The tech industry is constantly evolving and innovating, creating new products and services that can transform the world and improve our lives. Every year, thousands of new tech startups are launched, aiming to solve various problems and challenges, or to create new opportunities and markets. However, not all startups are created equal, and only a few of them can stand out and succeed in the competitive and dynamic tech landscape.
In this blog post, we will introduce you to some of the best tech startups to watch in 2023, based on their business model, funding, market share, and technology. These startups are not ranked or listed in any particular order, and they cover various domains and sectors, such as artificial intelligence, fintech, blockchain, IoT, software, and more. Let’s take a look at them.
AiSight.ai
AiSight.ai is an AI startup that offers a data analytics platform that allows users to create customized surveys, track performance, and get insights like underperforming sales routes or population clusters not served by your products. The startup also uses machine learning to analyze satellite images, which helps with collecting data like population density. It’s particularly helpful for conducting research in remote areas and developing countries.
AiSight.ai is the brainchild of Dr. Umer Saif, a Pakistani entrepreneur. The startup is operational for the past two years but has recently received funding of an undisclosed amount from The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. According to the CEO, Dr. Umar Saif, “AiSight uses a crowdsourcing model and relies on machine learning to decide who reports data, where it is collected, and when and how often it is reported. This reduces cost and minimizes human errors.”
SoundHound
SoundHound is an AI startup that develops voice AI platforms that allow brands to create customized conversational assistants using their desired language, tone, and messaging. For example, a restaurant can create a voice assistant for automated phone ordering, while a car manufacturer can use it for an in-car voice assistant.
SoundHound has been around since 2005, but it has recently raised $100 million in a Series F round, led by Tencent, Daimler, and Orange. The startup claims to have over 60,000 partners and customers, including Honda, Hyundai, Mercedes-Benz, and Pandora. SoundHound’s voice AI platform can support over 40 languages and dialects, and can handle complex and natural queries.
People.ai
People.ai is an AI startup that develops a revenue intelligence platform for enterprise teams in sales, marketing, and customer service. The platform can help businesses analyze revenue opportunities, by documenting customer contacts, activity, and engagement, providing companies with actionable insights to help drive business growth.
People.ai was founded in 2016, and it has raised $200 million in funding so far, from investors like Y Combinator, Andreessen Horowitz, and Lightspeed Ventures. The startup claims to have over 1,000 customers, including Zoom, Lyft, New Relic, and Splunk. People.ai’s revenue intelligence platform can integrate with various CRM and communication tools, such as Salesforce, Slack, and Gmail.
Spacemaker
Spacemaker is an AI startup that develops a software solution that helps architects and urban planners design sustainable and efficient buildings and cities. The software can generate and explore billions of site proposals, sort out the best ones, and give the designers detailed statistics about each of them, such as sunlight, noise, wind, and density.
Spacemaker was founded in 2016, and it has raised $25 million in a Series A round, led by Atomico. The startup claims to have over 100 customers, including Skanska, AF Gruppen, and OBOS. Spacemaker’s software solution can support various types of projects, such as residential, commercial, mixed-use, and master planning.
OpenAI
OpenAI is a research company that develops cutting-edge AI technologies, with the goal of creating artificial general intelligence (AGI), which is AI that can perform any intellectual task that humans can. The company also aims to ensure that AI is aligned with human values and can benefit humanity as a whole.
OpenAI was founded in 2015, and it has received $1 billion in funding from various donors, such as Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, Reid Hoffman, and Microsoft. The company is known for its impressive achievements and projects, such as GPT-3, a language model that can generate coherent and diverse texts on almost any topic, given a prompt or a question; DALL-E, a generative image model that can create realistic and surreal images from text descriptions; and Codex, a system that can generate and execute code from natural language commands.
SurveyAuto
SurveyAuto is another AI startup that offers a data collection and analysis platform that uses machine learning to automate and optimize survey design, data quality, and analysis. The platform can help users conduct surveys for various purposes, such as market research, customer feedback, employee engagement, and social impact.
SurveyAuto was founded in 2018, and it has received an undisclosed amount of funding from The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The startup claims to have over 500 customers, including Unilever, PepsiCo, Nestle, and World Bank. SurveyAuto’s platform can support various types of surveys, such as online, offline, phone, or SMS, and can provide real-time insights and recommendations.
AiFi
AiFi is an AI startup that develops autonomous retail solutions that can enable cashierless and checkout-free shopping experiences. The startup uses computer vision, deep learning, and sensor fusion to track and identify shoppers, products, and transactions, and to charge customers automatically via their mobile app or credit card.
AiFi was founded in 2016, and it has raised $30 million in funding so far, from investors like Plug and Play, Cervin Ventures, and Qualcomm Ventures. The startup claims to have over 20 customers, including Carrefour, Albert Heijn, and Zabka. AiFi’s autonomous retail solutions can support various store formats and sizes, from small kiosks to large supermarkets.
Splice
Splice is a music startup that develops a cloud-based platform that allows musicians to create, collaborate, and distribute their music. The platform offers various tools and services, such as a digital audio workstation, a sample library, a plugin store, a royalty-free music catalog, and a music community.
Splice was founded in 2013, and it has raised $165 million in funding so far, from investors like Union Square Ventures, True Ventures, and DFJ Growth. The startup claims to have over 4 million users, including artists like Marshmello, Diplo, and J Balvin. Splice’s platform can support various genres and styles of music, from hip hop to EDM to pop.
Starship Technologies
Starship Technologies is a robotics startup that develops autonomous delivery robots that can deliver food, groceries, and packages to customers within a short distance. The robots are electric, eco-friendly, and can navigate sidewalks, crosswalks, and curbs, using cameras, sensors, and GPS.
Starship Technologies was founded in 2014, and it has raised $102 million in funding so far, from investors like Matrix Partners, Morpheus Ventures, and TDK Ventures. The startup claims to have over 100 customers, including Domino’s, Just Eat, and Co-op. Starship Technologies’ robots can operate in various cities and campuses, such as Milton Keynes, Mountain View, and Purdue University.