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Infrastructure
77 startup drills in Infrastructure
PROVEN
Autoscience
$14M
Carl Got a Silver Medal. Carl Is Not Human.
AI/Infrastructure · build adjacent
PROVEN
Naïve
$29M
What Happens When the CEO Is a Prompt
AI/Agents · build adjacent
PROVEN
microagi
$55M
The Missing Layer Between Robot Demos and Factory Floors
AI/Infrastructure · build adjacent
RISING
Rime Labs
$30M
The Voice AI That Built Its Own Recording Studio to Sound Different
Voice AI · Infrastructure
PROVEN
Gradium
$100M
The Researchers Who Invented Voice AI's Foundations Built a Company
Voice AI · Infrastructure
RISING
Enigma
$71M
Controlling a Robot Takes Specialists. Enigma's Building What Doesn't.
Robotics · Platform
PROVEN
Enigma
$71M
The Interface Is What's Blocking Robot Adoption – Not the AI
AI/Computer Vision · build adjacent
PROVEN
Glow
$180M
Your AI Coding Tools Are an Ungoverned Security Gap
Cybersecurity · build adjacent
PROVEN
Natural
$40M
Six Products for AI Agents in 193 Days. Stripe Has Shipped Zero.
AI/Infrastructure · build adjacent
PROVEN
Patronus AI
$50M
The AI Quality Tool That Became a Compliance Artifact
AI/Infrastructure · adapt model
RISING
Elorian
$55M
Fifty-Five Million Dollars, No Product, No Customers
AI/Generative · build adjacent
RISING
Aryon Security
$29M
Aryon Security and the 95 Percent Alert Reduction
AI/Infrastructure · adapt model
PROVEN
Gradium
$100M
The Researchers Who Wrote Voice AI's Foundations Are Now Selling It
AI/Voice · build tooling
RISING
Manufact
$6M
5M Downloads Before Funding: The MCP Infrastructure Race
AI/Infrastructure · build adjacent
PROVEN
Sereact
$140M
One in 53,000: The Error Rate That Raised $140 Million
AI/Behavior Tracking · build adjacent
RISING
Ornn
$33M
Trillion-Dollar Market. No Price Discovery. Ornn Is the Fix.
Fintech/Investing · enter market
PROVEN
Netris
$15M
The Networking Layer That 800% ARR Growth Says You Can't Skip
AI/Infrastructure · build adjacent
PROVEN
Railway
$100M
30 Employees, 2 Million Developers, $0 in Marketing Spend
DevTools · enter market
RISING
INXM
$6M
2x More Reliable, 40–50x Cheaper – and Every Competitor Has to Rebuild
AI/Agents · build adjacent
PROVEN
Luel
$32M
From YC Demo Day to $31M in Weeks – Into an Untapped AI Data Market
AI/Generative · enter market
RISING
Redpine
$9M
Building a Niche AI Agent? The Real Money Is in the Data It Needs.
AI/Agents · build tooling
PROVEN
Rocket
$26M
The Value of AI Platforms Is No Longer the AI
AI/Agents · build adjacent
RISING
Driver
$9M
AI Agents Are the New Gold Miners. Sell Them Shovels.
AI/Agents · build adjacent
PROVEN
Neon
$27M
In the AI Era, Developers Become Commodity Labor
AI/Voice · build adjacent
SEEDLING
AgentDiscuss
undisclosed
If You're Building for Human Users, You're Already Behind
AI/Agents · build adjacent
RISING
Locus
$500K
AI Agents Need Their Own Email, Wallet, and Identity
AI/Agents · build tooling
RISING
Dappier
$2M
The New Internet Is a Network of AI Chats – Claim Your Node Now
AI/Generative · build adjacent
RISING
Nixo
$500K
The Deeper You Embed, the Harder You Are to Remove
SaaS/Productivity · build tooling
RISING
AgentMail
$500K
Email Infrastructure Built for AI Agents, Not Humans
AI/Agents · build tooling
RISING
Dexter
$500K
The Wedge Into Offline Industries Is Fast, Cheap Data Collection
Real Estate/Construction · build adjacent
RISING
Perry
$2M
The Brain Transplant Business Model
AI/Generative · build adjacent
RISING
Axal
$500K
The Integration Veto Is Now a $500K Problem AI Can Solve
AI/Generative · build adjacent
RISING
Traxlo
$3M
Pay by the Task, Not the Hour – Gig Workforce Rebuilt
HR/Recruiting · build adjacent
RISING
Blaxel
$500K
The Cloud Was Built in 2005 – AI Agents Need Something Different
AI/Agents · build adjacent
PROVEN
Buildots
$166M
Big Money in Construction Tech Is One Feature Away
AI/Computer Vision · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
Anon
$7M
Your AI Agent Is Useless Without This
AI/Agents · build tooling
PROVEN
Infosum
$23M
Share Your Data Without Actually Sharing Your Data
AI/MLOps · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
XetData
$8M
The Pick-and-Shovel Play for the AI Training Data Gold Rush
AI/MLOps · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
Fiverr Go
undisclosed
Freelancers Now Have AI Doubles That Work While They Sleep
AI/Agents · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
Matchory
$8M
You Only Think About Suppliers When Something Breaks
SaaS/Vertical · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
OpenCopilot
$550K
The AI Copilot Layer Every Cloud Product Will Need
AI/Agents · build competitor
PLAYBOOK
Zimi
$3M
Cross-Border Shipping Still Costs More Than the Product Itself
E-commerce/Logistics · enter market
PROVEN
Drop
$74M
The Loyalty Layer That Lives Inside Your Existing Cards
Fintech/Payments · adapt model
PROVEN
VibePay
$15M
What If Every Group Chat Had a Built-In Payment Rail
Fintech/Payments · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
AppBind
$3M
Who Pays for the Tools? The Agency-Client Billing Gap
Fintech/Billing · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
Skyfire
$9M
AI Agents Can Research, Draft, and Plan – But They Can't Pay
AI/Agents · build tooling
PLAYBOOK
nodaFi
$4M
Boring Markets Pay the Best – Building Management Proves It
SaaS/Vertical · build competitor
PLAYBOOK
Donna
$2M
Business Software Is Still Designed for Desks That No Longer Exist
SaaS/Productivity · build competitor
PROVEN
Honey Homes
$21M
Home Maintenance on Subscription – Before Things Break
SaaS/Productivity · build competitor
PROVEN
Panobi
$10M
Growth Lives in Three Tools That Don't Talk to Each Other
SaaS/Productivity · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
Boomerang
$8M
$5 Billion in Lost Property – and Nobody's Built the Fix
E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent
PROVEN
Prismatic
$34M
A $62B Market Built for Developer Teams to Own
SaaS/Productivity · build competitor
PLAYBOOK
Entitled
$1M
The Employer Is the Best Distribution Channel for Financial Access
Fintech/Lending · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
SellX
$4M
SellX Makes Outbound Sales as Elastic as Cloud Compute
SaaS/Marketplace · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
Kognitiv Spark
$4M
Kognitiv Spark Connects Factory Workers to Remote Experts via AR
DevTools · adapt model
PROVEN
TransfrVR
$12M
TransfrVR Trains Blue-Collar Workers on Industrial Equipment in VR
Education/Corporate · build adjacent
PROVEN
Immertec
$12M
Immertec Found VR's Killer Healthcare Use Case: Live Surgical Observation
Health/Telemedicine · enter market
PLAYBOOK
Inflow
$2M
Inflow Connects Fashion Brands With Vietnamese Factories in 48 Hours
SaaS/Industry-Specific · build adjacent
PROVEN
Vendelux
$17M
Vendelux Tells B2B Companies Which Conferences Will Generate Pipeline
SaaS/Analytics · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
FairDeal Market
$2M
FairDeal Market Manages Offline Retail Distribution for D2C Brands
Fintech/Payments · build competitor
PROVEN
Siro
$18M
Siro Uses AI to Coach Sales Reps From Recorded Conversations
AI/Language Processing · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
ShareWillow
$4M
ShareWillow Automates Profit-Sharing Plans for US Companies
SaaS/Industry-Specific · build tooling
PROVEN
Yaysay
$10M
$500 Billion in 30 Minutes
Fintech/Payments · adapt model
PLAYBOOK
TrainThis
$200K
TrainThis Gives Sales Reps Real-Time Feedback on Every Call
SaaS/Industry-Specific · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
Pirros
$3M
Pirros Is GitHub for Construction Drawings, With Reusable Details
DevTools · build adjacent
PROVEN
SwatchOn
$19M
SwatchOn Digitizes Fabric Sourcing for Fashion Brands Worldwide
SaaS/Marketplace · adapt model
PLAYBOOK
Lantern
$7M
Lantern Tracks Job Changes to Surface Warm Sales Leads
SaaS/CRM · enter market
PLAYBOOK
Elfie
$5M
Elfie Rewards Users With Discounts for Managing Their Own Health
Health/Wellness · enter market
PLAYBOOK
Sykell
$6M
Sykell Makes Reusable Cups and Containers for Grocery Retailers
Fintech/Payments · enter market
PLAYBOOK
Catalosite
$200K
Catalosite Builds Websites That Look and Scroll Like Instagram Profiles
SaaS/Productivity · build competitor
PLAYBOOK
Oliv
$5M
Oliv Analyzes Sales Calls to Surface What Top Reps Do Differently
SaaS/Analytics · build competitor
PROVEN
Earned
$18M
Earned Is a Full-Service Wealth Management Platform Designed for Physicians
SaaS/Industry-Specific · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
FlexDesk
$500K
FlexDesk Manages Remote Workspace Spend Across 7,000 Coworking Locations
SaaS/Industry-Specific · build adjacent
PROVEN
BACH
$25M
BACH Is an All-in-One Planning App for Bachelor and Bachelorette Parties
SaaS/Productivity · enter market
PLAYBOOK
Performica
$3M
Performica Maps Who Will Quit Next – Before They Decide
HR/Recruiting · build adjacent
PROVEN
Bite Ninja
$16M
Bite Ninja Staffs Restaurant Drive-Throughs With Remote Order-Takers
SaaS/Industry-Specific · adapt model
PROVEN
Crowdbotics
$68M
Crowdbotics Builds Custom Software 3x Faster Using 500 Reusable Modules
SaaS/Productivity · adapt model
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B2B · 811
SaaS · 777
AI · 517
B2C · 400
Marketplace · 393
Analytics · 211
Automation · 187
Fintech · 134