Startups worth knowing, with sources

Massive oil refinery that launched an initial public offering on the Nigerian Exchange in September 2026.

Publicly listed Egyptian fintech group

Payments and business management solutions provider for merchants in East Africa.

A British neocloud provider focused on AI infrastructure.

Developing an autonomous control stack for asteroid mining spacecraft.

Interbank electronic payment system operator for the West African Economic and Monetary Union

Integrated financial services and wealth management platform.

Focuses on businesses at the intersection of technology, infrastructure and the green economy.

Caller-identification and spam-detection service

Marketing software enabling brands to appear in AI search results.

Solar energy provider designing and distributing solar kits and appliances to off-grid households and businesses.

Health benefits platform that helps employers lower healthcare costs while expanding plan choices for workers.

Advises large enterprises on AI strategy and helps build and modernize software.

Startup developing technology to extract uranium from seawater using specialized polymer fibers.

An AI-powered hearing aid startup developing devices that filter and prioritize sounds in real time.

Qualcomm announced Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and Extreme Gen 6 smartphone processors, featuring new AI-focused hardware.

Cap table management platform

AI lab developing compression technology for large language models to run on consumer devices.

Geothermal energy company developing horizontal wells in superhot rock.

Startup developing a non-LLM, transformer-based AI model designed for software automation and calibrated decision-making.

AI-powered platform helping small businesses manage level-funded health plans

A venture studio building startups exclusively for corporate partners with a focus on physical AI.

AI benchmarking startup measuring model capabilities for industries like law, finance, and coding.