Top Tech Startups in New York, US in 2026

We're solving the wrong problem. Everyone's trying to teach small business owners to be better marketers. Better social media strategies. Better content calendars. Better posting schedules. But here's the thing: A therapist shouldn't have to be a social media expert. A wedding planner shouldn't spend 6 hours a week posting content. A wellness coach shouldn't hate their own marketing. The problem isn't that they're bad at marketing. The problem is that they're doing marketing at all. At Omada, we believe the best marketing is invisible marketing. Omada means "team" in Greek. Not a tool. Not a list. A team. We've built the first AI marketing team specifically for service businesses - a "do it for me" team that creates, executes, optimizes, and supports while you focus on what you do best: serving clients. For small business owners, it means you're never alone. While you build your business, your AI marketing team is already at work. Thousands of companies are already waiting for this future. Technology should do what technology does best, so humans can focus on what humans do best. That's not optimization. That's revolution. Omada. Your team, in motion.

Mercata is a secure AI sidekick for fundamental investors. We turn unstructured internal and external data into a real-time, queryable research environment so analysts and portfolio managers can move faster, ask better questions, and make more confident decisions. With Mercata, research teams ask layered, high-context questions that traverse companies, people, and time, and get traceable, source-linked answers. The system scans filings, press releases, and news in real time and surfaces what is new and factual, highlighting potential impacts on existing investment theses. It frees analysts from data mining so they can produce unique insights and apply their judgment. Teams can integrate proprietary research into Mercata’s dynamic intelligence layer, creating a unified system of record for faster recall, deeper analysis, and clear decision trails.

Finthos is an Agentic AI Operating System for Family Offices to automate deal flow intelligence, portfolio monitoring, cash flow planning, and governance/compliance reporting.

Decisionly is the AI-powered dispute automation solution for card issuers, eliminating cost and enabling compliant, scalable card operations. Decisionly automates complex manual workflows end-to-end, modernizing payment infrastructure and generating unique first-party fraud insights for fintechs, processors and banks. Our founding team has a strong track record and unique founder-market fit. We founded Chargehound (backed by Y Combinator, Khosla), the first automated dispute solution for merchants like Airbnb, Uber and Doordash. PayPal acquired Chargehound in 2021 for $XXXM. Decisionly is growing rapidly and is backed by Fika Ventures, Vesey Ventures, Dash Fund, and angels from top fintechs including Stripe, Brex and Plaid. We are a remote company.

The roots of Blackbird Capital lie in combat operations, founded by an air force veteran. This military DNA is exactly what shapes our strict approach to risk: absolute discipline, tactical precision, and zero tolerance for chaos. Today, we apply that same battlefield execution to global financial markets, deploying systematic quantitative models to capture structural anomalies across equities, fixed income, and commodities. Because managing complex derivatives requires flawless cognitive readiness, we have zero tolerance for bad habits or dependencies. We require clean, sober, and sharp minds. Being physically active is a massive plus for us. We believe that physical endurance directly drives mental stamina and analytical clarity under pressure. However, we don’t believe in toxic corporate grind. Work is not your life. We operate with high intensity and expect high momentum, but we will never expect you to answer emails 24/7 or be chained to your screen around the clock. When you are on the clock, give us absolute focus. When the work is done, you disconnect. If you want a highly disciplined team, zero bureaucratic fluff, and real market impact, this is where you belong.

HackerRank provides a platform that helps companies to evaluate technical skills and create opportunities. The company helps in hiring skilled developers by allowing tech recruiters and hiring managers to evaluate talent at every stage of the recruiting process.