Best AI Startups of 2024

Every year, new startups pull to the forefront...

The AI Juggernaut

Dec 25, 2024

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AI Startups to Watch in 2024 👀
XPENG unveils new Tesla Optimus competitor 🦿
Plus trending AI tools, posts, and resources 🤖

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AI Startups to Watch in 2024 👀

Every year, new startups pull to the forefront of their industry through exciting innovation, tech, and industry-disrupting business models. We’ve rounded up the top AI startups of 2024 that startup lovers, investors, and aspiring entrepreneurs should follow.

Abridge - Transcribes patient-doctor interactions, integrating with electronic health records to help manage healthcare labor shortages.
Air Space Intelligence - AI for aerospace, aiding air operations in decision-making, and expanding its reach in U.S. defense.
AliveCor - Offers remote heart health management with FDA-approved AI, detecting 35 heart conditions using a pocket-sized ECG device.
Braintrust - Provides an infrastructure stack for enterprise AI, boosting accuracy and supporting major tech companies.
Cake AI - Integrated platform with AI tools for building and managing AI infrastructure, aimed at easy deployment.
Clay - AI-driven sales and marketing tool, streamlining outreach and data enrichment for go-to-market teams.
Cranium - Security and compliance for generative AI, spun out of KPMG, enabling organizations to secure their AI systems.
Connect the Dots - AI-based relationship management platform for sales, mapping warm introductions within networks.
Continua AI - "Always-on" personal AI assistants enhancing productivity, created by a former Google engineer.
Cove - AI-driven coworking spaces focused on collaboration, founded by a team from Meta’s trust and safety division.
Datology - Helps companies curate high-quality data for AI model training, crucial for efficient model development.
Datavolo - Enables generative AI models to access unstructured data, creating secure, multimodal data pipelines.
Decagon - AI agents for customer support that learn from workflows and data sources, enhancing enterprise support.
Distributional - Automates AI testing to ensure safe, reliable AI systems for enterprises.
Enveda Biosciences - Uses AI to discover new drugs from plants, advancing multiple drug candidates to clinical trials.
Ezra - AI-powered MRI scan analysis for early detection of health conditions, aiming to make preventive care more accessible.
Finally - AI-based bookkeeping for SMBs, rapidly gaining traction and positioned as a comprehensive solution for financial management.
Gamma - Enterprise AI tool for content creation, allowing businesses to create presentations and documents efficiently.
Glean - AI platform for managing a company’s data with privacy and security, delivering a ChatGPT-like experience.
Greenlite - Compliance automation for fintechs and banks using AI, reducing human error and improving efficiency.
Haize Labs - Automated stress testing for large language models, ensuring secure and robust AI systems.
HeyGen - Generative AI for video creation, enabling personalized video content at scale.
Intenseye - Computer vision-based AI for workplace safety, processing billions of images to prevent accidents.
InWorld AI - AI for gaming, enhancing gaming experiences with partnerships across major platforms.
Langchain - Aids developers in building LLM-powered apps, widely adopted by developers with significant community support.
Lyric - AI decision-making tools for supply chain management, making AI accessible for complex logistics operations.
Modal - Cloud platform for deploying AI code and LLMs, reducing infrastructure needs for companies like Ramp and Substack.
Modular - Streamlines AI system deployment, offering a fast, efficient framework for generative AI applications.
Mutiny - AI-driven sales and marketing platform for account-based marketing, helping B2B companies personalize outreach.
Norm AI - Compliance tool using generative AI for regulatory risk management, a solution for chief compliance officers.
Nox - Personalized AI assistant aiming to enhance productivity and task management.
Overland AI - Autonomous navigation software for off-road vehicles, particularly for defense applications.
Protect AI - Comprehensive security platform for AI and ML, safeguarding AI projects against potential risks.
Sakana AI - AI research lab working on nature-inspired intelligence, with roots in Google AI research.

XPENG unveils new Tesla Optimus competitor 🦿

XPENG has unveiled Iron, its first humanoid robot capable of walking autonomously, mimicking human postures, and performing various ranges of manual tasks.

Here's what you need to know:

Standing 5'8" tall with over 60 joints, Iron can perform human-like movements and use its hands with 15 degrees of freedom to grasp and manipulate objects.
The robot's brain is powered by XPENG's Turing AI chip, giving it the ability to think, reason, and make decisions on its own.
Currently, it's already working in XPENG's factories, assisting with the assembly of upcoming EVs alongside traditional automation tools.
XPENG plans to expand Iron's role beyond the factory, with ambitions to deploy it in retail, office spaces, and even homes soon.

Why it matters:

XPENG’s Iron robot marks a big step in China’s race to lead in AI and automation, positioning XPENG at the forefront of integrating advanced robotics into everyday life and industry.

Quick Hits

OpenAI’s upcoming “O1” model has leaked, showcasing new AI capabilities that could redefine how users interact with ChatGPT and other applications. (2 minutes read)
Chat.com now redirects to ChatGPT—the co-founder of HubSpot bought the domain in 2023 for $15M+ and then sold it to OpenAI for shares (1 minute read)
Black Forest Labs has enhanced its FLUX1.1 pro model with two new modes — Ultra mode for 4x higher-resolution images and Raw mode for a more natural snapshot-style look (1 minute read)

Google accidentally leaked its upcoming 'Jarvis' AI agent on the Chrome extension store for a short time before pulling it down. Still, some users managed to download (2 minutes read)

Llama 3.2 Vision is now available to run in Ollama, in both 11B and 90B sizes (2 minutes read)

Useful AI Links

Trending Tools

Zero Setup AI Coding with OpenHands > Cloud VS Code meets autonomous AI coding, powered by Daytona. (link)
SuperHuman > AI-powered email for high-performing teams. (link)
NoteThisDown > Handwritten notes to Notion. (link)
RD-TableBench > Evaluates extraction performance from complex tables, including scanned, handwritten, and merged cells. (link)
Lunchgun > Aggregating and analyzing the public data of product launches on Product Hunt. (link)

Resources / Guides

100+ Cursor AI prompt templates to build full-stack apps with Python, TypeScript, React and more. (link)
Five Anthropic courses. It includes prompt engineering interaction, real-world prompting, and evaluations. (link)
Discover how to build an effective AI chatbot with no coding needed. (link)
Build a stock analysis app powered by xAI in under 10 minutes. (link)
How New York Times is using generative AI as a reporting tool. (link)
21 lessons teach everything you need to know to build Generative AI applications. (link)
Building AI Applications with HuggingFace. (link)
AI for startups by Microsoft. (link)