YC Winter 2017 (W17) companies

The ACLU defends constitutional rights and civil liberties for people across the United States through litigation, legislative advocacy, and community organizing. It takes on cases covering free speech, equal protection, due process, privacy, and the rights of historically marginalized groups. The work replaces leaving rights violations unchallenged in courts, statehouses, and public institutions.

Aella builds a mobile banking platform for underbanked consumers and businesses across Africa, replacing reliance on traditional banks with loans, savings accounts, payments, and card products in a single app. Its microfinance bank, licensed by the Central Bank of Nigeria, also operates a debt-as-a-service layer that gives agency banking agents direct access to credit. The combined offering targets the large population of Africans who lack access to affordable formal financial services.

AlemHealth builds a teleradiology and medical imaging platform for hospitals and diagnostic centres in emerging markets. Its integrated hardware and software connects those facilities to a global network of radiologists, delivering diagnostic reads where local specialists, reliable internet, and stable power are scarce. The platform replaces the need for on-site radiology expertise and replaces manual film-and-courier workflows with remote, digital diagnostics.

Ambient.ai builds a computer vision platform that monitors enterprise physical security continuously, detecting threats before incidents occur. It connects to a customer's existing cameras and sensors, applies AI reasoning to understand situational context, and automates the dispatch of security personnel. The platform replaces manual camera monitoring and reactive incident response across corporate campuses, schools, data centers, and other facilities.

Anasen builds a B2B SaaS data analysis tool for non-technical business users. It lets analysts and business teams explore and interpret data without writing code or relying on data engineers. The product replaces manual spreadsheet work and dependency on technical staff for routine data tasks.

AON3D builds industrial 3D printers that process high-performance thermoplastics, including PEEK, PEKK, and ULTEM, materials previously too costly or difficult to print at scale. Aerospace manufacturers, automotive tooling shops, medical device makers, and space hardware teams use AON3D machines to produce end-use and tooling parts that formerly required expensive traditional fabrication or outsourced specialty printing. The platform combines an open material system with guided, repeatable workflows, cutting per-part cost and lead time against both legacy machining and closed-ecosystem printer alternatives.

Apozy builds a browser defense platform, called Airlock, that protects employees from phishing, malware, and impersonation attacks. At the moment a user clicks a link, Airlock sandboxes the destination site using Native Browser Isolation, rendering it read-only so malicious content cannot execute. Businesses use Airlock in place of reactive security tools that detect threats only after damage is done.

Armory builds a continuous delivery platform for engineering teams that need to ship software to production reliably and at scale. It automates the construction, execution, and repair of deployment pipelines, replacing hand-maintained release scripts and manual rollout processes. The platform targets enterprises running complex, high-frequency deployments across cloud and on-premises infrastructure.

Arthena builds quantitative investment funds focused on fine art, giving high-net-worth individuals access to a segment of the art market that was previously reachable only through dealers, personal expertise, or large private networks. Its data-driven model draws on auction records and repeat-sale data to estimate artwork values, expected returns, and volatility, replacing manual art advisory and intuition-based collecting with a structured, fund-based approach to art as an asset class.

Arylla makes a printable, chip-less tag that connects physical products to the internet and is scannable by any smartphone. The tag is printed directly onto products through existing commercial printers, replacing chip-based tracking solutions such as NFC. Manufacturers and developers get product-level connectivity without specialized hardware.

Beek builds a Spanish-language audio subscription platform for the 480 million native Spanish speakers across Latin America. The app delivers audiobooks, meditations, audio series, and original content from independent creators, replacing fragmented, English-first audio services. Creators earn per minute listened; listeners pay a recurring subscription for full catalog access.

Bicycle AI delivers customer support as a managed service, combining machine intelligence with human oversight to handle customer service on behalf of businesses. It targets B2B clients who would otherwise staff and manage their own support operations.

BIOS Health builds neural interface hardware and AI software that reads and writes signals carried by the peripheral nervous system, giving researchers and clinicians real-time access to the body's neural data. The platform serves pharmaceutical and medical-device developers who need precise, data-driven insight into how nerves govern organ function and disease. It replaces blunt, trial-and-error approaches to neuromodulation and drug development with closed-loop, signal-level feedback from the nervous system.

Bitrise builds a mobile DevOps platform for iOS and Android teams, covering continuous integration, build caching, release management, and over-the-air code updates. Mobile engineers use it to automate the pipeline from code commit to deployment, replacing manually configured CI infrastructure and tool-by-tool integrations. Project managers, testers, and clients get visibility into builds and releases through the same platform.

BloomAPI builds a HIPAA-compliant messaging platform, sold as BloomText, for healthcare organizations. Clinics, mental health practices, and care teams use it to text patients, coordinate with staff, and share documents, replacing fax machines, phone tag, and manual appointment outreach. Patients receive messages directly by SMS or email without downloading an app.

Bountiful builds yield forecasting and farm management software for specialty crop farmers and food industry professionals. It replaces pencil-and-paper production estimates with machine learning models that draw on weather, satellite, geographic, and historical data to produce accurate, in-season yield forecasts. A companion marketplace product connects buyers and sellers with data-driven almond market intelligence, reducing supply chain uncertainty.

boxouse built portable, modular homes from shipping containers, targeting renters and buyers priced out of conventional housing in the San Francisco Bay Area. Each unit came in variants ranging from minimal to a full-featured version with wheels, solar panels, and utilities. The company replaced traditional apartment rentals and standard home construction with small, sustainable structures that could be sited on underused lots.

Breaker builds a podcast listening and discovery app for general consumers, targeting the growing base of regular podcast listeners. The app replaces generic audio players and scattered discovery methods with a single destination that also gives podcasters community tools and performance analytics. Breaker's longer-term play is securing exclusive distribution rights to premium audio content.

Brex builds a unified finance platform, combining corporate cards, business banking, expense management, bill pay, and travel into a single system for companies from early-stage startups to large enterprises. It replaces fragmented tools and manual expense work, using AI to automate approvals, receipt capture, and invoice entry while enforcing spend controls in real time before transactions occur.

Bulk MRO Industrial Supply runs a combined procurement and trade-finance platform that connects large corporations and government buyers to thousands of manufacturers across North America, Europe, India, the Middle East, and Africa. It handles sourcing, fulfillment, and financing in a single workflow for two distinct product categories: long-tail maintenance, repair, and operations items, and high-value bulk commodities such as agricultural goods, petroleum, and chemicals. The platform replaces fragmented supplier relationships, manual cross-border procurement, and separately arranged trade credit.

Bulletin runs a B2B marketplace connecting independent consumer brands with independent retailers. Brands list their wholesale products and retailers browse and place orders directly on the platform, replacing the trade-show circuit and cold outreach that traditionally drove wholesale discovery.

BuyPower builds a bill payment platform for African individuals and businesses, covering electricity bills, international vendor payments, and credit decisions powered by proprietary energy usage data. It replaces fragmented, manual payment processes and gives lenders a structured data layer to assess borrowers. The platform serves both consumers paying utility bills and SMBs managing cross-border financial obligations.

Cartcam connects deal-seeking shoppers with brands by trading short mobile video reviews for product discounts. Shoppers film reviews of items they want to buy and receive a discount in return, replacing traditional paid content production for brands. Brands fund the discounts and gain ready-made video content to drive sales.

Clear Genetics builds a HIPAA-compliant chatbot platform that automates the delivery of genetic services for health systems, clinics, and commercial labs. Its product, Gia, handles patient intake, family history collection, pre-test education, eligibility assessment, and results delivery through a virtual chat, replacing the need for a genetic counselor at each step of the workflow. Clinicians receive a clinical summary note and a pre-populated order form, reducing the administrative and counseling burden on care teams.

Clipboard Health runs an app-based marketplace that connects healthcare facilities, including long-term care, hospitals, and home health providers, with nurses and other clinical professionals seeking on-demand shifts. Facilities post open shifts and workers book them directly through the app, replacing the traditional staffing agency model. The platform serves both sides: giving facilities fast access to vetted local talent and giving clinicians control over when and where they work.

Collectly builds an AI-powered revenue cycle management platform for medical groups and practices. It automates patient billing and payment collection, addressing the large share of out-of-pocket balances that go uncollected under manual processes. The platform integrates with existing EHR and practice management systems, replacing understaffed billing teams and manual patient outreach.

Cowlar builds a neck-worn sensor for dairy cows that tracks temperature, activity, and behavior, then turns that data into plain-language recommendations for dairy farmers. It replaces manual herd observation and guesswork in three areas: detecting illness early, identifying when a cow is in heat to improve reproduction rates, and flagging factors that suppress milk yield. Alerts reach farmers by text or automated phone call in their preferred language.

Delee builds a blood-based diagnostic device that detects and monitors cancer by isolating and analyzing circulating tumor cells. The device targets early-stage cancer diagnosis and ongoing treatment tracking, replacing or supplementing more invasive tissue biopsies and conventional lab workflows. Oncologists and diagnostic labs are the primary users.

Dost Education builds an early childhood development platform for low-income families in India with children aged 0 to 6. Parents receive 60-second phone broadcasts in their local language, requiring no smartphone, internet, or literacy, alongside WhatsApp story-videos, to guide them in turning everyday moments into learning activities. The platform replaces the absence of structured early-learning support for caregivers who lack access to formal resources or trained educators.

Entry builds a biometric identity platform for businesses that need to onboard, verify, and continuously authenticate their users. It consolidates ID verification, credential checks, and ongoing biometric sign-in into a single system, replacing the patchwork of separate tools companies typically stitch together for identity workflows.

Extern builds a platform that gives students short, remote, project-based work experiences with companies, replacing the traditional internship as the primary way early-career candidates build a professional track record. Students complete structured projects for Fortune 1000 firms and startups, then carry the output into a shareable portfolio they show recruiters. The product handles the full operational burden of running these programs, so employers can reach hundreds of students with far less staff time than a conventional internship requires.

Faire operates a wholesale marketplace connecting independent retailers with brands, replacing cold outreach, trade shows, and manual buying decisions with a machine-learning platform that matches shops to products suited to their inventory. Retailers get access to wholesale pricing, flexible financial terms, and inventory risk protection that previously only large chains could negotiate. Brands get a direct sales and distribution channel alongside analytics tools to manage wholesale accounts.

Fibo builds a combined calendar and messaging platform for small and medium-sized businesses. It replaces the patchwork of separate scheduling tools and communication apps that SMB teams otherwise juggle across their workday.

Fiix dispatches certified auto mechanics directly to a customer's home or office to handle repairs and maintenance across batteries, brakes, engines, tires, transmissions, and a broad range of other vehicle systems. It serves consumer and automotive customers who would otherwise schedule a shop visit, wait for a tow, or leave a car idle. The product replaces the traditional repair shop trip with on-site, on-demand service.

Firsthand builds and operates self-serve retail kiosks for physical spaces, supplying the hardware, inventory, and software so that venue operators can earn revenue from retail without managing any of it themselves. It targets property owners and operators who have foot traffic but no retail infrastructure, replacing the need to source products, hire staff, or build out a store.

FloydHub builds a cloud platform for machine learning engineers to develop, train, and deploy deep learning models. It handles infrastructure provisioning, environment setup, and job orchestration, replacing the manual DevOps work that otherwise pulls data scientists away from modeling. Teams go from a standing start to a running experiment in under a minute.

Helix Nanotechnologies builds an mRNA platform designed to accelerate the development of treatments for cancer, infectious disease, and environmental challenges. The platform compresses experiments that previously took months or years into weeks, at a fraction of the cost, replacing slow, capital-intensive development cycles with rapid, first-principles mRNA engineering. Current programs include a COVID-19 vaccine candidate targeting immunocompromised patients and an environmental intervention.

Hivy builds a task and request management platform for office operations teams. Office managers use it to collect employee requests, assign and track tasks, and close the loop with automated notifications, replacing ad hoc email and manual follow-up. The product serves as both an internal helpdesk for employees and an operational hub for the office manager.

Hogaru connects homes and small offices in Colombia with employed, W-2-style cleaning professionals, covering both one-off and recurring sessions. Unlike gig-model platforms, Hogaru puts cleaners directly on its payroll, handling social security and benefits. The service replaces the informal, unvetted process households and micro-businesses typically use to find and retain domestic cleaning staff.

Humi builds an all-in-one platform covering payroll, HR, and health benefits for Canadian small and mid-sized businesses. It centralizes employee records, pay runs, onboarding, time tracking, and benefits administration in a single product, replacing the patchwork of separate tools and manual processes that Canadian SMBs otherwise juggle to employ people.

Inboxbooster helps B2B marketers keep their email out of spam folders. It monitors deliverability automatically, alerts senders when messages are landing in spam, and works with them to diagnose and correct the problem. It replaces the manual, reactive process of discovering deliverability failures only after email performance has already dropped.

Indee Labs builds Hydropore, a microfluidic vortex shedding platform that delivers nucleic acids, proteins, and gene-editing complexes into T cells without viral vectors or electroporation. Biotech and cell therapy companies use it across discovery, development, and manufacturing to engineer immune cells at scale while preserving cell viability and function. The system replaces viral transduction and traditional transfection methods, which are the bottleneck steps in T cell immunotherapy workflows.

InnaMed builds an at-home blood testing device and software platform, called HomeLab, that lets patients collect and analyze blood samples without visiting a clinic. Physicians and researchers receive structured clinical reports delivered directly into their EMR, LIMS, or EDC systems, replacing the lab-referral workflow. Trend and pattern-matching software then supports prescription and dosing decisions, connecting the at-home data to telehealth care.

KidPass helps parents discover and book children's activities, classes, camps, and events, both online and in person. It consolidates options across providers into a single place, replacing the fragmented search and registration process parents otherwise handle site by site. The platform serves families with kids seeking enrichment outside of school.

Ledger Investing operates as a specialized broking and advisory firm connecting insurers, reinsurers, and fronting carriers to institutional capital through casualty insurance-linked securities. It structures off-balance-sheet transactions that let carriers securitize risk portfolios more efficiently, replacing traditional reinsurance and capital-raising channels. Institutional investors, including asset managers, pension funds, hedge funds, and family offices, gain access to casualty ILS as a distinct asset class through these transactions.

LitHit builds smart shooting targets that light up on impact and connect to a tablet at the range. Shooters get real-time feedback on hits, split times, response time, and cadence, replacing manual paper targets and stopwatch-based drills. The hardware works with any live-fire caliber and any firearm, making it compatible across existing ranges without specialized infrastructure.

Lively, Inc. builds a benefits administration platform covering HSAs, FSAs, HRAs, lifestyle spending accounts, commuter benefits, and COBRA for employers, brokers, and third-party administrators. Its Lively Axis platform connects account balances, employer rules, and carrier data to automate file syncs, reconciliations, and claims routing, replacing manual benefits administration workflows. Employees manage spending and investing through a single app with a smart debit card that directs funds to the correct account at the point of purchase.

Loop Support builds pre-employment assessments for entry-level customer support roles, helping hiring teams predict which applicants will perform well on the job. Each assessment simulates the actual tasks a support agent would handle day-to-day, replacing generic aptitude tests and gut-feel screening with role-specific, work-sample evaluations.

lvl5 builds high-definition maps for self-driving vehicles. Its maps give autonomous systems the precise lane-level geometry and road detail that real-time sensors alone cannot reliably supply, replacing the manual survey crews and purpose-built mapping fleets that autonomous vehicle developers would otherwise depend on.

Marketfox builds a marketing automation platform for websites and mobile apps, using AI to help businesses attract, convert, and retain visitors as customers. It targets B2B companies looking to replace manual or fragmented marketing workflows with a unified, AI-driven tool. The website content available does not reflect the product, so the profile is based on the program description alone.

MDalgorithms Inc. builds AI-powered dermatology products that replace in-person skin and hair consultations with personalized, at-home treatment kits. Its proprietary AI analyzes uploaded skin and scalp images to customize acne, hair regrowth, and anti-aging regimens for individual users across three consumer brands: MDacne, MDhair, and Nuvane. The platform also gives users ongoing access to dermatologists and nurses for progress tracking and treatment adjustments.

Mednet builds a physician-only Q&A network where doctors get answers to clinical questions that published guidelines and textbooks do not resolve. Credentialed physicians pose questions about real patient cases, and verified specialist peers provide answers covering dosing adjustments, sequencing decisions, and edge-case protocols. The platform indexes and preserves this collective practice knowledge so any credentialed clinician can search it, replacing ad-hoc peer consultation and the gap left by formal consensus statements.

Mirror AI builds a mobile app that converts a selfie into a personalized set of hundreds of emoji matching the user's face. Consumers use these custom emoji in messaging apps and social networks, replacing generic or stock emoji sets with ones that look like them.

NanoNets builds AI agents that automate document-heavy business processes for enterprises, turning unstructured documents like invoices, purchase orders, contracts, and claims into structured data and completed workflows. It targets finance and operations teams in large enterprises, replacing manual work in accounts payable, order management, reconciliation, cash application, and supplier onboarding. The product encodes a company's own policies and business rules into agents that handle exceptions and learn from corrections.

Neema builds a mobile digital wallet for underbanked workers in the United States who lack access to traditional bank accounts. The app lets users cash paychecks, spend via a debit card at stores and ATMs, and send money internationally to family members across dozens of countries. It replaces the combination of check-cashing services, wire transfer shops, and prepaid card providers that unbanked workers otherwise juggle.

Niles builds a knowledge assistant that lives inside Slack, automatically converting team conversations and documents into a searchable, shared knowledge base. It serves enterprise and B2B teams that need to capture institutional knowledge without leaving their existing chat workflow. The product replaces manual wiki-writing and the recurring effort of re-answering the same questions across a team.

No Lean Season provides small travel subsidies to the poorest rural agricultural laborers so they can migrate temporarily to nearby cities for work during the gap between planting and harvest, when local income dries up entirely. The subsidy covers the cost of a bus ticket, replacing a period of enforced idleness and meal-skipping with paid urban employment. The target population is subsistence farming households in low-income countries facing acute seasonal poverty.

Nomba builds banking and payments infrastructure for businesses in Africa, serving markets including Nigeria and the DRC. It gives business owners a single platform to send, receive, and manage money, replacing the patchwork of traditional bank branches and informal payment methods that most small and mid-sized African businesses rely on today.

Nuvola makes SafeCoat, a spray-on battery separator that is deposited directly onto electrodes during cell manufacturing. It replaces conventional separator films and the dedicated factory infrastructure required to produce them, cutting a major cost and complexity driver for EV and energy storage battery makers. The product targets cell manufacturers and automotive OEMs seeking safer, higher-yield production without adding capital-intensive process steps.

OneFin builds a modular lending technology stack for NBFCs, small finance banks, and fintech lenders in India. Its plug-and-play APIs cover the full credit lifecycle, replacing the need for these institutions to build or stitch together loan origination, disbursement, and management infrastructure in-house. Customers use it to launch and run credit products spanning education loans, EV financing, business loans, personal loans, invoice discounting, and two-wheeler financing.

Origin builds a countertop kiosk for offices that turns frozen, pre-packed pods into fresh smoothies in 30 seconds, replacing vending machines and out-of-office food runs for desk workers. Employees select a pod from an onboard freezer and the machine blends it quietly without a human attendant. Origin treats the kiosk as a platform to expand into broader in-office food and goods sales across the large installed base of U.S. office locations.

Pearl builds a commercial beverage system that brews single-serve specialty coffees and teas for offices, hotels, and restaurants. Its proprietary hardware delivers cafe-quality results at pod-machine speed using fully compostable portions of whole-bean coffee sourced from specialty roasters, replacing low-quality pod machines and manual coffee setups. Pearl handles installation, maintenance, and automatic menu restocking.

Peer5 builds a peer-to-peer CDN for live and on-demand video streaming, serving publishers who need to deliver HD and 4K content at scale. It offloads bandwidth from origin servers to a WebRTC-based peer network, so capacity grows with the audience rather than requiring publishers to over-provision servers for peak load. The product integrates with existing players, streaming protocols, and media servers without requiring end-user installation.

Penny built a personal finance app for everyday consumers who found traditional budgeting tools complex and time-consuming. A conversational interface connected to users' bank and card accounts, then surfaced spending patterns, upcoming bills, and month-end projections in plain language. Penny replaced the manual work of reviewing statements and categorizing transactions by delivering what users needed to know, automatically and in context.

Pit.AI builds AI-driven software that automatically discovers and exploits profitable trading strategies in financial markets. It targets investment management, replacing the manual process of human analysts generating, testing, and refining trading ideas. Rather than optimizing around preset assumptions about market behavior, its pipeline scans large-scale market data to surface inefficiencies without relying on human intuition or forecasting models.

Plane builds a global payroll and HR platform for fast-growing startups, handling payments, compliance, and contractor onboarding across borders. It exposes the full platform through an open API, CLI, and MCP so that AI agents and internal tools can run payroll, read HR data, and trigger actions without human intervention. The product replaces manual HR administration and the need for dedicated payroll specialists as teams scale internationally.

Playment builds a managed data labeling platform that produces training data for computer vision models. Autonomous vehicle makers, drone operators, and mapping companies use it to annotate images and video with bounding boxes, cuboids, polygons, polylines, and point annotations. The platform replaces in-house labeling operations by combining a large crowd workforce with quality oversight from Playment's own annotation specialists.

Pulse builds a B2B SaaS platform for clinics and care networks in India, centered on electronic medical records and care coordination. Doctors use it to digitize patient records on iPad and manage post-visit follow-up, referrals, and patient communication across a clinic's workflow. It replaces paper records and manual coordination processes such as phone-based appointment reminders and handoff tracking between providers.

Rally Tennis builds a mobile app that connects recreational tennis players to local competitive leagues, practice partners, and skill-building tools. It replaces the manual, fragmented process of finding opponents and signing up for leagues through clubs or regional associations. The product is aimed at amateur players who want structured, ongoing competition without the overhead of traditional tennis organizations.

RankScience runs SEO and AI search optimization for companies ranging from venture-backed startups to enterprise clients, covering technical SEO, content, link building, and visibility in AI-generated answers from platforms like ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity. The work replaces in-house SEO teams and generalist agencies by combining technical audits, content strategy, and authority building under one managed service. Clients span SaaS, fintech, telehealth, ecommerce, and local service businesses.

Reliance Health sells employer health benefits in emerging markets, currently operating in Nigeria and Egypt. Businesses use it to give employees and their families access to insurance plans covering everything from routine and preventive care to chronic conditions and emergencies. The platform combines health insurance, a telemedicine app with home prescription delivery, and a network of partner and proprietary clinical facilities, replacing fragmented or inaccessible traditional healthcare arrangements.

Request Network builds non-custodial crypto payment infrastructure that lets businesses and individuals send and receive cryptocurrency across chains and stablecoins without a third party holding funds at any point. Payers can pay with whatever token they hold, and the recipient receives the chosen stablecoin directly in their wallet, with a clear payment reference attached. A companion invoicing product lets professionals issue crypto invoices and collect payment in one step, replacing traditional fiat invoicing workflows.

Retool gives engineering and business teams a platform to build internal software, including dashboards, admin panels, and operational tools, without writing full-stack code from scratch. It connects directly to production databases and APIs, enforces access controls and audit logging at the platform level, and now lets teams generate production-ready apps from a prompt or import code from tools like Lovable and Replit. It replaces the slow, bespoke work of hand-building internal tooling that meets enterprise security requirements.

REZI operates a fully remote marketplace for long-term apartment rentals, connecting landlords and renters without in-person leasing steps. Landlords hand off vacant units to REZI, which guarantees monthly rent and can pay up to 12 months upfront, replacing traditional broker and leasing-agent workflows. Renters find, tour, apply for, and sign a lease entirely from their phone, with automated approval decisions replacing manual screening.

Riley builds an SMS marketing platform for businesses in real estate and other industries, letting them send bulk text message campaigns to their contact lists. It gives property managers and agents a channel to reach leads and clients directly by text, replacing manual outreach and email-centric tools with a purpose-built SMS broadcast workflow.

Rippling builds a unified platform that consolidates HR, IT, and finance operations for businesses into a single system. It replaces the disconnected tools companies use to manage payroll, benefits, expenses, devices, and software access across their workforce. Employers can onboard a new hire anywhere in the world, provisioning pay, equipment, and third-party app access in one workflow.

Sandbox Banking builds Glyue, a low-code integration platform for banks, credit unions, and fintechs. Glyue lets technical teams connect core banking systems by assembling web service APIs, batch ETL jobs, file transfer jobs, and event-driven pipelines such as webhooks and Kafka streams. It replaces custom-coded point-to-point integrations that each institution would otherwise build and maintain by hand.

Scaphold.io builds a GraphQL-as-a-service platform for developers building mobile, web, and IoT applications. It provides a hosted backend with built-in push notifications, file storage, analytics, custom code execution, and multiple environments, replacing the need to design, deploy, and maintain a custom API layer. Developers get a production-ready GraphQL API without writing backend infrastructure from scratch.

ScopeAI analyzes customer support conversations to surface trends and feedback for product and operations teams. It connects to support platforms like Zendesk, Intercom, and Salesforce's Desk.com, then uses natural language processing to automatically tag and categorize conversations. This replaces the manual work of reading through tickets and compiling reports to communicate what customers are saying.

Scribe builds an AI-powered sales development representative for inside sales teams. It handles prospect research, personalized outreach, objection handling, and demo scheduling, replacing the manual work that human SDRs do at the top of the sales funnel. Sales teams use it to surface pre-qualified leads and hand off only the warmest opportunities to their reps.

Shipamax builds document automation software for logistics operators, parsing and converting any logistics document into structured, machine-readable data. The freight and shipping industry relies on up to twenty parties per transaction, each generating paperwork that operations teams process by hand. Shipamax replaces that manual document handling with end-to-end automation, letting logistics organizations scale without adding headcount to back-office data entry.

Sigma Genetics develops a magnetic-field-based intracellular delivery platform that transports DNA, RNA, and other charged molecules into cells. The technology replaces conventional electroporation, eliminating electrical arcing, enabling scalable workflows, and supporting non-invasive in vivo delivery. Target applications span cell therapy, cancer drug delivery, DNA vaccines, biopharma manufacturing, and cosmetics.

Sinovia Technologies makes printed light film, a sub-0.25 mm flexible sheet that emits light across any custom shape and replaces the combination of LEDs, PCBs, lenses, and optics that hardware designers currently assemble. Using roll-to-roll printing, the film is produced to a customer's exact geometry at 100-micron resolution, cutting the component count, thickness, and assembly steps from a product's bill of materials. Hardware teams in payments, packaging, and surface-integrated lighting are the primary customers.

Sleep Reset delivers a mobile-based CBT-i program for adults with insomnia, pairing each member with a dedicated sleep coach who personalizes the treatment plan. The program replaces in-person sleep clinics, sleeping pills, and long specialist waitlists by bringing evidence-based behavioral therapy directly to the user's phone. It targets the root causes of poor sleep rather than masking symptoms with medication.

Smart Alto helps real estate agents convert dormant leads into booked appointments by combining AI-driven data enrichment, multi-channel outreach automation, and human appointment setters. It replaces the manual work of researching contacts, chasing unresponsive leads, and scheduling calls, giving agents a pipeline of confirmed meetings instead of cold lists.

Snappr builds a marketplace and workflow platform for on-demand visual content production, serving restaurants, retailers, real estate operators, automotive marketplaces, and enterprise marketing teams. Photographers, videographers, and AI image tools are booked and managed through a single platform, replacing fragmented agency and freelancer coordination. The product handles everything from one-off shoots to high-volume automated content pipelines.

Solugen produces industrial chemicals for sectors including oil and gas, water treatment, agriculture, and renewable fuels using its Bioforge platform, which combines engineered enzymes and metal catalysts to convert sustainable feedstocks into finished chemical products. The process replaces conventional petrochemical synthesis, operating at lower temperatures and with higher selectivity, while achieving costs comparable to traditional manufacturing. The result is a biobased, carbon-negative alternative to commodity and specialty chemicals that industrial customers currently source from fossil-derived supply chains.

Soomgo connects Korean consumers with local service professionals across categories spanning home repair, moving, tutoring, fitness, and wedding planning. Customers submit a job request and receive quotes from vetted providers, replacing the informal referral networks and cold calls people previously relied on to hire local help.

SourceBeacon connects businesses that need to source physical products from China to a network of verified vendors, delivering quotes on demand. It handles the supplier search and vetting work that procurement teams or founders would otherwise do manually across an unfamiliar market.

Speak builds an AI-powered language learning app that replaces passive study methods with active speaking practice. The app guides learners through an expert-designed curriculum, using an AI tutor to run real back-and-forth conversations, give targeted feedback, and adapt lessons to each user. It targets people who want spoken fluency, not textbook knowledge.

Sudden Coffee converts specialty-roasted beans into crystallized instant coffee that dissolves in seconds. It sources beans from quality producers, brews them by hand, and packages the result for coffee drinkers who want a quality cup without a café or brewing equipment. The product replaces both the wait of a traditional brew and the quality compromise of conventional instant coffee.

Supr Daily builds a daily doorstep grocery delivery service for Indian urban households. It anchors its logistics on recurring milk subscriptions to consolidate last-mile routes, cutting delivery costs and enabling early-morning delivery of a full grocery basket by 7 am. The model replaces ad-hoc trips to local kirana stores and fragmented ordering across multiple vendors.

Sycamore runs a B2B marketplace that connects businesses with on-demand delivery drivers, letting a company add a driver to its roster in minutes. On the supply side, contractors see clear, current earnings data across available jobs so they can pick the work that pays best. The product replaces slow, manual driver recruitment and opaque pay structures on both sides of the market.

Terark builds a storage engine for databases and data systems that lets applications search directly on compressed data, replacing standard engines such as LevelDB and RocksDB. It delivers faster read performance and significantly smaller storage footprints, cutting infrastructure costs for large-scale data workloads. The target customer is enterprises running big data applications at high volume.

Tetra builds an AI notetaker for phone calls, serving professionals who need to stay focused during conversations without losing details afterward. It transcribes and summarizes calls automatically, replacing manual note-taking and the follow-up work of reconstructing what was said. Teams use it to stay aligned on call outcomes without relying on memory or handwritten notes.

The Centre for Effective Altruism helps individuals direct their time, money, and resources toward the highest-impact causes by applying evidence and careful reasoning to compare charitable options. It produces educational content, a newsletter, and community programming to guide donors and career-changers through the process of choosing where to help. The work it replaces is unguided charitable giving and career decisions made without systematic cost-effectiveness analysis.

The Essential designs and sells its own brand of home furniture, goods, and hardware direct to consumers, cutting out third-party brands, retailers, and middlemen. The catalog covers everyday household categories, from shelving and sofas to cookware and bathroom fixtures, with factory-direct pricing. It replaces the traditional retail chain where margins stack across brands, distributors, and stores.

Tizeti builds and operates a network of solar-powered Wi-Fi base stations to deliver unlimited broadband internet to homes, businesses, and public hotspots across urban Africa. The solar infrastructure keeps operating costs low enough to offer flat-rate unlimited plans in markets where wired infrastructure is scarce and incumbent pricing is high. It replaces patchy, expensive mobile data and the absence of fixed-line broadband for African consumers and businesses.

Token Transit builds a complete fare payment platform for public transit agencies, handling fare distribution, collection, and back-office management. Agencies use it to sell and validate mobile tickets, physical passes, tap-to-pay cards, and smart cards, replacing fragmented or hardware-dependent legacy fare systems. Riders access passes directly through the Token Transit app or through third-party trip planners such as Google Maps, Transit, and Moovit.

Tolemi builds a data platform for state and local governments to manage housing policy. It pulls together property and housing data from disparate government sources, giving agencies a unified view to identify unsafe, unstable, or unaffordable housing conditions. The product replaces manual data gathering and siloed spreadsheet analysis that planners and housing officials previously did by hand.

Trade builds a commodity exchange for Ghana, connecting maize buyers directly with a network of vetted sellers and aggregating supply in Tamale for delivery. Buyers set their price, quantity, and grade; Trade sources, weighs, and grades every bag, then delivers to the buyer with a return guarantee. The platform cuts out brokers and intermediaries that traditionally sit between smallholder sellers and bulk buyers.

Tress builds a mobile community app for Black women to discover, share, and track hairstyles. Each post pairs a photo with practical details: salon name and location, stylist, hair extensions or products used, and price range. The app replaces the informal research women do by approaching strangers or combing through social media accounts to find the same information.

Upcall builds an on-demand platform that connects B2B companies with vetted, US-based phone agents to run outbound call campaigns. Sales and marketing teams use it to qualify leads, set appointments, and follow up with prospects, work that would otherwise require hiring and managing an in-house or outsourced call center. The platform includes script templates, call recording, analytics, and integrations with tools like Salesforce and Slack.

UpKeep builds a mobile-first CMMS and asset management platform for maintenance and reliability teams across manufacturing, facilities, fleet, and other asset-heavy industries. Technicians use it in the field to receive work orders, track assets, manage parts inventory, and run preventive maintenance schedules, replacing paper work orders and legacy desktop enterprise software. An AI layer and sensor integrations extend the platform into automated workflow management and real-time equipment monitoring.

VanGo provides on-demand ride services designed specifically for children, giving parents a way to book transportation for kids without driving them personally. The service targets families in need of reliable, scheduled rides for school, activities, and appointments, replacing the need for parents to arrange pickups and drop-offs themselves.

Veryfi, Inc. builds OCR and document-intelligence APIs that extract structured data from invoices, receipts, bank statements, checks, and other financial documents. Accountants, FinTech developers, banks, insurers, and construction and healthcare firms use these APIs to automate data capture that would otherwise require manual entry or back-office processing. The platform also layers on fraud detection and product intelligence, replacing human document review in workflows such as accounts payable, expense management, and insurance claims.

Voiceops builds a sales coaching platform for B2C companies that analyzes recorded rep conversations to measure skills, surface specific behavior patterns, and generate tailored feedback and roleplay exercises. Sales managers get automated 1:1 briefs and progress tracking without manually reviewing calls. It replaces manual call auditing and ad-hoc coaching with structured, data-driven rep development tied directly to outcomes.

Volansi builds and operates autonomous vertical-takeoff-and-landing drones for point-to-point B2B delivery across defense, commercial, and medical supply chains. Its aircraft carry payloads up to 200 lbs over ranges up to 1,000 miles, replacing ground logistics and chartered flights that cause costly operational downtime. Customers span remote industrial sites, military operations, and medical distribution networks worldwide.

Volt Health builds electrostimulation wearables that treat urinary incontinence and other neuromuscular conditions such as migraines. The device delivers targeted electrical stimulation to retrain muscles and restore signaling to receptors, replacing or reducing reliance on medication, surgery, and manual pelvic-floor therapy. The company holds proprietary technology across its device platform.

Voodoo Manufacturing runs a robotic 3D printing factory that produces plastic parts at high volume for engineers, entrepreneurs, and large brands. Customers upload a design and receive fabricated parts without owning or operating any printing equipment. The service covers everything from early prototypes to production runs, replacing the need for in-house manufacturing infrastructure or traditional contract factories.

Wavy brings music and art experiences into augmented reality for consumers. The product layers visual, artistic content over the real world, replacing passive listening or viewing with an interactive, phone-based AR experience.

WaystoCap builds a trade advisory and implementation platform for companies and financial institutions doing cross-border business in Africa. It structures trade and supply chain finance, identifies and vets counterparties, and sets up sourcing and distribution operations across African markets. The firm replaces the work that clients would otherwise do themselves to navigate lenders, insurers, development finance institutions, and regional partners on the ground.

Wifi Dabba, Inc. builds a decentralized Wi-Fi network across Indian cities and towns, using a grid of Free Space Optics links to deliver low-cost broadband to consumers who lack affordable connectivity. The network is owned and operated in distributed fashion: individuals purchase hotspot hardware, local cable operators deploy and maintain the units on the ground, and users buy data in single-gigabyte increments rather than monthly subscriptions. This model replaces centralized telecom infrastructure with a token-based, community-owned connectivity layer aimed at the next wave of first-time internet users in emerging markets.

Wright Electric develops electric power systems for aerospace and defense, ranging from expeditionary generators to multi-megawatt airborne propulsion. Its products, including the Dynamo motor, DenseGen containerized gensets, and battery systems, serve military operators and government agencies as a replacement for conventional aircraft propulsion and ground power hardware. The longer-term target is commercial electric aviation, with a 186-passenger aircraft designed for short-haul routes.

Zinc Platform builds insurance distribution infrastructure for mortgage lenders, embedding homeowners insurance procurement directly into the digital closing process. Borrowers use lender-branded portals to shop and bind coverage from major carriers in minutes, replacing a paper-heavy, week-long coordination process. The platform enforces lender underwriting requirements automatically, removing a compliance bottleneck that historically delayed mortgage closings.

ZipX operates a package-forwarding service that lets shoppers in Asia and other markets buy from online retailers worldwide and receive those goods at home. Customers get a local warehouse address in countries like the US, UK, and Japan, ship purchases there, and ZipX handles export, customs, and last-mile delivery. The service replaces expensive forwarding brokers and the limited international shipping options most retailers offer.