Category AI Startups

Spotlight on emerging AI startups and their groundbreaking solutions.

Inside Pangram, the AI Detector Publishers Are Turning To — and Questioning

AI detection startup Pangram is shaping publishing decisions, but experts warn its scores can misfire, bias results, and spark false accusations.

AI training data startup AfterQuery reportedly jumps to a $3.2B valuation, marking one of Y Combinator’s fastest unicorn ascents.

Empirik launches with $21M to predict outages before they happen, using AI to help infrastructure teams prevent incidents and reduce downtime.

AIR raises $50M to build AI agent security tools that vet plugins, MCP servers, and add-ons across enterprise systems.

Fambot launches an AI chief of staff for families, using email, calendars and WhatsApp to help parents track schedules and chores.

Police AI startup Blue Voice raises $6M to help officers access real-time policy guidance, with 225 agencies already using the tool.

Europe’s AI sovereignty debate took center stage at TechBBQ as founders, investors and privacy advocates questioned who controls AI.

AI search startup Clipto raised $15 million at a $250 million valuation as it expands local file search, privacy features and AI agent support.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is pushing stricter AI regulation, teen social-media rules, school cellphone bans and a data center pause.

Circleback is adding a free meeting note-taker tier with unlimited transcription to attract users in a crowded AI productivity market.