General Purpose & Platform:
- Adept: Building general-purpose AI agents that can use any software tool.
- Inflection AI: Focused on human-computer interaction, created Pi, a personal AI.
- Conjecture: Developing AI systems that are safe, interpretable, and aligned with human values.
- Imbue: Building AI agents that can reason and code.
- Cohere: Focuses on large language models (LLMs) and making them accessible through APIs.
- Anthropic: Developing large language models and exploring AI safety.
- Character.AI: Creating conversational AI agents with distinct personalities.
Customer Service & Support:
- Intercom: AI-powered customer communication platform.
- Ada: Automates customer interactions with AI-powered chatbots.
- Forethought: Uses AI to improve customer support efficiency.
Sales & Marketing:
- Drift: Conversational marketing and sales platform.
- Gong: Revenue intelligence platform using AI to analyze sales calls.
- Regie.ai: Generative AI for enterprise sales and marketing teams.
Productivity & Automation:
- Zapier: Connects different apps and automates tasks.
- UiPath: Robotic process automation (RPA) platform.
- Automation Anywhere: Another major player in the RPA space.
- Workato: Enterprise automation platform.
Human Resources:
- Eightfold AI: Talent intelligence platform.
- Phenom: AI-powered talent experience platform.
E-commerce:
- Shopify: E-commerce platform with AI-powered features.
- Instacart: Grocery delivery service with autonomous agents for order fulfillment.
Healthcare:
- PathAI: Uses AI to improve the accuracy of pathology diagnoses.
- Paige: Developing AI-powered cancer diagnostics.
Finance:
- Alpaca: Commission-free stock trading platform with AI-powered tools.
- Kasisto: Conversational AI platform for the financial industry.
Education:
- Duolingo: Language learning platform with AI-powered features.
- Khan Academy: Non-profit educational organization with AI-powered tools.
Gaming:
- Inworld AI: Creates AI-powered virtual characters for games and virtual worlds.
- Latitude: Develops AI-powered games, including AI Dungeon.
Robotics:
- Boston Dynamics: Developing advanced robots with autonomous capabilities.
- Agility Robotics: Building robots for logistics and warehouse automation.
Cybersecurity:
- SentinelOne: AI-powered endpoint security platform.
- CrowdStrike: Cloud-native cybersecurity platform.
Data Science & Machine Learning:
- DataRobot: Automated machine learning platform.
- H2O.ai: Open-source platform for machine learning and AI.
Developer Tools:
- Hugging Face: Community and platform for open-source machine learning models.
- Weights & Biases: Developer tools for machine learning.
Other Notable Startups:
- Replika: AI companion that offers a personalized chat experience.
- Otter.ai: AI-powered transcription and collaboration tool.
- Jasper: AI writing assistant.
- Grammarly: AI-powered writing assistant.
- Midjourney: AI art generator.
- Stability AI: Generative AI company behind Stable Diffusion.
- Runway: AI video generation and editing platform.
- Synthesia: AI video generation platform.
- Murf.ai: AI voice generator.
- ElevenLabs: AI speech software platform.
- Glean: Workplace search tool using AI.
- Moveworks: AI platform for employee issue resolution.
- Abnormal Security: AI-powered email security platform.
This list is not exhaustive, and many other exciting startups are working on autonomous agents. It’s important to note that the field is rapidly evolving, and new companies are emerging all the time.