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Machine Learning Infrastructure

Fiddler AI provides a model performance management platform that continuously monitors models with real-time alerts to track model performance, identifying data and prediction drift, data integrity issues, and changes in low-frequency predictions. Fiddler combines explainable AI principles, such as Integrated Gradients and Shapley Values, which includes its award-winning Fiddler SHAP metric, with proprietary methods to provide model explanations and ML model predictions (past, present, and future). It automates the documentation of explainable AI projects and delivers prediction explanations for model governance and model risk management.The platform provides analytics modeling through a set of dashboards, reports, and charts such as partial dependence plots (PDP). It enables users to perform what-if analyses, test new theories and data modeling concepts, and return model predictions with altered inputs. Users can conduct root-cause analysis with predictive modeling techniques to compare features within models and measure data impacts.Fiddler also provides tools, expert guidance, and support toward internal model governance processes. The company provides fairness features such as algorithmic bias detection, intersectional bias detection, model fairness, data set fairness, and fairness metrics including disparate impact, demographic parity, equal opportunity, and group benefit. The company offers its platform through a subscription model.Key customers and partnershipsAs of January 2023, the company served notable customers including Meta AI, AWS, Intel, NVIDIA, In-Q-Tel, and Conjura. Fiddler collaborated with In-Q-Tel, a non-profit strategic investor that expedites the development and deployment of cutting-edge technologies for US government agencies. Through the partnership, it aimed to deliver explainable AI and model monitoring features to enhance the capabilities of the US government agencies.Funding and financialsIn June 2021, the company raised USD 32 million in a Series B funding round led by Insight Partners. The funds were utilized to launch new solutions to mitigate issues such as bias and data drift, increase its customer base, and drive customer education in Responsible AI. In addition, the company received an undisclosed amount of venture funding from Alteryx Ventures and Japan’s Dentsu Ventures in April 2023 and July 2023, respectively.

Tonic helps to create synthetic datasets for use in model building and AI application testing by leveraging deep neural network generative models through variational autoencoders (a type of deep learning technique). The synthetic data mimics actual production data based on techniques such as differential privacy, while ensuring the retention of original data utility. The platform also supports semi-structured data such as NoSQL databases. It also allows automatic scanning and de-identification of sensitive data, ensuring that sensitive data does not leave the source to mitigate risks from external threats. This also enables organizations to achieve compliance with privacy regulations such as the GDPR and CCPA.In addition, Tonic offers a solution to anonymize data to train LLMs that ensure data privacy and compliance. The company also offers a solution called Ephemeral to instantly create shareable data environments to equip developers with necessary data. It allows users to quickly create copies of existing databases for testing, bug reproduction, and demos.The company offers its platform through a subscription and usage-based model.Key customers and partnershipsAs of January 2024, the company served over 50 customers across the healthcare, financial services, EdTech, logistics, and ecommerce industries. Its notable customers include eBay, The Motley Fool, Flexport, VMware, Everlywell, Kin Insurance, and Scalapay.Tonic partnered with <a href="https://sp-edge.com/companies/241548">Snowflake</a> in June 2022 to allow joint customers to develop AI applications in the Snowflake Data Cloud platform with realistic, de-identified data as well as tokenize data to ensure regulatory compliance.Funding and financialsIn September 2021, the company raised USD 35 million in a Series B funding round led by Insight Partners. The company utilized the funds to accelerate product development, improve developer relations, invest in customer acquisition and retention, and expand its team to 100.The company reported that its revenue grew by more than 600% YoY in 2020 and was on track to achieve a 500% YoY increase in revenue in 2021.

Weights &amp; Biases offers a platform that allows users to build models with experiment tracking, data set and model versioning, data visualization, hyperparameter optimization, and model management. The platform enables users to automatically retrain and re-evaluate models and centrally manage all model versions through every lifecycle stage—from development to staging to production. It also helps to visualize comparisons between model versions to evaluate performance and identify regressions before model deployment. It also offers toolkits such as <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/19172">W&amp;B Weave and W&amp;B Production Monitoring </a>to build and monitor data- and ML-powered applications, respectively, through interactive visualizations.The company also offers a <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/17880">suite of tools (W&amp;B Prompts) </a>to support large language model operations (LLMOps). W&amp;B Prompts includes tools and features for experiment tracking, debugging, and collaboration, as well as a one-click method to evaluate and score prompts through the OpenAI Eval’s framework.The company provides the platform through a free tier and under a subscription model for up to USD 50 per user per month.Key customers and partnershipsWeights &amp; Biases served more than 700,000 ML practitioners as of August 2023. Its notable include NVIDIA, Toyota, BMW Group, Samsung, Fujifilm, Truebill, and Clear Capital.The company has <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/18663">partnered with Lambda </a>, a GPU cloud computing provider, to offer its MLOps platform integrated with the infrastructure services of the latter, catering to enterprises dealing with AI and deep-learning workloads.Funding and financialsIn August 2023, the company raised <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/20874">USD 50 million in a strategic investment </a>round at a valuation of USD 1.25 billion, led by Daniel Gross and Nat Friedman. The round also saw participation from Sapphire Ventures, Coatue, Insight Partners, and other investors. The company aimed to utilize the fresh funds to further develop its ML tools, including the launch of W&amp;B Prompts.

Domino Data Lab provides an enterprise MLOps platform that allows users to collaboratively build, train, deploy, and manage models. The platform delivers automated experiment tracking through its Reproducibility Engine along with delivery, deployment, and monitoring features on any infrastructure through self-service web forms, scheduled reports, and APIs. The platform also offers an integrated model factory that allows model development, deployment, and monitoring with a system of record that documents reusable code, artifacts, and learnings from previous experiments in a central repository.The platform’s standard license includes unlimited consumer licenses, user and admin training sessions, technical support and advice, and new platform releases.Key customers and partnershipsDomino Data Lab counted more than 20% of the Fortune 100 and served customers in the financial services, health and life sciences, insurance, and other sectors. Notable customers include GSK, Bayer, Cox Automotive, Johnson &amp; Johnson, and Topdanmark.Funding and financialsIn October 2021, the company raised USD 100 million in a Series F funding round led by Great Hill Partners. The funds were utilized to accelerate its product innovation and growth. In June 2022, the company raised an undisclosed amount in an extended Series F funding round from Snowflake Ventures.

Kolena offers an AI/ML testing, debugging, and validation platform. The platform organizes training data, allowing developers to create specific test cases for their AI model and visualize performances. It assists in identifying AI biases and ensuring the trustworthiness of AI models.&nbsp;The platform provides a testing procedure that exposes strengths and flaws within AI/ML models. It covers all aspects of AI/ML modalities and introduces pre-training data quality functions. Other key features include pre-deployment model testing, automated testing workflows, insights into model performance, and upcoming post-deployment model monitoring. The company also prioritizes enterprise-grade security, complying with SOC2 Type II and HIPAA standards, ensuring data encryption, and not training on user data.Key customers and partnershipsNotable enterprises using Kolena included Paravision, Assembly AI, and Plus One Robotics (December 2024).

Data Infrastructure & Analytics

InfluxData specializes in time series database technology. Its primary product, InfluxDB, is a purpose-built database designed for handling time-stamped data. The company offers various deployment options for InfluxDB, including cloud-based services (InfluxDB Cloud Serverless and InfluxDB Cloud Dedicated) and self-managed solutions (InfluxDB Clustered and InfluxDB Edge). These products cater to various use cases in observability, real-time analytics, and IoT/IIoT applications.As a storage platform, InfluxDB provides a scalable solution for storing and analyzing time series data. The release of&nbsp;<a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/33367">InfluxDB 3.0</a> supports unlimited cardinality and can handle metrics, events, and traces in a single data store. It uses the Apache Parquet file format for efficient data compression and storage. InfluxDB offers different pricing tiers based on deployment type. The cloud-based InfluxDB Cloud Serverless operates on a pay-as-you-go model with a free tier, while InfluxDB Cloud Dedicated provides a capacity-based pricing model for larger workloads requiring dedicated infrastructure. The self-managed InfluxDB Clustered option is priced-based on the total CPU/RAM in the configuration, offering enhanced control and security for on-premises or private cloud deployments.Key customers and partnershipsIn June 2024, InfluxData partnered with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to launch Amazon Timestream for InfluxDB. This collaboration aimed to provide a managed service for the open-source InfluxDB time series database on AWS, allowing AWS customers to run InfluxDB natively within the AWS Management Console and offering AWS infrastructure scalability, reliability, and security without the need for self-management.&nbsp;

Domino Data Lab provides an Enterprise MLOps platform that enables organizations to develop, deploy and manage machine learning models at scale. The platform acts as a system of record for data science, offering tools and infrastructure for the complete AI lifecycle - from data access and model development to deployment and monitoring. The Domino Enterprise AI Platform enables data scientists to use their preferred tools, languages, and infrastructure while providing enterprise-level governance and collaboration capabilities. As of March 2023, the platform includes support for open-source ML tools like Ray 2.0, MLflow, and Feast's feature store, enabling advanced AI applications including generative AI development. The company also offers Domino Code Assist (DCA), launched in February 2023, which helps organizations democratize data science by enabling business analysts to generate and work with Python and R code. The platform reduces the time to begin building and launching data models from weeks to minutes. A case study showed that Lockheed Martin achieved USD 20 million in annual cost savings and a tenfold increase in productivity after implementing Domino's platform. In June 2024, Gartner named Domino Data Lab a Visionary in its Magic Quadrant for Data Science and Machine Learning Platforms, recognizing the company's strong market position and continued innovation.
Key customers and partnerships
Over 20% of Fortune 100 companies use Domino's platform across industries including life sciences, financial services, public sector, and insurance. The company maintains partnerships with technology providers like NVIDIA for accelerated computing capabilities and Snowflake for data cloud integration. Lockheed Martin uses the platform across 300+ data scientists for building ML models in aeronautics design and factory operations. Direct Line Group leverages the platform's Ray integration capabilities for distributed training jobs. Evidation utilizes the platform to work with person-generated health data.

Rill Data is a startup providing data analytics solutions through a cloud-based service platform. The company's offering centers on streamlining data workflows and reducing costs associated with cloud warehouses, utilizing an embedded analytics database.Rill Data's products involve a combination of an open-source tool for data transformation, a high-performance real-time analytics database (Apache Druid), and interactive, user-friendly metrics dashboards.Key customers and partnershipsRill Data served a diverse clientele, including firms like Sabio, Triton Digital, and Ericsson company Emodo, which has reportedly observed a 30% decrease in custom data requests to its engineering team.

Alation is a data intelligence platform founded in 2012 that enables organizations to catalog, discover, understand and govern their enterprise data assets. The company's flagship product, Alation Data Catalog, allows users to search and access data using natural language queries while providing context through metadata management. The platform automatically crawls and inventories data from various sources like data warehouses, lakes, and business intelligence systems, using machine learning to parse technical metadata, user permissions, and business descriptions. As of 2024, Alation's platform includes capabilities for data governance, lineage tracking, quality management, and collaboration features through dedicated apps. The company achieved over USD 100 million in annual recurring revenue by November 2022, with its data catalog solution starting at USD 60,000 for a 12-month subscription. In addition to its core catalog offering, Alation provides connectors for integrating data from various sources and a Data Governance App for creating and enforcing data management policies.
Key customers and partnerships
Alation serves over 570 enterprise customers across 32 countries as of 2023, including major corporations like Cisco, General Mills, Munich Re, Pfizer, Nasdaq, Salesforce, and eBay. The company counts more than 25% of Fortune 100 companies as clients, spanning industries such as finance, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, retail, insurance, and technology. In the public sector, Alation's customers include the US Environmental Protection Agency and Australia's Department of Defense. In November 2022, Alation formed a strategic partnership with Databricks to jointly develop engineering, data science, and analytics applications leveraging both companies' platforms. The company also maintains technology partnerships with major cloud platforms and data warehouse providers, with a particular focus on the Snowflake and Databricks ecosystems.

Tools that streamline software development

DevOps Toolchain

Replit is a San Francisco-based startup that offers a comprehensive cloud-based integrated development environment (IDE) supporting over 50 programming languages. Founded in 2016 by Amjad Masad, Haya Odeh, and Faris Masad, Replit aims to democratize coding by providing a platform where users can write, run, and deploy code directly from their web browsers without any setup. The company's core product is a browser-based IDE that allows for real-time collaborative coding, similar to Google Docs but for programming. Replit's platform includes features such as instant code execution, integrated chat for enhanced communication, and AI-assisted coding through its Ghostwriter tool. In April 2023, Replit released its own AI model that outperformed previous open-source code models, positioning itself as a competitor to GitHub's Copilot. The company's approach focuses on making coding accessible to a wide range of users, from beginners to professional developers, by offering a "low floor and high ceiling" experience. Replit also provides hosting solutions, allowing users to deploy their projects with minimal configuration. As of 2024, Replit has expanded its offerings to include Replit Teams, a collaborative tool designed for businesses that incorporates AI to automatically fix coding errors and suggest changes.Key customers and partnershipsReplit has garnered attention from major tech companies and educational institutions. ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, uses Replit for a platform called LarkBase and LarkSuite. The company has also seen adoption in educational settings, with teachers and educators using Replit to introduce coding and computer science concepts to students. Replit reported having over 22 million developers using its platform. The company has partnered with Google Cloud to develop tools competing with GitHub Copilot and other AI coding tools. Replit's user base includes a diverse range of developers, from students and hobbyists to professional coders and startups, with some users scaling their projects to generate hundreds of thousands of dollars in revenue using only Replit's core plan.

InfluxData is the creator of InfluxDB, a leading time series platform for storing and analyzing time-stamped data. InfluxDB is designed to handle high write and query loads, making it suitable for various use cases including IoT sensor data, DevOps monitoring, and real-time analytics. The platform offers features like high-speed data ingestion, real-time querying, and flexible data retention policies. In April 2023, InfluxData announced InfluxDB 3.0, a major update rebuilt as a columnar database leveraging Apache Arrow. This version promises significant performance improvements, including 100x faster queries against high cardinality data and 10x higher ingest performance. InfluxDB 3.0 also introduced SQL language support alongside its existing InfluxQL time-based functions.
InfluxData offers multiple product options to cater to different deployment needs. These include InfluxDB Cloud Serverless, a fully-managed elastic service, and InfluxDB Cloud Dedicated, which provides dedicated cloud infrastructure for large-scale workloads. For self-managed deployments, InfluxData offers InfluxDB Clustered for on-premises or private cloud use, and InfluxDB Edge for local or edge deployments.

Netlify is a cloud computing and web hosting platform that specializes in deploying and managing Jamstack websites and applications. Founded in 2014, Netlify pioneered the Jamstack architecture, which decouples the frontend web experience from backend business logic and databases. The platform provides developers with tools to build, deploy, and scale modern web projects using Git workflows and serverless functions. Netlify automates the process of building, deploying, and managing websites, handling tasks like continuous integration, continuous deployment, and content delivery network (CDN) distribution.
Netlify's core offering includes Netlify Core for managing workflows, Netlify Connect for accessing content and data sources, and Netlify Create for building applications using JavaScript, APIs, and markup languages. The platform supports a wide range of static site generators and frontend frameworks, including Next.js, Gatsby, and Eleventy. Netlify provides features such as instant rollbacks, split testing, form handling, user authentication, and serverless functions. In October 2023, Netlify launched its Composable Web Platform, aimed at unifying content, data sources, code, and infrastructure for enterprise-scale web development.
Key customers and partnerships
Netlify serves millions of developers and businesses, including Fortune 500 companies like Unilever and Verizon, as well as digital experience companies such as Peloton and Twilio. In February 2023, Netlify acquired Gatsby, one of its former competitors in the Jamstack ecosystem. The company has also invested in several startups through its Jamstack Innovation Fund, including ChiselStrike, Clerk, Clutch, Convex, Deno, Everfund, NuxtLabs, Snaplet, TakeShape, and Tigris Data. Netlify has partnerships with various headless CMS providers and collaborates with framework communities to advance the Jamstack ecosystem.

LaunchDarkly is a feature management platform that enables software teams to control the release and rollout of new features. Founded in 2014 by Edith Harbaugh and John Kodumal, LaunchDarkly's core technology revolves around feature flags, which are conditional statements that allow developers to change how code behaves in production after deployment. The platform enables teams to separate code deployments from feature releases, providing greater control over the software development lifecycle. LaunchDarkly's system allows for targeted feature rollouts, A/B testing, and rapid feature toggling, which can significantly reduce the risks associated with new releases. The company's platform is designed to serve various roles within an organization, from developers and product managers to IT operators and system architects. As of February 2021, LaunchDarkly was serving over 1,500 customers globally, including more than 20% of Fortune 100 companies. The platform handles peaks of 20 trillion feature flag evaluations per day, demonstrating its scalability and widespread adoption.
Key customers and partnerships
LaunchDarkly's customer base spans across various industries and includes notable names such as IBM, Atlassian, and HP. The platform has found particular traction in sectors like EdTech, where companies use it to manage weekly code releases for students and teachers. Government agencies have also adopted LaunchDarkly to validate releases in production before public deployment. Large software companies serving over 50 million consumers worldwide utilize the platform to manage feature releases across complex, multi-codebase platforms. In January 2021, LaunchDarkly was recognized on InfoWorld's Technology of the Year list, and it has been named to the Enterprise Tech 30 list multiple times, highlighting its position as a leading enterprise technology provider.

The tools that power remote work are define the next generation of enterprise software.

Remote Work Tools

Huddl is a complementary tool for video conferencing apps. It organizes meeting content using artificial intelligence (AI) to create meeting transcripts and capture core meeting points. Features include screen capture, action items, agendas, and notes. The company has 50 employees (10 in the US and 40 in India) and expects to add between 15 and 20 more by the end of 2020 across both offices.In November 2020, Huddl.ai entered a strategic partnership with Tech Mahindra, an Indian IT and business services company with 988 global customers and USD 5.2 billion in revenue in 2020. The strategic alliance will combine Huddl’s AI-based meeting notes software with Tech Mahindra’s expertise across various industries to offer remote collaboration tools for enterprise users, widening Huddl’s customer reach.

Range is a check-in software used for virtual standups by remote teams. The tool allows users to post what they are currently working on at the start of the day. The user can tag these notes to larger projects which, after all team members have posted, will provide a holistic view of what everyone is doing at a specific time during a project. Further, the tool is integrated with other work related apps such as Asana, Google Docs, Trello, and Slack to name a few. The platform operates a subscription pricing model with paid plans starting at USD 8 per user per month. The company's competitive edge resides in its founding team which includes Dan Pupuis (Medium’s former head of engineering), Jennifer Dennard (former people ops at Medium), and Braden Kowitz (former design partner at Google Ventures). The founders of Range aim to tackle the problem of unorganized communication and lack of interconnectedness in teams.

Zight is a subscription-based project management platform that enables teams to share information efficiently through more visual methods. Zight's core features include screen capture, screen recording, GIF creation, webcam recording, and file sharing. These functionalities are available across various platforms, including desktop applications for Mac and Windows, a Chrome extension, and mobile apps for iOS. It also includes features like annotation tools, customizable branding, and integration with popular productivity apps like Slack and Jira.Key customers and partnershipsZight's customer base spans various industries, with notable clients such as Atlassian, Adobe, and Figma, among others. The platform has more than 4 million users, including individuals, teams, and enterprises across diverse sectors.In addition to its widespread adoption, Zight has formed strategic partnerships with companies like Microsoft Teams and Zendesk, integrating its visual communication capabilities into these platforms to enhance the user experience.In May 2021, the platform announced a partnership to integrate with Slack and Atlassian products (Jira and Confluence). These integrations will allow users to view and embed Zight links directly inside their respective workflows. Further, the company introduced templates for sales outreach, customer support connections, and product demos.Funding and financialsZight raised USD 9.3 million in a Series A funding round led by Grayhawk Capital and Nordic Eye in its latest funding round in <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/8044">January 2022</a>. The company allocated the funds to expand its product and engineering teams to improve Zight’s speed, security, user experience, and integration capabilities. Part of the&nbsp; funds were also used for marketing activities.In May 2019, the company had raised USD 4.3 million in a seed investment round led by Kickstart Seed Fund. The funds were used to scale sales and marketing.&nbsp;

Distributed workforces require new solutions for office operations, HR, payment, and more.

Remote Work Infrastructure

Bonusly is an employee reward and recognition platform offering a mobile-first solution for employee recognition and rewards, where employees receive an allowance to give bonuses to their colleagues to recognize their contributions. The granted bonuses appear on a feed and can be tracked across teams, which can be spent on gift cards, cash, and charitable donations. The platform’s key features fall under the categories of integrations, analytics, digital signage, and manager experience.The platform offers integrations with chat and collaboration software Single Sign On (SSO) and HRIS, along with a Bonusly API and widget for users to build custom integrations on. Through its analytics and reporting, the platform allows organizations to assess recognition trends and identify team members' areas of excellence. The digital signage displays recent bonuses on screens throughout the workspace. Manager experience offers a dashboard to track team recognition and achievements, bonus feeds, and analytics reports.<a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/32344">In July 2024</a>, the company launched Bonusly Achieve to improve employee motivation and performance.Previously in June 2023, Bonusly added manager analytics for targeted employee support, customizable recognition feeds, and a "Points Boost" reward to enhance participation in recognition activities.The company generates revenue via monthly subscriptions per user, priced at USD 5.Key customers and partnershipsAs of April 2024, the company had over 3,300 organizations using its platform, including notable brands such as Workday, Qualtrics and MongoDB.The platform offers integrations to HRIS/HRMS and SSO software such as Zenefits, BambooHR, Workday, ADP, Okta, OneLogin, and others. Moreover, the platform allows recognition to be integrated into existing workflows, such as Slack, Microsoft Teams, Yammer, Chatter, and company intranets.Funding and financialsIn <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/16731">February 2023 </a>, Bonusly raised USD 18.9 million in Series B funding led by Ankona Capital. The fresh funds were set to enhance the platform's analytics features through AI technology, expand its reward options by including choices for redemption outside of the US, and increase the range of travel and experience rewards available.

Gatheround (formerly Icebreaker) is an employee engagement platform for distributed teams. Gatheround offers features such as messaging, audio and video chat (one-on-one and group conversations), team building activity templates, and workshops in an attempt to improve team culture and connection. The co-founders, Alexander McCormmach, Lisa Conn, and Perry Rosenstein, are ex-employees of platforms such as Facebook and Hustle.The platform operates a subscription model with a freemium tier (up to 40 participants) and paid plans starting at USD 95 per month per group (up to 200 participants).Key customers and partnershipsThe company currently serves around 260,000 users, with a customer base that includes 28 Fortune 500 companies and more than 700 educational institutions. Companies such as Asana, Coinbase, Fiverr, Westfield, and DigitalOcean are signed up to the platform.Funding and financialsIn <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/29038">November 2023 </a>, Gatheround secured USD 8 million in a Series A funding round led by Slack Fund, with the participation of other investors. The proceeds are aimed at expanding and developing Gatheround's platform and its features, further enhancing its capabilities and content.

Donut provides solutions to keep employees engaged with casual conversations. Its first product, Intros, makes connections between teammates via Slack to emulate quick meetups and in-person introductions at work, which are now virtual.Donut’s new product, Watercooler, launched in October 2020. It attempts to reinvent the micro-interactions between employees at the office watercooler online. The product will integrate with Slack, where a newly-designated channel for Watercooler will be created. The product will post questions automatically within the customers’ desired frequency and pre-selected topics.The company uses a freemium subscription model with paid plans starting at approximately USD 2 per user per month.Key customers and partnershipsThe company claims it has supported four million connections (one million since the Covid-19 pandemic) across its 12,000 customers, including companies such as Okta, Zapier, Slack, The New York Times, and Invision.Funding and financialsDonut announced a USD 12 million funding round led by Accel, along with its new product, Watercooler. The USD 12 million raised was accumulated over multiple rounds before the Covid-19 pandemic, with proceeds earmarked for product development.

New data privacy regulations have opened up space for a new wave of compliance-focused startups.

Digital Privacy Tools

Enveil is a B2B privacy-enhancing technology (PET) startup that provides privacy-focused search and analytics solutions based on homomorphic encryption and secure multiparty computation to protect data in use. Enveil ZeroReveal is a two-party, proxy layer software system that leverages PETs to allow customers to extract insights, cross-match, search, and analyze data assets whilst protecting the content, security, and ownership of the underlying data. The software’s decentralized approach facilitates secure data usage, data collaboration, and monetization of data while it is being used or processed.The ZeroReveal portfolio comprises two products—ZeroReveal Search, which is an encrypted search tool that allows users to perform secure encrypted searches on data in any environment (cloud, on-premise, or hybrid), and ZeroReveal Machine Learning, which delivers encrypted machine learning (ML) capabilities throughout the entire evaluation lifecycle in order to allow organizations to leverage ML models and securely derive insights from data sources across organizational, jurisdictional, and security boundaries.Enveil’s revenue increased by more than 300% between February 2020 and April 2022.Key customers and partnershipsEnveil’s customers include Mastercard, Bloomberg, Refinitiv, and Thomson Reuters.The company serves organizations across the financial services, healthcare, audit and compliance, machine learning, and government sectors.

Tonic.ai provides a platform for application developers to create synthetic datasets for use in building and testing software applications. The synthetic data is generated from and mimics actual production data, using techniques such as differential privacy. This allows the retention of the actual data’s utility. The platform also allows for automatic scanning and de-identification of sensitive data and is deployed on-premise, ensuring that sensitive data does not leave the source and risks from external threats are mitigated. Tonic.ai’s solution also enables organizations to achieve compliance with privacy regulations such as GDPR and CCPA.Key customers and partnershipsThe company serves customers in industries such as healthcare, financial services, EdTech, logistics, and ecommerce. Key clients include eBay, Philips, Walgreens, American Express, Signify Health, NHL, Volvo, and United Health Group.

InCountry provides solutions for companies to store and process data in their country of origin, complying with residency requirements. Services are geared toward companies that handle sensitive data across multiple jurisdictions. The company achieves this by providing storage infrastructure in more than 90 countries (as of September 2020). In 2019, it released Profile, which enables organizations to comply with residency requirements applicable to personal user data. This offering has since expanded to cover data related to financial services, healthcare, employees, and payment information.The InCountry platform integrates with existing applications to automate the residency requirements based on data that is handled, thereby enabling the organization to easily scale operations globally and take full advantage of the data collected.Key customers and partnershipsThe company has partnered with numerous high-profile organizations, including IBM Consulting, Salesforce, Alibaba Cloud, and Veeva.

Empowering Tomorrow's Innovations with Generative AI Infrastructure

Generative AI Infrastructure

Lambda provides GPU cloud computing infrastructure and hardware solutions specifically designed for artificial intelligence and deep learning workloads. The company's core offering is the Lambda GPU Cloud service, which operates out of colocation data centers in San Francisco, California and Allen, Texas. The service enables AI developers to access NVIDIA GPUs for model training and inference at competitive hourly rates, with H100 GPUs available at USD 2.49 per hour as of 2024. Lambda also manufactures and sells GPU-powered hardware including servers, workstations, and laptops purpose-built for machine learning applications. Its hardware products include the Scalar Server supporting up to eight NVIDIA Tensor Core GPUs, the Vector Pro GPU workstation for AI workloads, and the Vector GPU desktop configured with NVIDIA RTX GPUs. In 2022, the company launched the Lambda Tensorbook, a laptop specifically engineered for machine learning development that comes pre-installed with the Lambda Stack software suite which includes PyTorch, TensorFlow, CUDA, and cuDNN.
Key customers and partnerships
Lambda's cloud platform and hardware solutions are utilized by major enterprises including Sony, Samsung, Intuitive Surgical, Apple, Intel, IBM, Microsoft, Amazon, Adobe, LinkedIn, Boeing, Harvard, and the US Department of Defense. The company primarily serves AI developers, technology companies, financial services firms, pharmaceutical companies, and media and entertainment businesses that require GPU computing resources for their artificial intelligence and machine learning workloads.

Weights &amp; Biases (W&amp;B) is a developer-first MLOps (Machine-Learning Operations) platform that enables the collection and visualization of AI test results, facilitating engineers to compare different model versions more efficiently. The platform aids in the full lifecycle of machine-learning development, offering capabilities from tracking models, visualizing performance, and dataset versioning to automated training. A key characteristic of the platform is that it allows users to interrogate datasets used in model training, allowing for checks against biases and the presence of personally identifiable information before deployment.The platform provides toolsets like&nbsp;<a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/19172">W&amp;B Weave and W&amp;B Production Monitoring</a> for creating and overseeing applications powered by data and machine learning with the help of interactive visual representations. Additionally, the company provides&nbsp;<a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/17880">W&amp;B Prompts</a>, a set of tools for tracking experiments debugging, and providing a one-click approach for evaluating and scoring prompts utilizing the OpenAI Eval framework.W&amp;B's platform is incorporated into&nbsp;20,000 repositories as of August 2023, spanning various domains, including repositories for LLMs such as Langchain, LlamaIndex, and GPT4All, and key infrastructure providers like Coreweave, Lambda, and Graphcore.&nbsp;In&nbsp;<a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/28680">April 2024</a>, the company introduced “W&amp;B Weave,” a toolkit designed to assist software developers in deploying GenAI applications.The W&amp;B platform is offered through a SaaS subscription model where users pay a monthly fee for a specified number of hours of platform use. W&amp;B features several packages, including a free version for personal accounts, USD 50 per month per user for teams (November 2024), and custom pricing packages for enterprises.Key customers and partnershipsW&amp;B is utilized&nbsp;by over 30 foundation model builders, including OpenAI, Aleph Alpha, Cohere, Anthropic, and Hugging Face. OpenAI, for instance, conducts all its model training using W&amp;B and it claims that its platform played a role in accelerating GPT-4 training. W&amp;B’s customer base has increased 700,000 users from 100,000 in 2021, with more than 1,000 paying users as of August 2023.&nbsp;In&nbsp;<a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/36218">November 2024</a>, the company partnered with Microsoft to allow developers to automatically track fine-tuning jobs, compare model versions, and evaluate LLM-powered apps within Microsoft Azure's environment. Other strategic alliances with industry giants include that with NVIDIA, AWS, GCP, Anyscale, and Snowflake.&nbsp;

Fiddler AI specializes in AI observability, offering solutions that enable enterprises to build, deploy, and manage AI models responsibly.Fiddler AI’s primary offering is its Fiddler AI Observability platform which is designed to monitor AI models, detect bias, and provide actionable insights for businesses across various sectors, including government, lending, and trading.Fiddler AI Observability platform’s key capabilities include model monitoring, explainable AI, analytics, and fairness capabilities. Its model monitoring capabilities allow detection of bias, helping mitigate potential fairness risks that could tarnish a company's reputation and impact its operations. Explainable AI allows users to understand the reasoning behind their models, while the fairness capabilities help guard against bias, and analytics provide actionable insights for model development.The company's solutions cater to the needs of MLOps teams, data scientists, and DevOps engineers, providing tools to streamline the ML production process from training to deployment and continuous monitoring.What sets Fiddler apart from traditional observability solutions is its deep integration of explainable AI (XAI). Thus, Fiddler seeks to ensure that AI models are understandable and fair and facilitate the realization of responsible AI on a broader scale.The platform is offered through a SaaS subscription model, with three packages: Lite, Business, and Premium (March 2024).Key customers and partnershipsFiddler AI’s customers include American Family Insurance, In-q-tel, Conjura, how.fm, tide, and Bigabid.Notable case studies include how.fm, which reduced the time to detect model issues significantly using Fiddler AI's platform, and Conjura, which achieved a reduction in time to detect and resolve model drift.Notably, the company has formed a partnership with Amazon SageMaker to offer end-to-end model lifecycle management.&nbsp;

Now anyone can become a software developer.

No-code Software

Black Crow AI is a no-code data “infrastructure-as-a-service” company that offers a platform for direct-to-consumer merchants on Shopify to analyze customer data in real time to improve core business processes such as managing churn, enhancing customer experience, and optimizing marketing spend. Black Crow’s API enables users to integrate with existing workflows, tools, and software on top of Shopify websites and use real-time data in customers’ browsers to train predictive machine learning models while users are still active on the website.The platform offers integrations with a number of third-party applications, including Google Tag Manager, Google Ads, Facebook, Adobe DTM, and Klaviyo.The company claims that its predictions can be delivered in 15 milliseconds after a user makes an action inside their web browser. As of March 2022, it had served over 225 companies including Solo Stove, Sakara Life, and Liquid IV and also stated that the company had grown by over 150% in Q1 2022.Funding and financialsIn March 2022, Black Crow AI <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/9499">raised USD 25 million in Series A funding led </a>by Imaginary Ventures to research and develop new machine learning use cases in both the digital commerce and adjacent verticals.

Savant Labs offers a no-code data analytics automation platform that enables users to automate repetitive tasks by creating dataflows and analytics workflows. The platform provides a drag-and-drop interface for users to connect over 200 data sources (such as data platforms, cloud data warehouses, and business applications) and deliver the outputs to over 100 dashboards and applications.Users can also leverage analytics widgets to access, clean, prepare, and process data, as well as robotic process automation (RPA) bots to automate data delivery.Key customers and partnershipsIn November 2023, <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/24534">Savant Labs partnered with Continuum </a>, a UK-based consulting firm specializing in analytics solutions. Through this partnership, Savant aimed to provide its GenAI and analytics automation solutions to Continuum's client base across the UK and Northern Europe.

Quantum information processing is slowly becoming a reality, ushering in a new technological era.

Quantum Computing

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 Canada-based Agnostiq develops software tools and applications that make quantum and high-performance computing resources more accessible to enterprises and developers.&nbsp;
 
 
 The company's flagship product is Covalent, an open-source workflow orchestration platform that helps users manage and execute tasks on heterogeneous compute resources including quantum computers, GPUs, and multi-core CPUs. It aims to bring together cloud and on-premise high-performance computing (HPC) resources, enabling businesses to incorporate novel computing methods into their systems. This includes the integration of quantum computers and other specialized hardware.&nbsp;
 
 
 The platform can provide solutions such as workflow management, privacy and quantum obfuscation, and pre-built applications for portfolio optimization and options pricing. Agnostiq&rsquo;s platform enables a wide range of users, including beginners, low-coders, and experts. In May 2023, the company launched 
 <a href="https://www.accesswire.com/viewarticle.aspx?id=754830">
 Covalent Cloud
 </a>
 to offer its open-source Covalent platform commercially via the cloud.
 
 
 
 
 
 Key customers and partnerships
 
 
 In January 2024, Agnostiq partnered with 
 <a href="https://www.hpcwire.com/off-the-wire/agnostiq-partners-with-nexgen-clouds-hyperstack-platform-to-increase-covalent-clouds-gpu-capacity/">
 NexGen Cloud
 </a>
 to increase access to premium GPU hardware via Agnostiq's Covalent Cloud platform. In addition, the company has also partnered with Xanadu (November 2021) to develop finance-specific quantum applications and Mila (January 2022) to explore quantum ML in new use cases.
 
 
 
 
 
 Funding and financials
 
 
 In April 2023, the company raised USD 6.1 million in a 
 <a href="https://thequantuminsider.com/2023/04/05/agnostiq-closes-6-1-million-seed-extension-round/">
 seed funding
 </a>
 round led by Differential Ventures. The funds were earmarked to expedite the development and market introduction of Agnostiq's quantum and high-performance computing (HPC) platform.
 
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 Rigetti is an end-to-end provider of general-purpose quantum computers. The company&rsquo;s approach to developing computers is based on superconducting qubit technology, similar to Google and IBM. Since 2017, the company has operated a cloud-based quantum platform that allows developers to either create applications or use Rigetti&rsquo;s virtual machine.&nbsp;
 
 
 Rigetti is well-positioned to compete with incumbents as well as startups because of its advancements in hardware, which is currently used by 14 other companies (mostly other quantum software startups). Rigetti introduced the world&rsquo;s first multi-chip quantum processor, in June 2021, that physically connects multiple chips with their own qubits in a single functional processor, which is expected to improve scalability. It also launched its first commercially available 80-qubit quantum system in February 2022, which exceeds the qubit count of any other startup, but is lower than that of IBM.&nbsp;
 
 
 In June 2022, the company expanded its geographical presence with the launch of its 32-qubit, cloud-based 
 <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/11308">
 Aspen system in the UK
 </a>
 market. It also strengthened its position in the software segment via the acquisition of QxBranch (a Washington-based quantum computing software company) in 2019. In December 2023, the company launched its first 
 <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/24731">
 Quantum Processing Unit (QPU)
 </a>
 , Novera, which is based on its fourth-gen Ankaa-class architecture. The price of the QPU starts from USD 900,000.
 
 
 Key customers and partnerships
 
 
 In July 2021, the company partnered with Astex Pharmaceuticals to apply quantum technology to drug discovery. This partnership was a stepping stone for Rigetti to commercially apply quantum computing to the pharmaceutical industry. Additionally, as part of an InnovateUK grant, the company partnered with 
 <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/11334">
 Riverlane
 </a>
 in June 2022 to explore and develop error correction solutions. In October 2023, the company was awarded with a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency 
 <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/22419">
 (DARPA) 
 </a>
 contract as part of the Imagining Practical Applications for a Quantum Tomorrow (IMPAQT) program to advance quantum algorithms for solving combinatorial optimization problems. In January 2024, the company collaborated with 
 <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/25242">
 Moody&rsquo;s Analytics
 </a>
 to enhance machine-learning methods for the financial sector using quantum computing abilities. In February 2024, Rigetti Computing and Riverlane joined a project led by the 
 <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/27062">
 Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
 </a>
 , a part of the US Department of Energy (DOE), to explore the possibility of integrating a quantum computer and high-performance computing (HPC) systems.
 
 
 Funding and financials
 
 
 Rigetti 
 <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/8880">
 went public
 </a>
 on Nasdaq under the ticker &ldquo;RGTI,&rdquo; in March 2022 via a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) merger. The IPO raised USD 261.8 million and made Rigetti the second publicly traded pure-play quantum computing company, following IonQ. 
 
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Giving creators the power of content monetization and audience engagement.

Creator Economy

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 RedCircle is a podcast hosting platform that helps audio creators in terms of audience growth and podcast monetization.&nbsp;
 
 
 
 
 The platform offers a suite of tools including hosting, distribution, cross-promotion, analytics, and network capabilities to host multiple shows. RedCircle also offers hosting features that are unlimited, including episodes, storage, bandwidth, and downloads across all plans.&nbsp;
 
 
 
 
 Its monetization options include listener donations and sponsorships to the RedCircle Ad Platform (RAP), connecting podcasters directly with brands such as Sony, Casper, and Audible. Its automated advertising platform supports host-read and programmatic ads​ and features a dynamic insertion technology for ads.
 
 
 
 
 Additionally, creators may generate revenue through subscriptions, donations, and exclusive content behind a paywall.&nbsp;
 
 
 
 
 Key customers and partnerships
 
 
 The platform is designed to cater to a wide range of podcasters from hobbyists to professional media creators. As of September 2021, the firm claimed to have thousands of monthly active podcasters.&nbsp;
 
 
 
 
 Funding and financials
 
 
 In September 2021, the company raised USD 6 million in Series A funding led by EPIC Ventures and Refinery Ventures. RedCircle planned to use the funding to expand its team and increase its service offerings. 
 
 
 
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Hype (formerly known as Pico) is a marketing and payments platform aimed at content creators and media companies. When the company first began, it targeted journalists by helping them monetize their blogs, before subsequently shifting its focus toward link-in-bio tools.Hype offers ready-to-use customizable “Hype Kits” to content creators to help them monetize their online following. The features offered in its Hype Kits include drag-and-drop mobile website builders, CRM tools, and integrations with newsletter tools such as Mailchimp and ConvertKit. Hype Kits also include plugins that allow content creators to establish paywalls on websites.Among Hype’s other services is Hype’s Monetization App, which lets creators connect their own Stripe accounts to create custom membership plans, and Hype’s Design Pro App, which lets creators build multiple Hype Pages to suit different target audiences. The platform also introduced pre-designed and customizable web pages for creators in February 2023.Hype levies a processing fee of 5% for subscription and pass payments as well as a 2% fee for tips and donations. Hype’s Design Pro App is priced at USD 9 per month, while Hype’s Website Pro App, which lets entrepreneurs add Hype to any custom website, varies based on the number of contacts the creator collects in Hype.Key customers and partnershipsIts key customers include The Colorado Sun, Defector Media, and The Generalist.As of April 2023, creators earned ~USD 30 million in revenue, with over four million email and phone contacts acquired through the platform.Funding and financialsIn April 2023, Hype announced its USD 10 million in Series A funding led by King River Capital. As of April 2023, the company noted that it incurred losses and aimed to reach profitability by mid-2024.

Modern tools to train and motivate staff, and bridge emerging skill gaps.

EdTech: Corporate Learning

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 Sounding Board is a leader development platform that combines a curated network of leadership coaches with a scientifically developed coaching management platform (CMS) to deliver measurable outcomes for businesses. The platform features personalized coaching, group coaching, automated workflows, analytics, and reporting. As of December 2021, the platform served ~100 clients from more than 60 countries in 15+ languages, including Chime, Zoom, Dropbox, Cloudera, VMware, Mozilla, Bloomberg, Plaid, and UserTesting.
 
 
 The company claimed that in less than six months, there had been a 173% increase in the capacity to successfully interact with others across all functions, a 71% improvement in general trust and credibility between management and teams, a 62% increase in their capacity for communication, conflict resolution, and dispute resolution, and a 49% surge in leaders' strategic and critical thinking capacity driving growth and innovation.
 
 
 Funding and financials&nbsp;
 
 
 In December 2021, the company raised USD 30 million in a Series B funding round led by Jazz Venture Partners. It planned to use the funds to expedite the deployment of its CMS. Additionally, it stated that its annual bookings grew by more than 350% YoY, its enterprise client NRR exceeded 200%, and sequential growth was observed over the past seven quarters.
 
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 SV Academy provides a 12-week tuition-free training program for job candidates seeking tech-based sales roles. Employers pay SV Academy between USD 12,000 and USD 15,000 per hire, and graduates are required to undergo continuous online training and mentorship for a year. SV Academy helps underrepresented communities break into the tech industry which, in turn, helps tech companies increase both diversity and sales performance. As of December 2020, more than 400 Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) companies had partnered with SV Academy, helping place hundreds of jobseekers in tech to date.
 
 
 In June 2019, the company raised USD 9.5 million in Series A funding for capacity expansion.
 
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Platforms, apps, and cards to keep the corporate wallet in check

Business Expense Management

Stampli offers an AI-based platform for accounts payable (AP) automation that looks to centralize and manage business payments across all departments and functions. The platform covers the AP process from verifying invoices and terms to obtaining approvals and making payments while also automatically allocating costs across the organization. Stampli claims its platform increases the speed of approvals by 5x compared to manual systems.&nbsp;Through its AI, the platform also attempts to simplify general ledger (GL), automate approval and verification flows, and identify duplicate invoices. Stampli also offers visibility on expenses (through search, reports, and dashboards) and payables for an organization, including an indication of which invoices need to be paid and by when. Moreover, the Stampli platform can also be integrated with several accounting and finance softwares, including QuickBooks, NetSuite, and Sage Intacct.Although Stampli was initially reliant on third-party payment platforms, it launched its own “Direct Pay” in 2020 to enable users to make AP payments directly from the platform - using ACH or check payments - even to vendors outside of the Stampli platform. However, Stampli remains payment platform-agnostic, where around 20%–25% of its customers used Direct Pay as of May 2021.&nbsp;In addition to its AP automation platform, Stampli offers a platform to issue virtual business expense cards for employees that have pre-approved spend limits and can be issued for single, multiple, and recurring payments. The transaction data from the cards are also integrated with the platform, thereby offering better spend visibility and insights.In&nbsp;<a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/33866">September 2024</a>,&nbsp;Stampli upgraded its AP automation platform with AI enhancements which includes a new purchase order (PO) matching service and&nbsp;"cognitive AI”, a new enhancement featuring GenAI to improve process accuracy.Key customers and partnershipsThe company had around 1,000 customers as of May 2021, including Purple, Renova Energy, Techstars, Revolve, and SIMA.&nbsp;&nbsp;

AppZen offers an AI-based payable and expense auditing automation platform to optimize the decision-making of finance teams. The AI platform delivers intelligent decision-making solutions by leveraging computer vision, deep learning, and semantic analysis of thousands of online sources to understand financial transactions and their business context.Its accounts payable (AP) solutions cover the process from invoice entry to enforcing spend policies and auditing AP spending. Users can also automate standard operating procedures (SOPs) and check payments so that they can choose when to pay. Invoices are audited for duplicates and can be automatically entered in relevant accounting, procurement, or ERP systems using its integrations (which include Oracle, SAP Ariba, and Coupa). AppZen claims its solution improved AP efficiency by 80%.The expense audit solution helps organizations verify expense claims against the activity, such as comparing travel expense claims against the distance traveled (among other data points). The audit solution can identify unauthorized purchases in over 40 languages, thereby supporting cross-border businesses in mitigating fraud.AppZen also launched an AppStore in June 2021 to offer users easy access to finance AI apps to automate spend management, compliance, and decrease finance team workloads, without straining its in-house IT resources. This includes common spend controls such as monitoring alcohol spend, detecting US sales taxes, rental car upgrades, and sign-in sheet detection.Key customers and partnershipsAppZen had over 1,800 customers as of June 2021, including large enterprises such as Salesforce, Airbus, Amazon, and Novartis. Its customer base spans over 40 countries and comprises roughly a third of the Fortune 500 companies (as of April 2022).In&nbsp;<a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/35604">November 2024</a>. The company partnered with&nbsp;<a href="https://sp-edge.com/companies/31660">JAGGAER</a> to enhance AI-driven invoice processing automation&nbsp;&nbsp;

Old CRMs were complicated, expensive, and limited. Simpler, cheaper CRMs targeting SMEs have arrived.

SME CRM

Formerly known as ProsperWorks, Copper is a CRM platform built with Google Workspace integration, which helps users make notes, follow up, and close sales directly from their Gmail accounts. Copper became the recommended CRM on the Google Workspace Marketplace in 2015 and was named Google’s Partner of the Year in 2016.The company was rebranded Copper after five years of operation in July 2018. Along with the name change, the company simplified its product and enhanced its Google Workspace partnership.Copper claims that its clients on average have experienced a 30% improvement in sales reporting, a 35% decrease in the sales cycle period, and 36% better response time to customers. As of Q3 2018, Forbes noted that Copper was winning over Salesforce customers in the SME market segment, driven by its affordable price and ease of installation.In February 2021, Copper acquired Sherlock, an engagement analytics and scoring platform (deal value undisclosed). Copper plans to integrate Sherlock into its current platform to help customers identify the best times for sales conversion, ensure lasting revenue, and build stronger relationships. The merger is expected to fill the growing demand for CRM systems to provide insights that drive meaningful actions. In addition, the firm has entered into product integrations to extend the use case of its product offerings, culminating in the lauch of its <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/13559">integration marketplace </a>in October 2022, providing users with access to 70+ integrations covering a variety of use cases including customer support, meeting scheduling, project management, and website tracking.Key customers and partnershipsAs of August 2022, Copper counted more than 30,000 paid customers in 100+ countries and supported nine languages. Apart from SME users, In 2019, Copper was found to be the number one CRM for small to medium sized advertising agencies, with more than 900 agency customers.Apart from its longstanding partnership with Google, Copper has its own partner program which it revamped alongside its rebranding to include higher margins (up to 30%) for resellers, focusing particularly on top-tier Google Workspace resellers to SMEs.Funding and financialsIn May 2019, the company raised USD 15 million in a Series C funding round, which it plans to use to further expand its market share in Europe, the Middle East, and African regions, where it currently generates around 30% of total revenue.

Artificial intelligence is identifying and testing new therapies faster than ever.

AI Drug Discovery

<div>
 
 Deep Genomics is a Canadian biotechnology company that has developed an AI and deep learning platform called the AI Workbench that uses terabytes of genetic data to precisely discover Ribonucleic acid (RNA) therapeutic targets.&nbsp;
 
 
 The company claims programmable RNA therapeutics have significant potential in treating genetic diseases. Deep Genomics uses AI in every stage of drug development, from designing novel candidates to animal models and the company claims 70% of its research projects have resulted in a therapeutic lead and its programs have advanced from target discovery to drug candidate in less than a year.
 
 
 The company has 11 therapeutic programs, 10 of which are in the discovery stage while one has reached the target identification stage. This pipeline includes a drug candidate for Wilson disease&mdash;a rare and potentially fatal genetic disorder&mdash;which was identified in September 2019 and is regarded as the first-ever drug candidate discovery with the use of AI. The company aims to advance this as the first drug candidate to the clinical trial stage.&nbsp;
 
 
 Key customers and partnerships
 
 
 In 
 <a href="https://www.deepgenomics.com/news/mila-announces-collaboration-leading-ai-therapeutics-company-deep-genomics/">
 September 2021
 </a>
 , the company partnered with Mila, an AI research institute, for talent acquisition. Further, the company partnered with BioMarin in 
 <a href="https://www.deepgenomics.com/news/biomarin-and-deep-genomics-collaborate-advancing-programs-identified-using-artificial-intelligence/">
 November 2020
 </a>
 to discover four rare disease indications. BioMarin may move them into preclinical and clinical development once they are validated.
 
 
 Funding and financials
 
 
 In 
 <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/4573">
 July 2021
 </a>
 , the company raised USD 180 million in a Series C funding round led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2. Existing investors including Amplitude Ventures and Khosla Ventures also participated in the round, along with other new investors. The funds were to be used for scaling its pipeline by expanding its proprietary platform to generate data across 100 genes to identify novel targets, mechanisms, and preclinical programs.
 
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The innovative cost dynamics of serverless computing allow more customers onto the cloud without breaking the bank.

Serverless Computing

Creators of “Jamstack,” a web development architecture based on JavaScript, APIs, and Markup (JAM), Netlify offers a platform for developers to build applications, websites, and ecommerce stores. The platform unites a number of modern web frameworks, serverless functions and edge computing into one platform. The company entered the serverless market in 2018 with the launch of serverless functions to enable developers to deploy front-end code and backend functions using a single repo and workflow.The company provides “Netlify Edge Functions,” a tool that enables developers to build apps and create content on the edge of networks to public beta on its Netlify platform. The new tool offers a full-fledged runtime that can be used for edge rendering and a full runtime environment that enables developers to run serverless JavaScript/TypeScript functions and manage applications.In January 2022, Netlify acquired Quirrel, an open source platform for managing and scheduling serverless functions for an undisclosed amount, to utilize Quirrel’s technology to add a “Scheduled Functions” feature to its platform’s serverless capabilities.In February 2023, the company went on to <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/16304?industryIds=25">acquire its competitor Gatsby</a>, the creator of the “GatsbyJS” open-source framework for creating websites, for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition enabled Netlify to integrate Gatsby’s “Valhalla Content Hub”, a centralized data layer, into its own platform so users can access various data sources via a unified GraphQL application programming interface (API). Additionally, the company planned to invest in the Gatsby framework, and integrate many of the Gatsby Cloud features into the Netlify platform.In June 2023, Netlify acquired Stackbit, a no-code platform to build and manage websites, for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition served to expand Netlify’s product portfolio and enable the company to offer Stackbit’s range of no-code tools and features for web development.Key customers and partnershipsAs of November 2021, the company served over 2 million developers and its customer base included large corporations such as Adyen, Affirm, AutoDesk, Box, H&amp;R Block, Klépierre, Okta, ServiceNow, Twilio, Unilever, and VMware.

Artificial intelligence is helping sales teams manage relationships and optimize the customer lifecycle.

Sales Engagement Platforms

Bounti.ai is a company that specializes in leveraging artificial intelligence to transform customer engagement and the buyer experience. The company's technology focuses on automating and enhancing various aspects of the sales and marketing process. Bounti's AI-powered solutions cover a wide range of applications, including automated research for hyper-personalization, tailored insights aligned with prospect objectives, and personalized email campaigns. The company's AI technology is designed to provide connected intelligence throughout the sales funnel, from initial prospect contact to closing deals. Bounti's offerings also include predictive capabilities for proactive engagement, enabling sales teams to anticipate customer needs and identify pain points early in the process.

Helping restaurants become more safe, more profitable, and more interesting.

Restaurant Industry Robotics

Chef Robotics designs and develops AI-powered robotic solutions for restaurant food assembly tasks <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/36669">at large industrial kitchens and ghost kitchens.</a> Chef Robotics’ product offering, available on a robotics-as-a-service (RaaS) basis, includes off-the shelf robotic-hardware powered by the company's proprietary software, "ChefOS." ChefOS is trained to manipulate various ingredients using data gathered from sensors attached to the arms of the robots.In <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/32324">July 2024</a>, Chef Robotics, announced its exit from stealth to unveil an AI-powered food assembly robot named "Chef." Chef is designed for high-volume assembly tasks and can assemble or plate cooked and ready-to-eat meals.In&nbsp;<a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/34495">September 2024</a>, Chef Robotics launched “Placement QA,” a new food placement quality assurance feature for meal assembly. Placement QA uses computer vision to track containers on a production line and capture images before and after food has been plated. The feature provides food companies with imagery data on every ingredient deposit and meal assembled, which can be combined with existing pick weight data to assess meal quality.Key customers and partnershipsAs of January 2024, the company reportedly had deployed robots at food companies in five cities around the US and Canada. In June 2022, Chef Robotics partnered with Amy's Kitchen, a food manufacturer, to implement automation systems for Amy’s Kitchen’s production lines.

Property owners and real estate companies are able to handle larger portfolios while offering faster and cheaper services.

Residential PropTech

Doma (formerly known as States Title) uses proprietary technology to streamline title and escrow processes to provide faster and cheaper services for users. The company claimed that it could clear title commitment in less than a minute, while the traditional method may take approximately&nbsp; five to 10 days. Its customers comprise some of the biggest non-bank lenders and banks in the country. In terms of geographical presence, the company’s services were offered across 48 states and Washington D.C. Furthermore, it covered around 76% of the US in terms of gross written premiums as of May 2021. The company’s most recent additions to its geographical coverage were Massachusetts, South Carolina, and Wisconsin in May 2021.Doma is already included among the top ten real estate settlement service providers in the US. It acquired North American Title Company and North American Title Insurance Company in early 2019, and claimed its transaction volume grew by 100x from 2018 to 2019.Its solutions are available to lenders, title agents, real estate professionals, and homeowners. The company currently offers three solutions:1) Instant underwriting: this service replaces the traditional time-consuming title search with a predictive algorithm model to instantly clear title commitments.2) Instant closing disclosure: this service automatically extracts information from appropriate documents, reconciles any fees, ensures quality checks, and delivers the completed settlement statement to the lenders.3) Remote closing: It partners with the leading remote online notarization platform, Notarize, so that notarial activities can be performed remotely.In&nbsp; March 2021, the company announced a merger with Capitol Investment Corp. V, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), in a transaction that valued the company at USD 3 billion. The transaction closed in July 2021, and the company commenced trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker “DOMA.” As part of the transaction, the company expected to receive up to USD 645 million in cash proceeds, comprising USD 345 million of cash already held by the SPAC and USD 300 million in additional private investment. In March 2024, the company agreed to be bought by Title Resources Group, a leading title insurance underwriter. The all-cash deal valued Doma at USD 223 million or USD 6.29 per share, which was 63% higher than Doma's stock price on March 22, 2024. This move aimed to take Doma private, reversing its public status. The deal was expected to be completed in the second half of 2024, pending shareholder approval.Doma had reported a 22.3% YoY decline in total revenue to USD 310.9 million in FY2023, from USD 400.0 million recorded in FY2022. The company also reported a net loss of USD 124.4 million for FY2023, compared to a net loss of USD 302.2 million recorded a year ago.Key customers and partnersIn August 2024, Doma&nbsp;<a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/32396">partnered with</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://sp-edge.com/companies/1259029">Intellicheck</a>, an identity validation solution provider, to offer an ID verification tool to title agents and approved attorneys via Doma's platform. In January 2023, Doma announced a <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/15866">partnership with Paymints.io</a>, a digital payments software provider for real estate transactions. Through this partnership, Doma planned to leverage Paymints.io’s software and technology to reduce exposure to wire fraud and inefficiencies that tend to arise from following up on paper checks during real estate transactions.

A concentration of wealth and a willingness to adopt age-in-place technologies present new opportunities.

Age Tech

Israel-based Intuition Robotics provides digital companionship to elderly people through its in-home digital robot, ElliQ. ElliQ is a voice assistant which utilizes the company’s cognitive artificial intelligence (AI) platform “Q” to function. The company also provides this patented technology to third-party devices. ElliQ engages with the elderly through health reminders, conversations, cognitive games, and other features. The device provides personalized suggestions, adapting to user preferences over time. ElliQ is built to be more proactive than standard voice assistants.In January 2024 Intuition Robotics launched ElliQ 3, a new version of its established companion robot. Announced at CES Las Vegas, ElliQ 3 is designed to assist in eldercare facilities by fostering social wellness, reducing feelings of loneliness, and reinforcing a sense of recognition. The latest model, ElliQ 3, features a range of enhancements, including improved design, more robust hardware, and GenAI integration. The design is now more compact, featuring an upgraded onboard MediaTek octa-core processor and an expanded memory. A key component of its updated package is the integration of LLMs (large language models), which elevate the robot's conversational competence in both structured and open-ended conversations.Key customers and partnershipsThe company commercially launched its companion robot ElliQ in August 2023 following and partnered with government agencies nationwide. The company started programs to provide ElliQ at no cost to end users through partnerships with bodies helping seniors in New York, Florida, Washington, and California. Intuition Robotics also signed its first agreement with a Medicare-focused Managed Care Organization.

Using online platforms, autonomy, electric and fuel-cell tech solutions to shape the future of trucking.

Truck Industry Tech

Flexport is a provider of freight forwarding services powered by automation and software. The company’s product portfolio includes 1) logistics management and transportation solutions for order management, customs, ocean/air/land transportation, and less-than-container loads; 2) fulfillment services such as direct-to-consumer (D2C) fulfillment, wholesale fulfillment, parcel, replenishment, and prep; and 3) trade management services such as factoring, trade advisory, duty drawback, and cargo insurance.&nbsp;Flexport&nbsp;<a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/23379">acquired</a> the technology from the&nbsp;<a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/22918">defunct</a> digital freight matching service provider Convoy for an undisclosed sum and&nbsp;<a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/26928">relaunched</a> the "Convoy Platform." The Convoy Platform, powered by AI, compiles a pool of carrier-owner operators for streamlined load management. It offers features such as 24/7 operation, high tracking visibility, carrier negotiation, vetting, status updates, document management, and automated payment. The platform also allows brokers to monitor carrier risks and minimize fraud with the help of ML models based on proprietary forensic data. In&nbsp;<a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/30049">June 2024</a>, Flexport expanded the Convoy Platform for brokers to offer them access to a nationwide network of carriers.&nbsp;Flexport reported revenue of USD 5 billion in 2022.&nbsp;

Leveraging personal data for custom-fit diagnosis and treatment

Precision Medicine

Deep Genomics is a Canadian, AI-powered biotechnology company that discovers and develops targeted therapies for patients with neurological and metabolic disorders. The company's proprietary AI platform, the BigRNA model, is claimed to excel in target identification, uncovering novel druggable biological mechanisms, predicting molecule-target interactions, designing therapeutic candidates, and creating surrogate molecules for in vivo testing. Additionally, it operates effectively across various species, tissues, cell models, and RNA therapeutic modalities, including oligonucleotides, DNA editing, RNA editing, and mRNA.In September 2023, as part of its strategic plan to evolve into a forward-integrated biopharmaceutical company, Brian O’Callaghan has been appointed CEO and member of the board of directors. Mr. O’Callaghan, who most recently served as CEO of ObsEva SA has extensive experience in the biotech, pharmaceutical and clinical research organization industries with previous responsibilities managing multiple businesses and programs across many therapeutic areas, from concept through to commercialization.

AI, robotics, and IoT to streamline the flow of goods and information

Logistics Tech

Flexport offers freight forwarding services powered by automation and software. Flexport's software integrates and links data from different companies involved in a supply chain, enabling them to effectively handle cargo information and streamline the process of freight processing. The company’s product portfolio includes 1) logistics management and transportation solutions for order management, customs, ocean/air/land transportation, and less-than-container loads; 2) fulfillment services such as direct-to-consumer (D2C) fulfillment, wholesale fulfillment, parcel, replenishment, and prep; and 3) trade management services such as factoring, trade advisory, duty drawback, and cargo insurance. In 2021, the company claimed to have moved nearly USD 19 billion worth of merchandise across 112 countries.Its business model involves charging customers to move their freight, with pricing based on shipping volumes (per unit fulfilled). The company serves globally, with offices in the US, Europe, Hong Kong, and Singapore.Flexport reported revenue of USD 5 billion in 2022.&nbsp;Key customers and partnershipsAs of April 2024, Flexport served 10,000+ clients including Shein, Caraway, Gerber, Moen, Parade, Outdoor Voices, Rothy’s, Georgia-Pacific, Klean Kanteen, and Bombas.The company also has strategic partnerships with parties including digital freight matching solutions provider Convoy to provide end-to-end shipment automation over land, sea, and air (June 2021; acquired defunct Convoy’s tech <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/23379">in November 2023</a> to continue providing the service to Flexport customers) and hybrid-digital freight and third-party logistics (3PL) solutions provider Nolan Transporation Group to offer tech-enabled solutions for greater visibility across global supply chains (July 2022). <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/33014">In August 2024,</a> the company also partnered with Veho, a logistics company, to complement is services.

Promises increased productivity, cost-efficiency, and competitiveness in the legal industry

LegalTech

LegalSifter is a legal technology and services company that provides AI-powered software solutions for contract review, administration, and lifecycle management. The company's flagship offering is an AI-enabled contract review solution that helps clients negotiate contracts and organize documents more efficiently. Through the acquisition of Akorda in September 2023, LegalSifter expanded its capabilities to cover the entire contract lifecycle, from creation and drafting to analysis and post-signature administration.
Akorda's software platform complements LegalSifter's existing "before you sign" contract review solution by adding contract drafting, approvals, e-signature capabilities, a document repository, and contract analysis features. These additions allow LegalSifter to offer an integrated "after you sign" AI-powered contract administration service, providing a comprehensive solution for managing contracts from start to finish.
By combining the expertise and client-centric approaches of both organizations, LegalSifter aims to deliver powerful tools and services that drive results for its clients, addressing the pain points associated with negotiating and managing contracts. The company's mission is to make affordable legal services accessible by empowering people with Combined Intelligence, which combines artificial intelligence and human expertise.

HR Tech

Textio is a software company that leverages artificial intelligence to help organizations create more inclusive and effective job descriptions and employer brand content. Founded in 2014, Textio's platform analyzes language patterns to identify potentially biased or exclusionary language in job postings and other recruiting materials. The company's core product, Textio Hire, uses AI to grade job posts in real-time, tracking words that could lead to positive or negative outcomes in attracting diverse candidates. Textio also offers Textio Loop for recruiting and Textio Lift for performance management, which are designed to interrupt bias in candidate and employee communications.
In 2023, Textio expanded its offerings with Textio for Employer Brand, a tool that helps companies build a more welcoming and inclusive workplace by identifying off-putting, exclusive, or offensive language in employer brand content. This product guides users toward language that appeals to people who value diversity, are community-oriented, and see abilities as malleable. Textio's technology aims to help organizations not only attract diverse candidates but also create a sustainable culture of inclusion and belonging.
Key customers and partnerships
Textio has partnered with several major corporations and organizations to improve their hiring processes and workplace communications. Cisco reported a 10% increase in female job candidates after using Textio's technology. Atlassian saw an increase in women in technical roles from 10% to 22.9% over three years of using Textio, as well as Dropbox, eBay, IBM, Intel, and Twitter. Textio has also collaborated with the Society of Women Engineers and iRelaunch on career reentry initiatives for individuals who have taken career breaks.

Deriving insights from uncommon data streams

Alternative Data

Orbital Insight is a leading geospatial intelligence company that provides AI-powered analytics solutions to help organizations gain insights and understand trends from geospatial data. The company's flagship product, the Orbital Insight Go platform, combines multiple data sources such as satellite imagery, anonymized location data, ship GPS, and IoT data to deliver actionable insights through machine learning algorithms. Orbital Insight's technology enables customers across various industries, including government agencies, corporations, and non-profits, to monitor supply chains, analyze land use patterns, detect illegal activities, and make data-driven decisions.
In February 2022, Orbital Insight secured a contract from the US Department of Defense to develop a platform for identifying intentional Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) interference and manipulation operations worldwide. This technology leverages the company's multisensor data stack and AI capabilities to alert analysts about potential jamming and spoofing events, presenting risks to national security and commercial operations.
Orbital Insight has established partnerships with leading Earth observation companies like Satellogic to enhance its data capabilities. In April 2022, the company announced plans to integrate Satellogic's high-resolution satellite imagery and full-motion video into its platform, providing customers with access to higher quality data, improved revisit rates, and lower-cost analytics.

Simplifying the insurance experience for businesses using technology

InsurTech: Commercial Lines

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 Newfront Insurance (Newfront) provides a range of insurance solutions, which include property and casualty, cyber risk, and workers&rsquo; compensation through the integration of advanced technology and data-driven insights. The company leverages a digital platform to offer access to policies, claims, and other essential insurance documents. In July 2021, the company announced a merger with ABD Insurance and Financial Services, a company specializing in employee benefits, insurance, and financial services, to expand its customer reach and broaden its product offerings.&nbsp;
 
 
 
 
 
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AI-based solutions to level the playing field against email threats

Next-gen Email Security

Valimail is a leading provider of email authentication and security solutions designed to combat phishing, brand abuse, and compliance violations. Their flagship offering, Valimail Enforce, is a cloud-native platform that automates the implementation of the Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting, and Conformance (DMARC) standard. This service streamlines the process of identifying authorized email senders, configuring DKIM and SPF records, and enforcing DMARC policies.
Valimail's technology employs Precision Sender Intelligence to provide comprehensive visibility into all services sending emails under an organization's domain. This allows administrators to quickly identify and block any unauthorized or fraudulent senders, ensuring only legitimate communications are delivered. Valimail Enforce stands out for its ability to override the 10-domain lookup limit imposed by many email providers, thereby keeping an organization's information private from competitors and bad actors.
Valimail's extensive database, comprising over 70 million pre-decoded IP addresses and email service providers, enables accurate sender identification and robust email authentication. Additionally, the company's solutions adhere to the highest federal, state, and local standards for email security and compliance.
In September 2021, Valimail acquired FedRAMP certification, becoming the only DMARC solution to achieve this distinction, solidifying its position as a trusted partner for government agencies and organizations handling sensitive data.
Key customers and partnerships
Valimail's email authentication solutions are trusted by a diverse range of customers, including global enterprises such as Uber, Splunk, Yelp, Fannie Mae, Mercedes Benz US, and the US Federal Aviation Administration. The company has established a strong partnership with Microsoft, serving as the premier DMARC partner for Microsoft 365 environments.
In 2015, Valimail co-founded the AuthIndicators Working Group, which developed the Brand Indicators for Message Identification (BIMI) standard. This framework enables inboxes to display sender-designated logos, enhancing the email experience's security and trustworthiness. Major email providers like Yahoo, Apple, and Google have since adopted BIMI.
Valimail maintains leadership positions on key industry standards bodies, driving the development of email authentication policies and shaping the future of cybersecurity advancements.

Using AI to mimic and understand human language

Natural Language Processing Tools

Primer is an artificial intelligence company that specializes in AI-powered data analysis and natural language processing technology. The company's flagship products include Primer Command, a real-time threat detection platform, and Primer Delta, a natural language document sorting and analysis tool. Primer Command provides AI-generated situation reports and summaries of emerging events from over 60,000 news and social media sources in 100 languages. Primer Delta can analyze millions of documents in seconds, extracting entities, locations, and topics of interest while generating comprehensive summaries.
The company's AI technology is deployed by various US government agencies, including the National Security Agency, US Air Force, Army, and US Special Operations Command, as well as Fortune 100 companies. Primer's tools are used by intelligence analysts to detect cyberthreat indicators, track illicit finance and weapons, monitor adversaries' technological capabilities, and uncover influence operations. In February 2024, Primer's platform was being used by NSA analysts to augment cybersecurity signals and help connect dots in understanding potential attack vectors.
Primer aims to transform how analysts, operators, and decision-makers make sense of massive volumes of open-source and proprietary data, reducing time to decision. The company's technology is built on transformer-based neural networks, making its solutions faster, more accurate, and customizable to customer data and workflows. In April 2023, Primer launched its Delta Platform, which can be deployed on local machines or in the cloud.
Key customers and partnerships
Primer's key customers include various US government agencies such as the National Security Agency, US Air Force, Army, and US Special Operations Command. The company also serves Fortune 500 companies. Primer has worked with USSOCOM, Air Force, and Army officials since 2020 to develop and enhance the machine learning capabilities of US forces, focusing on areas such as mission planning, predictive logistics, and accelerating intelligence and decision cycles.
In terms of partnerships, Primer has received funding from In-Q-Tel, an investment fund backed by the CIA, indicating a strategic relationship with the intelligence community.

Using autonomous, green, IoT, and digital technologies to shape the future of ocean-based transportation

Shipping Tech

Flexport is a leading digital freight forwarder that provides a cloud-based software platform to streamline global logistics and supply chain operations. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company serves over 10,000 customers and suppliers across more than 200 countries.
Flexport offers a comprehensive suite of services encompassing freight forwarding, warehousing, customs brokerage, financing, and insurance. Its proprietary technology platform enables customers to book shipments, track cargo movements in real-time, manage documentation, and gain insights through analytics. Flexport's services cover all modes of transportation, including ocean, air, and truck freight.
The company has established a global network of offices and partnerships, allowing it to facilitate seamless shipments worldwide. Flexport's innovative approach and user-friendly platform have disrupted the traditional freight forwarding industry, which has historically been characterized by inefficiencies and a lack of transparency.
Key customers and partnerships
Flexport has fostered strategic partnerships with various companies and organizations to enhance its service offerings. For instance, it has collaborated with Shopify, a leading ecommerce platform, to provide integrated logistics solutions to online merchants.
Additionally, Flexport has forged partnerships with several industry leaders, such as Georgia-Pacific (Brawny paper towels, Angel Soft toilet paper), Gerber (plumbing fixtures), and Sonos (speakers), to streamline their supply chain operations and optimize their logistics processes.
Flexport has established a non-profit arm called Flexport.org, which provides discounted freight services to non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and aids in shipping donated inventory during humanitarian crises. This initiative has enabled Flexport to contribute to relief efforts worldwide, such as shipping personal protective equipment (PPE) to hospitals during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Educational technology plays a pivotal role in driving and enabling the revolution in post-secondary learning

Higher EdTech

Campus.edu is an accredited college offering associate degrees and certificate programs through both online and in-person formats. The company's mission is to make community college education more accessible and affordable across the US. Campus.edu's online degree programs, known as Campus Scholars programs, are taught by a network of professors who also teach at prestigious universities and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) such as Princeton, Spelman, NYU, and Vanderbilt. The company provides students with resources to ensure their academic success, including free laptops, WiFi, unlimited tutoring, and individual support coaches. Campus.edu's tuition is set below the maximum Pell Grant award, allowing many students to avoid out-of-pocket expenses. As of May 2023, the company had approximately 850 enrolled students, with over 80% being female and many from underrepresented populations. Most Campus.edu students also work at least 10 hours a week. In 2022, Campus.edu acquired MTI College, a Sacramento-based institution founded in 1965, with approval from its accreditor, the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC).

Empowering efficiency, visibility and collaboration throughout supply networks

Supply Chain Tech

Flexport offers software solutions to automate freight forwarding processes. The company’s software integrates and links data from different companies involved in a supply chain, enabling them to effectively handle cargo information and streamline the process of freight processing. The company’s product portfolio includes 1) logistics management and transportation solutions for order management, customs, ocean/air/land transportation, and less-than-container loads; 2) fulfillment services such as direct-to-consumer (D2C) fulfillment, wholesale fulfillment, parcel, replenishment, and prep; and 3) trade management services such as factoring, trade advisory, duty drawback, and cargo insurance.In 2021, the company claimed to have moved nearly USD 19 billion worth of merchandise across 112 countries.As of February 2022, the company’s valuation stood at USD 8 billion+. Flexport reported revenue of USD 3.2 billion and a positive EBIT in 2021. However, the company laid off around 20% of its global workforce <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/22716">in October 2023 </a>as part of cost-cutting measures to focus on growth with profitability.Key customers and partnershipsAs of August 2023, Flexport served 10,000+ clients including Caraway, Gerber, Moen, Parade, Outdoor Voices, Rothy’s, Georgia-Pacific, Klean Kanteen, and Bombas.In September 2024, Flexport <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/33224">added</a> Veho, a parcel carrier, as a last-mile delivery option for shippers using Flexport's fulfillment services. The integration allowed Flexport's customers to access Veho's delivery services in its operating areas. In June 2021, the company entered into a strategic partnership with digital freight matching solutions provider Convoy to provide end-to-end shipment automation over land, sea, and air. In July 2022, it also partnered with hybrid-digital freight and 3PL solutions provider Nolan Transportation Group to offer tech-enabled solutions for greater visibility across global supply chains.

Exploring the limitless possibilities of AI

Generative AI Applications

Yurts AI delivers production-ready AI solutions designed to transform mission-critical workflows in defence, government, and enterprise environments. The company's AI integration platform provides a critical connection layer between models and internal applications to unlock new workflows within high-security environments. The platform enables organizations to integrate AI into legacy systems while ensuring maximum security and control, as it does not train on a company's proprietary data and can be deployed on-premise. The company's technology has been deployed across unclassified, sensitive, and secret environments, ensuring compliance with Department of Defense standards for sensitive data. Nearly 25% of Yurts' workforce holds active security clearances, demonstrating the company's expertise in high-security settings.
Key customers and partnerships
Yurts has secured contracts with multiple defense and government organizations including the US Army, US Air Force, Department of Energy, and SOCOM. In December 2024, Yurts delivered the first AI platform on a secret-level network for the US Department of Defense (DOD), providing enhanced decision-making capabilities for operational leaders and field personnel. The company recently expanded its commercial presence through a partnership with Oracle to help modernize systems of record with AI capabilities. In May 2023, Yurts collaborated with Lambda to develop a platform providing advanced language processing capabilities for edge computing.

Harnessing tech to provide exceptional customer experiences

Customer Service Platforms

Replicant is a San Francisco-based company that develops call center automation software using artificial intelligence and machine learning technology. The company's core product is a "thinking machine" that uses advanced AI models to accurately translate customer intent 94% of the time. Replicant's system integrates with existing customer relationship management software to recognize customers based on their order histories and past interactions. It can capture, transcribe, and make customer conversations searchable, while engaging with customers through voice, SMS, and web channels. The technology is designed to automate mundane customer service interactions, allowing human agents to focus on more complex issues. Replicant's AI is contextually aware, drawing upon knowledge from prior conversations and customer data. The system has been trained to wait a few extra seconds for a person to finish speaking, accommodating older populations and those with speech delays. The company offers enterprise customers the ability to choose data retention windows, typically ranging from six months to two years. For cases involving sensitive information, Replicant provides a service called "highly confidential turn" to redact sensitive data from its database and logs.

Building future-ready applications in the cloud

Cloud-native Tech

Dataset (formerly Scalyr) is a log management and observability platform that enables deep insights into applications and infrastructure.Dataset’s focus on speed, scalability, and real-time insights makes it particularly suitable for organizations dealing with large-scale applications and distributed systems. Dataset promises a seamless log management experience to improve operational efficiency, expedite incident response times, and enhance system reliability.Dataset differentiates itself through its high-performance log ingestion and searching capabilities. Its ability to handle massive log volumes in real time sets it apart from traditional log management tools.Dataset follows a consumption-based sales model for its log management and observability platform. It offers different pricing plans and tiers based on the specific usage volume and time.Dataset was acquired by cybersecurity company SentinelOne in 2021 for USD 155 million.Key customers and partnershipsDataset’s portfolio of customers consists of Zalando, Asana, Vice, Steelhouse, and Wistia.

Empowering the modern soldier with cutting-edge technology

Military Tech

Shield AI is a defense technology company specializing in developing artificial intelligence (AI) pilots for military and commercial aircraft. Founded in 2015, the company's core product is Hivemind, an AI-powered autonomy software that enables aircraft to operate independently without relying on GPS, waypoints, or communication links. Hivemind employs advanced algorithms for planning, mapping, and state estimation, allowing aircraft to execute dynamic flight maneuvers and make decisions based on real-time battlefield conditions. The software is designed to function fully on the edge, even in GPS-denied and communication-degraded environments.
Shield AI's product lineup includes Nova, a small unmanned aircraft system (sUAS), and V-BAT, a vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) drone acquired through the purchase of Martin UAV. The company has integrated Hivemind into Nova. Plans are underway to incorporate Hivemind into V-BAT to enhance its capabilities further. Shield AI's technology has applications ranging from indoor building clearance with quadcopters to integrated air defense breach with fixed-wing drones and even F-16 dogfights.
In addition to its AI pilots, Shield AI has expanded its offerings through strategic acquisitions. In 2021, the company acquired Heron Systems, which had previously won the DARPA AlphaDogfight Trials by defeating a US Air Force F-16 Weapons Instructor in simulated combat. This acquisition aimed to bring AI capabilities to fighter jets as a digital co-pilot. In April 2024, Shield AI announced its acquisition of Sentient Vision Systems, an Australian company known for its ViDAR (Visual Detection and Ranging) technology. This move was part of Shield AI's efforts to establish a presence in Australia and contribute to the AUKUS defense collaboration.

Incorporating technology into the fast-moving world of fashion

Fashion Tech

ShopARI is an AI-powered personal shopping platform that aims to transform the online fashion retail experience. The platform functions as a digital personal shopper, utilizing artificial intelligence to provide personalized fashion recommendations that go beyond basic product tags to understand the context and sentiment behind user requests. The technology processes complex queries like 'something to wear for a friend's wedding' rather than just basic product searches, offering a curated selection of both prominent and niche indie brands. The platform operates similarly to a digital department store, focusing on style preferences over brand loyalty.
The platform differentiates itself through its ability to understand nuanced style preferences and emotional aspects of fashion choices, moving beyond traditional product feature-based searches. The company employs models that enhance data labels to provide more accurate recommendations while maintaining user privacy. The technology is designed to develop and evolve with users' preferences over time, creating a personalized shopping journey. A private beta version of the platform was scheduled to launch in December 2023.
The company's AI avatar, ARI, was developed using 3D sculpting and digital imaging software, featuring distinctive characteristics such as glowing skin, curly brown hair, pronounced cheekbones, and plump lips.
Key customers and partnerships
The company secured a partnership with IMG Models, which offered a modeling contract to their AI avatar ARI. The partnership includes arrangements for ARI's modeling income to follow the same fee structure as human models, including talent fees and agency commissions.

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Most companies lack sufficient visibility and control over the egress traffic from their highly interconnected cloud applications and - potentially - unauthorized intruders. This can put overall system reliability at risk and lead to both prolonged outages and undetected exfiltration of sensitive data. Qpoint is led by an experienced and visionary team focused on helping customers leverage their egress traffic flows to increase operational resilience, maintain a zero trust security posture, and gain insights into overall system behavior without impacting the ability for developers to drive innovation with confidence and at high velocity.

AtoB is a technology company building payments infrastructure for the transportation industry. AtoB was founded by Harshita Arora, Vignan Velivela, and Tushar Misra and is based in San Francisco, California.

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Folio uses AI to scale college career services to ensure that every student can access training, mentors and internships in their desired career path. We partner with governments and higher-ed institutions to tap into the $B workstudy budget to provide companies with subsidized, job-ready talent. 85% of our trained interns receive paid extended offers and earn ~$10k+/yr more than their peers.

Corca is a collaborative math editor for manipulating equations and exporting to LaTeX or Python.

The future of human self expression, driven by AI

Lambda is a deep-learning infrastructure company, that provides computation to accelerate human progress. The company's cloud technology, servers, and workstations are pre-configured with common ML frameworks, enabling clients to simplify and accelerate the training and deployment of deep learning models. The company empowers AI engineers to effortlessly, securely, and cost-effectively construct, test, and deploy AI products on a large scale. Lambda's range of products extends from on-premises GPU hardware to cloud-hosted GPUs.

Guardrails AI aim to unlock an unparalleled scale of potential, ensuring the reliable, safe, and beneficial application of AI technology to improve human life. It is committed to eliminating the uncertainties inherent in AI interactions, providing goal-oriented, contractually bound solutions.

Mechanical Orchard is an AI-native technology company that de-risks the process of bringing old but critical computer systems up to date. We modernize and run crucial business applications used by some of the largest companies around the world. Our goal? Help our customers stay ahead of the curve, compete at an ever-accelerating pace, and win in their markets.  Mechanical Orchard is based in San Francisco, CA.

Air Space Intelligence is a software-first aerospace & defense company. They partner with organizations such as the world’s largest airlines and government agencies to ensure that the global airspace remains safe and secure.

Stampli is a developer of an accounts payable automation platform to take control of invoice and bill processing. Its AI learns an organization's unique patterns to simplify GL coding, automate approval notifications, and identify duplicate invoices.

Kolena is an ML testing platform that allows ML teams to rigorously test their model behavior. With Kolena, ML teams can identify and track failure modes to help engineering, sales, and customers better understand model performance and identify gaps. Kolena is the creator of a machine learning testing and analytics platform used to ensure the quality of machine learning and related technologies. Clients can use the company's platform to streamline and rectify machine learning and analytics projects by providing a testing infrastructure for machine learning software models and updates.

Trayd is a construction payroll platform that offers time-tracking, payroll automation, and people management serives.

Weights & Biases offers performance visualization tools for machine learning. It helps companies turn deep learning research projects into deployed software by helping teams track their models, visualize model performance, and easily automate training and improving models.

Upwage is a job posting platform where the hourly wage is included. Jobs listings can also be sorted by salary, occupation, and title. It aims to create $1 trillion in new wealth for the 44% of Americans who earn less than $16 per hour by harnessing the power of big data and artificial intelligence.

Campus is an accredited online community college that provides online learning services. It provides an online educational platform that prioritizes student success by offering live online and in-person associate degrees and certificate programs to help students have the facility of community college accessible across the country.

Portrait is an invite-only platform for professional creatives who work across entertainment and media.  Combining a trusted network with tools built for the industry, Portrait helps users unlock the power of their own networks to find new projects, collaborators, and funders throughout the lifecycle of creative work.

Replit is a browser-based integrated development environment (IDE) built for cross-platform collaborative coding. With assistance from more than 50 programming languages, it can be utilized to construct apps and websites via a browser on any working system or system (together with cell), with the added skill to share initiatives and create communal workspaces, and grant entry to containers for executing code. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Hype is an all-in-one, verticalized SaaS platform giving creators and small business entrepreneurs the tools and insights to turn their social media audience into a business. Founded in 2016, the company is supporting the next generation of audience-driven marketing and commerce through its full suite of products and tools.

We are a small agile web development team based out of Seattle, WA that primarily uses Ruby on Rails as our weapon of choice. We can help you enhance a few features on your site, optimize your app to leverage social media, evaluate your design, or even completely build your million dollar startup idea!

Savant Labs develops an analytics automation platform for analysts and ops teams. The all-in-one low-code, no-code automation platform from Savant Labs is designed for data access, data prep, data blending, analytics, and automated delivery of insights to hundreds of apps and dashboards. It enables analysts to leverage data assets and automate analytics on their own.

Founded in 2021 by Champ Bennett and Joseph Jorgensen, Capsule is designed to help businesses meet the growing demand for video. Built with CapsuleScript, a first-of-its-kind markup language for video that automates video post-production and makes desktop-quality video possible from any device with a browser, Capsule makes it easy to crowdsource, edit and distribute video. Try it at Capsule.video. Capsule has raised funding from top investors in the AI and creative tools space, including Array Ventures, Bloomberg Beta, Swift Ventures, Clark Valberg (Founder of InVision), Amjad Masad (CEO, Replit), Arash Ferdowsi (CTO, Dropbox), Kyle Parrish (Head of Sales, Figma), Mike Mignano (ex-Head of Audio & Video, Spotify), Roy Raanani (Co-Founder, Chorus.ai) and Sahil Lavingia (Founder, Gumroad).

Fixie.ai is a software platform that builds software using artificial intelligence to revolutionize the way software is built. The company's goal is to provide a new interface for Large Language Models (LLMs) with real-world systems by integrating with arbitrary tools, data sources, and APIs.

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Nomad has built a marketplace for data, the right way. Nomad Data’s goal is to bridge the growing chasm between companies looking to acquire data and those offering it. Acquirers think in terms of use cases they are trying to solve. Nomad’s platform allows acquirers to submit use cases to the platform. Those then get matched to one of 1000+ data providers in our network. Providers respond by specifying how their data can address each use case. Acquirers only see data which can directly solve their use case. The company was founded in 2020 and based in New York.

Channel99 provides a platform for B2B performance marketing. The company's platform connects marketing performance to tangible business goals and unifies marketing, finance, and sales, as well as leveraging contextual benchmarking data and collaborative tools to properly measure and evaluate marketing across all channels and vendors.

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Rill Data is a simple alternative to complex BI stacks—the fastest, easiest path from data to metrics dashboards (that your users will actually use). Rill makes it easy to create and consume metrics by combining a SQL-based data modeler, real-time database, and metrics dashboard into a single product.

Eva is the easiest way to send personalized corporate gifts at scale. Never worry about preferences or delivery details again. Just cc Eva in an email or chat on Slack.  Eva's machine intelligence matches hip product companies with the unique interests and attributes of the gift recipient. The result is a perfect automated gift from a curated list of vendors.

Charter's mission is to transform every workplace and catalyze a new era of dynamic organizations where all workers thrive.

RapidFort is a unified CI/CD security platform that eliminates up to 95% of vulnerabilities without requiring code changes. We provide RF-Curated Near Zero CVE Images hardened to NIST 800-70 and FIPS 140-2 standards, RF SCA Scanner for fast and accurate vulnerability scanning, RF DevTime Protection with comprehensive SBOM/RBOM™ insights, and RF RunTime Protection that reduces your attack surface by up to 90%. Additionally, RF Justification for POAMs accelerates compliance workflows. Simplify your security and compliance with RapidFort. Visit RapidFort.com.

Rhetoric is a tool for creating and delivering personal presentations. They are a storytelling platform on the web that includes recording slide by slide or all at once, editing, and re-recording certain slides.

Enveil uses homomorphic crypto to protect data interactions including search and analytics. They allow enterprises to securely operate on both encrypted and unencrypted data in the cloud, on-prem, or anywhere in between.

Origami is building the world’s most valuable DAOs. We help the most ambitious communities launch and grow their DAOs.

Black Crow AI develops a business analytics platform that delivers machine learning predictions. Its platform provides real-time insights to the business users at companies of any size, for less than the cost of 1 data scientist. Black Crow’s ML predictions improve new customer acquisition scale and efficiency by 25-50%.

The team at Baton is building a marketplace to enable SMB acquisitions with tools to help business owners unlock liquidity and let buyers access this gigantic, fragmented asset class. They are angling to be the Zillow of SMB acquisitions.

We believe what you can do is more important than your background, so we created Enigma -- a screening platform created for the cybersecurity industry. Enigma's unique puzzle-based scenarios help companies screen high volumes of candidates efficiently, with challenges tailored to the real-world skills required for the job.

Clearmix produces branded video content for sales and marketing teams using a 100% remote process to film guest interviews anywhere.

Zight is an award-winning and top-rated solution with a community of over 4M users and growing who are finding freedom with visual asynchronous communication. Zight scales with you, is easy to use and eliminates the need to use different applications for screenshots, GIFs, screen recordings, and web recordings.  Zight is used for internal and external communication across teams, helping organizations save hundreds of people hours, reducing productivity losses caused by poor communication and misunderstanding, and eliminating unnecessary and draining meetings.

Wrangle is a process automation software for busy teams improving efficiency for onboarding, sales quote approval, and contract management. Its app channelizes workflows by assigning approvals and tasks, tracks the ticket status from request to completion in slack, and collects, organizes, and tracks every ticket submitted by employees.

Laskie is a people-first job-matching platform where tech jobs apply to candidates. Candidates can leverage Laskie as a free B2C Saas platform where hiring managers connect with candidates through Candidate Drop, Laskie Platform, and ReverseApply.

Sounding Board offers a full-stack software platform for enterprises to scale coaching initiatives organization-wide, overnight and a high-quality coach network to serve on-demand coaching needs. It offers a modern user experience that adapts to the learning styles of people, a comprehensive set of automation tools for easy administration, and a robust data visualization capability to view the enterprise-wide impact of coaching. Serving several global enterprises in 11 countries with an NPS score of 81. Sounding Board aims to be the first coaching experience layer for enterprises worldwide. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Foster City, California.

Most revenue teams have difficulty getting the right team members and internal stakeholders involved in a deal at the right time, which creates a waste of resources, delays deals, and causes deal slippage. With Prelay's team selling software, deal coordination and communication are organized within one purpose-built platform integrated with your other key software instead of spread across multiple disjointed collaboration tools without any centralized tracking, oversight, or learnings. Not only are there fewer headaches for sales reps and their internal counterparts, but sales, presales, and revops leaders have more insight into how effective they are at leveraging team resources and surpassing goals. Prelay enables your revenue team and its internal stakeholders to coordinate and communicate effectively so you can drive more revenue faster as a team. Prelay is also backed by top-tier investors, including funds like Y Combinator, SV Angel, Liquid2 Ventures (Joe Montana), and executives from Box, Dropbox, Palantir, SAP, and Microsoft. Learn more at www.prelay.com

Orgspace provides a people management platform for software organizations to meet the needs of operational leaders.

StrongDM helps organizations manage and secure access to critical infrastructure by using a zero-trust approach. The platform provides users with controlled access to databases, servers, and applications, while also giving administrators clear visibility and audit trails.

Paperplane helps builders', plumber, and timber merchants mitigate their credit risk and predict which customers will default 4+ weeks before any CCJ or credit report.

RedCircle helps creators build, distribute, grow, and monetize their podcast. They are a team of engineers and software people from San Francisco who are passionate about podcasting and building technology that gives power back to the community and its creators. They couldn’t be more excited to work with you.

LaunchDarkly is a feature management platform that allows development teams to fundamentally transform their software delivery to customers. With the ability to gradually release new software features to any segment of users on any platform, DevOps teams can standardize safe releases at scale, accelerate their journey to the cloud, and collaborate with business teams.

Primer is an internet company that helps companies understand massive stores of text data using AI. It uses machine learning techniques to help parse and collate a large number of documents across several languages in order to facilitate further investigation.

Fiddler is a pioneer in enterprise Model Performance Management. Data Science, MLOps, and LOB teams use Fiddler to monitor, explain, analyze, and improve their models and build trust into AI.  The unified environment provides a common language, centralized controls, and actionable insights to operationalize ML/AI with trust. It addresses the unique challenges of building in-house stable and secure MLOps systems at scale.  Unlike observability solutions, Fiddler seamlessly integrates deep XAI and analytics to help you grow into advanced capabilities over time and build a framework for responsible AI practices. F500 organizations use Fiddler across training and production models to accelerate AI time-to-value and scale and increase revenue by connecting predictions to business context (or providing visibility into model performance and behavior).

Chef Robotics is a robotics and artificial intelligence company serving the food industry. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Armstrong Robotics is a general-purpose robot that can cook, gather, and handle post-meal cleanup. They provide technology is a general-purpose robot from cleaning up to eventually being a chef through a simple application update and a robot.

Wage is building an API infrastructure for instant income and employment verification. It is an infrastructure software solution that allows its users to seamlessly and securely share payroll data. The company was originally founded as Verix in 2018 and is based in San Francisco, California, United States.

On Deck is a platform serving the many strands of identity that unite ambitious people around the globe. Their ever-growing community and action-oriented programming will help the people to get there—fast. On Deck will up-level career, launch, and scale big ideas, or make lifelong friends.

Healthcare leaders are struggling with the reality of the digital divide and integrating hundreds of point solutions across the care continuum. With Stel, patients don’t require Wi-Fi, smartphones, or tech-literacy to connect with their care teams. Patients use health devices near a Stel Node. Stel passively and securely connects the device data to their care team’s Electronic Health Records (EHR) or preferred platform without risking Protected Health Information (PHI) or complicated workflows.

AI Powered Contract Lifecycle Management Software for the Enterprise

Workwolf is a Toronto-based start-up with a management team who has led 7 start-ups, had 2 successful exits, and has taken a company public with a $1.8B IPO. Workwolf CEO Erik Simins is an SME in HR who previously founded MAGNUS HRS, a staffing company now servicing over 150 enterprise customers. The technology at Workwolf solves two of the biggest problems faced by today’s employment market: applicant filtration and resume verification. The result for employers is a faster time-to-hire, less manual work, and fewer mis-hires. Winner of 3 global awards for innovation and market potential, Workwolf is ramping up for a $4.5M Seed financing round.

Tonic empowers developers while protecting customer privacy by enabling companies to create safe, synthetic versions of their data for use in software development and testing. Founded in 2018 with offices in San Francisco and Atlanta, the company is pioneering enterprise tools for database subsetting, de-identification, and synthesis. Thousands of developers use data generated with Tonic on a daily basis to build their products faster in industries as wide ranging as healthcare, financial services, logistics, edtech, and e-commerce. Working with customers like eBay, Flexport, and PwC, Tonic innovates to advance their goal of advocating for the privacy of individuals while enabling companies to do their best work. For more information, visit Tonic.ai.

Build, run, and share fluid, thermal, and structural simulations with Steady to do what matters most: building the products of the future. Built by engineers, designers, and researchers from leading organizations. As simulation analysts and design engineers ourselves, we've felt the pain of trying to get traditional CAE solutions to work for rapid design iterations and product development. Instead of compromising, we're building a product that makes simulations easily accessible and learnable for everyone.

Donut is a software tool that helps its clients to get to know their team and company better. It was launched by Christian Whitehouse, Sarah Arnold, Jeff Manian, and Dan Manian in 2016. Donut is operated from New York, United States.

Skan.ai uses cognitive technologies to map, model, and manage business processes by creating digital twins of human/digital interactions. Skan.ai replaces human interviews and observation, which are not accurate, by cognitive tooling that learns based on observation of human/digital work. Skan does this at scale and learns / reconstructs business processes grounds up. This approach is significantly faster, more accurate, and has much greater depth and coverage.

Replicant is an AI voice technology that solves problems over the phone, improves customer experience, and reduces cost. Replicant was founded on the belief that machines are ready to have useful, complex conversations that will transform the way they interact with the world. The company's initial focus was making Replicant listen closely, think quickly, take actions, and reply fast enough to be conversational. The brain needed to understand complex and colloquial speech patterns and interpret slang and humor. Piece by piece we built elegant tools that allowed Replicant to listen, think, speak, act and interact with the world.

InCountry is a data residency-as-a-service platform that enables global data compliance for international business. The platform securely stores, processes, and regulates profile data in its country of origin, helping multinationals scale by providing easy integration in under ten minutes. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in San Francisco with operations in 65 countries. InCountry is s backed by Accenture, Caffeinated Capital, Arbor Ventures, Global Founders Capital, Felicis Ventures, Mubadala, and Charles River Ventures.

Ware deploys autonomous, self-flying drones—combined with machine learning—inside warehouses to automate their inventory tracking. Designed to solve some of the $1.9 trillion warehousing industry’s most pressing issues, Ware’s product helps their customers operate more efficiently. A partner of Skydio and funded by Bloomberg Beta, Ware works with the world’s largest 3PL’s and global brands to improve their accuracy, workflows, and save money.

Compaas helps growing companies make smarter decisions around compensation, communicate better with their employees, and avoid mistakes. It offers a Compensation Intelligence Platform that helps companies manage their operating expense: employee compensation. The platform provides compensation analytics and strategy tools for startups and enterprise companies. In 2017, Lisa Dusseault and Bethanye Blount founded the company in San Francisco, California.

Huddl is an application leverages artificial intelligence to share text messages, enabling users to bring life to meetings.

Gatheround is a team bonding and community engagement platform for people-focused organizations seeking to build relationships and strengthen teams in an era of disconnection and distraction.  We make it simple and effortless to bring people together online in a way that’s both wildly fun and deeply meaningful.

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