AI & Machine Learning Startups

Plaid (プレイド) is a Japanese technology company that builds products using data and technology to make large-scale, complex unstructured data intuitively usable by people. It focuses on maximizing the value of first-party customer data for businesses and services.

2 investors

Morpho is a research and development company that combines digital image processing technology with artificial intelligence and deep learning to create imaging AI solutions for various industries and social challenges.

2 investors

Yappli is a Japanese company describing itself as a "digital experience company" that uses technology to make digital tools easier to use and improve everyday life. This page presents the company's mission and its five core values ("Yappli Value").

2 investors

Richka operates as a digital-focused creative agency that provides marketing support and a platform where tens of thousands of ad creatives are produced monthly, applying AI to automate ad generation and video production. It combines a creative research team with technical development, and conducts joint research on ad creation with distribution partners such as Meta and Yahoo!.

2 investors

Robotruck develops autonomous trucks powered by advanced AI and sensor technology to address driver shortages and inefficiency in logistics. The company aims to improve transportation efficiency and reduce costs while transforming working conditions in the freight industry.

2 investors

Tenchijin is a Japanese space startup that uses satellite ("space big data") for land evaluation consulting and the development and operation of related services. It applies Earth observation data to environmental and social challenges such as sustainable land use.

2 investors

Synyi (Shanghai Synyi Intelligent Information Technology), founded in 2016, develops AI, large language models, and big-data technologies for healthcare, offering more than 20 AI medical solutions covering clinical diagnosis and quality control, hospital operations management, and clinical research. It serves hospitals, medical alliances, healthcare companies, and health regulators, primarily in China, and is headquartered in Shanghai.

2 investors

Yuanfudao operates a suite of online education products including interactive live classes, AI-powered practice tools, and coding courses for Chinese students. The platform uses technology to deliver personalized, large-scale education services covering knowledge development and skill cultivation.

2 investors

Sensors Data provides a data analytics and AI agent platform for enterprise digital operations, offering automated diagnosis, strategy generation, and execution for marketing and customer growth. It serves businesses across more than 30 industries in China, connecting online and offline data to support member lifecycle management and marketing optimization.

2 investors

GuanData (观远数据) provides AI-powered business intelligence and data analytics platforms that help enterprises make faster decisions across operations, supply chain, and finance. The company serves manufacturing, retail, and food service businesses seeking to digitalize their operations and integrate business and financial data.

2 investors

Operator of EMLink, a cloud-based equipment maintenance and asset management platform for plants and factories, featuring AI agents, KPI dashboards, approval workflows, and natural-language access to equipment data. Serves manufacturing, real estate, and public infrastructure companies across sectors such as oil and gas, chemicals, automotive, and utilities in Japan.

2 investors

AQRose develops industrial AI platforms and vision systems for factory automation and manufacturing optimization. The company serves factory operators and manufacturers globally with computer vision and AI analytics solutions.

2 investors

Indent Corporation develops technology aimed at helping small or one-person teams build large consumer brands. The company's stated focus is on applying current technology to predict market trends.

1 investor

Smart Trade develops investment trading algorithms for institutional and corporate clients, with track records in Japanese individual stocks, indices, and cryptocurrencies. The company, founded by AI and investment professionals, aims to bring systematic trading and AI investment technology to Japanese investors, and provides investment advisory (not fund management).

1 investor

RT Corporation develops, manufactures, and sells robots and artificial intelligence systems, providing installation support, leasing, and maintenance services. The company also offers education, technical guidance, consulting, and research related to robotics and AI technologies.

1 investor

A company that provides advanced data streaming and pipeline technology to connect physical devices, data systems, and virtual spaces, serving manufacturers and industrial companies transitioning to digital business models.

1 investor

/dev/fast is an AI-native code review platform that enables developers to review pull requests 10x larger in half the time by focusing on architecture rather than implementation details. It uses AI agents to reduce mean time-in-review by 2x while optimizing token costs, and includes a git server built on object storage for reliability.

1 investor

&Volume builds risk-management infrastructure for digital asset holders and managers. Its platform combines portfolio risk monitoring, opportunity identification, and capital movement into a single layer driven by AI models.

1 investor

19th is a platform that lets users train small, task-specific machine learning models from their own examples, automatically searching model candidates and distilling them into production-ready models. It targets teams building focused product tasks (such as classification and PII identification) without requiring a dedicated ML team, positioning its models to outperform frontier LLMs on accuracy, latency, and cost.

1 investor

Revive Media is an advertising technology company that helps advertisers and publishers optimize media buying and placement strategies.

1 investor

Robo is an AI platform that automates research and evaluation of external biopharma assets, using AI agents to search across 100M+ primary data sources such as publications, trial registries, patents, and conference abstracts and score them against custom criteria. It serves business development and research teams in the biopharma industry.

1 investor

Rooted Ag develops pasture sensors with AI-driven intelligence to monitor cattle rumen fill and body condition, helping ranchers time rotational grazing moves. The product targets ranchers managing rotational grazing operations and is being tested through a 2026 pilot program.

1 investor

Vallor.ai offers Val, an AI assistant that answers plain-English questions about a company's contracts and spend, returning results cited back to the underlying agreements. It pulls from systems such as ERP (NetSuite) and CLM (Ironclad) to support procurement and financial data reporting without SQL or manual spreadsheet work.

1 investor

The State of AI Report is an annually published, open-access analysis of developments in AI research, industry, politics, and safety, including an AI practitioner usage survey and forward-looking predictions. Produced since 2018 by AI investor Nathan Benaich and Air Street Capital, it is aimed at industry practitioners, researchers, and anyone following AI.

1 investor