AI Directory
AI Labs, Startups & Tools, Global Directory
Updated July 2026 · 138 entries
Every notable AI company worth tracking: labs, foundation-model startups, enterprise SaaS, consumer apps. US, UK, EU, India, Canada, Australia, with founding year, funding, flagship product, and what makes each one worth watching.
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- Lab
01.AI (Yi)
Beijing, China · est. 2023
Kai-Fu Lee's frontier AI lab, Yi series open-source models competitive with GPT-4 class.
$200M+ (2023)
- Startup
1X Technologies
Moss, Norway · est. 2014
EVE and NEO humanoid robots, continuous learning neural network trained on operator video.
$100M+ total (OpenAI-backed)
- Startup
Acko AI
Mumbai · est. 2016
Digital-first insurance with AI powering underwriting, claims automation, and instant policy issuance.
India's largest digital insurer; AI claims processing settles minor car accidents in minutes via photo analysis, eliminates surveyors in India's fragmented market.
$450M total (Series E 2023)
- Startup
AgroStar
Ahmedabad · est. 2013
AI-driven agri advisory and input supply platform connecting Indian farmers to expert crop advice.
Serves 6M+ farmers across 11 Indian states; AI Crop Doctor analyses plant photos to diagnose diseases and recommend inputs available from local retailers.
$70M total (Series D 2021)
- Lab
AI4Bharat
Chennai · est. 2021
Open-source AI research hub for Indian languages, models, datasets, benchmarks.
Builds foundational NLP infrastructure for India's 22 official languages; all models open-source and freely available.
Govt-funded (IIT Madras + DST India)
- Big Tech
Amazon Science India
Bengaluru · est. 2011
Amazon's AI research in India spanning Alexa multilingual NLU, supply chain AI, and AWS machine learning.
Hyderabad AWS offices drive cloud AI infrastructure research; Alexa India team built Hindi-language voice experience for 100M+ users.
Corporate (Amazon)
- Lab
Anthropic
San Francisco, CA · est. 2021
Safety-focused AI lab building Claude, the leading alternative to GPT for enterprise use.
$7.3B+ total; $61.5B valuation (2025)
- Startup
Applied Intuition
Sunnyvale, CA · est. 2017
Simulation and toolchain for autonomous vehicle development, used by 19 of top 20 automakers.
$600M+ total; $6B valuation
- Startup
Apptronik
Austin, TX · est. 2016
Apollo humanoid robot built for logistics, designed for 5+ year commercial deployment.
$160M total (Google partnership 2024)
- Startup
Arya.ai
Mumbai · est. 2014
Enterprise AI platform with pre-built models for credit underwriting, fraud detection, and AML.
Focused on Indian financial services sector; models trained on Indian credit bureau data and RBI-regulated workflows for banks and NBFCs.
$6M Series A (2022)
- Startup
Aurora Innovation
Pittsburgh, PA · est. 2017
Autonomous trucking on the Dallas-Houston corridor, Aurora Driver Level 4 commercial deployment.
$2.5B+ total; NASDAQ listed
- Govt
Bhashini
New Delhi · est. 2022
India's national AI-powered language translation platform for all 22 scheduled languages.
Government-mandated mission to break language barriers for 1.4B Indians; integrates ASR, TTS, and MT models from AI4Bharat into a unified platform.
Govt-funded (₹540 Cr National Language Technology Mission)
- Startup
Black Forest Labs
San Francisco, CA · est. 2024
Creator of FLUX, the open-weights image model that outperforms SDXL and rivals Midjourney.
$31M (2024)
- Startup
BYJU'S AI Learning
Bengaluru · est. 2011
AI-adaptive learning platform with personalised video lessons and practice for K-12 and competitive exams.
India's largest ed-tech company at peak; AI learning paths built around CBSE/ICSE/JEE/NEET curricula; served 150M+ registered students across India.
$5.8B total raised; facing restructuring (2024)
- Govt
CDAC AI Research
Pune · est. 1988
India's national advanced computing development center with AI, HPC, and multilingual technology labs.
Built India's first supercomputers (PARAM series); GIST division has produced Indic OCR, font, and transliteration tools used across government.
Govt-funded
- Startup
Cerebras Systems
Sunnyvale, CA · est. 2016
Wafer-scale AI chip, single 4-trillion-transistor chip delivers 100x speedup over GPU clusters.
$720M total; $4.25B valuation (2024)
- Startup
Character.AI
Palo Alto, CA · est. 2021
Largest consumer AI roleplay and companionship platform, 20M+ daily active users.
$150M total; $1B valuation (licensed tech to Google 2024)
- Startup
Cohere
Toronto, Canada · est. 2019
Enterprise LLM platform with RAG-native Command models and the fastest embedding API.
$445M total; $5.5B valuation (2024)
- Startup
ConveGenius
Bengaluru · est. 2018
AI tutor platform for government school students in Hindi and vernacular languages.
Explicitly designed for India's 250M government school students; AI explanations available in Hindi, Bengali, Odia and other regional languages at zero cost.
$15M Series A (2022)
- Startup
CoRover
Bengaluru · est. 2016
Conversational AI platform powering chatbots for Indian Railways, IRCTC, and government services.
Powers AskDisha on IRCTC, India's busiest e-commerce platform with 1M+ daily transactions; focused on Bharat-scale conversational AI across 12 languages.
Series A (undisclosed, reportedly ~$5M)
- Startup
Covariant
Emeryville, CA · est. 2017
AI brain for warehouse robots, RFM-1 foundation model handles 100,000+ SKUs across fulfillment centers.
$222M total (ABB partnership 2024)
- Startup
CRED (AI Features)
Bengaluru · est. 2018
Premium fintech platform using AI for credit score improvement, cashback optimization, and spending insights.
Serves India's creditworthy 25M+ users; AI models trained on India-specific financial behavior data to offer personalized credit and insurance products.
$800M+ total, Valuation $6.4B (2022)
- Startup
Cresta
San Francisco, CA · est. 2017
Real-time AI coaching and automation for contact center agents, live hints and after-call analytics.
$151M total
- Startup
Cuemath
Bengaluru · est. 2013
AI-powered math learning platform combining live tutors with adaptive problem-solving.
Founded to address India's historically weak math education outcomes; adaptive AI identifies concept gaps aligned with CBSE and ICSE syllabi.
$57M total (Series C 2021)
- Startup
Cursor (Anysphere)
San Francisco, CA · est. 2022
AI-first code editor with multi-file edits, agent mode, and Claude/GPT model choice, $100M+ ARR.
$60M Series A (2024); $400M Series B (2024)
- Startup
d-Matrix
Santa Clara, CA · est. 2019
Compute-in-memory chip (CIM) delivering 10x energy efficiency for LLM inference.
$160M total
- Startup
Dailyhunt (VerSe Innovation)
Bengaluru · est. 2009
AI-powered news and content discovery platform in 15+ Indian languages.
500M+ Indian users; NLP models translate and summarize regional news in real time; personalization AI surfaces content for first-time internet users.
$805M total (Series J 2022), Valuation $5B
- Startup
Decagon
San Francisco, CA · est. 2023
AI customer support agents for companies like Duolingo, Rippling, and Notion, 90%+ ticket resolution.
$100M total; $1.5B valuation (2024)
- Startup
DeHaat
Gurugram · est. 2012
Full-stack agri platform using AI for personalised farm advisory, input procurement, and output marketing.
Covers India's major agricultural states with 1M+ farmers; AI advisory in Hindi and Bhojpuri delivered through 11,000 micro-entrepreneurs in villages.
$235M total (Series F 2023)
- Govt
Digital India (AI Initiatives)
New Delhi · est. 2015
Umbrella program deploying AI in e-governance: Digi Yatra, DigiLocker, UMANG, and citizen services.
Digi Yatra uses AI facial recognition at 24 Indian airports serving 50M+ travellers annually; UMANG app integrates 1,500+ government services via AI chatbot.
Govt-funded (₹14,903 Cr Digital India Budget 2024-25)
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