Top Tech Startups in Earth in 2027

unPLUG is a Chicago-based tech company developing an omnichannel, data- driven, digital software platform that automates, personalizes, and optimizes the restaurant dining experience. Its system uses breakthrough technology including artificial intelligence, sophisticated data systems to enhance the dining experience. unPLUG has a flexible work culture and although we work hard, we do not get too wrapped up with protocol or bureaucracy. unPLUG appreciates diversity of all stripes and is an equal opportunity employer.

We merge moving services with real estate transactions to create a world class moving experience.

Network Right supports the IT needs of growing businesses that need an expert IT team they can count on to support their team so they can focus on what they do best. When startups work with Network Right, they get a team of technology experts who understand the business and how to solve the technology challenges that burden growing businesses.

Scholarly is a seed-stage startup building a next-generation, AI-powered faculty software platform for higher ed. Higher ed is facing significant challenges related to cost of attendance and is undergoing a generational shift in technology adoption. The Scholarly platform enables customers to make data-driven decisions about their faculty and to automate essential processes like performance reviews and recurring reporting. Scholarly is already working with leading institutions, and the company has a major opportunity to become the leading faculty software provider.

We empower students with AI-enabled personalized learning tools that increase engagement and improve memory retention.

Your shield against digital distractions.

Ilant Health is an obesity treatment company, focused on increasing access to obesity treatment while reducing total cost of care for employers and payers. We provide the single front door for individuals with obesity, delivering end-to-end evidence-based solutions (bariatric surgery, medication, intense behavioral therapy) through a technology-enabled and analytics-driven obesity medicine practice. Unlike our competitors who focus on diet and exercise and medication to the self-pay market, we focus on working with payors, employers, and providers to engage members and pair individuals with the right treatment and care coordination, enabling care through insured value-based care models.

Lenders spend over $24B every year hiring agents to perform manual, repetitive servicing work. Existing AI solutions try to automate this, but they treat regulatory guardrails as an afterthought. Kato takes a different approach. Regulations aren’t an afterthought - they’re the foundation. We start with a regulatory rules system and layer an AI decision engine on top of it. With this architecture, we’re building an AI-powered servicing platform that automates critical workflows across every channel with full compliance and best-in-class recoveries. We are starting today with a compliance first Voice AI agent that handles outbound and inbound loan servicing calls, and are already in production with major names in the fintech lending space like Bilt Rewards, Bluevine and Parafin. Here's what makes us different from most venture-backed startups: we're profitable with strong unit economics, so we own our destiny. We're not forced to raise capital to survive; we'll raise strategically, on our terms, to accelerate the business when it makes sense. That changes how we work: - We make long-term decisions. We optimize for durable, long-term value, not short-term vanity metrics. - We run like a real business. We focus on what matters and have no patience for false busyness. - You share in what we build. Through profit sharing, when the company does well, you do well. We're looking for people who want to build deliberately, operate with discipline, and share in what we create. Kato is founded by a team with deep operating expertise in financial services and software engineering: - Pratik Risbud (CEO/Co-Founder): Former Investment Banker at Goldman Sachs and led Credit/Operations at Brex - David Zhu (CTO/Co-Founder): Former Software Engineer at Google and Engineering Manager at Brex Kato is backed by institutional capital from Pear VC and angel investors from top tech companies such as Brex, Bridge, and Square.