Dinis Guarda Unveils The ‘Top 50 Most Promising AI Companies’ With Citiesabc And Businessabc

The "Top 50 Most Promising AI Companies" list is the most recent edition of the Dinis Guarda Citiesabc/AI Newsletter that features companies leading AI innovation across various industries, focusing on their growth, leadership, and contribution to shaping the future of technology. The list is curated in collaboration with Citiesabc.com and Businessabc.net.

The global AI landscape is expanding at an unprecedented pace, with the industry expected to scale into a multi-trillion-dollar economy over the next decade. AI startups alone have attracted close to half of all venture capital funding in the last year. With more than 60,000 AI-focused startups and over 200,000 AI-powered companies worldwide, the ecosystem is more vibrant, competitive, and transformative than ever before.

The ‘Top 50 Most Promising AI Companies’ list curated by Dinis Guarda in collaboration with Citiesabc.com and Businessabc.net serves as a key spotlight on the innovators genuinely reshaping the AI frontier. 

This latest edition of the Dinis Guarda Citiesabc/AI Newsletter highlights high-impact companies advancing healthcare, finance, education, creative industries, construction, and more, showcasing the organisations building the future through meaningful, scalable AI solutions.

As AI continues to redefine how societies and industries operate, this list offers a clear view of the companies driving that change.

From AI-powered healthcare innovations like Cera, DeepMind, and Tempus that are transforming diagnostics and personalised treatments, to AI-powered finance, Accio by Alibaba.com, Scale AI, Upstart, and Databricks that optimise trading, procurement, and loan decisions, shaping a future driven by AI advancements across industries.

Let’s explore how these top 50 firms are contributing to the global AI revolution and influencing the next chapter of technological transformation.

‘Top 50 Most Promising AI Companies’, curated by Dinis Guarda:

1. Anthropic- Anthropic develops reliable and steerable artificial intelligence systems designed for safety, transparency, and large-scale deployment. Its flagship product, Claude, is an advanced AI assistant capable of handling tasks from enterprise automation to research analysis. Backed by leading investors including Google, Amazon, and Spark Capital, Anthropic’s models are trained using Constitutional AI, a unique framework ensuring ethical alignment and interpretability. Recent advances like Claude Opus 4.1 boost coding accuracy and reasoning, while tight integration with enterprise tools and transparency in bug postmortems reinforce trust.

Wiki- https://businessabc.net/wiki/anthropic

LinkedIn- https://www.linkedin.com/company/anthropicresearch/

Funding Status- In March 2025, Anthropic raised $3.5 billion in Series E at a $61.5 billion post-money valuation, led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, with participation from Bessemer Venture Partners, Cisco Investments, D1 Capital, Fidelity, General Catalyst, Jane Street, Menlo Ventures, and Salesforce Ventures. Later in Sep 2025, Anthropic completed a $13 billion Series F round, elevating its valuation to $183 billion. The round was led by Iconiq Capital, Fidelity, and Lightspeed, with involvement from Qatar Investment Authority, Blackstone, Altimeter, and General Catalyst

Leadership: Dario Amodei (Co-Founder & CEO); Daniela Amodei (President & Co-Founder); Jack Clark (Co-Founder); Tom Brown (Co-Founder); Mike Krieger (Chief Product Officer); Sam McCandlish (Chief Architect); Jason Clinton (Deputy CISO- Chief Information Security Officer); Krishna Rao (Chief Financial Officer).

1. Accio by Alibaba.com- Accio by Alibaba.com International Digital Commerce Group is an AI‑powered B2B sourcing assistant designed for global trade. It enables users to search for products, match with verified suppliers, conduct market research and generate new product ideas using natural‑language queries. Powered by advanced models like Qwen and GPT‑4o, Accio spans over 7,600 product categories and millions of listings. It also includes features such as Deep Search, Super Comparison and the Accio Agent, which automates sourcing and compliance workflows, helping businesses speed up procurement and decision‑making. 

Wiki- https://businessabc.net/wiki/accio

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/accioofficial/

Funding Status- Accio is not an independent company seeking external funding; it is an AI-powered product developed and launched internally by Alibaba.com. As a result, it does not have separate funding rounds or an investor profile in the traditional sense.

Leadership: Kuo Zhang (President), Eddie Wu — Chief Executive Officer

1. Arvow: Arvow is an AI-powered content engine designed for marketers, agencies and business owners to automate the creation, optimisation and publishing of SEO-ready long-form blog posts. The platform supports keyword research, structured formatting (headings, tables, images, videos), internal/external linking, multilingual content (150+ languages) and direct publishing to major CMSs (WordPress, Shopify, Webflow, Wix). Users can also enable features like “Autoblog”, AI SEO Agent and Google indexing.

Wiki- https://businessabc.net/wiki/arvow

LinkedIn- https://www.linkedin.com/company/arvow/ 

Funding Status- Arvow has not yet raised any external funding and currently remains an unfunded company.

Leadership: Vasco Monteiro (Co-Founder)

1. ArtDott- Artdott is an innovative platform that blends art, technology, and branding to create immersive, phygital experiences for lifestyle, wellness, and fashion brands. Specialising in AI, spatial computing, blockchain, and NFTs, Artdott enables brands to engage Gen Z and Millennial audiences through interactive digital environments and curated events. Its services include data-driven digital communities, spatial storytelling, VR/AR experiences, pixel streaming, and digital art galleries. Artdott helps brands foster deeper connections, expand their reach, and transform traditional marketing strategies into immersive, engaging experiences. 

Wiki: https://businessabc.net/wiki/artdott

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bloomsbury-limited/

Funding Status- ArtDott has not yet raised any external funding and currently remains an unfunded company.

Leadership: Carles Sola-Vila (Co-Founder and CEO), Pol Coma Barbara (Co‑Founder and CTO)

1. ByteDance- ByteDance Ltd. is a Chinese internet technology company headquartered in Beijing. It is best known as the parent company of TikTok, Douyin, Dreamina and CapCut, offering a suite of platforms encompassing short-form video, news aggregation, music streaming, and AI-driven applications. The company is actively expanding its infrastructure, including a new data centre in Brazil, and is exploring AI advancements such as the OmniHuman-1 system for realistic human video generation.

Wiki- https://businessabc.net/wiki/bytedance

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bytedance/ 

Funding Status-  In the first quarter of 2025, the company reported revenues exceeding $43 billion. ByteDance has raised approximately $9.4 billion across 12 funding rounds, with its most recent being a Private Equity round on December 11, 2020. Notable investors include General Atlantic, Sequoia Capital, SoftBank Vision Fund, Susquehanna International Group (SIG), and Hillhouse Capital.

Leadership team- Zhang Yiming (Founder & Chairman), Liang Rubo (Co-Founder & CEO), Julie Gao (CFO), Chan Lin (Chief Commercial Officer) 

Editing Photos and Adding Them into Videos with CapCut Desktop- https://businessabc.net/editing-photos-and-adding-them-into-videos-with-cap-cut-desktop

1. Coralogix: Coralogix is a full-stack observability platform that helps businesses process and understand data efficiently. With over 2,000 global customers, including 10,000+ DevOps users, it monitors logs, metrics, traces, and security events, offering a 70% reduction in total cost of ownership. Powered by its Streama© technology, Coralogix enables real-time data processing with machine learning-driven event clustering. Key features include Application Performance Monitoring (APM), SIEM, Kubernetes monitoring, and custom data pipelines. The platform supports dynamic alerting, automated incident response, and is compliant with GDPR, SOC2, PCI, and HIPAA.

Wiki- https://businessabc.net/wiki/coralogix 

LinkedIn- https://www.linkedin.com/company/coralogix/ 

Funding Status: In June 2025, Coralogix raised US$115 million in a Series E funding round, bringing its valuation to over US$1 billion. The round was led by NewView Capital, with participation from the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB), NextEquity, and existing investors. This followed a Series D round in June 2022, where the company raised US$142 million. To date, Coralogix has secured approximately US$350 million in total funding.

Leadership: Ariel Assaraf (CEO & Co-Founder), Yoni Farin (Co-Founder, CPO, CTO), Matt Handler (Chief Strategy Officer)

Ariel Assaraf in Dinis Guarda YouTube podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VO8cj1rfl0U&t=2084s

1. Convai: Convai is a platform for creating and deploying lifelike 3D AI characters that operate across games, virtual reality, and metaverse environments. It allows creators to build embodied agents with multimodal perception, capable of speech, vision, gestures and natural language interaction, and integrate them into engines like Unity and Unreal via APIs and SDKs. Convai’s characters serve training simulations, virtual brand ambassadors, and social VR worlds, are deployable on web, mobile, AR/VR platforms, and support multiple languages and complex behaviours. 

Wiki- https://businessabc.net/wiki/convai

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/convaitech/ 

Funding Status: Convai, a conversational AI company focused on virtual worlds, has raised a total of approximately $5 million in seed funding. 

Leadership: Prashant Mishra (Co-Founder).

1. Databricks- Databricks uses artificial intelligence to unify data, analytics, and machine learning within a single platform, enabling organisations to build, train, and deploy AI models efficiently. Its Lakehouse Platform integrates structured and unstructured data for seamless collaboration between data engineers and scientists. Serving over 15,000 customers globally, Databricks generates $3.7 billion in annualised revenue and powers advanced AI applications for industries ranging from finance to defence.

Wiki- https://businessabc.net/wiki/databricks

LinkedIn- https://www.linkedin.com/company/databricks/

Funding Status- Most recently raised US $1 billion in its Series K funding round in September 2025, achieving a valuation of over US $100 billion. The round was co-led by Andreessen Horowitz, Insight Partners, MGX, Thrive Capital, and WCM Investment Management, bringing the company’s total funding to US$15.7 billion across 15 rounds. Databricks has been profitable on a free-cash-flow basis for the past 12 months and surpassed a US$4 billion annualised revenue run-rate in Q2 2025. 

Leadership team- Ali Ghodsi, Ion Stoica, Matei Zaharia, Patrick Wendell, Rey­nold Xin, Andy Konwinski, and Arsalan Tavakoli-Shiraji (Founders).

1. D-ID: D‑ID is a generative‑AI platform that creates lifelike digital humans and AI‑driven avatars for businesses, content creators and global teams. Leveraging its Creative Reality™ Studio, Video Campaigns, AI Agents and API integrations (including Microsoft PowerPoint, Canva), D‑ID enables scalable video production, personalised interactions and multilingual deployment. The company serves Fortune 500 clients and over 280,000 developers, producing more than 200 million videos to date. With headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware, USA, D‑ID emphasises ethical, secure use of synthetic media and works closely with privacy and compliance frameworks.

Wiki- https://businessabc.net/wiki/d-id 

LinkedIn- https://www.linkedin.com/company/deidentification/ 

Funding Status: D-ID has raised US$48 million in total funding. In March 2022, it secured US$25 million in a Series B round led by Macquarie Capital. Prior to that, the company raised US$4 million in a Seed round (2018), US$5.3 million via a convertible note (late 2018), and US$13.5 million in Series A funding (May 2020).

Leadership: Gil Perry (Co-Founder & CEO), Sella Blondheim ( Co-Founder & COO), Eliran Kuta (Co-Founder & CTO), Yaniv Levi (VP Product Operations & Customer Success). 

1. DeepL- DeepL is a Cologne-based Language AI company that uses artificial intelligence to provide high-fidelity translation and writing assistance across 30+ languages. Its neural models turn text and documents into natural, idiomatic output while preserving tone and formatting. Trusted by over 200,000 businesses, including half of the Fortune 500, DeepL powers efficient multilingual communication and now generates $185 million in annual revenue.

Wiki- https://businessabc.net/wiki/deep-l

LinkedIn- linkedin.com/company/deepl/

Funding Status- In May 2024, DeepL raised US $300 million in a funding round led by Index Ventures, which pegged the company’s valuation at ~ US $2 billion. According to Tracxn, DeepL has raised a total of about US $415 million across 5 funding rounds from ~19 investors.

Leadership team- Jarek (Jaroslaw) Kutylowski (CEO & Co-Founder), Sebastian Enderlein (CTO), Steve Rotter (CMO).

1. Deepmotion.com: DeepMotion provides AI‑powered motion capture and body tracking solutions accessible via a web browser, allowing users to generate 3D animations from video or text prompts with no specialist equipment. Its flagship tools include Animate 3D (video to 3D animation) and SayMotion (text to 3D motion). The platform supports exports in FBX, BVH, GLB and MP4, and enables integration via API and real‑time SDKs. DeepMotion is focused on automating digital human motion for gaming, film, VR/AR and metaverse applications.

Wiki- https://businessabc.net/wiki/deepmotion

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/deep-motion/ 

Funding Status: DeepMotion's latest publicly noted round is a “Corporate Minority” investment, which closed on March 17, 2023.

Leadership: Kevin He (Founder & CEO), Weihua Jin (Head of Engineering)

1. ElevenLabs- ElevenLabs is a New York-based generative AI company specialising in lifelike text-to-speech technology, enabling multilingual, accessible, and emotionally rich audio for global content creation. Its models support over 70 languages and enable users to clone voices with just minutes of audio. Since its 2023 launch, the platform has grown to 1 million+ registered users, powered 1,000 years of audio content, and is employed across 60% of Fortune 500 companies.

Wiki- https://businessabc.net/wiki/eleven-labs

LinkedIn- https://www.linkedin.com/company/elevenlabsio/

Funding Status- ElevenLabs most recently raised US$180 million in its Series C round with investors including a16z, Iconiq Growth, Andreessen Horowitz, NEA, World Innovation Lab (WiL), Valour, Endeavour Catalyst, Lunate, and strategic partners such as Deutsche Telekom, LG Ventures, HubSpot Ventures, NTT DOCOMO Ventures, and RingCentral Ventures. That round valued the company at ~US $3.3 billion.

Leadership team- Mati Staniszewski (Co-Founder & CEO), Piotr Dąbkowski (Co-Founder & CTO), Alexander Holt (VP of Engineering), Carles Reina (VP Revenue), Maciej Mylik (VP of Finance), Tim von Känel (VP of Backend Engineering), Victoria W. (VP of Operations).

1. Emergent- Emergent is an AI-powered development platform to translate natural-language prompts into fully working applications, handling design, backend logic, infrastructure, and deployment autonomously. Its multi-agent “vibe coding” system builds production-grade software end to end. The platform now boasts 700,000+ users, has generated 900,000+ apps across 184 countries, and achieved $10 million in ARR within just two months.

Wiki- https://businessabc.net/wiki/emergent

LinkedIn- https://www.linkedin.com/company/emergentlabs/

Funding Status-  Emergent raised US $23 million in a recent funding round led by Lightspeed, with participation from Together Fund, Y Combinator, Prosus Ventures, and angel investors like Jeff Dean, Devendra Chaplot, and Balaji Srinivasan.

Leadership team- Mukund Jha (Co-Founder, CEO), Madhav Jha  (Founder & CTO)

1. edYOU: edYOU is an AI-powered education platform founded by Dr Michael Everest in 2021 in Los Angeles. It offers personalised learning through conversational AI avatars—Nova, Hannah, and Eddie, designed to act as adaptable digital tutors. These AI Beings™ provide real-time support across subjects, explain concepts, and help with assignments. The platform is built to integrate with schools and learning systems, supporting students, teachers, and lifelong learners. edYOU focuses on safe, ethical, and accessible learning, aiming to make high-quality personalised education available to all.

Wiki- https://businessabc.net/wiki/ed-you

LinkedIn- https://www.linkedin.com/company/edyou-empoweryourself/

Funding Status- edYOU has not yet raised any external funding and currently remains an unfunded company.

Leadership: Dr Michael Everest (Founder & Chief Executive Officer), Dr Marcos Sanchez (Chief Research Officer), Keanna Lee (Project Manager), Greg Cross (Senior Technology Advisor).

Dr Michael Everest in Dinis Guarda YouTube podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRyVlFVlF8A&t=13s

1. Elysia Labs: Elysia.ai Labs is a UK-based AI consultancy specialising in AI-driven workflow automation for business operations. It delivers solutions such as AI-powered customer support, business process automation, healthcare AI, and custom web and app development. Its core offering is agentic AI workflows that autonomously manage tasks like customer service, data analysis, and operational workflows, integrating directly into existing systems without requiring in-house AI expertise.

Wiki: https://businessabc.net/wiki/elysia-ai-labs

LinkedIn- https://www.linkedin.com/company/elysia-ai-labs/ 

Funding Status- Elysia.ai Labs’ funding status has not been publicly disclosed.

Leadership: Erik Schwartz  (Chief Technical Officer (CTO), Benjamin Garnes  (Chief Operating Officer (COO)

Erik Schwartz in Dinis Guarda YouTube podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rF0yGKBR3UA&t=4720s

1. Evercopy: Evercopy is a creative intelligence platform founded in 2023 and based in Claymont, Delaware. It helps brands produce personalised, high-performing marketing content at speed using AI. The platform supports paid marketing, social media management, AI ad creation, product visuals, and automated campaign planning. Built for startups, founders, and marketing teams, Evercopy enables brands to secure consumer attention and run campaigns efficiently across channels. It focuses on blending creativity with automation to deliver fast, consistent, and scalable digital marketing output.

Wiki- https://businessabc.net/wiki/evercopy

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/evercopy

Funding Status- Evercopy has raised $850K across Pre-Seed and Seed rounds and is venture-capital backed, with active investors including 212 and Alchemist Accelerator.

Leadership: Deniz Özgür, Erdal Çokol, and Osman Selçuk Aktepe (Co-Founder)

Deniz Özgür in Dinis Guarda YouTube podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CMoTRSUUcM&t=71s&pp=0gcJCQMKAYcqIYzv

1. Glean- Glean is an enterprise AI platform that enables employees to find company information using AI-powered search instantly, and its AI lets employees ask questions like “How many vacation days do I have?” or “What’s our discount code?” across internal systems like Slack, DeDuplink, and Zendesk. With $100 million+ in annual recurring revenue, Glean now powers 100 million+ agent actions per year and serves over 1 million employees globally.

Wiki- https://businessabc.net/wiki/glean

LinkedIn- https://www.linkedin.com/company/gleanwork/

Funding Status-  Glean has raised US $150 million in its Series F funding round in June 2025, led by Wellington Management, bringing its valuation to US $7.2 billion. The company also announced that it had surpassed US $100 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR) during its last fiscal year, highlighting its rapid business growth. Existing investors participating in the round included General Catalyst, Kleiner Perkins, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital, and Coatue Management.

Leadership team- Arvind Jain (Founder & CEO), Vishwanath T R (Co-Founder & CTO), Tony Gentilcore (Co-Founder, Engineering), Sunil Agrawal (Chief Information Security Officer), Juliet Bramwell (VP of EMEA), Emrecan Dogan (Head of Product), Matt Kixmoeller (Chief Marketing Officer), Alla Mezhvinsky (VP of People), Michael Miao (VP of Finance and Business Operations), Michael Moore (VP, Head of Legal), Neboysa Omcikus (VP of Strategy and Operations), Bradley Scott (VP of Sales).

1. Google Vertex AI: Google Vertex AI is a fully‑managed, unified AI development platform on Google Cloud that empowers organisations to build, deploy and scale machine‑learning and generative AI applications. It provides a single environment for data prep, model training (AutoML or custom), prompt‑tuning and deployment across text, image, code and video use‑cases. Users gain access to model libraries (including Gemini and open‑source models), MLOps tooling (Pipelines, Feature Store, Model Registry) and end‑to‑end lifecycle management.

Wiki: https://businessabc.net/wiki/google-cloud 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/google-cloud/ 

Funding Status- Google Vertex AI is a fully managed ML platform within Google Cloud, not an independent company. As a result, it does not have its own funding status in the traditional venture-backed sense.

Leadership: Thomas Kurian (CEO), Amin Vahdat (Vice President of Machine Learning), Karthik Narain (Chief Product and Business Officer)

1. Glam AI- Glam AI is a San Francisco-based AI platform that transforms users and brands, instantly creating viral-quality photos and videos. Just pick a style and watch your content transform. Its mobile app offers 200+ AI filters, animated effects, and virtual “digital clothes” for video editing with a tap. With over 21,000 app ratings averaging 4.5 and thousands of new pieces of content created daily, Glam is pushing creative boundaries in visual storytelling. 

Wiki- https://businessabc.net/wiki/glam-ai

LinkedIn- https://www.linkedin.com/company/glamaiapp/

Funding Status- Glam AI has secured funding from ML Ventures, positioning it among the few funded competitors in the AI-powered creative content industry.

Leadership team- Paul Shaburov (Founder & CEO) 

1. Grammarly- Grammarly is an AI-powered writing assistant trusted by over 40 million individual users and 50,000 organisations. It helps improve clarity, correctness, tone and engagement across documents, emails and web apps by offering style suggestions, grammar checks, and context-aware rewriting. Available as a web editor, browser extension and desktop/mobile app, Grammarly integrates into more than one million apps, supporting users in writing more effectively wherever they work.

Wiki: https://businessabc.net/wiki/grammarly 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/grammarly/ 

Funding Status: Grammarly closed a US$1 billion growth financing deal with General Catalyst in May 2025. The investment is non‑dilutive (i.e., General Catalyst did not take an equity stake). Prior to that, Grammarly had raised venture/private funding: a US$200 million round in late 2021 at about a US$13 billion valuation. Grammarly has raised $545 million in equity funding (though this might exclude the $1B deal, since it is non‑dilutive).

Leadership: Max Lytvyn (Co-founder and Board Member), Dmytro Lider (Co-founder), Alex Shevchenko (Co-founder, Board Member), Rahul Roy-Chowdhury (Advisor), Matt Rosenberg (Chief Revenue Officer.

1. HeyGen- HeyGen is a generative‑AI video platform that enables users to create professional‑quality videos from text, images or audio in minutes. It offers lifelike AI avatars, choose from pre‑made characters or convert a photo into a realistic talking video, and supports voice‑overs, lip‑syncing, gestures and multilingual translation (175+ languages). Suitable for marketing, e‑learning, sales and social content, HeyGen simplifies video production and scales creative workflows with minimal technical skill required.

Wiki: https://businessabc.net/wiki/heygen 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/heygen/ 

Funding Status: HeyGen has raised a total of $65.6 million over two funding rounds, with its most recent round being a $60 million Series A in June 2024 led by Benchmark

Leadership: Joshua Xu (Co-founder and CEO), Rong Yan (Co-founder and CTO), Avi Yaffe (Director of Operations & Customer Support)

1. HitPaw VikPea- HitPaw is an AI-powered multimedia platform that enhances videos, photos, and audio, offering creative tools for editing, converting, and improving digital content effortlessly. It upscaling clips up to 8K, denoising, colorising and restoring damaged footage. It supports batch processing, universal video formats, cloud-accelerated rendering, and scene-aware models (portrait, low light, animation). The recent V5.0.0 update added an “UHD Restoration” model and advanced AI colour tools, enhancing performance for creators and professionals.

Wiki- https://businessabc.net/wiki/hitpaw-vikpea

LinkedIn- https://www.linkedin.com/company/hitpaw/

Funding Status: HitPaw VikPea remains privately held and unfunded, having raised no investment rounds yet.

Leadership team- Mike Lee (CEO)

Dinis Guarda Businessabc Series - Empower Your Business With AI featuring HitPaw VikPea: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3y8neD6EW0

1. Hugging Face- Hugging Face is an AI company offering open-source tools like Transformers and Gradio, enabling developers to build, share, and collaborate on machine learning models globally. Its platform hosts millions of models, datasets, and AI apps, enabling developers to build, share, and scale solutions across language, vision, and audio domains. Trusted by more than 50,000 organisations and generating over $130 million in annual revenue.

Wiki- https://businessabc.net/wiki/hugging-face

LinkedIn- https://www.linkedin.com/company/huggingface/

Funding Status-  Hugging Face raised US $235 million in a Series D round in August 2023, led by Salesforce Ventures (with participation from Google, Amazon, Nvidia, Intel, IBM and others), which valued the company at US $4.5 billion.

Leadership team- Clément Delangue (Co-Founder & CEO), Julien Chaumond (Co-Founder & CTO), Thomas Wolf (Co-Founder & Chief Science Officer)

1. Krea.ai: Krea.ai is a generative‑AI creative suite that empowers users to generate, edit, and enhance images, videos and 3‑D assets with a single platform. It features advanced tools including text‑to‑image and text‑to‑video generation, real‑time canvas rendering, upscaling up to 22K resolution, image‑to‑3D conversion and custom model fine‑tuning. Krea.ai serves professionals from creative studios to enterprises, offering commercial licensing and fast‑paced content workflows for marketing, entertainment, gaming and design.

Wiki- https://businessabc.net/wiki/kreaai

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/krea-ai/ 

Funding Status: Krea.ai's latest funding status is a $47 million Series B round, announced on April 7, 2025. This round was led by Bain Capital Ventures, with participation from Andreessen Horowitz and Abstract Ventures. This round valued the company at around US$500 million post‑money. 

Leadership: Victor Perez (Founder & Chief Executive Officer), Diego Rodriguez (Co‑Founder & Chief Technology Officer)

1. Keath AI: KEATH.ai uses artificial intelligence to transform educational assessment into rapid, structured feedback and grades in real time, helping educators work more efficiently while delivering richer feedback. Its platform allows institutions to train models using as few as 10 manually-graded submissions to mirror their rubric and style. KEATH.ai applies a “human-in-the-loop” model: educators review and finalise the feedback output by the AI, so the system amplifies human judgement rather than replacing it.

Wiki- https://businessabc.net/wiki/keath-ai

LinkedIn- https://www.linkedin.com/company/keath-ai/ 

Funding Status: KEATH.ai has raised 1 round, the Series A round, raised on Oct 16, 2024, funded by Stella Capital.

Leadership: Joey Lin (Founder & Chief Executive Officer), Imran Ali‑Farzal (Co-Chief Executive Officer), Dr Chris Trace (Chief Academic Officer)

Dr Chris Trace in Dinis Guarda YouTube podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmdOAJNlAU0

1. Keeping A Head- Keeping A Head supports organisations and individuals in adopting Artificial Intelligence through practical guidance, training, and consulting. It is a London-based organisation founded in October 2022 by AI Business Consultant Louize Clark. The organisation began with AI maturity assessments and integration strategies to help businesses align technology with long-term goals. It later expanded to include governance frameworks, ethical deployment, and risk management. Keeping A Head also works with industry sectors such as construction, promoting the “golden thread of data” and advising on Digital Twin and Smart City initiatives for responsible and effective digital transformation.

Wiki- https://businessabc.net/wiki/keeping-a-head 

LinkedIn- https://www.linkedin.com/company/keeping-a-head/ 

Leadership: Louize Clark (Founder and CEO)

Louize Clark in Dinis Guarda YouTube podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QaFLCkKHwU&t=22s

1. Kuaishou Technology- Kuaishou Technology is a publicly traded Chinese digital media company based in Beijing, known for its short-video and social networking app, branded as Kwai internationally and Snack Video in select markets. It supports large-scale content creation, live streaming, e-commerce, and community interaction, serving hundreds of millions of daily users. Kuaishou’s platform evolved from a GIF-making app into one of China’s major video-sharing ecosystems, backed by major investors including Tencent. The company also develops AI technologies, including the Kling AI text-to-video model, and continues to expand its global digital content presence.

Wiki- https://businessabc.net/wiki/kuaishou-technology

LinkedIn- https://www.linkedin.com/company/kuaishou/ 

Funding Status- Kuaishou completed its initial public offering (IPO) on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in February 2021 and raised about US$5.4 billion in that offering. Kuaishou had raised over US$4.35 billion in private funding rounds before the IPO. Pre-IPO valuation reached tens of billions of dollars: for example, a reported Series D round in 2017 of US$350 million valuing the company at ~US$18-20 billion. Post-IPO, its valuation (market cap) soared: at its debut, it reached ~US$150-180 billion.

Leadership: Cheng Yixiao (Co-founder, Executive Director, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer), Su Hua (Co-founder, Executive Director), Jin Bing (Chief Financial Officer), Yin Xin (Senior Vice President), YANG Yuanxi (Senior Vice President)

1. Leonardo.ai: Leonardo.AI is a generative‑AI platform that empowers creators to generate high‑fidelity images and videos from text prompts through advanced models like Phoenix, offers branding style tools, and supports rapid concept workflows. It serves digital artists, game‑asset developers and marketers needing visual content at scale. The platform is available on web and mobile, with free token tiers and commercial licences. In July 2024, it was acquired by Canva, accelerating its integration into Canva’s visual‑AI product suite. 

Wiki- https://businessabc.net/wiki/leonardo-ai

LinkedIn- https://www.linkedin.com/company/leonardo-ai/ 

Funding Status: Leonardo.AI was acquired by Canva in July 2024. Before the acquisition, the company had raised a total of $31 million over two rounds, with the latest being a Series A round in December 2023 led by investors like Blackbird Ventures, Side Stage Ventures, and Samsung NEXT.

Leadership: JJ Fiasson (Co-Founder & CEO), Jachin Bhasme (Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer), Ethan Smith (Head of Research), Chris Gillis (Co-Founder & COO)

1. Lovart- Lovart is an AI design platform that transforms text prompts into professional visuals, enabling creators to generate logos, storyboards, and brand designs effortlessly with advanced automation. Its AI “design agent” takes a simple prompt and generates dozens of coordinated assets, storyboards, brand kits, and animated visuals, all on an infinite canvas. It supports lip-sync animation in 40+ languages, creates virtual “AI actors” for video, and lets users export in formats like PNG, SVG and MP4. Following its May 2025 launch, Lovart surged globally with users producing millions of visuals and videos across brands and creators in 120+ countries.

Wiki- https://businessabc.net/wiki/lovart

Linkedin- https://www.linkedin.com/company/lovart-ai/

Leadership team- Melvin Chen (Co-Founder & CEO), Zhibo Chen (CTO)

Dinis Guarda YouTube Podcast Features the Lovart - AI Powered Design Tool: https://youtu.be/2YiXZV8MibU?si=FaDZ6UV8MiGKZzJc

1. LangChain- LangChain is a San Francisco-based AI platform helping developers and enterprises build, test, and deploy LLM-powered applications quickly, from prototype to production, using its powerful developer tools. Its framework and toolset let teams chain together models, data sources, and agent logic with minimal code. With 100,000+ companies building on LangChain and LangSmith gaining nearly 30,000 new users monthly, it's become a central infrastructure for AI application deployment.

Wiki- https://businessabc.net/wiki/langchain

LinkedIn- https://www.linkedin.com/company/langchain/

Funding Status- LangChain recently raised $125 million Series B funding round, valuing the company at $1.25 billion. The round was led by IVP and included new investors like CapitalG and Sapphire Ventures, as well as existing investors such as Sequoia and Benchmark. In February 2024, LangChain closed a US$25 million Series A round led by Sequoia Capital, valuing the company at ~ US$200 million.

Leadership team- Harrison Chase (Co-Founder & CEO), Ankush Gola (Co-Founder)

1. Luminance- Luminance is a legal AI platform that automates and optimises workflows such as contract generation, negotiation, and analysis with advanced NLP and machine learning. Leveraging advanced natural language processing and machine learning models, the platform reviews, drafts, and interprets legal documents with precision. It serves 700+ customers across 70+ countries, including AMD, Rolls-Royce, Lamborghini and National Grid.

Wiki- https://businessabc.net/wiki/luminance

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/luminancetech 

Funding Status: Luminance’s most recent Series C round in February 2025 secured US$75 million, led by Point72 Private Investments, with participation from Forestay Capital, RPS Ventures, Schroders Capital, and existing backers including March Capital, National Grid Partners, and Slaughter and May. In the 12 months leading up to this round, Luminance had raised more than US$115 million, continuing its rapid growth trajectory. Earlier, in April 2024, the company closed a US$40 million Series B led by March Capital.

Leadership: Eleanor Lightbody (Chief Executive Officer), Adam Guthrie (Co-Founder & Chief Technical Architect)

1. MetaGPT X: MetaGPT X (also known as MGX) is a multi‑agent AI platform that simulates an entire software development team—product manager, architect, engineer, analyst—via natural‑language input. Users can describe ideas in plain English, and MetaGPT X generates user stories, architecture, code, tests and deployment steps. The system follows real‑world SOPs and can build websites, apps, analytics tools and more, enabling rapid prototyping without deep coding expertise.

Wiki- https://businessabc.net/wiki/metagpt

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/metagpt/ 

Leadership: Chenglin Wu (Founder & CEO)

1. Merlin AI - Merlin AI (Browser Extension) uses artificial intelligence to supercharge your browsing workflow by converting web pages, videos, and emails into actionable summaries, drafts, and insights in real time. Its AI-driven sidebar supports multiple models and integrates with platforms like Gmail, LinkedIn, YouTube, and web documents to assist with writing, researching, summarising, coding, and more. Since launch, Merlin has crossed 1 million users on Chrome and claims to issue 102 free queries per user per day in its free tier.

Wiki- https://businessabc.net/wiki/merlin-ai

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/merlin-ai-by-foyer 

Funding Status: Merlin AI has raised about US $7 million over two funding rounds. Its latest disclosed fundraising was a Seed / Series A round in May 2023. Earlier rounds include seed investments from backers such as Better Capital India, Dharmesh Shah (HubSpot cofounder), and other angel / early-stage investors. Some databases also list a small convertible note or micro-round of US$250,000 in 2023.

Leadership: Pratyush Rai (Co-Founder & CEO)

1. Midjourney - Midjourney employs artificial intelligence to transform simple text prompts into richly detailed and expressive images in real time. Built on an evolving generative model, it supports everything from photorealistic scenes and portraits to abstract, painterly, or surreal visuals, all through a conversational interface via Discord or its web app. The company reported US $300 million in revenue in fiscal 2024, all achieved without outside investment.

Wiki- https://businessabc.net/wiki/midjourney

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/midjourney/ 

Leadership: David Holz (Founder & CEO)

1. Mirage - Mirage is a generative AI video platform that accelerates short-form content creation through its proprietary foundation model trained on millions of hours of speech-to-video data. The company’s AI converts a simple audio script or voice track into a fully synchronised, camera-ready video, complete with natural facial expressions, gestures, eye contact, and scene transitions, in just minutes. This video output is optimised for platforms like TikTok, Reels, and Shorts, and can be embedded directly into marketing workflows via API or studio tools.

Wiki - https://businessabc.net/wiki/mirage

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/trymirage/

Funding Status: In July 2024, Mirage raised US $60 million in a Series C round led by Index Ventures, with participation from Kleiner Perkins, Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Adobe Ventures, HubSpot Ventures, and Jared Leto. That round brought the company’s total funding to over US $100 million (i.e. including prior rounds). Earlier, Mirage, formerly known as Captions, secured a Series B round of US$25 million (led by Kleiner Perkins) in 2023. 

Leadership: Gaurav Misra (Co-Founder & CEO), Dwight Churchill (Co-Founder & COO)

Mirage, a video creation tool: https://businessabc.net/mirage-short-form-video-brand-growth 

Mirage Studio ‒ AI Video Revolution: https://businessabc.net/mirage-studio-ai-video-revolution

1. Mistral AI - Mistral AI is an advanced generative AI company developing large language models and tools for enterprises. The company’s AI transforms unstructured inputs (text, prompts, documents) into coherent, contextually rich outputs, such as conversational agents, code, summaries, or multi-modal responses, and enables seamless integration into enterprise systems via APIs and custom embeddings. Its assistant, Le Chat’, surpassed 1 million downloads within 14 days of launch.

Wiki - https://businessabc.net/wiki/mistral-ai

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/mistralai/ 

Funding Status: In June 2024, Mistral AI closed a US$640 million Series B round, led by General Catalyst. That round valued the company at US$6 billion at the time. In September 2025, Mistral announced a Series C round raising $13.8 billion, with ASML (the Dutch semiconductor-equipment manufacturer) leading with a €1.3 billion investment. The Series C round lifts Mistral’s post-money valuation to $13.8 billion. 

Leadership: Arthur Mensch (Co-Founder & CEO), Guillaume Lample (Co-Founder & Chief Scientist), Timothée Lacroix (Co-Founder & CTO)

1. OpenAI - OpenAI is the creator of frontier models that power advanced language, vision, and reasoning capabilities through its flagship product, ChatGPT. Serving over 500 million weekly users and 2 million enterprise clients, the company develops frontier models that enable natural conversation, image generation, and coding assistance.

Wiki: https://businessabc.net/wiki/open-ai

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/openai 

Funding Status: In March 2025, OpenAI announced a US$40 billion funding round led by SoftBank, valuing the company at $300 billion. As of 2025, OpenAI has raised approximately $57.9 billion over 11 rounds (including debt and grant funding).

Leadership: Sam Altman (CEO & Co-Founder), Greg Brockman (President & Co-Founder), Mark Chen (Chief Research Officer), Brad Lightcap (Chief Operating Officer)

1. Onereach.ai- OneReach.ai is a software company founded in 2013 and based in Denver, Colorado. Its core platform, Generative Studio X (GSX), enables organisations to create and orchestrate AI agents and Intelligent Digital Workers (IDWs) without code. GSX automates tasks, workflows, and conversations across channels while supporting human-in-the-loop collaboration. The platform is enterprise-grade, secure, scalable, and integrates with 1,500+ systems. Recognised as a leader by Gartner, Forrester, and IDC, OneReach.ai is used by Fortune 1000 companies, including Deloitte, PepsiCo, BASF, and DHL.

Wiki- https://businessabc.net/wiki/one-reach-ai

LinkedIn- https://www.linkedin.com/company/onereach/

Funding Status- OneReach.ai is a privately held company and has not publicly disclosed detailed funding amounts. However, it is known that the company received a private equity investment in January 2022 from LoneTree Capital, with the financial terms of the deal remaining undisclosed.

Leadership: Robb Wilson (Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer)

1. Perplexity AI: Perplexity is a next-generation AI search engine delivering concise, cited answers drawn from verified sources and real-time web data. Combining multiple large language models with real-time web data, it generates responses supported by verified sources. Founded in 2022, the company serves over 10 million monthly active users and surpassed $100 million in annualised revenue in 2025, redefining information discovery through transparency and contextual accuracy.

Wiki - https://businessabc.net/wiki/perplexity-ai

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/perplexity-ai/

Funding Status: In March 2023, Perplexity raised US$25.6 million in Series A. In 2025, Perplexity secured an additional US $100 million in funding, pushing its valuation to US $18 billion. The company is reportedly raising more capital around a US$20 billion valuation in late 2025.

Leadership: Aravind Srinivas (Co-Founder & CEO), Denis Yarats (Co-Founder & CTO), Johnny Ho (Co-Founder & CSO)

1. Plaud: Plaud AI is a voice intelligence company that converts speech into accurate transcripts, summaries, and insights instantly. Its flagship device, the Plaud Note, captures meetings, calls, and lectures, transforming spoken information into organised digital notes through advanced speech recognition and natural language processing. Used by over 500,000 professionals globally, it enhances productivity by streamlining information capture and retrieval across work and study environments.

Wiki- https://businessabc.net/wiki/plaud

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/plaudai/ 

Funding Status: Plaud AI has raised a total of $4.75 million across two funding rounds. Its most recent funding was a $4.75 million convertible note on April 24, 2025, from investors including Carbide Ventures and J12 Ventures. Plaud AI also acquired the YC-backed company Starjar in April 2025 to power its expansion into enterprise solutions. 

Leadership: Nathan Hsu (Co-Founder & CEO)

• Realbotix Corp: Realbotix Corp develops customisable, human-like robots integrated with artificial intelligence to support social interaction, companionship, and practical assistance. Its technology includes the Realbotix Robotic AI Vision System, which enables facial tracking, human recognition, and dynamic expression to personalise communication. The company focuses on creating robots that closely replicate human appearance and behaviour, with clients able to customise physical features and personality traits. Realbotix introduced Melody, a life-sized AI robot showcased at CES 2025, designed for companionship, conversation, and everyday support, with portable construction for flexible use.

Wiki- https://businessabc.net/wiki/realbotix-ai  

LinkedIn- https://www.linkedin.com/company/realbotixcorp/ 

Funding Status: Realbotix is publicly listed (TSXV: XBOT, OTC: XBOTF). The company secured CAD $7 million (approximately $5 million USD) through a brokered private placement offering, which closed on October 24, 2025.

Andrew Kiguel in Dinis Guarda YouTube podcast: https://youtu.be/dZ79laV3BVk?si=ibpCM65iCcbDO9Gn 

Leadership: Andrew Kiguel (Chairman & CEO), Matt McMullen (Founder and COO), Eric Abrahams (Chief Technology Officer), Martin Bui (Chief Financial Officer), Jennifer Karkula (Head of Communications)

1. Runway: Runway uses artificial intelligence to revolutionise video and image creation, allowing users to generate, edit, and enhance visual content in minutes. Its generative tools enable real-time background changes, lighting adjustments, and character reimagining through natural language prompts. Trusted by over 20 million creators and studios worldwide, Runway’s AI platform powers productions for major partners like Netflix, Lionsgate, and AMC Networks.

Wiki- https://businessabc.net/wiki/runway

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/runwayml/ 

Funding Status: In April 2025, Runway raised US $308 million in a Series D round led by General Atlantic, with participation from Nvidia, SoftBank, Fidelity Management, Baillie Gifford, and others. With that round, Runway’s total capital raised is reported to be approximately US $544 million to date. The company is now valued at over US$3 billion post-round, based on public reporting. Earlier funding history includes: A Series C round in late 2022, US $50 million and a Series C extension in June 2023, US $141 million at a reported valuation of US $1.5 billion.

Leadership: Cristóbal Valenzuela (Co-Founder & CEO), Anastasis Germanidis (Co-Founder & CTO)

1. Scale AI: Scale AI is a data infrastructure company enabling precise annotation, curation, and management of training data for generative and autonomous systems. Its platform powers data infrastructure for major clients like OpenAI, Microsoft, and Meta, ensuring precise datasets for generative and autonomous AI systems. Founded in 2016, Scale now supports over 500 enterprise and government partners, including the U.S. Department of Defense’s Thunderforge AI initiative.

Wiki- https://businessabc.net/wiki/scaleai 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/scaleai 

Funding Status: In May 2024, Scale AI closed a US$1 billion Series F round, which combined primary and secondary capital, valuing the company at US$13.8 billion. In June 2025, Meta invested in Scale AI, buying a 49% stake in a deal reported to value the company at US$29 billion. Scale has raised US $1.6 billion over 7 rounds. Scale has reportedly been exploring a tender offer valuing the company up to US $25 billion. 

Leadership: Alexandr Wang (Co-Founder and formerly CEO), Jason Droege (Interim CEO)

1. SERIF: Serif AI is an intelligent email automation platform that drafts personalised replies, organises inboxes, and filters spam with enterprise-grade security. Integrated with Gmail and Outlook, it helps users prioritise and respond faster through secure, CASA Tier 2-accredited and SOC 2-certified systems. Trusted by over 50,000 professionals at companies like Shopify, Compass, and Marriott, Serif enables users to save 10+ hours weekly on email handling.

Wiki- https://businessabc.net/wiki/serifai

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/serif-ai/ 

Funding Status: Serif has received funding from 4 investors, including Alumni Ventures and H/L Ventures.

Leadership: Kevin Yang (Co-Founder and CEO)

1. SingularityNET- SingularityNET is a decentralised AI platform that enables the development, sharing, and monetisation of AI services via blockchain technology. The platform hosts an AI marketplace where developers can use the AGIX token to publish services ranging from image processing to biomedical AI. SingularityNET aims to create Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) and integrates Knowledge Graphs to enhance AI inference. It includes initiatives like Zarqa for neural-symbolic AI and OpenCog Hyperon for AGI research. Recent updates include Filecoin integration and enhancements to its SDKs and marketplace. The platform also offers a $500,000 grant programme.

Wiki- https://businessabc.net/wiki/singularitynet 

LinkedIn- https://nl.linkedin.com/company/singularitynet 

Funding Status: SingularityNET carried out a token generation event (TGE) for its AGIX token, originally AGI, in December 2017, raising about US$36 million. In May 2022, SingularityNET (and its ecosystem partner SingularityDAO) secured a US$25 million commitment from investment group LDA Capital Limited to accelerate AI‑/DeFi efforts. The project indicated a major capital commitment of US$53 million toward building a modular supercomputer / AI infrastructure in 2024.

Leadership: Dr Ben Goertzel (CEO & Chief Scientist), Dr David Hanson (Co-founder), Mario Casiraghi (CFO), Janet Adams (COO)

Ben Goertzel in Dinis Guarda YouTube podcast: https://youtu.be/eJRx2GBTr9o?si=7zbfuXMJW4WwYnV4 

Janet Adams in Dinis Guarda YouTube podcast: https://youtu.be/x4v5vb8lMoo?si=A_uO0EFQBcETb0Q5 

1. Strapi: Strapi is a leading open-source headless CMS that enables developers to build and manage digital content while giving editors a simple and flexible interface to publish across any platform. Built on Node.js, Strapi provides full customisation, supports REST and GraphQL APIs, and allows organisations to self-host for complete data control. It is SOC 2 certified, GDPR compliant, and extensible through plugins. Strapi is used globally by companies like IBM, Walmart, NASA, and Société Générale to power modern websites, apps, and digital experiences.

Wiki- https://businessabc.net/wiki/strapi

LinkedIn- https://www.linkedin.com/company/strapi/

Funding Status: Strapi has raised multiple rounds of venture funding from leading B2B investors, including Index Ventures, Accel, and Stride.VC. In 2022, Strapi secured a $31 million Series B round, led by CRV, bringing its total funding to over $47 million to date. 

Leadership: Pierre Burgy (Chief Executive Officer), Aurélien Georget (Chief Product Officer), Alexandre Bodin (Chief Technical Officer)

Pierre Burgy in Dinis Guarda YouTube podcast: https://youtu.be/UZ93Jk4b-zA?si=1hSdoSrOitwtwT_9 

1. Synthesia: Synthesia is a generative video platform enabling users to produce realistic content in 140+ languages using 230+ digital avatars. Synthesia uses artificial intelligence to generate realistic videos in over 140 languages using 230+ digital avatars. Its platform enables users to turn written scripts into high-quality videos for marketing, training, or social media within minutes. Trusted by 65,000+ businesses, including Reuters and Accenture, Synthesia surpassed $100 million in annual recurring revenue, redefining video creation with scalable, lifelike AI avatars and multilingual production.

Wiki: https://businessabc.net/wiki/synthesia

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/synthesia-technologies/

Funding Status: In January 2025, Synthesia closed a US$180 million Series D round, led by NEA, with participation from Atlassian Ventures, World Innovation Lab (WiL), PSP Growth, and existing backers like GV, FirstMark, and MMC Ventures. That funding round valued Synthesia at US$2.1 billion. Prior to that, in October 2023, Synthesia raised US$90 million in a Series C round led by Accel. Synthesia has raised over US$536 million to date. 

Leadership: Victor Riparbelli (Co-Founder & CEO), Steffen Tjerrild (Co-Founder & COO / CFO)

1. Union Avatars: Union Avatars is a digital identity platform that allows users to create realistic full-body avatars for social media, gaming, virtual reality, and the Metaverse. Founded in 2020, the company provides an Avatar Maker and Style Converter that generates personalised 3D avatars from a photo in under a minute. Its UnionID system stores a user’s avatars and digital assets as a nested NFT, enabling portability across virtual worlds. Supported by partners like Telefónica, Accenture, NVIDIA, and the EU, Union Avatars is shaping interoperable digital identity.

Wiki- https://businessabc.net/wiki/union-avatars

LinkedIn- https://www.linkedin.com/company/unionavatars/

Funding Status- Union Avatars has raised early-stage funding to support its growth in the digital identity and Metaverse ecosystem. In 2022, the company secured a seed round of approximately €1.2 million (around US$1.3 million), backed by investors and supported through European Union programmes. Different market databases estimate its total funding to date at just over US$1 million.

Leadership: Cai Felip (Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer)

Cai Felip in Dinis Guarda YouTube podcast: https://youtu.be/vQpixMXb36g?si=eouLjuxHSrIidQ3O 

1. Thinking Machines Lab: Thinking Machines Lab is a stealth-mode AI venture advancing scientific discovery and autonomous programming. Though still in stealth mode, the company is developing next-generation AI systems capable of assisting in research, simulation, and software creation. Led by former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, the startup employs over 100 researchers and engineers across the United States and Europe.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/thinkingmachinesai

Funding Status: In mid-2025, Thinking Machines Lab closed a US$2 billion seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz, valuing the company at US$12 billion.

Leadership: Mira Murati (Founder & CEO)

1. VistaCreate: VistaCreate is a graphic design platform that transforms ideas into polished visuals in minutes. Its AI tools generate images, remove backgrounds, animate elements, and personalise templates across social posts, ebooks, print, and more. With 200,000+ templates and a library of millions of assets, the platform empowers over 10 million creators and small businesses to design with confidence, no prior skills needed.

Wiki- https://businessabc.net/wiki/vistacreate

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/vistacreateofficial/

Funding Status: VistaCreate was originally Crello, which was acquired by Vistaprint / Vista in October 2021 (along with Depositphotos) for approximately US $85 million. Post acquisition, VistaCreate functions as part of the larger Vista / Vistaprint family. 

Leadership: Vadim Nekhai (Vice President), Dmitriy Kozlov (CPO), Nazar Begen (CMO)

These remind us that leadership in the AI Renaissance is not just about technological advancement, it’s about vision, empathy, resilience and the courage to build futures that uplift humanity.

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About Dinis Guarda

Dinis Guarda is internationally acknowledged as one of the top global influencers and thinkers in technology, namely AI, Smart Cities, Fintech, and Metaverse, by renowned platforms like Thinkers 360, SocialBlade, and Cointelegraph. He has also been recognised among the 'Top AI creators You Need To Know' by Edelman, and featured in a 'Me and my digital twin' documentary by Ghislaine Boddington on BBC podcast platform, amongst others.

Dinis is also a prolific author, thought leader, and the Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Ztudium Group. He has been instrumental in creating over 100 products and numerous platforms, including Businessabc.net, citiesabc.com, Wisdomia.ai and intelligenthq.com, to name a few.

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