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Abacus.AI (formally RealityEngines.AI) is an AI research company that is focused on hard problems that enterprises have. Today, most North American organizations haven’t managed to deploy AI in production yet. The key reasons behind this include incomplete and noisy datasets, the exorbitant cost of finding, hiring and retaining esoteric talent required to put an AI/ML system in production, and the black box nature of neural-net based AI/ML models that sometimes result in predictions that can’t be explained easily and may introduce bias. They are working on a number of research areas to address these issues. Their research will be packaged into easy-to-use pay-as-you-go cloud service(s) that will be accessible to all enterprises later this year. In the meantime, they are partnering with a few select organizations who want early access to our research, to apply it to the problems they currently have.

Acryl Data is a vibrant community with over 500 contributors around the world. Their mission is to bring clarity to data through their metadata-driven control plane. Acryl is partnered with world-class companies such as Netflix, Notion, and TripAdvisor.

Akuity was founded by Argo co-creators Hong Wang and Jesse Suen. Hong and Jesse were founding engineers at Applatix, which open-sourced the Argo project in 2017. After Applatix's acquisition by Intuit in 2018, Argo exploded in growth with the additions of Argo CD, Rollouts, and Events and was accepted as a CNCF incubating project. Akuity was formed to help companies modernize their tooling on Kubernetes, leveraging Argo, the leading open-source suite of Kubernetes-native application delivery software.

Alphabet's portfolio encompasses several industries, including technology, life sciences, investment capital, and research. Some of its subsidiaries include Google, Calico, Chronicle, GV, CapitalG, Verily, Waymo, X, Loon and Google Fiber.

"As Sergey and I wrote in the original founders letter 11 years ago, 'Google is not a conventional company. We do not intend to become one.' As part of that, we also said that you could expect us to make “smaller bets in areas that might seem very speculative or even strange when compared to our current businesses.” From the start, we’ve always strived to do more, and to do important and meaningful things with the resources we have." Read more by Alphabet CEO, Larry Page.

Antheia is taking a new approach to creating both existing and new medicines. Their technology involves reproducing active pharmaceutical ingredients through a yeast-based fermentation process.

"With this technology, you are not limited to reconstruct or copy what nature gives you. We take inspiration from nature's molecules, but improve upon them." — Christina Smolke, Co-Founder and CEO

Anyword’s AI copywriting platform is based on artificial intelligence models capable of analyzing text and understanding its intent and ideal audience. As a result, they can now generate original marketing language that drives action.

They believe that in the future every business will have its own AI language model for communicating with its target audience effectively.

The birthplace of MoneyScience™, putting the power of data science in everybody’s wallet.

A consumer FinTech company based in San Francisco, USA, and Bangalore, India. Data science is at the heart of every product that they build.

Banks offer increasingly complicated products that often don’t serve the best interests of consumers. Hidden fees, teaser rates, obtuse terms. Bright acts on your side to identify the best way to manage your money, without needing to do the work. The outcome is more control, fewer worries about your finances and more money for you.

Ceramic.ai is developing a decentralized network for composable AI models. Their platform aims to enable developers to easily discover, share, and combine AI models to create more powerful and sophisticated AI applications. This approach promotes open collaboration and accelerates AI development.

CheQ is an Indian fintech platform that simplifies credit card bill payments and loan repayments. Users can manage all their credit obligations in one place while earning rewards for on-time payments. CHEQ provides a secure and efficient way to stay on top of credit card bills and EMIs, enhancing the overall credit management experience for Indian consumers.

Clockwork.io seeks to rectify the defects of historical “clockless” design of distributed systems and networks. They provide solutions for hybrid, multi-cloud environments, and financial regulatory compliance. Their technology can eliminate network congestion, postpone the need for autoscaling, and improve the performance of latency-sensitive apps.

Convex's mission is to fundamentally change how software is built on the Internet and who gets to build it. They aim to empower teams, large or small, to build fast, reliable, and dependable dynamic systems at scale. Developers shouldn't have to form an opinion on Alpine Linux vs. Ubuntu or have the slightest idea how to configure Kafka. They believe with the right abstractions, it's possible to develop sophisticated apps entirely on your laptop, deploy them seamlessly on managed backends, and head out to dinner—confident your application will run identically in production at scale. No DevOps. This is the fulfillment of the exciting new serverless movement, and they're going to make it happen.

Curie’s AI-powered agents are designed to supercharge MuleSoft development by automating key tasks. The platform offers state-of-the-art accuracy on coding tasks, reducing development time from hours to just minutes. It is built with industry-recognized compliance standards to ensure user data remains secure.

Dandelion Chocolate is a "bean-to-bar" chocolate company that prides itself on making high-quality chocolate with a focus on ethical sourcing and minimal ingredients. They make chocolate from scratch, starting with cocoa beans sourced directly from farms around the world. Dandelion Chocolate works directly with cocoa farmers, paying a premium for high-quality beans and supporting sustainable practices.

Distill creates concise, easy-to-navigate profiles that summarize everything it can find online about a person or company. It does this by searching the Internet for information, filtering and organizing results, and distilling them into a profile. Distill is useful for a variety of purposes, including recruiting, sales, fundraising, real estate, research, investing, and journalism.

EasyPost is a simple shipping API for your app or site. EasyPost believes in making purchasing labels, tracking packages, checking rates, verifying addresses, and all other shipping related functions as easy as possible.

The easier EasyPost makes integrating shipping, the more users can focus on growing their core business. EasyPost has already saved their users tens of thousands of hours of development, and they're just getting started.

Flexport was founded by industry veterans and software engineers that envision a future where any two businesses can trade with each other without being held back by geographic distance, logistical complexity, or regulatory challenges.

GridCARE is the essential one-stop power solution for AI data centers, delivering energy security and resilience at unprecedented speed.

Gusto's mission is to create a world where work empowers a better life. By making the most complicated business tasks simple and personal, Gusto is reimagining payroll, benefits and HR for modern companies. Gusto serves over 60,000 companies nationwide and has offices in San Francisco and Denver.

Hebbia.ai is an AI-native company building a platform for complex knowledge work. Their technology enables users to build AI agents that can understand, synthesize, and act on information from vast amounts of data. Hebbia's focus on transparency and explainability allows for seamless human-AI collaboration in fields like finance, law, and research. They are committed to empowering individuals and organizations with the tools to unlock the full potential of their knowledge base.

Hypersonix introduces the world’s first AI-powered autonomous, predictive and prescriptive analytics designed for Consumer Commerce. They empower decision-makers in real-time to analyze disparate data sources and derive actionable insights - easily and quickly - without a dependency on IT or analysts.

InMobi is a global provider of cloud based intelligent mobile platforms for enterprise marketers. As a leading technology company, InMobi has been recognized as a 2018 CNBC Disruptor 50 company and as Fast Company's 2018 Most Innovative Companies.

Krikey is an AI tools company that specializes in making 3D animation accessible and easy to create. Their products allow users to generate 3D character animations from text prompts or video inputs in minutes, significantly shortening traditional animation workflows.

Krikey also offers a 3D editor that lets users customize their animations with lip-synced dialogue, facial expressions, hand gestures, backgrounds, and camera angles. Their tools are used for various purposes, including marketing, educational content, gaming, and social media.

Lightning AI is a platform that enables developers to build and scale AI applications with ease. Their open-source framework, Lightning Fabric, simplifies complex tasks, allowing for faster experimentation and model development. Lightning AI offers a suite of tools and services, including Lightning Studio, a visual development environment, and cloud infrastructure optimized for AI workloads. Their mission is to democratize AI, making it accessible to all.

Modular's mission is to have real, positive impact in the world by reinventing the way AI technology is developed and deployed into production with a next-generation developer platform. The Modular Accelerated Xecution (MAX) platform is an integrated suite of tools for AI deployment that power all your AI workloads of today, and tomorrow.

MotherDuck provides a simplified, performant and efficient data warehouse based on the lightweight DuckDB engine for the 95% of data warehouses that don’t need petabyte scale. They also use DuckDB to query your data where it sits as parquet, iceberg, or CSV files.

Notion is a note-taking application with markdown support that also integrates tasks, wikis, and databases. The aim is to be an all-in-one workspace for note-taking, project management and task management. In addition to cross-platform apps, it can be accessed via most web browsers and it has markdown syntax support.

Paperless Post is an e-commerce company focusing on design-driven online and printed stationery, including greetings, invitations, birth announcements, wedding suites, and custom stationery. Paperless Post partners with leading fashion designers including kate spade new york, Kelly Wearstler, and Oscar de la Renta. The company is based in New York City.

Plane is a simple, flexible, and extensible open-source project management tool. It's designed to help teams plan, track, and manage their work efficiently by offering features such as issue tracking, sprint management, and knowledge management. Plane provides both cloud and self-hosted options, giving teams the flexibility to choose the deployment that best suits their needs, especially for those in regulated industries who require data control on their own infrastructure.

Samaya AI leverages cutting-edge developments in AI and Large Language Models to provide a new platform for search, summarization and knowledge discovery. They enable domain experts to answer complex questions and uncover hidden insights from large sets of knowledge-intensive documents — allowing exponentially faster and highly informed decision-making.

A new space age is emerging and the extraordinary opportunities in space depend on the transportation systems from Earth to Space. At Skyroot, they are building technologies for responsive, reliable and economic access to space. They envision a future where spaceflight is as regular, reliable and affordable as airflight.

Stripe is a technology company. Its software allows individuals and businesses to receive payments over the Internet. Stripe provides the technical, fraud prevention, and banking infrastructure required to operate on-line payment systems.

Synex Medical is a pioneering healthcare technology company on a mission to transform reactive medicine into predictive healthcare. They are developing compact, portable devices that use magnetic resonance spectroscopy to provide real-time, non-invasive metabolic data. This innovative approach allows for the accurate measurement of crucial blood metabolites like glucose and lactate without the need for needles.

World Labs is an AI company focused on building Large World Models (LWMs) to enable machines to perceive, generate, and interact with the 3D world. Their technology aims to revolutionize how artificial intelligence understands and interacts with its environment, leading to advancements in robotics, simulation, and virtual reality applications. World Labs is committed to pushing the boundaries of spatial intelligence in AI.

With offices in Palo Alto, Stockholm and London, Yubico has built a profitable business providing a disruptive multi-factor authentication solution. The Yubikey, the company’s flagship product, is built strong enough for the largest enterprises while remaining simple enough to use for consumers. Trusted by 7 of the top 10 Internet companies, Yubikeys protect digital identities for over 45,000 customers in over 130 countries. Yubico’s vision is to enable Internet users to have secure access across any number of services using their Yubikeys. To realize this dream, Yubico is a board member and a key contributor to the FIDO Alliance, an open standards strong authentication consortium, along with leading Internet and financial services companies.