Startups worth knowing, with sources

Predictive AI infrastructure platform helping organizations optimize compute resource allocation.

AI app that provides real-time intelligence and insights by listening to users in the background.

Enterprise-grade AI agents for hospital operations.

AI software for generating code-compliant and permit-ready architectural construction blueprints from sketches or PDFs.

AI-powered communications and public relations platform.

Autonomous weather balloon operator for AI-driven weather forecasting.

Software to run AI models and computing jobs on satellites.

Security platform for monitoring and controlling how employees use AI tools, agents, and extensions in enterprise environments.

A startup building a personal AI assistant for everyday tasks

Automated red-teaming for robotics and physical AI systems.

The first AI for mechanical engineering.

Cybersecurity platform monitoring data movement across cloud infrastructure to detect and prevent unauthorized activity.

Platform using deep learning to predict the spread and impact of viral online narratives.

Africa-focused venture capital firm.

Kenyan retail supermarket chain operating 72 stores across 16 counties.

Civic-tech organization building transparency tools for the extractive industry.

Cross-border payments fintech enabling digital remittances.

Kenyan commercial bank offering financial services and the EMMA digital wallet via subsidiary Finserve Africa.

A coalition linking Nigerian professionals with international employers through outsourcing hubs.

Cloud-based platform generating synthetic audio datasets and digital twins for physical AI simulation.

AI-powered real estate analytics platform for land and property valuation.

SaaS provider for the automotive retail industry

DeepTech ingredient solutions company developing protein-based biolubricants to replace fats and oils in food and personal care.

AI-powered wildlife deterrent system for transportation and infrastructure.