The startup is looking to build a comprehensive platform that allows schools to manage their data and create custom digital products.

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4 years ago 1 views

A startup that makes a tool to help people with visual impairments view and manipulate digital content, by creating a 3D representation of images and text. The goal of the startup is to give the blind access to the same content that is available to sighted people.

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4 years ago

A startup focused on building and designing a digital twin of a physical product. The team is creating an AI that can scan a product and predict what changes it needs to make to reach its objectives, and then build that change into the product.

49

4 years ago

A Y Combinator-backed startup that aims to make it easier for small entrepreneurs to start a business by allowing them to get investment by crowdsourcing investors’ ideas.

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3 years ago

The company's premise is to deliver a social network built around music, where users can interact with other artists. As it's a start-up, its scope is limited, but it's got a solid team of artists and managers backing it.

49

3 years ago

A chat app for kids that infuses video into the app. The startup’s founders have a background in animation, with one of the founders previously working on the "Finding Nemo" sequel.

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3 years ago

A platform that connects the healthcare industry with patient data to provide predictive care.

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3 years ago

A tool for both people who want to learn how to code and for people who want to teach others. The idea is to use a “coding curriculum” to teach both a beginner and a more advanced user how to code in areas like WordPress.

49

3 years ago

A company that provides a Q&A startup for companies. The startup wants to use machine learning to predict which questions a company will ask and answer them, resulting in a service that’s more productive for companies.

49

3 years ago

A software company that helps retail clients to manage their supply chains, by tracking and understanding their inventory, creating supply plans and offering predictive analytics to route the right product to the right person at the right time. The startup says it can help a retailer cut costs by 25%.

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3 years ago

Using AI technology, the startup is building a system that lets companies predict software bugs using machine learning.

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3 years ago

Dedicated to helping recruiters in the US access premium candidates that are currently unaccessible.

49

3 years ago

A platform for finding healthcare and life insurance for people with pre-existing conditions.

49

3 years ago

This startups wants to make employee hiring and onboarding more efficient. It uses AI to predict what skills a candidate would bring to the job based on their work history, and can also help identify who the most qualified candidates are.

49

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.

49

3 years ago

A scheduling software for human resources departments. Their users include companies like Comcast and American Express.

49

3 years ago

A startup that lets anyone create a token to represent themselves online. The company is looking to sell the tokens for $1 each, and offers a selection of pre-made tokens to get people started.

49

3 years ago

A company that helps companies in the luxury retail and travel space measure, predict and improve customer loyalty.

49

3 years ago

A startup that helps refugees and asylum seekers to find legal representation in the United States.

49

3 years ago

A software platform that helps real estate agents manage their clients, allowing them to access a comprehensive suite of data about their clientele and use it when marketing to them.

49

3 years ago

This startup is building a “personal dashboard” of your health data, using it to predict health outcomes and tailor your healthcare.

49

2 years ago

A startup that helps protect patients from overdosing on their prescriptions by getting alerts when they’re about to run out.

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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.

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3 years ago

A platform that allows employees to request tickets and share their preferences in advance of travel.

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3 years ago

Since the economic crisis, companies have been struggling to find the best way to track their internal performance. HR software company TheWorkPlace has launched a new product that turns spreadsheets into actionable information, presenting managers with data on employee performance in real-time.

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3 years ago

A software company that provides a platform for managing and tracking the finances of a large enterprise. The startup uses “blended ownership” — a hybrid of SaaS and on-premise tools — to help large companies manage the costs of their staff, partners, and vendors.

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3 years ago

A company that’s trying to make money work better in the US by “printing” prepaid debit cards.

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3 years ago

A startup that wants to help businesses implement artificial intelligence into their operations and get insights on how it’s working. The startup has a tool that allows businesses to predict the impact of AI solutions by analyzing data that is already available.

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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.

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3 years ago

A tax preparation software that handles all the calculations for you, and gets you the most money.

48

3 years ago

A company that makes a mobile app that learns a user’s preferences to recommend better experiences. The app monitors and learns as the user goes through a virtual experience.

48

3 years ago

A tool for building PowerPoint presentations that uses the latest design and content tools, including CSS3 and HTML5.

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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.

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3 years ago

A health app for pregnant women to help them track symptoms, nanny their unborn child, and connect with medical services.

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2 years ago

A system for managing and organizing all of your work with the goal of keeping your work from being scattered across multiple inboxes and spreadsheets.

48

2 years ago

A tool for online education entrepreneurs that lets them track expenses and gauge their ROI.

48

2 years ago

A test that helps people go on the pill with greater ease. To do so, it creates a doctor’s app that allows medical professionals to prescribe the pill, manage their patients’ records, and see stats on their patients’ pill-taking habits.

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2 years ago

A tool that lets you search and find data from a Google spreadsheet.

48

5 years ago

Idea: A 3D audio startup that is trying to make podcasting more immersive by using binaural audio. The app has a pretty strong take on the future of podcasting, and its founder says that the company is profitable.

47

3 years ago

A platform for entrepreneurs to manage their investments. Breeze lets you create investment portfolios and track their performance, and the startup offers tools for letting people manage their investments outside of the traditional brokerage world.

47

3 years ago

A startup focused on the idea that “the future is here” and that the “present is not what it used to be”. Founded in 2018, it has written and produced 9 episodes so far.

47

3 years ago

This startup wants to help people save money on car insurance premiums by offering a more transparent way to compare plans. It’s currently one of YC’s 9 startups in the insurance space.

47

3 years ago

A startup that provides a comprehensive history of the most influential and important people in the world, organized by year and decade.

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3 years ago

A startup that wants to provide a platform for content creators to easily manage and monetize their content. Their first product, “Recitations,” helps people create audiocasts with their voice and facial expressions, and their other product, “Sketch”, allows creators to create animated videos using their own drawings and illustrations.

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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%.

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3 years ago

An AI-powered system that predicts and manages the risk of a given portfolio of investments, using an algorithm that’s been trained off historical market data.

47

3 years ago

A startup building a platform that helps companies hire medical interpreters at a lower cost than previously possible.

47

3 years ago

It’s a spreadsheet for connecting to your friends’ location data, allowing you to see where they are and plan your day ahead.

47

3 years ago

A startup that is building an online game for kids, originally built for kids with cancer, now for kids with cancer everywhere. The startup is currently taking preorders for the game, which is currently in development.

47

3 years ago

A startup that specializes in the creation of digital ads for brands. It has previously worked with brands like Coca-Cola, Harley Davidson, and Procter & Gamble.

47

3 years ago

A company that allows you to streamline your coffee consumption by making a coffee-gram that can be delivered to your preferred coffee shop, allowing you to avoid the line and get your coffee on time.

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2 years ago

A mobile app that helps doctors and patients communicate better, and helps patients with their prescriptions. The company has a partnership with Walmart and is working with a bunch of other companies.

47

5 years ago

Therapy chatbots to solve depression, anxiety, and loneliness.

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5 years ago

Idea: A platform for getting the most out of your coffee. The startup offers three products: a coffee subscription service, a coffee maker that brews a single cup at a time, and a French press. Their subscription service offers 12 different types of coffee every month.

46

3 years ago

Transplant is a predictive analytics tool for hospitals, helping surgeons prioritize patients for transplant.

46

3 years ago

A startup that tracks the data that can be used to predict future events based on historical data. The startups founders say they have already proven the accuracy of the Georgia Tool Company’s algorithm that predicts earthquakes by looking at past earthquake data.

46

3 years ago

These guys are helping retailers sell tickets for their products in-person and online. They have an active social media presence with over 1,000 followers on Facebook and Twitter.

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 is a startup that lets people rent out their homes in a similar fashion to Airbnb. The startup’s CEO, Will Yang, was recently named to Forbes 30 Under 30 list of rising young entrepreneurs.

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3 years ago

This startup is building a platform that connects doctors with patients in both rural and urban areas. It’s built on the premise that global health and healthcare spending are under-invested in and that an effective way to solve the problem is to partner with and incentivize local doctors to deliver care in underserved areas.

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3 years ago

A company that helps retailers and brands build a comprehensive digital strategy.

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3 years ago

This startup is building a tool to help lawyers draft documents and agreements in a way that’s clear and concise, but also in a way that’s legally precise. The founders created their own law school in 2014 and now run the firm as a for-profit business, but they plan to eventually make the tool available to all lawyers.

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3 years ago

This is an office space located in the heart of Bangalore’s commercial district. It’s a co-working space for small businesses with flexible rates and an area for entrepreneurs to work on their own projects.

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3 years ago

Co-working space startup that charges a membership fee for access to its space for startups, but also offers service on-premise for larger companies. The company is planning to go public soon, and is valued at $1 billion.

46

3 years ago

An AI-based chatbot for finding the best travel deals for people looking for a specific type of trip. The idea is to deliver personalized results based on an individual's travel preferences.

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3 years ago

A platform that helps users buy and sell secondhand goods, the product of a collaboration between serial entrepreneur and the cofounder of Urban Outfitters. The CEO says the company has 3,000 users, and is profitable.

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2 years ago

Seed investments for early stage startups in Boston, managed by a pair of former Bain Capital Ventures partners. The seed fund will invest $50,000, and the idea is the accelerator will help entrepreneurs grow their company before they get to the point that a Series A investment is warranted.

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2 years ago

A platform that allows entrepreneurs to crowdsource legal help on a per-case basis.

46

2 years ago

A “mobile-first” startup that automates the process of creating a sales order in bulk from a spreadsheet

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2 years ago

Intelligent home security software that uses machine learning to predict intruders and notify residents of home intrusions

46

5 years ago

Idea: A software-as-a-service that helps publishers manage their presence on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

45

5 years ago

Idea: A soft-keyboard for mobile devices. The startup says their product is meant to make it easier to type on touch screens, leveraging a 3D-touch feature that allows users to press in harder on their mobile phones.

45

3 years ago

A bi-weekly newsletter for entrepreneurs and businesses, written by a former business journalist. The newsletter is free and comes out the first and 15th of every month.

45

3 years ago

A company that helps companies with sales and marketing by creating and managing their social media presence. The platform allows customers to create a customized dashboard to track their social media and content marketing efforts, which they can then use to analyze and optimize the performance of their campaigns.

45

3 years ago

A startup that hopes to bring the power of AI to the enterprise. One of their biggest products is a “gender analysis engine” that can do things like identify who would be the best spokesperson for a company’s message, or predict the outcome of a sales pitch.

45

3 years ago

A startup that offers a membership service that allows users to get access to premium content and events from exclusive publishers. The service allows members to get one-to-one meetings with publishers, which they then can discuss their needs and preferences with the publisher.

45

3 years ago

A data analytics platform for traders and investors, built on the premise that the best way to learn is to teach.

45

3 years ago

A company building a way to manage and share video classroom presentations.

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3 years ago

Free video conferencing for people in remote locations who might not have the ability to host a video conference or would prefer to not pay for an expensive service.

45

3 years ago

A startup that is building a platform that analyzes your online presence and recommends appropriate profiles to show up in search results

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3 years ago

Slack-like platform for recruiting, where companies can see the resumes, skills, and preferences of a job-seeker’s network and the recruiter can provide feedback.

45

3 years ago

A startup that helps you see the difference between what doctors are prescribing and what actual patients in the US are taking. The startup is moving from the US to Europe, and will also be working with doctors to get access to medical records.

45

3 years ago

A company that offers online credit scores that are more comprehensive and accurate. It’s for companies looking to better understand the risk of lending to consumers.

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3 years ago

A music platform that channels your music preferences, then helps to streamline the music industry by making it easier for people to find and purchase music.

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3 years ago

A hybrid of a grid system and a spreadsheet

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2 years ago

A tool for storing, tracking, and distributing pre-rehearsed videos for roasting, comedy, and other live performance.

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2 years ago

A payment processor that helps merchants accept payments in under a minute. The company had $54,700 in revenue in the previous quarter, up from $6,100 a year ago.

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2 years ago

A small company that’s helping people save money on gas. It’s an app that tracks gas prices and can predict when a user is on the verge of overpaying.

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2 years ago

A data collection and analysis platform designed for small businesses to do market research. Users submit data via a chatbot, and the company analyzes the data to find trends, discover new markets, and predict future behavior.

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2 years ago

This startup is building an online shop that sells and ships pre-made products from designers around the world.

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3 years ago

This startup aims to streamline the process of finding a doctor through a comprehensive database, allowing consumers to compare doctors based on their patient reviews and ratings.

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3 years ago

A startup that builds on the idea of the “work week”, creating a calendar that syncs work with life, so you don’t get in a rut. The company says it has over $3M in funding, and is currently in the pre-launch stage of its business.

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3 years ago

A simple, self-hosted WordPress site for small businesses. It will be made available for free for businesses with fewer than 10 users.

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3 years ago

A collaborative note-taking app, meant to help facilitate meetings and prevent time-wasting conversations.

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3 years ago

An online platform that helps professionals give presentations online, either in front of a group or to a single person, who can then edit those presentations and share them via email or other services. They also claim that their platform has a higher percentage of “live” presentations than competitors like Slideshare.

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3 years ago

A startup that lets people share what they’re reading, presenting or watching. It’s designed to be a one-stop shop for content discovery.

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3 years ago

A startup that wants to help companies de-risk their business process with the help of predictive analytics. The startup is building a predictive analytics platform that still allows companies to retain control over some data.

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2 years ago

A startup that makes it easier for parents to monitor and manage their kids’ supply of prescription medications. It’s an app that helps parents track their kids’ medication use and ensure that they’re taking the right medicine.

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2 years ago

A tool to help you create video presentations online, with tools to make your slides interactive.

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2 years ago

A tool that helps small businesses in the US get their taxes done through a DIY “tax prep” process.

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3 years ago

A tool to help companies reduce their carbon footprint and work with them to reduce it further. The company says it’s a “carbon reduction platform”, with a free version, a basic version, and a premium version.

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3 years ago

A startup that generates and sells CSV files for generating spreadsheets.

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3 years ago

A tool that helps people find the right legal representation, based on their case. The startup is building an AI tool to help people find the right attorney for their situation.

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3 years ago

This is a SaaS for predictive analytics for marketing teams. It helps companies analyze data and identify market trends to figure out what will work and what won’t.

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3 years ago

A B2B platform aimed to help small and medium-sized businesses in Europe with their online presence, including marketing and SEO.

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3 years ago

A new way to shop for coffee, with the initial premise that coffee is coffee and needs to be served the same way at all times. The startup wants to make it so you can build your coffee order quickly and efficiently, with a big emphasis on the “quick” part.

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3 years ago

A company that provides tools for entrepreneurs to start and manage their own retail stores.

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3 years ago

A startup that builds software that helps small businesses or entrepreneurs manage their finances, combining the power of analytics with a customer-focused approach.

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3 years ago

@StartupGuru is a social network for entrepreneurs, connecting them with soft skills resources, mentors, jobs, and more.

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3 years ago

A SaaS tool that helps companies increase the productivity of their mobile employees by making it easy to manage presence and identity.

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3 years ago

Shapr is building a platform that allows companies to import data from their operations and use it to predict future outcomes.

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3 years ago

A platform for team collaboration for press and PR teams that works across different media platforms. The startup wants to make it easier for organizations to share their story and connect reporters with news subjects.

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3 years ago

A tool for managing social media’s presence. It’s meant to manage Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, with a focus on local search.

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2 years ago

A small business card program for small businesses. The company says it’s bringing together a lot of the things smaller businesses are currently doing manually, in spreadsheets and power points, into one place.

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2 years ago

The Startup is developing A payment solution for ridesharing platforms such as Uber and Lyft which accepts payments from credit cards, debit cards, prepaid cards, and mobile wallet payments.

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2 years ago

A software platform that uses machine learning to help predict customer engagement based on purchase history. The company is working with heavyweights like Disney, Netflix, and Walmart.

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2 years ago

A platform to help people save money by focusing on the expenses they can control. Previously known as Quest2, the startup is based in Philadelphia and wants to build a product that will help people cut their spending and put their money to work for them.

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3 years ago

An AI-based global credit score that predicts the likelihood of a person defaulting on their debt. So far, the startup says it has handled over $2 billion in credit transactions.

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3 years ago

The startup is working on a credit risk prediction tool for banks to help them manage risk.

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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.

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3 years ago

A “commerce platform” that facilitates the sale of “premium” products online, like artisanal cheeses, leather goods or tailored clothing.

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3 years ago

A startup that is trying to set up a "pre-order" business model for prescription drugs. It’s currently at work with a few drug companies that would like a way to distribute their drugs more efficiently. The startup is also working with a patient advocacy group to help get more people covered by their government’s medical system.

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3 years ago

A neural network that can predict when people will reach a certain age, based on their social media posts.

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3 years ago

A digital pharmacy, letting customers manage their prescription delivery and fill history through its website.

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3 years ago

An e-commerce platform for selling prescription drugs. The startup hopes to handle the entire lifecycle of prescription drugs from manufacturer to pharmacy to patient.

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3 years ago

A personalized, reputation-based recommendation system for customers, pairing them with other consumers who share their desires. The startup tracks previous purchases and credit card spending habits of customers to recommend items related to their shopping likes.

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3 years ago

A sales productivity tool that attempts to take the pressure off reps by giving them a simple score on how they’re doing, based on how they’re performing, taking the salesperson’s actual performance into account.

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2 years ago

A startup that connects customer service reps with customers via SMS. The startup claims that customers are getting faster responses and the reps are getting more money per customer than they were previously.

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2 years ago

A software company that hopes to use machine learning to predict which customers will be most likely to buy a certain product in a store, based on their buying patterns and past purchases.

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2 years ago

A platform for predicting which of a customer’s friends will enjoy a particular brand of beer

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2 years ago

A platform to allow businesses to manage their customer relationships online. The startup works with over 10,000 clients, including American Express, Spotify, and Webroot.

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A startup that uses AI to analyze and optimize home cooking recipes based on a user's fridge contents, allergies, and taste preferences via a simple photo upload.

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3 years ago

A startup that helps people fill prescriptions in their own homes. The company aims to take the pain out of getting prescriptions and to bring more transparency to the process.

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3 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses control their brand, manage their online presence, and respond to online reviews.

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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.

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3 years ago

A social network which works with the user’s habits to feed them content, based on what they already do online. The startup is building a subscription service for ad agencies that want to target their existing online presences to new audiences.

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3 years ago

A startup that lets people create and share personalized cartoons, which they can use to have a laugh and spread support.

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3 years ago

For the last 40 years, a startup without a clear exit strategy has been a rare breed. But today, one in five startups are bootstrapped, and it’s become a viable strategy for founders, who argue that if you find a product that people love, you can always charge for it and if it works, you won’t need to raise funding. Spredfast wants to make this the norm.

41

3 years ago

A company that is building a predictive platform to help the medical community make better decisions about their patients.

41

3 years ago

A digital tax filing system for small businesses. It’s a hybrid between a spreadsheet and a digital tax accountant.

41

3 years ago

A financial services company that helps corporate clients with their cash flow problems. Their product, Premia Capital, is a simple and affordable way for companies to get what they need to survive, like a short-term loan with low interest.

41

3 years ago

A startup that is launching a platform to help consumers manage their depression. They’re hoping to lower the stigma around depression and encourage people to get treatment.

41

2 years ago

A data analytics platform that helps businesses predict what might happen in the future.

41

2 years ago

By helping patients manage their mental health, TNS hopes to reduce the number of people who end up in the emergency room because of depression. The startup is also looking to tackle the extra costs associated with emergency rooms, like how the added expenses associated with a patient in the ER, like transportation (which can cost $40) and food, can be hundreds of dollars.

41

2 years ago

A “premium” online spreadsheet for small- to medium-sized businesses, allowing them to collaborate on spreadsheets without needing to install a full program.

41

2 years ago

A web app that helps companies manage their online presence. It’s free for small companies, and offers resources like SEO and digital marketing for larger ones.

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3 years ago 1 views

A platform that helps entrepreneurs build their own video games. The startup wants to help game developers build games with more engagement on social media by creating a platform that allows game developers to create games that have things like virtual currency, virtual goods, and virtual environments.

40

3 years ago

A tool for HR departments to make better hiring decisions, using predictive analytics and human-curated data.

40

3 years ago

This startup is developing a new way to interpret and present the digital genome data that is being produced. Their work is based on the premise that a person’s DNA doesn’t change, but that the environment in which they live and the medications they take can change it.

40

3 years ago

A product that simplifies the purchase of premium seats to major events and concerts. The company is working with the UK’s biggest music festivals, including Glastonbury and the Isle of Wight.

40

3 years ago

A “smart” box that allows you to monitor and predict nutrient absorption from your food and ingredients via the latest tech.

40

3 years ago

A company that sells premium “experience sharing” tickets for concerts, sporting events, and other live entertainment. The company takes a percentage of the ticket price, and helps augment the experience with extra services like food, drinks, and other extras.

40

3 years ago

A way to monitor the data being collected by the Internet of Things, to prevent cyber attacks and to create a “data-driven” security solution. The startup is building a toolset for companies to use to monitor their connected devices.

40

2 years ago

A startup that helps businesses with predictive analytics, and allows the company to track their clients' data in order to predict future revenue. The company provides reports which are color-coded according to risk factors, allowing the CFO to have an easy overview of their client's cash flow and revenue.

40

2 years ago

A company that uses a combination of machine learning and predictive analytics to show you how many miles you need to drive to earn a certain amount of miles for your next flight.

40

2 years ago

A company that claims to be the first to offer a comprehensive “digital health” platform for both employees and employers. It helps companies in the healthcare and insurance industries like GE and IBM to manage employee health data more effectively, and for employees to better manage their health data themselves.

40

2 years ago

This startup is building a full-stack CRM for the financial services industry. The company currently counts 10 customers, including American Express and JPMorgan.

40

2 years ago

A credit company that helps people buy home and car insurance with pre-approved rates.

40

2 years ago

A physical smart card that helps people get the right medications, at the right time, and in the right dosage. It’s meant to eliminate patients mis-prescription, and is compatible with pharmacy and insurance systems.

40

2 years ago

An online marketplace for hiring real estate agents, and one of the first companies to apply for YC, in 2012. The company is now headquartered in New York but still has a significant presence in San Francisco.

40

3 years ago

A way to create personalized “games” using a database of user behavior and the users themselves. Instead of showing a player a pre-determined experience, it shows them a mixture of content and their own data, allowing them to create their own personalized experience.

39

3 years ago

A new way to find a doctor, through a website that matches patients and doctors based on their preferences. For instance, if you want a doctor who’s available on nights and weekends, then you can search by location and hours in advance.

39

3 years ago

A startup that wants to make it easier for people to pay for their groceries with pre-paid debit cards (they’re working on an app to dock groceries).

39

3 years ago

A tool that helps entrepreneurs get physical, made-to-order products shipped to them on demand

39

2 years ago 1 views

A startup that combines an Uber-style marketplace with a “mom and pop” retail store. The website allows customers to buy groceries and household items on-demand, with a built-in rewards program. The founder of the company, who previously worked at Amazon, says the company is on track to expand into 35,000 stores by 2020.

39

2 years ago

An AI that develops recommendations for sports products, including shoes, equipment, and apparel, based on an athlete's style, preferences, and other factors.

39

2 years ago

A startup that uses AI to predict what a customer will buy and when, making its product recommendations based on a user’s past purchases. The startup says its product can sell things a person already owns, and it’s already working with various retailers in the UK.

39

2 years ago

A digital bank that provides a bank account for freelancers, allowing them to connect their prepaid debit cards to their business account for payroll and other transactions.

39

3 years ago

The startup has developed an AI chatbot that allows users to check their Google Analytics data. The bot works with Google Analytics Premium and is integrated with Google Sheets, Google Forms, and G Suite.

38

3 years ago

A startup that’s building a “mobile-first” content management system to help government organizations manage their websites. The company claims that it’s faster and easier than Wordpress and Drupal, but can be integrated with other CMSs.

38

3 years ago

A person tracking system for warehouse workers that can be used in a variety of ways, from making sure your employees are working to prevent injuries to helping you maintain payroll records.

38

3 years ago

A payments and e-commerce platform for the social media industry. The startup wants to help people set up a new business from scratch, from entrepreneurial training to a legal contract.

38

3 years ago

A crowdfunding platform for women entrepreneurs that supports their crowdfunding campaigns by giving them access to a network of peers, mentors and experts.

38

3 years ago

The founders of this startup have been working in the tech industry for decades, however they have had no success starting companies. Some of their friends on LinkedIn have noticed that they have a lot of business cards and they don’t have a company. They wanted to build a company that helps other entrepreneurs — not just friends and family — to get off the ground.

38

3 years ago

A startup software company, with a focus on B2B. The startup wants to take control of the user experience and move them away from their current process of doing order guides and single-user spreadsheets into something that’s more automated, web-based, and sophisticated.

38

2 years ago

A platform for ordering and storing prescriptions for patients to get them delivered.

38

2 years ago

A cloud-based personal assistant that integrates with your calendar and works with the platforms you use at work. It’s based on the premise that you want to do your work with the tools you use at work.

38

2 years ago

The list is not comprehensive. The above startups represent some of the more notable applicants that have been accepted into Y Combinator's Summer 2019 batch. For a full list of all the startups accepted into Y Combinator's Summer 2019 batch, see here.

38

2 years ago

The idea is to help prevent price-gouging, and to be a one-stop-shop for customer complaints.

38

2 years ago

A web-based tax preparation tool for freelance professionals, including designers, writers, photographers, etc.

38

2 years ago

A startup that’s “building the Uber of smart home devices”, which they say will allow you to “set-up and control your home devices through an app and change your lighting preferences and more with a couple of clicks.”

38

2 years ago

An API to help dating app creators and service providers make money on the free part of their apps, with paid options available for premium users.

38

5 years ago

Idea: A way to make spreadsheets more fun to use by adding a layer of gamification.

37

3 years ago

An AI platform that predicts and optimizes the effectiveness of pharmaceuticals, with built in mechanisms for doctors to adjust dosages, based on patient data. The startup wants to make the pharma process more accurate and efficient, by comparing dosages and predicting the effectiveness of the drug.

37

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

3 years ago 1 views

This is a toolset for restaurants to help them manage their ordering and inventory. The startup is already in use by American Express and Sharper Image.

37

3 years ago

A platform that helps companies run events in-house. This is a company built on the premise that the event industry has been the victim of commoditization from companies like Eventbrite and Ticketmaster, and that event producers who work with companies skimp on costs to try to compete. Instead, Eventbrite should be able to offer a more powerful and flexible platform for people to book events.

37

3 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

3 years ago

A company that helps companies discover and hire new talent in the US. The startup claims that the way the US works for finding talent is broken, and wants to solve it with a more fluid system that can be presented in a more transparent way.

37

2 years ago

A marketing automation SaaS that helps small businesses use viral content to grow their social presence. It currently has 8 enterprise customers.

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 tool to help pull information from your website’s data tables into a spreadsheet or database.

37

2 years ago

A health care startup that uses AI to predict adverse drug interactions and automatically alert patients.

37

2 years ago

With this startup, customers can buy prescription drugs at a local pharmacy and have them shipped directly to their door, and have them delivered to their local doorstep.

37

2 years ago

A startup that wants to build an online platform for entrepreneurs to get funding for their businesses.

37

2 years ago 1 views

An online network for female entrepreneurs to share their experiences and learn from each other, and connect with investors and mentors. In the past year, they’ve partnered with companies like Robinhood and Stripe.

37

2 years ago

A company that helps fight the spread of fake news by providing services to fact-check and verify news stories.

37

3 years ago

A software startup that helps prevent data breaches by integrating a security guard into an organization’s computer system to detect and stop attacks.

36

3 years ago

An online-only financial planning service for young professionals. It charges $10 per month, and provides a set of tools to help young people prepare for their first home purchases.

36

3 years ago

A computer program that allows employees to track their own time to create a time log that shows how they spend their time. The startup currently is in the testing phase, and is preparing to launch a version for businesses to use.

36

2 years ago 1 views

A startup that uses facial recognition technology to target ads. The idea is to use the company’s facial recognition technology to predict what a consumer will buy by observing their past behavior.

36

2 years ago

A cloud-based “digital assistant” for brands and marketers to target customers more effectively. Users can make predictions about what they are interested in, and the software works to deliver ads that the users are likely to click on.

36

2 years ago

A startup that wants to help entrepreneurs with their knowledge and networking needs.

36

5 years ago

Idea: A startup that is making a new type of surface that feels a bit like paper but is actually a plastic material This material can then be molded to make all types of different things, like a fridge that can be rolled up The surface is also programmable, so it can be made to change color or texture when a button is pressed

35

3 years ago

A “smart, dynamic, and adaptive” predictive analytics tool for banks, pitched as “the next generation of risk management”.

35

3 years ago

A startup that’s building a platform for retail, allowing online shoppers to have a digital or physical presence in a physical store. The goal is to bring in revenue, increase repeat customers, and make shopping more fun.

35

3 years ago

This software is designed to help companies manage their customers’ data, using big data and AI to predict customer behavior and find new customers.

35

3 years ago

This startup is looking to help companies measure the ROI of their new products, and is building tools to monitor user activity and make predictions.

35

2 years ago

A company that makes smart pens that can record everything you write and draw. The pen is an integrated camera, microphone, and speaker. A company press release described it as “the world’s first smart pen that enables you to capture the world around you.”

35

2 years ago

A startup that uses AI to hyper-personalize pitches, allowing companies to target more precise audiences than ever before.

35

2 years ago

A visual tool for reviewing and learning from presentations. It’s a visual way to capture and share feedback from a presentation, and is useful for getting feedback on a presentation or a presentation you’re giving, too.

35

2 years ago

A market for airplane tickets that has been around for a while, but this is the first company to be able to offer a product that takes into account the last few days of weather in a city to predict how bad it's going to be.

35

2 years ago

A system for device makers to pay to test pre-release devices on users.

35

2 years ago

A data management tool that lets companies gain insights from their social media conversations. The startup says they’ve used their platform to predict when Amazon would launch a new product, and that they’ve helped companies raise over $100 million.

35

2 years ago

A startup that builds a mobile app that allows users to see a full-color 3-D representation of what a piece of furniture would look like in their homes.

35

2 years ago

The startup’s goal is to simplify the process of finding a new apartment, saving people money by taking the stress out of apartment hunting. They want to use machine learning, AI, and image recognition to help users find apartments based on their preferences.

35

2 years ago

The startup’s mission is to make it easier for people in the US to manage their own financial health. It’s a premium service aimed at wealthy people.

35

2 years ago

A company that provides a personal assistant for entrepreneurs.

35

2 years ago

A web-based tool to help merchants manage their inventory. Once a merchant has pre-arranged a price for an item, they can have it shipped to their customers but not actually charge them until the order is packed and ready to go.

35

2 years ago

This startup is trying to build low-cost sensors for large farms to help prevent losses of crops and minimize waste.

35

3 years ago

A platform that automates the discovery and management of customer orders. The goal is to make the process of order fulfillment more predictable and transparent.

34

3 years ago

A real-time feedback tool for live presentations and lectures

34

3 years ago

A UK-based startup that makes it easy for companies to get the same level of security and protection by creating a bespoke WordPress site, as opposed to a site built around their own CMS.

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

In previous years, the YC Fellowship has also included a number of startups that were rejected from YC.

34

2 years ago

A voice-activated assistant that can help you manage your risk. The startup is working with a number of banks, credit card companies, and insurance companies to help make sure people are prepared for bad events.

34

2 years ago

A platform that helps users with dry eye syndrome connect with qualified doctors to get prescription refills and other support.

34

2 years ago

Get a comprehensive breakdown of how much your insurance costs, all in one place.

34

2 years ago

This startup is building a library of data sets that help companies predict how people will respond to various marketing messages.

34

2 years ago

A protocol for preventing and fixing insecure connections

34

2 years ago

A business to help entrepreneurs who want to launch their own show on Facebook Watch.

34

2 years ago

A machine learning platform that uses AI to recognize and analyze social media conversations, to find trends, and predict future outcomes based on patterns.

34

2 years ago

A startup that helps companies manage their social media presence and increase retention. They’re currently building a tool that allows a company’s employees to create a Twitter guide for them, making it easier to ensure they’re up to date with trending topics.

34

3 years ago

A startup for pre-booking restaurants. The company says that their app has already been used by over 1,000 restaurants.

33

3 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 company that helps students apply to college by creating an online application and advising them on how to best present themselves and their academics.

33

2 years ago

The company helps businesses with both a physical and digital presence manage their social media.

33

2 years ago

A startup for doctors and health insurance companies to manage the prescription of medical devices is the company's

33

2 years ago

A group of “tech entrepreneurs, designers, and thinkers” who want to build a better way to pay for things. The startup is building tools that are more frictionless and transparent, letting users pay with their preferred currency and get a receipt in the mail.

33

2 years ago

A startup for people to get premium access to fitness and workout programs. The company’s founders say it’s a $2 billion industry.

33

2 years ago

A startup that connects users with the furniture they want, and the brands they prefer to buy it.

33

2 years ago

A startup for helping “disadvantaged entrepreneurs” raise capital and access capital formation services.

33

2 years ago

A team of three founders that want to create a comprehensive online platform for people who want to use their skills to build their own businesses.

33

2 years ago

The startup is building a product that combines machine learning and user feedback to predict which products are going to be best sellers.

33

2 years ago

Helping people find and book a doctor in the US, Canada, UK, and Australia. Patients pay a monthly subscription for access to a physician who can look at their health records, give advice, and even prescribe medication.

33

5 years ago

Idea: A tool for salespeople to track and report on any company-related content they are publishing. The startup is trying to replace spreadsheets and other tools salespeople have been using to track their content.

32

3 years ago

A company that helps people who are on the autism spectrum communicate their needs more effectively. It’s a SaaS platform that helps people, who often have difficulty expressing themselves, to communicate their needs.

32

2 years ago

The startup is building a software platform that allows small businesses to post jobs and manage their workforces. The software will be free for businesses to use, and have a premium feature that allows companies to pay for tools like accounting and HR.

32

2 years ago

A content management system for the legal industry that combines predictive analytics with AI and machine learning.

32

2 years ago

A digital assistant that leverages algorithms to predict behavior to help people plan out their lives. The startup wants to use data to predict the likelihood of when people will get married, have a baby, fall into debt, lose their job, or get divorced.

32

2 years ago

An AI-based system that will help clinicians make more informed treatment decisions when prescribing drugs in a hospital setting.

32

2 years ago

A platform that helps companies save on insurance premiums by doing the hard work of reviewing insurance plans for them.

32

2 years ago

A platform for developing and publishing mobile games. The startup is taking pre-orders for a $50

32

2 years ago

A company that makes a sort of digital lockbox for your bitcoins, combining the security of a physical vault with the convenience of an app. You can also use the lockbox to purchase items with bitcoin, including prepaid gift cards.

32

2 years ago

A predictive machine learning platform that aids in the growth of companies by predicting what will happen to their sales.

32

3 years ago

A platform that makes it easier for companies to share and work on presentations, and to use them for presentations to investors.

31

3 years ago

Bonobos was founded in New York City in 2007 by Andy Dunn, a former executive vice president at Target and former director of product at Yahoo. Bonobos is a men's clothing retailer.

31

2 years ago

A new app/platform for businesses to manage their social media presence. It's heavily focused on Instagram, and is integrating with other social networks as well.

31

2 years ago

A video conferencing service with 1-on-1 telepresence, allowing employees to attend meetings and work from anywhere with a phone.

31

2 years ago

The following companies had their YC Demo Day presentations on September 30:

31

2 years ago

A startup launching in November that wants to help surgeons predict outcomes better, with a device that can measure the levels of certain substances within the body and feed it back to the surgeons.

31

2 years ago

The “Goats” are an emerging group of young entrepreneurs who are creating businesses with a focus on helping people make money through crypto-currencies.

31

5 years ago

Idea: A startup for “expressive activities”, like art lessons, yoga classes, and martial

30

5 years ago

A platform to help people and businesses spend less time managing their money and more time on things they enjoy. The startup provides money management tools that are designed to be easy to use and interpret.

30

3 years ago

SaaS that helps large retailers manage their social media marketing efforts. The startup provides a way for companies to manage their social media presence across different platforms, so for example a restaurant can create a Facebook page for their restaurant, but also have a Twitter handle for their food truck.

30

3 years ago

If this company’s products are as good as its founders say, it’s possible that their launch is overblown. But let’s go into this anyway, because it’s obviously a big deal for entrepreneurs to get funded, and it’s rare for them to get funding from the founder’s mom.

30

2 years ago

“A startup that allows any business to send marketing emails based on their customers’ preferences using their own email addresses.”

30

2 years ago

A startup that builds and sells speakers based on your phone’s specs, predicting how loud the sound will be.

30

2 years ago

A wearable sensor that measures glucose, blood pressure, and heart rate, and is controlled by an app. The startup has priced the product at $6.99, and promised to ship by the end of 2016.

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 mobile app that lets you request Uber and Lyft cars based on your location and predicted arrival time.

30

2 years ago

A company that helps companies manage their expenses, which is a bit like how TurboTax helps people prepare taxes but instead of taxes, expenses.

30

2 years ago

An insurance company in the UK that uses a dynamic pricing model that adjusts premiums based on the age of a policyholder and the likelihood of them having a heart attack or stroke in the next five years.

30

2 years ago

This startup is trying to help SMBs start up and manage a web presence.

30

3 years ago

Hire the Smart, an applicant tracking platform built for fast-growing, low-pay environments. It is one of the few startups in the pool that has been around for over a year. The company previously focused solely on the fast-food industry, but has since broadened its offerings to cover retail and other industries. The startup is also one of the few in the competition that does not currently have a product in production.

29

3 years ago

A tool for people who have to travel internationally and need to arrange for a visa or have a trip to a new country pre-planned.

29

3 years ago

In addition, YC includes a number of other programs, such as a software development program that develops products for the “Internet of Things”, a mentorship program for entrepreneurs looking to build companies outside of the US, and a program to help alumni launch companies.

29

2 years ago

This startup’s goal is to make the customer experience more predictable, helping customers know what to expect so they can better plan their day. It’s a personalized concierge, which helps people check in with companies like AT&T, Venmo, and Square to get customer service questions answered.

29

2 years ago

This B2B SaaS startup helps companies keep track of all their expenses, from travel expenses to equipment depreciation and more.

29

2 years ago

A startup trying to lead the way for organizations to build an online presence for various causes.

29

2 years ago

It’s a calendar app for people who are always running late. The startup’s premise is that people are so busy that they don’t have time to plan, so they need an app to plan. The app syncs with other apps like Google Calendar and effectively becomes your assistant.

29

2 years ago

A SaaS platform for companies to create data plans based on their specific needs. The company’s service is based around a mix of predictive analytics and machine learning to help companies work out the perfect plan for their data usage.

29

2 years ago

This startup is offering a program that provides entrepreneurs with access to mentors, capital, co-working, and resources.

29

2 years ago

A startup that is building an AI that can predict the cause of an infection before symptoms occur. The AI can identify the specific bacteria and treat the patient accordingly.

29

2 years ago

A company that uses AI to help farmers track their crops and predict what will grow in the future.

29

2 years ago

A Y Combinator alum who previously built a startup that helps find new clients for software engineers, saying he’s “not sure what the world of business is like” for product marketing.

29

2 years ago

An online platform for “positive” feedback, meant to help you give and get feedback on your work, whether it’s a presentation or your reaction to a restaurant.

29

2 years ago

They’re building a “predictive nursing test” that can help nurses see how patients will fare with certain medications

29

2 years ago

Latin America’s tech industry is also bolstered by the region’s sheer population size. The region has more than 100 million tech-savvy people in the region, and the number of people who have Internet access is expected to reach 4.7 billion by the end of 2020. Increasing Internet penetration and smartphone usage are also drawing more entrepreneurs to the region.

29

5 years ago

A startup that provides a service where you can get a pre-written email to use when you want to help push someone to get back to you

28

3 years ago

A startup that allows users to choose a preferred payment method for a range of retailers.

28

2 years ago

https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/327923

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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 startup for restaurants, where the idea is that the startup will use a proprietary algorithm, machine learning, and data to help restaurants increase revenue and customer satisfaction by predicting the best times for peak meals.

28

2 years ago

A way to preserve and share photos of children, which is why the startup is building their own “baby photos” version of Instagram, which will allow users to select a single photo and share with their friends.

28

2 years ago

A platform that lets local governments build and manage an online presence for their citizens

28

2 years ago

A new way to mine data from the Internet of Things to help prevent theft and fraud.

28

2 years ago

A company that uses satellite imagery to help farmers prevent and fight the spread of plant diseases.

28

2 years ago

A project-management platform for startups, with a built-in social network that helps entrepreneurs collaborate.

28

2 years ago

A company that will invest in social entrepreneurs and help them grow their business.

28

2 years ago

The startup is building a tool that will help you create a real-time contract with your customer service representative.

28

2 years ago

A company that helps entrepreneurs and developers make apps for the web and mobile. They have a Chrome Extension that helps developers test their apps on Google Chrome, and a mobile app that helps startups find users for their apps.

27

2 years ago

Previously known as CloudWatt, this startup is building a software-as-a-service to help companies build, test, and build apps faster.

27

2 years ago

A startup of prepaid credit card accounts, available through a mobile app.

27

2 years ago

A company that is building a new kind of financial network that relies on the wisdom of the crowd. The company is selling equity in a cryptocurrency fund that comes with a pre-set rate of return for a period of five years.

27

2 years ago

A company that helps customers optimize their websites and apps, and build mobile apps. It uses machine learning to predict which changes will improve user retention and engagement.

27

2 years ago

A wireless data device that translates between human and machine language, in a similar way to the company’s previous product, the Speakit. The founders say they’ve sold $1.4m of the devices.

27

2 years ago

A startup that helps you find great deals on flights. DesiFlix helps users find the best deals on airfare on their preferred airlines.

27

2 years ago

A health startup that is building an AI-driven model for predicting and preventing cancer. It focuses on improving cancer registration and diagnostics in countries where cancer is often diagnosed at a late stage.

27

2 years ago

A web-based platform to help entrepreneurs identify and attract the right employees.

27

2 years ago

A predictive analytics tool that finds sales opportunities for sales reps by analyzing the behavior of a sales rep’s existing customers.

27

2 years ago

Zestimate is a reverse engineering and toolmaker of home valuations. The startup has built a database of home values going back to 1985 which it says is the most comprehensive of any company. Zestimate also provides automated valuation reports and a reverse mortgage calculator.

27

2 years ago

An API to help people build smart contracts for representing asset ownership in any type of legal agreement.

27

3 years ago

A startup that uses machine learning to distinguish between fakes and real art, helping galleries and art collectors manage their art and prevent theft.

26

2 years ago

A company that lets you build your own conveyor belt, with a built-in printing press to help you scale your business.

26

2 years ago

A “creative marketplace” for designers, developers, and entrepreneurs, that’ll help them find talent from producers to creatives. Currently a team of 5.

26

2 years ago

A startup to give doctors (and patients) a way to communicate in real time and share data from tests like CT scans, MRI scans, etc. The app’s goal is to allow doctors to communicate with each other and even patients in real time, doing things like pre-emptively ordering tests to prevent a patient from having to make an unnecessary trip to the doctor.

26

2 years ago

A personal shopping assistant that learns users’ preferences and recommends things based on what it thinks they’ll like and want.

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2 years ago

TEDx is a series of independently organized TED-like events held worldwide, featuring local TEDTalks and other TED-like presentations. TEDx events are organized independently and are not affiliated with TED in any way.

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2 years ago

A B2B company that helps financial institutions and insurance companies understand their data, and build models for predicting customer behavior.

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2 years ago

A tool for importing data from spreadsheets into your favorite analytics tool

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2 years ago

A tech company that helps business owners organize and grow their online presence, including social media.

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2 years ago

This startup helps people manage their online presence at several social platforms. The startup uses AI to pull in relevant notifications from different sites and surfaces them in an efficient way.

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2 years ago

An AI that helps predict when a building will need maintenance.

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2 years ago

An automated lab test for blood and urine meant to be cheaper and more comprehensive than existing services.

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2 years ago

A startup that helps companies do “global sourcing”, and which enables them to predict where their products will be manufactured

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2 years ago

A company that aims to help the elderly in the US pay for their prescription drugs.

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2 years ago

A group of Canadian entrepreneurs are building a way to let people in multiple countries share a single map of their city. The startup want to let people share their city with others, but most people in the world only have access to maps from their own country.

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2 years ago

The first version of the Startup List will be released in early December. The Startup List is an ongoing project by the Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School.

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2 years ago

The company’s premise is that a bicycle can be more powerful than a car. Instead of using a motor to move itself, it uses an electric motor to provide power, which it says is more efficient and cheaper than a car. The company wants to launch in the US and Europe by 2022.

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2 years ago

A global conference aimed at helping entrepreneurs from all over the world share and learn from each other.

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2 years ago

A tool for managing a company’s employees, with a system that lets you assign tasks to staff, track progress, and review time spent on previous projects.

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2 years ago

A data analytics and predictive modeling service, which helps companies get better at predicting things like customer churn and fraud risks.

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2 years ago

A startup that makes it easier for people to get their taxes done. The company’s target are tax preparers and CPAs, who can cut their fees in half.

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2 years ago

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2 years ago

A startup that uses a predictive analytics platform to help realtors do post-closing audits of home sellers to make sure they are in compliance with the law.

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2 years ago

This startup is building a handheld blood-pressure machine inside a case that also doubles as a lanyard.

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2 years ago

A system for handling payments in virtual reality. The startup’s first app, VR-Pay, lets users pay for in-game purchases and premium content in virtual reality.

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2 years ago

This web-based program converts spreadsheets into digital files to help companies manage their finances

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2 years ago

Coding platform that pairs entrepreneurs who want to have their sites built with professional coders.

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2 years ago

This startup is building a tool to help social and ethnic entrepreneurs understand their market and how best to reach it. The startup offers demographic data, education data, income data and more.

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2 years ago

A cloud-based SaaS that helps entrepreneurs manage and automate their sales, customer support, and administrative functions.

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2 years ago

A startup that’s building a platform to keep track of your dog’s health, and help you prevent conditions like heart disease, diabetes, and cancer.

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2 years ago

This startup wants to use AI to find and predict the next “groundbreaking” scientific discovery. The company wants to bring researchers from all over the world together to solve big problems, and has already attracted more than 1,000 researchers to its platform.

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2 years ago

An artificial intelligence app that uses deep learning to help you cut down on your grocery bill by predicting what you’ll buy at the store.

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2 years ago

The startup wants to help schools and governments pre-populate the inventory in their supply chain management systems.

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2 years ago

Native mobile finance for the Philippines. Customers can choose between a bank account, prepaid card, and even a credit card.

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2 years ago

A startup that makes prediction markets for the public good, allowing people to bet on the future.

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2 years ago

This startup is working on a 3D virtual reality headset that allows users to preview and compare various jobs before they accept them.

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2 years ago

A mobile application for doctors to prescribe antibiotics.

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2 years ago

This startup connects farmers with buyers for their produce online. The startup uses machine learning to predict fruit ripeness.

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2 years ago

A startup co-founded by former Microsoft President Brad Smith to help governments and businesses deal with the challenge of cyber-attacks and online censorship.

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2 years ago

This is an online group for people who want to start a business. The company helps entrepreneurs network, providing free tools to help them get funding and advice.

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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.

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2 years ago

Uses machine learning, artificial intelligence, and predictive analytics to help companies solve their customer acquisition and retention challenges.

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2 years ago

This startup wants to use machine learning to build a better way of predicting how companies will perform.

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2 years ago

A tool that turns spreadsheets into PDFs.

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2 years ago

A global business conference and expo that brings together entrepreneurs, investors, and professionals who work in every aspect of the startup and early-stage business ecosystem. One of its founders is an investment banker and the other is a PayPal alum.

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2 years ago

A tool for users of the Google Docs productivity suite to automatically convert a Google spreadsheet into a website.

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2 years ago

A collective of young, upcoming entrepreneurs in Philadelphia, the department aims to network its members and help them raise capital.

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2 years ago

An investment they’re funding personally with this round, social finance firm Monzo is a bank focused on making personal finance easy and accessible, with a minimalistic, simple interface and a rewards program that emphasizes savings. They’re experimenting with new products like peer-to-peer lending and a prepaid debit card.

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2 years ago

This startup originally was a B2B company that helps companies measure ROI of their marketing. It recently pivoted to consumer-facing, and is now building a tool that let’s users track how brands are performing in their social media presences.

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2 years ago

A messaging platform for Uber drivers that uses a combination of machine learning and human intervention to learn about the human driver’s preferences and habits.

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2 years ago

A startup that combines algorithms to predict the value of real estate using publicly available information.

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2 years ago

A startup that helps consumers keep track of which companies they’ve worked with. A software engineer at the company who previously worked at Facebook is working on the idea.

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2 years ago

A data company focusing on IT operations, with a focus on large-scale event data. The startup is creating a platform that monitors and manages large datasets, and is building a software product that can monitor and predict when a system will fail.

22

2 years ago

A company that aims to help business owners establish a presence in the United States, with tools that allow them to start a business, make an initial sale, and connect with potential partners.

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2 years ago

A startup that wants to sell premium content to premium brands.

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2 years ago

A startup that connects startups with data-driven algorithms that can predict which customers might be interested in their startup. It’s a service targeted at startups where marketing is more effective than sales.

22

2 years ago

A “personal trainer for your phone”, with a free app that allows users to create a “one-stop shop” for their fitness and nutrition needs. The company also offers a premium subscription for $9.99 per month that lets users customize their diet with a “foodie plan” and track their fitness via a number of tracking apps.

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2 years ago

A digital notebook that’s a combination of a diary, planner, to-do list, and address book all in one. It’s meant for entrepreneurs and other companies to manage their daily tasks.

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2 years ago

A startup that helps people with medical bills, allowing them to create a profile on the site, and then get a quote based on a set of conditions they set (i.e. pre-existing conditions) that can apply to whatever health plan they’re in.

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2 years ago

A way to give people granular control over their personal data, from their preferences to their data usage.

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2 years ago

A company that helps employers reduce their health insurance costs by taking advantage of shopper data and predicting which people are likely to use a premium drug.

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2 years ago

A company that “brings a more visual way to understand your data”. The startup is building a platform that allows data to be visualized in cartoon form, which can be shared “easily with a link”. It’s also working on an app that allows users to make graphs, allowing them to “draw on a spreadsheet” and “share their graphs with others”.

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2 years ago

A startup that wants to help companies use data analytics to save money by predicting how much employees are going to cost them.

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2 years ago

A predictive analytics company aiming to help companies predict consumer behavior and improve marketing

21

2 years ago

A platform for mobile games and apps to monetize their users by offering virtual goods that can be bought with real money. The startup is preparing its own virtual goods marketplace.

21

2 years ago

A platform to connect your WordPress blog to Facebook and LinkedIn.

21

2 years ago

WannaCry ransomware was spread through a Windows vulnerability, and GuaveFix is a desktop application that detects malware and is designed to protect users from future attacks.

21

2 years ago

It’s another on-demand delivery service with a twist: Instead of run only in neighborhoods where workers are already prevalent, DoorDash delivers in any city or town, with a fleet of drivers who are hired on the spot to meet demand.

21

2 years ago

A startup that helps you organize and track your expenses, from the food you eat to the things you buy. The app is designed to be an alternative to using spreadsheets, and is currently in beta.

21

2 years ago

A company that builds “digital products” – essentially, a set of tools used to help people spread their ideas and messages.

21

5 years ago

Idea: A startup that provides software for scheduling employees on factory floors, allowing them to match production capacity with demand and prevent under- or over-production of goods.

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2 years ago

A startup that’s built a platform that allows small businesses to create their own social media presence, without the expense and hassle of hiring social media managers. The company is also working with big companies like Softbank and Barclays to help them build their own social media presence.

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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 digital concierge that helps entrepreneurs and freelancers connect with people who can help them with their work, from on-demand services to networking.

20

2 years ago

A financial data analytics startup that helps businesses understand their cash flow, track sales, and predict expenses.

20

2 years ago

This is an app for home-based businesses that helps them create an online presence. It’s currently free to try and $5 USD per month to use, with plans starting at $20 USD a month after that.

20

2 years ago

A web-based document editor for reading and writing spreadsheets in the browser. Like Excel, the software is meant to let a person edit and track information across a number of devices.

20

2 years ago

A micro-finance and loan startup in India. The company is currently testing its product and has received approval from India’s central bank to offer loans to entrepreneurs.

20

2 years ago

A health savings account that allows you to use pre-tax dollars, while paying taxes on the post-tax dollars you spend.

20

2 years ago

A cloud-based system that helps companies predict and prevent problems before they happen.

20

2 years ago

This startup is building a $4.5 billion global legal services marketplace. They spent the first month of their pre-seed without attracting any funding.

20

2 years ago

A “E-commerce solution for retailers” that wants to help them better predict and predict customer behavior.

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2 years ago

A startup that builds a software platform for businesses to monitor their employees’ health. The company has built a tool that allows companies to collect data on things like heart rate, respiration rate, and blood pressure, without the employees needing to wear a device.

19

2 years ago

A team of 3 UX designers who want to use the concept of “pre-orders” to build an app for people who want to create a “pre-order” for their social media profiles, effectively pre-selling themselves to brands.

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2 years ago 1 views

A startup in San Francisco that uses an algorithm to predict how many rides you’ll need on Uber or Lyft, based on your past ride patterns.

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2 years ago

This startup is looking to help stores manage inventory and inventory forecasting. The company’s data engine can help retailers predict demand, based on historical data, and plan for the future.

19

2 years ago

A product designed to help small businesses (especially restaurants) easily manage their social media presence. The startup aims to make micro-businesses more social by “automating the process of posting to Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram,” built to help spread word of mouth.

19

2 years ago

A startup that helps you schedule and pay for your taxes with a simple interface, accessible with a single press of a button.

19

2 years ago

An AI that can boost sales by using data to predict customer interest. The startup says it has been used to boost sales in the retail, automotive, and hospitality industries.

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".

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2 years ago

A mobile app that helps users measure their blood pressure and blood oxygen levels in a way that’s seen by a doctor.

19

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.

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2 years ago

A fintech startup that’s building an AI-driven credit-scoring model that will make it easier for businesses to raise capital by analyzing and predicting customers’ credit risk.

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2 years ago

"Idea" magazine is an executive magazine for the global tech, digital and startup entrepreneurship community. The magazine is based in San Francisco, California. The core mission and focus of the magazine is to support and promote entrepreneurship and the exceptional growth of entrepreneurs and startups.

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2 years ago

A SaaS platform that makes it easy for businesses to manage their social media presence. With the platform, businesses can create a single “social dashboard” from any of their social media profiles, keeping track of their presence across social channels.

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2 years ago

A startup specializing in bringing the benefits of big data to retailers, helping them to make real-time predictions and decisions based on behavioral data.

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2 years ago

An AI that helps companies predict sales in real time. The startup uses machine learning to predict demand, then uses predictive analytics to optimize on that demand.

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5 years ago

Idea: A system for B2B lead generation. It uses a combination of predictive analytics and human intervention to get “the right person at the right moment”.

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2 years ago

The startup is building a platform that not only helps businesses find and manage local talent, but also helps people find jobs themselves. It currently has 200,000 users, and is $1.3 million in revenue, according to a press release.

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2 years ago

A startup that tries to make the world a more supportive place for entrepreneurs. The startup helps entrepreneurs get feedback from their team by creating a “feedback grid” that allows them to see what their co-workers think.

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2 years ago

A platform that provides a way for companies to “preserve, protect and secure” their data, with some similar functionality to DropBox and Google Drive.

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2 years ago

A predictive analytics platform that can help companies like ad agencies make more targeted, accurate predictions.

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2 years ago

A startup that uses predictive algorithms to help companies figure out how to best leverage data to profit from it.

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5 years ago

A startup that helps entrepreneurs and investors with their search for the right venture capital firm

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2 years ago

A startup that wants to be a platform for B2B events. It wants to help companies host meetings and events with people who’ve been pre-approved.

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2 years ago

"Idea" magazine organizes bi-annual events that bring together innovators, thought leaders, entrepreneurs and industry executives. Events include the "Idea" Awards, the Idea Fest, the Idea Awards Gala Dinner and Idea Pitch Nights.

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2 years ago

An AI-based investment manager, which makes investment decisions based on the user’s preferences and risk tolerance.

16

2 years ago

A video-organizing app for parents, with a presence in 13 countries.

16

2 years ago

A tool for small businesses in the US that helps them prepare their taxes for the year and be prepared for any changes in the tax code they may face.

16

2 years ago

Business management software to help entrepreneurs with their operations

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2 years ago

This startup is building a service that uses machine learning to help businesses predict the future of their sales, and use that information to improve their marketing efforts.

16

2 years ago

A tool for managing meetings, and to help entrepreneurs organize their workloads.

16

2 years ago

A startup to manage a restaurant's digital presence

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2 years ago

A program that helps companies with the creation of a comprehensive employee onboarding plan, including training, onboarding, and onboarding surveys.

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A startup that uses AI to analyze warehouse security camera footage in real-time, predicting theft patterns and alerting staff before incidents occur.

16

5 years ago

Idea: “Software as a service for physical space” The startup’s first product is Lockdown, a system for monitoring the security of physical spaces and notifying users when doors are open or there’s motion on the premises

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5 years ago

Idea: This startup wants to be a “home away from home” for entrepreneurs who are looking to build their startups around the world The startup is building a platform for digital nomads, with features like work pods, coworking spaces and events They currently have 10 employees, and have raised $15M from an undisclosed VC

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2 years ago

A predictive analytics tool that helps companies make better decisions based on data. Notion is based on a predictive model that analyzes the past relationships between companies.

15

2 years ago

An on-demand dog walking service that offers custom training and activities. They currently have 3 clients, including a company representative who has taken 15 dogs on walks.

15

2 years ago

The company is looking to help insurance companies understand claims more deeply and more quickly. It’s currently in a pre-seed round with a partnership with the Philadelphia 76ers.

15

2 years ago

A new type of health insurance that combines traditional health insurance, Medicare, Medicaid, and tax subsidies into a single plan. The startup wants to help people with pre-existing conditions find affordable insurance options.

15

2 years ago

A tool that helps create a single platform for users to manage their website and online presence. It uses the user’s existing website, social media accounts, and email accounts to surface information about the user’s online persona.

15

2 years ago

A startup that wants to create a more transparent and open fund to help startups and entrepreneurs raise capital.

15

2 years ago

A startup that lets you buy and sell cars, using a pre-negotiated, automated auction, with no fees or middlemen.

15

2 years ago

A startup with a strong data science background that allows employees to analyze and create models from massive amounts of data from things like social media, forum posts, blog posts, and more. The founder says that these data sets can be used to predict behaviors and trends for things like product development.

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2 years ago

Startup wants to make it easier for companies to get financing in emerging markets. The startup wants to reduce the cost of loans by creating artificial intelligence tools that can help lenders predict a company's financial health.

15

5 years ago

A startup that provides a service where they help people prepare for job interviews by actually going to the company and getting a tour and pretending to

14

2 years ago

A tool that helps companies manage their employee performance. It is built on a platform that allows workers to predict their own performance, and can help companies better predict the behaviors of employees and keep them engaged.

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2 years ago 1 views

The startup is taking a low-tech approach to testing the efficacy of new drugs. The company consists of a series of cameras that sit outside a hospital, collecting images of patients and their symptoms, which it then turns into predictive analytics to help its clients look at things like the effectiveness of new drugs in the market.

14

2 years ago

A tool that helps companies manage and grow their social media presence. The startup wants to bridge the gap between marketing and operations by giving companies data to make decisions on when and how to invest in social media.

14

2 years ago

A company that helps streamline the process of paying taxes to the government with the help of “financial professionals” who can prepare you for all your tax needs.

14

2 years ago

The company says its mission is to give small businesses the tools to create, manage and grow their own online content in a way that’s easy and comprehensive.

14

2 years ago

An AI-powered tool that helps the public and government agencies identify fraudsters and other criminals, with a particular focus on child predators.

14

2 years ago

A team of MIT students is building a system that predicts the likelihood that someone will commit a crime or make an error based on their behavior over the last several years.

14

5 years ago

A startup that tracks the value of your car, and sends you a text message anytime the value of your car has depreciated by a certain amount

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2 years ago

A TED-style conference for entrepreneurs , pitched as “an alternative to the Davos brain-drain”.

13

2 years ago

With the advent of self-driving cars, there will be a lot of new data that’s generated by the cars. The startup believes that it can use that data to predict accidents.

13

2 years ago

A startup that wants to be the Uber of delivery. The startup is building a delivery app for the marketplace, letting people offer delivery services onto other people’s orders, and is planning to help people get delivery orders in advance so they can prepare for them.

13

2 years ago

A startup that provides digital tax advice for US users who can’t afford or don’t qualify for a tax preparer.

13

2 years ago

A micro-lending company that helps low-income entrepreneurs get loans from their family or friends.

13

2 years ago

A platform that lets people and businesses collaborate on documents and spreadsheets online. The platform has already been used to create over 1,000 documents.

12

2 years ago

An AI-based product for real estate agents that aims to help them sell more property by predicting the most likely offers, and schedules, and mis-selling.

12

2 years ago

Coding bootcamp for women, especially those who have been previously underrepresented in tech.

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 tool to help companies manage their on-premises and cloud-based email architecture, including providing insights into email usage.

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.

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5 years ago

A software company that provides a platform for small businesses to manage their online presence and marketing efforts. The startup wants to become a central platform for SMBs to manage all aspects of their online presence in one place.

11

2 years ago

A company that has created a system for identifying viral pictures in real-time, with the goal of preventing copyright infringement and helping brands gain better control over the images on their social media accounts.

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2 years ago

A “pre-ICO” for companies to raise money before their token sale.

11

2 years ago

A platform that offers data science, predictive analysis and decision making for corporate clients. The platform offers analysis on market trends, industry, and consumer research data and trends.

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.

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2 years ago

A startup that helps you build your social media presence by pulling your customers’ data and showing you what they like and don’t like.

11

2 years ago

A startup building a platform that helps users create personalized videos for their businesses. The company’s founder said the videos can be used to present to clients, potential partners, employees, or customers.

11

2 years ago

This app helps small business owners to make smarter hiring decisions based on the previous work experience of job candidates.

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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

10

2 years ago

A dating app focused on the “unpredictable” and “un-romantic” millennial generation.

10

5 years ago

Idea: A platform for custom-welded bicycles The startup was founded in September and has $15M in pre-orders for its debut bike: the Pista Track

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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.

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2 years ago

A test for patient's that can detect early stage Parkinson's Disease and help to prevent major symptoms.

8

5 years ago

A startup that provides a service where people can pay to have someone help them prepare for a job interview over Skype (they can ask questions, have mock interviews, etc)

6

5 years ago

Idea: Use machine learning to predict when equipment will break

6

5 years ago

Idea: Every week, the startup sends people a bag of clothes that they’ve selected based on an algorithm that takes into account their preferences and the weather

5

5 years ago

Idea: A software platform that helps companies prevent their employees from misusing PTO by tracking their time

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2 years ago

A startup that helps employees manage their workplace commutes with a variety of tools to track their trips and use them as a form of meditation to lower stress and blood pressure levels.

5

2 years ago

A startup that’s building a mobile app that allows businesses to manage their fleets of vehicles, and use predictive analytics to improve efficiency.

4

2 days ago

A B2B service helping e-commerce brands automate returns by predicting resale value with computer vision, turning refunds into refurbished inventory sales via a secondary marketplace.

4

7 days ago 1 views

A hardware-software combo for urban gardeners that automates hydroponic systems with predictive AI for crop yields based on local weather patterns.

3

11 days ago

B2B tool that integrates smart fridge data from restaurants to predict ingredient shortages and auto-order from suppliers.

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1 day ago 3 views

A modular furniture rental service for remote workers, using AR to preview setups and swapping pieces seasonally based on user productivity data.

2

21 days ago 2 views

B2B tool for restaurants aggregating supplier invoices from fragmented vendors into a single dashboard with predictive inventory ordering to cut food waste by 30%.

1

10 days ago 1 views

A startup building "virtual twin" simulations for independent farmers, predicting crop yields and weather impacts using satellite data and local sensors to optimize small-scale operations.

1

9 days ago 11 views

A virtual event tool for niche hobby communities, like model train enthusiasts, featuring 3D simulated exhibit halls, live auctions, and AR previews of collectibles on attendees' devices.

1

3 days ago

A subscription box for urban gardeners delivering pre-seeded modular planters that stack on balconies and auto-water via app control.

1

3 days ago 1 views

A B2B service for small farms to create branded direct-to-consumer subscription boxes, handling logistics, packaging, and predictive inventory based on crop yields.

1

2 days ago

An API that integrates gig economy workers' schedules across platforms like Uber, DoorDash, and TaskRabbit to optimize earnings and prevent burnout with smart alerts.

1

1 day ago

A startup that aggregates and curates user-generated walking tours for cities, monetized via premium audio guides and local business tie-ins.

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7 days ago 4 views

A startup for virtual interior designers offering 3D room makeovers via video calls, integrated with AR previews for affordable home transformations.

0

7 days ago 4 views

A B2B tool for small farms to automate crop yield predictions and market pricing via satellite imagery and local weather data integration.

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1 day ago

SaaS for Latin American agribusinesses to aggregate satellite imagery, weather data, and crop sensors into predictive yield dashboards.

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23 hours ago

SaaS platform for restaurants to predict and automate ingredient orders using AI-driven waste analytics from kitchen cameras.

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13 hours ago

A B2B tool for freelance platforms that predicts project success rates by analyzing client communication patterns and freelancer histories, helping match the best fits and reduce disputes.

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5 years ago

A startup that connects people who want to have a dinner party with people who have the time to prepare the dinner party for them

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5 years ago

A startup that provides a service where someone can provide you with a custom list of things you need to do to prepare for a big life transition (ie getting married,

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5 years ago

A startup that provides an online service where people can find out how to become an entrepreneur, get started, and other things related to entrepreneurship

-1

5 years ago

A startup that helps people prepare their resumes for a job that they aren’t qualified for (IE they are a programmer and they want to apply for a job as a finance manager)

-1

5 years ago

Idea: A tool that helps you develop “driverless” presentations for business

-1

5 years ago

Idea: Helping you to have a safe pregnancy and birth

-1

5 years ago

Idea: This startup is building a startup marketplace where aspiring entrepreneurs can connect with investors and other resources to make their startup a success

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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

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5 years ago

Idea: A mobile app that helps you find and sell pre-owned items

-1

5 years ago

Idea: A software company that’s building a tool that helps lawyers and other legal professionals manage their case load It does this by building predictive models that help lawyers understand how they’re spending time, who they should be billing, and how to allocate their time more efficiently It also helps process payments The startup has $0 in funding and was founded in 2017

-1

5 years ago

Idea: A vending machine that sells prepaid phone minutes

-1

5 years ago

Idea: A tool to create Android apps from Excel spreadsheets

-1

5 years ago

Idea: A medtech startup that aims to help people with their insulin needs The company says it’s already working with over 1,000 people and has a real-time insulin dosing calculator for people to use online The company’s COO points out that this is a $7B market and the company is targeting the $45B of people who aren’t able to take insulin as prescribed

-1

5 years ago

Idea: A startup that helps people improve their posture in order to prevent pain and injury The startup is currently working on an app that helps people track their posture

-1

5 years ago

Idea: A business that builds custom, localized WordPress websites for small businesses in the US, with a focus on high quality and low prices

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5 years ago

Idea: A startup that wants to help people preserve their online identity in the face of their social network and email providers going the way of the dinosaur The startup wants to help you migrate your online presence, all your photos, videos, and other stuff, to a different company

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5 years ago

Idea: Improves the performance of ads by pinpointing the moment that a customer sees an ad and decides to buy. The startup is building machine learning models to predict conversion time, and the founders have already run $1m of ads through their product.

-1

5 years ago

Idea: A startup that is building a less expensive, more efficient way for doctors to prescribe and order treatment for patients.

-1

5 years ago

Idea: A company that provides tools that are meant to help brands build their social media presence. One of their products is a social media aggregator.

-1

5 years ago

Idea: A new twist on insurance for freelancers. The startup is a high-deductible plan with a really low premium — that also includes a loan component. The startup says it’s looking to compete with a 1500% APR loan and offer a 1% interest loan.

-1

5 years ago

Idea: A startup built on the premise that traditional email newsletters are a relic of the past. The startup wants to bring the “chatbot”

-1

5 years ago

Idea: An e-commerce startup that’s building a marketplace for used products, the team of which will be composed of previously incarcerated people.

-1

5 years ago

The event was held on a larger scale than any previous TechCrunch event. It had a venue capacity of 2,500 people, and received 2,200 applications to attend.

-1

5 years ago

Idea: This startup is a marketplace for food trucks to find parking in major US cities. It’s led by a team of engineers who previously

-1

5 years ago

A startup that’s building a tool to help doctors prescribe the right medication in the right place. The company wants to help people find primary care physicians who are in-network and take their insurance.

-1

5 years ago

Idea: A new brand of premium, non-GMO, gluten-free chips for people who want to avoid the chemicals and additives found in most store-bought chips.

-1

5 years ago

Idea: A startup building a mobile app that helps people make year-long commitments to a goal. It’s a self-hosted tool that’s currently free, but looks to monetize with premium features.

-1

5 years ago

Idea: A startup that builds a platform for “constituents” to get in touch with their elected representatives, with the goal of making it easier for people to get their voices heard in cities and states across the US.

-1

5 years ago

A startup for launching and managing a podcast, essentially a podcast-specific Wordpress or Squarespace.

-1

5 years ago

Idea: A Japanese company that empowers entrepreneurs to be successful by helping them with business development, financing, and business mentorship.

-1

5 years ago

Software that could help banks and other businesses prevent fraud by vetting new accounts for risk factors.

-1

5 years ago

A software company that helps e-commerce companies manage their operations, using predictive analytics and machine learning.

-1

15 days ago 5 views

A startup delivering pre-portioned meal kits for pet owners, customized by breed, age, and health data from vet records.

-1

5 days ago 1 views

A startup delivering customizable "mystery boxes" of upcycled fashion from thrift stores, curated by AI based on user style quizzes and sustainability preferences.

-1

4 days ago

A B2B tool that uses computer vision to analyze factory assembly lines in real-time, predicting equipment failures and optimizing worker schedules to cut downtime by 30%.

-1

4 days ago

A B2B service creating personalized "digital twins" of factory machines from IoT data, predicting failures and optimizing maintenance schedules to cut downtime.

-1

3 days ago

A B2B SaaS tool for restaurants that automates inventory ordering by integrating with suppliers and predicting demand from sales data and weather APIs.

-1

2 days ago

A mobile app for gig economy workers that predicts optimal shift schedules based on traffic, weather, and demand data, helping drivers and deliverers maximize earnings.

-1

1 day ago

B2B tool for small manufacturers to predict equipment failures using IoT sensors and AI, reducing downtime without needing expensive consultants.

-1

1 day ago

An API for urban gardeners that connects IoT sensors in home planters to predictive analytics, automating watering and harvesting alerts.

-1

10 hours ago

SaaS for freelance creatives to generate AI-assisted contracts, invoices, and client proposals from simple briefs, streamlining the business side of solopreneurship.

-1

5 years ago

A startup that’s building a machine learning model to predict the success of an ICO

-2

5 years ago

A company that helps people prepare for retirement.

-2

17 days ago 2 views

B2B SaaS for e-commerce brands to predict and automate product returns using AI analysis of purchase history and customer reviews.

-2

9 days ago

A platform that turns shipping container data into predictive maintenance alerts for logistics fleets, using AI to forecast breakdowns and optimize routes before issues arise.

-2

6 days ago

A B2B service delivering modular, pre-assembled vertical farms for restaurants to grow fresh herbs and greens on-site, cutting supply chain costs.

-2

3 days ago 1 views

A B2B platform helping small farms aggregate and sell "ugly" produce directly to grocery chains and restaurants at premium prices using AI grading.

-2

2 days ago

A wearable device for warehouse workers that uses AI to predict and prevent repetitive strain injuries in real-time.

-2

1 day ago

VR-based training simulator for baristas, teaching latte art and espresso techniques remotely for coffee shop chains.

-2

14 hours ago

LangBridge is an app that instantly translates and dubs foreign-language family videos, preserving voices and emotions for multigenerational sharing.

-2

14 days ago

Smart fridge sensors that scan inventory, predict shortages, and auto-order groceries from partnered services, reducing waste for busy households.

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10 days ago 5 views

A startup delivering pre-assembled urban farming kits for balconies, with IoT sensors that automate watering and nutrient delivery for city dwellers growing fresh produce.

-3

7 days ago

Voice-first coding assistant that lets non-technical users build simple apps by describing them in natural language, targeting solopreneurs.

-3

5 days ago 2 views

A startup connecting freelance chefs with busy households for personalized weekly meal prep deliveries, using local ingredients and dietary AI matching.

-3

4 days ago

Hardware kit and app for urban beekeepers to monitor hive health remotely, predict honey yields, and sell excess harvest via integrated marketplaces.

-3

3 days ago

A startup connecting freelance 3D artists with architects to rapidly prototype sustainable building designs using VR previews.

-3

3 days ago

SaaS for African farmers to aggregate crop sales data from multiple buyers into a single dashboard, predicting optimal selling times based on market trends.

-3

21 days ago 1 views

A B2B tool that scans construction blueprints and predicts material shortages or delays using satellite weather data and supply chain APIs.

-4

12 days ago 3 views

A B2B service delivering farm-fresh ingredients in exact recipe quantities to restaurants, reducing food waste by 40% through predictive demand algorithms, starting with fast-casual chains in the Midwest.

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9 days ago 4 views

AI-powered software for small farmers in Southeast Asia to predict crop yields from satellite imagery and drone data, optimizing sales to buyers and reducing waste.

-4

7 days ago

A tool that integrates all fitness wearables and nutrition apps into a single "health passport" for personalized doctor consultations, helping patients share comprehensive data securely during telehealth visits.

-4

4 days ago 9 views

A SaaS tool for urban farmers that uses drone imagery and AI to predict crop yields and automate vertical farm irrigation schedules.

-4

4 days ago 2 views

An AI tool that scans musicians' social media and streaming data to predict viral hits and suggest remix collaborations before release.

-4

3 days ago

A platform for gig economy workers to instantly match with short-term shifts in warehouses and delivery hubs, using AI to predict demand spikes.

-4

2 days ago

A hardware-software combo for beekeepers that monitors hive health via sensors, predicts swarm risks with ML, and connects to a marketplace for honey sales.

-4

20 days ago

A platform that automates personalized meal kit curation from local grocery APIs, reducing food waste by matching user preferences with near-expiry inventory.

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19 days ago 1 views

Virtual reality training simulations for retail employees to practice high-pressure customer service scenarios without real-world risks.

-5

19 days ago

SaaS tool for small farmers to predict crop yields and market prices using satellite data and weather APIs, helping them optimize planting and sales.

-5

12 days ago

Software that integrates with farm equipment to predict crop yields and automate insurance claims for weather-damaged harvests.

-5

20 days ago

B2B SaaS for small clinics in Southeast Asia to digitize paper prescriptions via mobile scans, integrating with local pharmacies for instant delivery.

-6

19 days ago 1 views

A B2B platform helping e-commerce brands predict and automate inventory restocking across multiple suppliers to cut waste and stockouts.

-6

18 days ago 6 views

SaaS for small farms that automates crop yield predictions using drone footage and satellite data, optimizing harvest timing and sales.

-6

13 days ago

Marketplace connecting freelance 3D artists with manufacturers to customize machine parts on-demand using AR previews and instant quoting.

-6

13 days ago

A platform that uses AI to generate personalized interactive textbooks from teachers' notes, reducing prep time and boosting student engagement in K-12 classrooms worldwide.

-6

13 days ago 2 views

A startup providing on-demand drone swarms for precision agriculture in developing regions, scouting crop health and applying targeted fertilizers to smallholder farms via app.

-6

13 days ago

An AI tool for small farmers in Southeast Asia to analyze satellite imagery and predict crop yields, optimizing fertilizer use and connecting them directly to buyers via smart contracts.

-6

11 days ago 10 views

B2B service delivering hyper-localized climate risk reports for real estate, using satellite data and ML to predict flood/fire impacts and advise on insurance pricing.

-6

9 days ago 3 views

A dashboard that unifies IoT device data from smart fridges, ovens, and inventory systems for small restaurant chains to predict stock needs in real-time.

-6

9 days ago

This SaaS tool converts voice memos from sales calls into actionable CRM updates, tagging leads and predicting close probabilities.

-6

2 days ago

Wearable sensors for construction workers that predict fatigue and injury risk in real-time, integrating with site management software to schedule breaks.

-6

1 day ago

A B2B service digitizing maintenance logs for small fleets of delivery vans in Southeast Asia, predicting breakdowns via smartphone photos.

-6

18 days ago

A virtual reality platform for remote apprenticeships, letting tradespeople like plumbers mentor trainees in immersive 3D job site simulations.

-7

15 days ago

Modular sensor kits for small farms to monitor soil health in real-time, integrated with simple apps for predictive crop yield and automated irrigation advice.

-7

15 days ago

B2B tool that integrates with CRM systems to predict and prevent employee burnout in sales teams via workload analytics.

-7

12 days ago

A B2B tool for e-commerce brands that uses computer vision to automatically detect and tag product defects in user-uploaded photos, reducing returns by predicting quality issues pre-shipment.

-7

10 days ago 2 views

A B2B platform that uses AI to predict and prevent employee burnout in remote teams by analyzing communication patterns across Slack, email, and calendars.

-7

8 days ago

A B2B service for e-commerce brands to predict and auto-restock inventory using satellite data on crop yields and shipping disruptions for perishable goods.

-7

7 days ago 8 views

A platform helping freelance graphic designers collaborate on mood boards with AR previews, allowing clients to visualize designs in real-world settings via mobile app.

-7

3 days ago 2 views

A B2B service delivering modular, pre-fab tiny home offices to backyards, with solar power and high-speed internet setup in under a week for remote workers.

-7

3 days ago

An AI-powered service for small farms to predict crop yields and automate drone-based pest detection, reducing waste by 30% with subscription plans starting at $99/month.

-7

19 days ago 1 views

An AI-powered app that scans your wardrobe via photos and generates daily outfit suggestions based on weather, calendar, and personal style preferences.

-8

18 days ago 1 views

A B2B service digitizing artisan workshops in Southeast Asia, connecting them to global e-commerce with AR previews and supply chain financing.

-8

18 days ago 2 views

A SaaS tool that scans construction sites via drone footage to generate real-time compliance reports and predict material shortages for builders.

-8

17 days ago 5 views

A startup deploying drone swarms for precision reforestation, planting native trees in deforested areas at 10x the speed of manual methods.

-8

17 days ago

A startup that turns shipping containers into modular urban farms, delivering pre-assembled hydroponic units that grow fresh produce in city warehouses with AI-optimized lighting and nutrient delivery.

-8

16 days ago

A startup delivering farm-fresh meal kits customized for elderly users with dietary restrictions, sourced from local vertical farms and prepared by gig cooks.

-8

12 days ago

A gamified app that rewards gig workers for completing safety checklists before shifts, partnering with insurers for premium discounts.

-8

12 days ago

A startup that creates AI-powered virtual sommeliers for restaurants, recommending wines based on diner preferences and real-time inventory to boost upsells.

-8

11 days ago

B2B tool for restaurants that uses computer vision on security footage to automatically inventory kitchen stock, predict shortages, and reorder from suppliers.

-8

11 days ago 1 views

A mobile app for gig workers to instantly match unclaimed shifts from nearby businesses, using geolocation and AI to predict demand spikes and fill gaps on the spot.

-8

11 days ago 7 views

A startup for urban gardeners that uses IoT sensors in community plots to predict harvest times, match surplus produce with local buyers, and optimize water usage via AI forecasts.

-8

10 days ago 4 views

A startup that uses drone photography and AR previews to help homeowners visualize and install custom backyard playgrounds before purchase.

-8

5 days ago

B2B service delivering pre-assembled urban farming kits to rooftops, complete with IoT sensors for automated watering and crop monitoring, targeted at restaurants seeking fresh, local ingredients.

-8

3 days ago

A fintech tool for gig economy freelancers in Africa that automates tax filing by pulling data from multiple mobile money wallets and predicting quarterly liabilities.

-8

21 days ago 1 views

AI-driven software that automates apartment lease renewals by predicting tenant behavior and generating personalized offers to boost retention.

-9

20 days ago

B2B software for restaurants to predict demand and reduce food waste by analyzing weather, events, and historical sales data in real-time.

-9

19 days ago

A B2B SaaS tool for e-commerce brands to predict and automate personalized return refunds using customer behavior data, reducing losses by up to 30%.

-9

19 days ago

Virtual reality job simulator for blue-collar trades like plumbing and welding, letting trainees practice on realistic digital job sites before real-world apprenticeships.

-9

18 days ago

Virtual reality job training simulations for trades like plumbing and welding, partnering with unions to certify workers remotely and reduce on-site apprenticeship costs.

-9

18 days ago 2 views

A startup delivering pre-portioned hydroponic gardening kits to apartments, with an app that automates LED lighting and nutrient dosing via smartphone control.

-9

17 days ago

A B2B service helping e-commerce brands predict and prevent stockouts by integrating supplier data with sales forecasts.

-9

17 days ago

Wearable tech for farm animals that predicts health issues via gait analysis and integrates with vet teleconsults for remote herds.

-9

13 days ago

A B2B tool that uses computer vision to analyze warehouse shelf stock from security footage, predicting inventory needs automatically.

-9

10 days ago 2 views

A platform that converts vintage vinyl records into personalized AI-generated NFTs, preserving audio quality and adding interactive visual stories for collectors.

-9

9 days ago 5 views

A B2B SaaS tool for e-commerce brands to predict and automate micro-influencer partnerships based on niche audience overlap and real-time engagement metrics.

-9

8 days ago

A B2B tool for e-commerce brands to create "try-before-you-buy" AR previews integrated directly into Instagram shopping, reducing returns by simulating real-world product use.

-9

4 days ago

A subscription kit for at-home mushroom cultivation, delivering pre-inoculated logs with app-guided harvesting, recipes, and a marketplace to sell excess yields locally.

-9

18 days ago 1 views

A B2B tool for small farms to automate crop sales directly to restaurants via predictive yield analytics and instant pricing.

-10

17 days ago 1 views

Browser-based tool for remote design teams to collaborate on 3D product prototypes in real-time, with AR previews and auto-export to manufacturing files.

-10

15 days ago 5 views

A startup that develops AI-powered wearable patches for farmers to monitor crop soil health in real-time, reducing water waste by 40% through predictive irrigation alerts.

-10

13 days ago

B2B SaaS for small farms offering drone-based crop monitoring and automated yield predictions, integrating with local weather data to optimize irrigation and reduce waste by 30%.

-10

12 days ago 1 views

A fintech tool for freelancers that predicts cash flow gaps from invoice data and auto-negotiates payment terms with clients using smart contracts.

-10

11 days ago

A platform that turns shipping container data into predictive analytics for supply chain disruptions, helping importers avoid delays with AI-driven rerouting suggestions.

-10

11 days ago

A B2B SaaS tool for restaurants that predicts inventory waste by analyzing sales data and weather forecasts, reducing food costs by up to 30% with automated reordering.

-10

9 days ago 6 views

A wearable device for construction workers that uses haptic feedback and AR glasses to guide precise measurements and assembly in real-time, reducing errors on job sites.

-10

17 days ago 1 views

Wearable device for elderly that detects falls and instantly generates a personalized emergency contact video message from the user's pre-recorded stories.

-11

16 days ago

A B2B tool that uses satellite imagery and AI to predict crop yields for farmers, enabling better insurance pricing.

-11

15 days ago 2 views

A platform that turns shipping container data into predictive analytics for e-commerce brands to optimize global logistics and cut delivery delays by 30%.

-11

12 days ago

A B2B tool that uses computer vision to audit construction sites in real-time, flagging safety violations and predicting delays before they happen.

-11

7 days ago 6 views

A platform that integrates AI-driven inventory forecasting into small farm management apps, helping growers predict crop yields and market demand to reduce waste and boost profits.

-11

20 days ago 1 views

A startup delivering customizable meal kits for pets, tailored by AI based on breed, age, health data, and owner preferences, sourced from sustainable farms.

-12

18 days ago 4 views

Smart pantry inventory app that scans groceries via phone camera, predicts expiration dates, and auto-generates shopping lists with recipe suggestions.

-12

14 days ago

A startup delivering customizable meal kits optimized for intermittent fasters, using predictive algorithms to minimize food waste.

-12

11 days ago 2 views

An API service that integrates AR previews into online retail sites, letting customers visualize furniture or decor in their real-world spaces via mobile.

-12

9 days ago 2 views

A platform for gig economy workers to bundle micro-services into customizable "life admin packs," like handling DMV renewals, bill negotiations, and tax prep for busy professionals.

-12

22 days ago 3 views

A platform that converts everyday voice notes into searchable, shareable knowledge bases for solopreneurs juggling multiple projects.

-13

20 days ago 1 views

Software for small farms to track crop health via drone imagery and satellite data, predicting yields and optimizing water usage in real-time.

-13

18 days ago 3 views

A B2B service that automates compliance checks for small farms, integrating satellite imagery with local regulations to prevent fines.

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18 days ago 7 views

A platform that connects freelance linguists with AI companies to fine-tune language models for underrepresented dialects and slang.

-13

17 days ago 1 views

A B2B service helping e-commerce brands predict and automate flash sales based on social media trend spikes.

-13

11 days ago

A B2B tool that integrates IoT sensors in warehouses to predict equipment failures using AI, reducing downtime for logistics companies.

-13

10 days ago

A platform that automates personalized workout plans for amateur runners using AI analysis of their running gait from smartphone videos, targeting weekend warriors preparing for marathons.

-13

9 days ago

Subscription box delivering pre-portioned meal kits for office microwaves, targeted at hybrid workers skipping lunch, with zero-waste packaging.

-13

7 days ago

A B2B service digitizing craft breweries' inventory with AI-powered keg tracking tags that predict demand, reduce waste, and enable taproom self-serve ordering.

-13

26 days ago 2 views

SaaS for small farms to predict crop yields and automate drone-based pest detection using satellite imagery and AI, cutting waste by 30%.

-14

21 days ago 1 views

A B2B service for e-commerce brands that automates returns by predicting customer dissatisfaction pre-shipment and offering proactive discounts or swaps.

-14

17 days ago 1 views

Subscription box service delivering pre-portioned mystery ingredients for home fermentation experiments, like kombucha or kimchi.

-14

15 days ago

A B2B tool for e-commerce brands to predict and prevent supply chain disruptions using AI-driven satellite imagery and logistics data.

-14

14 days ago 1 views

A platform that connects urban gardeners with excess backyard produce to local buyers, using AI to predict harvest times and optimize delivery routes for farm-fresh sales.

-14

13 days ago 1 views

A B2B tool for small manufacturers that automates supply chain sourcing via blockchain, matching suppliers with buyers using predictive demand algorithms.

-14

13 days ago 1 views

A mobile app for gig workers in Latin America that predicts peak demand shifts across platforms like Uber and Rappi, optimizing schedules for higher earnings.

-15

11 days ago 1 views

A B2B tool that analyzes employee Slack and email patterns to predict burnout risks and suggest proactive wellness interventions.

-15

8 days ago 1 views

A mobile app for gig workers that predicts optimal shift bidding times across platforms like Uber and DoorDash using AI-driven demand forecasting and real-time competitor analysis.

-15

13 days ago

B2B SaaS for small manufacturers to predict and automate spare parts inventory using IoT sensors and machine learning, reducing downtime by 40%.

-16

9 days ago 5 views

A startup building wearable sensors for livestock farmers to monitor animal health metrics like rumination and movement, predicting diseases via AI before vet visits.

-16

21 days ago 1 views

A VR training tool for baristas and chefs using gamified simulations of high-pressure kitchen shifts with real-time feedback.

-17

15 days ago

A startup delivering pre-portioned urban farming kits with automated hydroponic pods for apartment dwellers, including app-guided crop cycles and community swap markets.

-17

18 days ago

Subscription boxes of pre-portioned, farm-fresh ingredients for home fermentation, including kits for kombucha, kimchi, and hot sauce with guided app tutorials for beginners.

-18

22 days ago

SaaS for restaurants to predict ingredient waste with AI, optimizing orders and reducing food costs by integrating with POS systems.

-22

22 days ago 2 views

B2B service providing on-demand drone inspections for solar panel farms, using computer vision to detect efficiency drops and predict maintenance needs.

-23

23 days ago 6 views

SaaS tool for small e-commerce brands to predict and automate inventory restocks using real-time sales data from multiple channels.

-44

23 days ago 1 views

A startup for small farms to automate crop monitoring with drone swarms and predictive AI, alerting farmers to pests or irrigation needs via SMS.

-51

23 days ago

Wearable tech that monitors construction workers' fatigue levels via biometrics, alerting supervisors to prevent accidents in real-time.

-56

23 days ago

SaaS for small farms using satellite imagery and AI to predict crop yields, optimize irrigation, and automate insurance claims for weather damage.

-57

23 days ago 4 views

A B2B tool for e-commerce brands to predict and auto-adjust pricing based on real-time competitor data scraped from 100+ marketplaces worldwide.

-59

23 days ago 1 views

A B2B tool for e-commerce brands to predict and prevent inventory stockouts using AI demand forecasting from social media trends

-60

23 days ago 2 views

AI-powered software for boutique hotels to predict guest preferences and automate personalized upsells like room upgrades or spa bookings.

-61

23 days ago 10 views

A startup that deploys drone swarms for precision agriculture in small farms, monitoring soil health and spraying targeted treatments to cut costs for farmers in developing regions.

-63

23 days ago

A platform that connects freelance chefs with busy urban families for personalized weekly meal prep kits, delivered with step-by-step voice-guided cooking instructions.

-71

25 days ago 2 views

SaaS tool for small event planners to create interactive digital seating charts with guest preferences, RSVPs, and real-time rearrangements synced to mobile devices.

-80

24 days ago 6 views

Wearable sensors for livestock that predict health issues via AI, alerting farmers to diseases early and reducing vet costs by 40% in rural dairy operations.

-80

24 days ago

B2B software for small farms to predict crop yields and automate sales to local restaurants via real-time supply-demand matching.

-80

26 days ago

An AI-powered platform that helps small manufacturing businesses predict raw material price fluctuations and automatically hedge against them using smart contracts on blockchain.

-85

23 days ago

A platform that connects freelance urban planners with cities to gamify public space redesigns using AR previews and community votes.

-85

24 days ago

B2B marketplace connecting excess restaurant food with local shelters in real-time, using predictive analytics to minimize waste and optimize logistics.

-87

25 days ago 7 views

A B2B tool for e-commerce brands that predicts inventory shortages by analyzing social media trends and weather data before they impact sales.

-89

24 days ago 5 views

A B2B service syncing real-time inventory data across e-commerce platforms and physical warehouses to prevent overselling for small manufacturers.

-92

25 days ago 5 views

A B2B tool for construction firms that uses AI to predict material shortages from weather data and supplier trends, optimizing inventory in real-time.

-93

25 days ago 1 views

FarmFlow is creating AI-driven software for small farms to predict crop yields and automate irrigation, helping growers cut water use by 30% and boost profits through data dashboards.

-94

24 days ago 2 views

A startup that builds AI-powered virtual staging software for real estate agents, instantly furnishing empty rooms with customizable 3D decor based on buyer preferences to boost online listing engagement.

-94

24 days ago 2 views

A hardware kit with AI software for urban gardeners to monitor soil health, predict yields, and optimize watering via a mobile app.

-100

24 days ago

A startup connecting freelance voice actors with podcasters for quick, affordable custom intros and ad reads, with instant AI previews.

-101

24 days ago 8 views

A B2B tool for restaurants to predict ingredient spoilage using AI and IoT sensors, reducing food waste and optimizing supplier orders.

-102

24 days ago 2 views

A hardware-software combo for urban farmers, deploying modular hydroponic kits with IoT sensors that predict yields and automate nutrient delivery for restaurants.

-105

24 days ago 8 views

SaaS tool for small farms to track crop yields, predict harvests with AI, and connect directly to local grocery buyers for fresher supply chains.

-106

25 days ago 2 views

A startup delivering pre-portioned DIY hydroponic kits for growing herbs and veggies indoors, complete with app-guided growth timers and harvest tips.

-113

25 days ago 1 views

A B2B platform that uses AI to simulate supply chain disruptions for manufacturers, helping them preemptively reroute logistics and cut downtime costs by 40%.

-114

25 days ago 4 views

An AI-powered app for street vendors in Southeast Asia to manage inventory, accept digital payments, and predict demand via smartphone photos.

-123

25 days ago 21 views

An AI-powered tool that scans construction blueprints and auto-generates modular prefab assembly instructions like Ikea furniture.

-124

25 days ago 1 views

A platform for virtual reality office spaces where remote teams can meet in customizable 3D environments, complete with avatars and interactive whiteboards, starting free for small teams with premium features at $10/user/month.

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26 days ago

A B2B service integrating smart sensors into warehouse shelving to predict inventory shortages and automate reordering for mid-sized retailers.

-152

26 days ago 1 views

Subscription service delivering modular, 3D-printed furniture kits customized via AR previews for small living spaces.

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