Category AI Startups

Spotlight on emerging AI startups and their groundbreaking solutions.

Acti Bets on the Smartphone Keyboard as AI’s New Front Door

Acti launches an AI keyboard for iOS and Android that can take actions, run Skills and keep context local-first. The startup raised $5.3 million.

DeepMind alumni EquiLibre raised a Series A at a $500 million valuation, using reinforcement learning to trade equities and crypto.

OpenClaw has launched on iOS and Android, making AI agents easier to run from your phone as the agent trend accelerates.

Wayve launches an $85 million employee tender offer at an $8.5 billion valuation as it expands toward Uber pilots and Nissan plans.

Proception settles a Tesla trade secret suit, raises $11 million and starts shipping its robot hand to researchers and robotics firms.

AI leaderboard Arena says it has reached $100M in annualized revenue as demand for model evaluation and post-training services surges.

Cursor’s new iPhone app lets developers manage a coding agent on the go, highlighting the shift toward mobile AI programming.

OpenAI teased Codex hardware launching July 15, in a Work Louder partnership aimed at speeding up coding shortcuts.

Base44 is rolling out its own model to strengthen vibe coding defensibility, cut costs and turn user data into a moat.

Omen AI raises $31 million to monitor data center cooling fluid in real time and reduce downtime as AI infrastructure expands.