Top Big Data Startups in 2026

Arize AI was started by building on an insight from our own experiences as data scientists, engineers and product leaders. We are a team of people extremely passionate about the potential of AI and Machine Learning. We're building the platform to watch, troubleshoot, explain and provide guardrails on AI, as it is deployed into the real world. Check out some articles about Arize! 1. Techcrunch Launch: techcrunch.com/2020/02/18/tubemogul-execs-launch-arize-ai-for-ai-troublehsooting 2. Why We Exist: medium.com/@arizeai/why-we-exist-df95d90dcf7e 3. Why our VCs backed us: medium.com/trinity-ventures/why-we-invested-in-arize-ai-repeat-trinity-entrep…

Based in Silicon Valley, Plus.ai was founded in 2016 by a group of Stanford PhD classmates who saw the strong potential of artificial intelligence to make a big impact on business and society. With trucking being the primary means of shipping in America, the founders decided to focus on self-driving technology to transform the trillion-dollar commercial trucking industry. Plus.ai is one of the most advanced autonomous trucking companies today in terms of technological progress and were the first to obtain California’s Autonomous Testing License. The company has since been working on improving the robustness and safety of its fully functional Level-4 autonomous trucks. Plus.ai closely collaborates with the largest OEMs to build self-driving trucks that are safer than human-operated vehicles. The company operates a fleet of autonomous trucks in pilot programs with the top freight shipping companies.

Driven by the urgent need to get rid of all fossil fuels, the world is in the midst of the most profound transformation in humankind's history. In the next decade, the transition to a low-carbon electricity system will require every organisation and government to understand and reduce their real electricity footprint. electricityMap's mission is to organise the world's electricity data to drive the transition towards a truly decarbonised electricity system.

AI is great at understanding what you're asking for. It's terrible at giving you answers you can trust. Everyone else is trying to make AI more accurate. We made accuracy the only possible outcome by building a platform that separates what AI does well from what code does well. AI handles the conversation. Code handles the truth. The result is the first AI system that can show its work. We automatically ingest data from scattered sources, structure it into a unified platform, and deploy specialized AI agents that conduct deep research with full transparency. Every insight links back to authoritative sources. Every conclusion reveals its reasoning. Every answer can be defended with complete confidence. We're starting in finance, where being wrong costs millions and speed wins deals, but we're building the foundational data layer for the AI era, applicable anywhere that decisions depend on trustworthy data. We're a team of ex-Palantir engineers who built data infrastructure for the world's most demanding organizations. We've raised from top investors, we're working with partners who need this yesterday, and we're building a small team obsessed with foundational technology. If you want to build the platform that becomes the ground truth for AI, we're just getting started.

LumenData transforms data complexity into opportunity. With experience across the enterprise data management lifecycle helping commercial and public sector organizations, LumenData delivers business value by bringing the technical skills necessary to modernize even the most intricate legacy data infrastructures and unleash the potential locked within. We design and execute Information Management strategies using our deep expertise in implementing data persistence layers for data mastering, prediction systems, and data lakes, as well as Data Strategy, Data Quality, Data Governance, and Predictive Analytics. Through a combination of highly trained consultants, strong partnerships, relentless focus on quality, and executive oversight, LumenData has successfully delivered planning, implementation, integration, maintenance, and training services to over 50 blue chip clients in various industries. Those clients include Autodesk, Bayer, Bausch & Lomb, Citibank, Credit Suisse, Cummins, Gilead, HP, Nintendo, PC Connection, Starbucks, University of Colorado, University of Texas at Dallas, Weight Watchers, Westpac, and many other data-dependent companies.

Sponsor a Pet is a fundraising platform, dedicated to providing Animal Non-Profits a platform to share their stories and help raise the necessary resources to save the lives of animals. We do this by working together with passionate local organizations to amplify our impact in communities as we come together as one. The mission of Sponsor a Pet is to provide every animal a loving environment that they can call home. Every animal deserves the opportunity to have their basic needs met; food, medicine, a safe and loving family. Our overarching goals are to eliminate Kill Shelters, Animal Abuse, and the destruction of their habitats. We strive to share stories of positivity, laughter, uplifting stories, animals who need our help, and to give thanks to the volunteers who work tirelessly to help find these animals find their forever home. If this resonates with you, join our team and lets grow our community! Who We Are We are passionate individuals who came to together under a common vision to help all animals. We understand working together, moving in the same direction will have a greater impact. Sponsor a Pet provides an audience across the country that local non-profits do not have access to. As we come together we can create a lasting impact in all of our communities. How to get Involved Singing up as one of our members as a PetStar is a great Start. On top of that, there’s much more you can do to get involved. The easiest way is to share your story with us. We would love to hear from you and share your story. What drives your passion for animals and a little about your background. Another way would be to share local organizations that need our help, or local communities who would want to get involved. Our goal is to provide a platform for animals, non-profits, Individuals, and companies alike.

Kpler offers a SaaS portal powered by algorithms processing radar & satellite feeds, governmental databases and shipping registries coupled with market analysts insights. Our proprietary technology gives our users (traders, oil & gas companies, hedge funds) a complete and accurate picture of what is happening in the commodity markets by giving them visibility to on how much volume of a given commodity is being shipped across the globe and by whom in real-time. The commodities we track include: LNG/LPN (ex: natural gas, propane, propylene, butane, etc), Crude Oil, Refined Products (ex: Gasoline, Kerosene, etc) and Dry Bulks (Iron Ore, Coal, Grains, etc)

The Dun & Bradstreet Data Cloud holds the largest collection (comprised of over 360 million business records) of commercial data that powers a range of solutions that customers use to tackle their unique data needs. Those needs could be for any specific department - like finance, sales and marketing, supply & compliance, government, and more. We currently work with 90% of Fortune 500 companies, and may government agencies. Although we're a leading data provider, we also have over 40 leading edge SaaS B2B products that are helping companies access data to tackle their unique data needs.

Aura is a seed stage mobile first startup creating a location aware social art network. The Aura app for iOS is a personal art notebook that recognizes when you are in presence of a work, presents further information on artist names, terms, movements and other topics referenced in the notes about a given work, and shares your memories with other users on private Aura channels and via social media. Aura.com web app lets you search, edit and share your Aura memories and is backed by the Aura Art Universe, a graph of art knowledge, reactions and connections that remembers your art experiences.Over time, Aura will become a location-aware engine of discovery and universal guide to art, artists, and exhibits. The collective use of Aura around the world by millions of people will silently build valuable new knowledge of art viewing patterns, private market prices, exhibition histories, curatorial notes and digital provenance that have never before been assembled into a single platform.

Smarter. Smaller. Sub-meter. American space-based radar for your defense, intelligence and analytics solutions. Umbra Lab is developing synthetic aperture radar (SAR) microsatellites to deliver sub-meter resolution imagery as a service. Our space-based radar can capture images day and night regardless of weather conditions, for delivery via an integrated web platform.