Top Technology Startups in 2024

Given today’s hyper-efficient online shopping experiences, it’s natural to ask if brick-and-mortar businesses are now obsolete. We created Upside to level the playing field. Consumers use our app for everyday purchases, merchants use our platform to earn more profit without changing their business models, and as a result the offline world is made more efficient. And, it makes a difference for our communities. Our advisor, Hal Varian, developed an economic theory that is the bedrock of our model. His theory says if we know what a customer has done historically, and we know what that customer needs right now, we can design a personalized offering that maximizes the customer’s purchasing power, the merchant’s profitability, & societal value overall. At Upside, we do just that. We use real data to understand user behavior and generate personalized cash-back offers to motivate customers to buy more, more often--for millions of users and thousands of businesses across the country.

Space Runners has 3 main products: 1. Our open fashion metaverse (see demo at spacerunners.com/spaceverse), where users can show off their digital fashion wardrobes and brands can build gamified retail experiences for their fans. We are building the next generation platform for fashion retail and events that will also engage users with a wear-to-earn mechanic that rewards the most fashionable with token awards. 2. Digital fashion collections, launched in collaboration with the most beloved fashion brands. Our team of fashion and 3D designers build beautiful fashion items that rival real life clothing, but with a fun reality-defying quality only digital items can have, that you can wear across different metaverse platforms. 3. Experiences to enhance the fun of socializing in the metaverse, including a Web 3 dating application called Fame

Realm is building the modern financial advisor for your house. Primary residences account for 62% of the average American’s total assets, but there’s no accessible platform homeowners can turn to for unbiased, actionable advice — until now. From the day you buy your home to the day you sell it, you’re making a series of expensive and confusing decisions. To navigate these decisions, homeowners try to cobble together information from biased experts, googling, and friends. Realm's free insights and tools help homeowners across the US make informed decisions. Our nationwide product is powered by technology, with a human touch. Our insights help homeowners navigate complex & expensive home decisions, ranging from how much to spend on a kitchen renovation to when to refinance.

Jump is the only end-to-end fan experience platform built for sports teams and venues, breaking the mold for what fans can expect at live events. Jump’s enterprise software enables sports teams and venues to unlock the massive opportunities that come from real relationships with their fans, rethinking the traditional model that hasn’t put the fan experience first. Founded in 2021 by Marc Lore, Alex Rodriguez, and Jordy Leiser and backed by top venture firms including Forerunner Ventures, Will Ventures, Mastry Ventures, and Courtside Ventures, and more, we’re just getting started! We are a remote first team that grounds our actions and decisions in our core values — begin with trust, bring our all, and blaze a trail. Living our values means that we always assume positive intent, show up with authenticity and empathy, and push the limit of what is possible with our collective creativity. We’re actively recruiting for smart, tenacious, adaptable, and most importantly kind people to join our team!

J2 Health, whose name was inspired by the Portuguese word “Jeito” or “way”, provides a systematic way of evaluating network quality and prioritizing the highest value improvements. Its adaptive interface and visualization tools help organizations streamline the path to high performing networks, connecting the dots from strategy to execution.

CAIS is the leading open-architecture financial product platform offering the independent wealth management channel access to a menu of alternative investment funds and capital markets offerings. We are a FinTech, B2B organization that is leveling the playing field by providing research, diligence, access, and execution of complex financial products.

Powered by innovative technology that scales quality, we answer the always-changing needs of modern audiences, creators and marketers. Our wit, passion, and sharp commentary make Vox Media a keystone of modern media.

Abridge was founded in 2018 with the mission of powering deeper understanding in healthcare. Our AI-powered platform was purpose-built for medical conversations, improving clinical documentation efficiencies while enabling clinicians to focus on what matters most—their patients. Our enterprise-grade technology transforms patient-clinician conversations into structured clinical notes in real-time, with deep EMR integrations. Powered by Linked Evidence and our purpose-built, auditable AI, we are the only company that maps AI-generated summaries to ground truth, helping providers quickly trust and verify the output. As pioneers in generative AI for healthcare, we are setting the industry standards for the responsible deployment of AI across health systems. We are a growing team of practicing MDs, AI scientists, PhDs, creatives, technologists, and engineers working together to empower people and make care make more sense.

Wealthfront is a nextgen banking service. We help you manage your money for both your short-term and long-term goals by providing a cash account with a top-of-market APY, best-in-class automated investment management, and free financial advice, anytime you want it. We entered into the banking space in a big way this year with the launch of our cash account that offers an interest rate 23x greater than the national average. We’ve been overwhelmed by the response and have grown nearly 100% this year already to manage nearly $20 billion in total client assets. Our ultimate vision is to optimize and automate all of our clients’ finances and build what we call Self-Driving Money™️. We want clients to be able to automatically deposit their paycheck into their Wealthfront account, and let us take care of the rest — paying their bills, topping off their emergency fund or 401(k), and investing the rest based on their specific goals and lifestyle.

Data can be a powerful driver of change—but only when it’s acted upon with empathy. Our technology, data, and analytics solutions help healthcare payers and providers get the answers they need to make quality care more affordable for millions of people.