Marcus Richards
As a melting pot of cultures, New York thrives in housing young and innovative start-ups. In particular, the dynamic field of Artificial Intelligence has been the center of technological progress in recent years, and amidst the pandemic, burgeoning start-ups that were founded in 2020 and later have been striving to make a significant contribution to the AI stratosphere, notable even amidst the globe’s tech giants. This article will take you on a journey to understand the work and potential of some of these futuristic start-ups located in none other than New York, New York, United States.
The future is now. As we move past an unforeseeable year that was both anxious and chaotic, the need for tech, especially Artificial Intelligence, has never been more paramount. Newly founded start-ups with an aim of tuning in with these changing times and making substantial contributions in AI are more than ready to showcase their capabilities. Firms operating in this industry are not just focused on creating technology, but on creating technology that is usable, productive and influential. Without further ado, let’s jump into our lineup of killer AI start-ups founded in 2020, located in the heart of the country, New York City.
From making intelligent email assistants, data science product platforms, to creating health tech solutions and fashion retail innovations, these companies stand out in their unique blend of innovation, determination, and strategic role in enhancing their industries. So keep reading to discover more about these exciting start-ups in the AI industry in the city that never sleeps.
Lavender
Founded by Will Allred and William Ballance, Lavender is an AI email assistant. It merges everything needed to write emails that get replies. Lavender provides real time AI-driven coaching, prospect research, email verification, and even checks if an email will land in SPAM. Plus, it’s used by sales development representatives and account executives from the world’s largest companies to boost opens and double replies.
Black Crow AI
Black Crow AI, founded by Damon Tassone and Richard Harris, develops a business analytics platform that delivers machine learning predictions. Its platform provides real-time insights to users at companies of any size, for less than the cost of 1 data scientist. Black Crow’s Machine Learning predictions improve new customer acquisition scale and efficiency by 25-50%.
Lokavant
Lokavant is an IT firm that offers real-time visualizations, risk alerts, artificial intelligence, and human insight services.
Devron
Founded by Kartik Chopra, Devron develops a data science product platform intended to democratize machine learning in distributed silos. It was started in North Brunswick, New Jersey in 2020.
Coiled
Coiled, by founder Matthew Rocklin, is a modern solution for seamlessly scaling data science, machine learning, and AI in Python.
Alaffia Health
Alaffia Health, by Adun Akanni and TJ Ademiluyi, uses machine learning and AI to proactively eliminate provider fraud, waste, and abuse in healthcare claims. It is a healthcare tech company that offers an AI-driven payment integrity service to healthcare payers.
Ozette Technologies
Ozette, founded by Ali Ansary, Evan Greene, Greg Finak, and Raphael Gottardo in 2020, develops an artificial intelligence-enabled immune monitoring platform. It empowers scientists to extract reliable insights from single-cell data across various instruments, experiments, and disease states, with a focus on patients with cancer.
ePOP AI
Founded by Sunay Shah and Sunil Rajan, ePOP AI aggregates all of a user’s receipts in one place to view spending history across accounts.
dSilo
Founded by Jay Gutta and Sharad Malhautra, dSilo leverages deep learning AI to enable companies to reduce costs by minimizing spend leakage and streamlining compliance. Its AI platform extracts contracts, invoices, POs and other documents in context at scale and with minimum human intervention.
iambic
Founded by Chaudhry Raza Hassan and Maeve Wang, Iambic is creating tech-driven, artisan-perfected shoes that conform to your exact movements, needs, and lifestyle. Its novel 360° approach to fit assessment combines AI technology with scientific design features.
Rasgo
Rasgo, founded by Jared Parker and Patrick Dougherty, eliminates the inconsistencies in metrics that cause different answers from the same data. They empower data consumers to easily discover, explore, create, and monitor standardized business metrics. They have customers in Finance, Manufacturing, Biotech, Retail, and Alternative Energy sectors.
