Top Tech Startups in New York, US in 2026

At Poodle AI Labs, we're building the operating system for revenue and customer-facing teams. Our platform replaces static learning content like decks, scripts, and role-play with a colleague with realistic, adaptive AI conversations that behave like real prospects, customers, candidates, and more.

Windmason Arabia engineers advanced HVAC and evaporative cooling systems designed to elevate everyday living. Our commitment lies in creating healthier, more sustainable indoor environments while contributing to national progress through innovation and energy-efficient technologies. Through our smart HVAC, manufacturing, consulting, and energy solutions, we integrate advanced technologies with expert teams to deliver cleaner air and reduced CO₂ emissions. Our solutions support sustainable growth in cities and industries, while enhancing well-being and quality of life.

At Appicenter, we design and deploy production-grade Agentic AI workflows on AWS that automate complex, document-heavy business processes. Modern organizations handle a constant flow of contracts, compliance documents, and vendor agreements — most of which are still reviewed manually, leading to delays, inconsistencies, and operational bottlenecks. We solve this by building event-driven AI systems that go beyond simple document analysis. Our approach combines: Multi-agent AI systems AWS-native architecture (S3, Lambda, Step Functions) Deterministic decision workflows Built-in guardrails and auditability Instead of just summarizing documents, our systems: Analyze risk and compliance Detect missing or non-standard clauses Generate structured outputs Route decisions automatically (approve, review, escalate) This transforms document handling into a reliable, scalable workflow, where AI agents perform analysis and the system enforces decisions.

Cocoon is a home intelligence and service platform designed to help home-related protection parties, such as insurance, mortgage and real estate, and, in particular, homeowners, prevent avoidable losses and proactively care for the home. Today, parties such as insurers have access to extensive property data, but often lack a scalable way to translate that intelligence into sustained homeowner action. At the same time, homeowners want to maintain and protect their homes but face a fragmented, reactive process for understanding risks, prioritizing needs, and finding trusted service professionals. Cocoon closes this gap by connecting property intelligence, homeowner engagement, and service fulfillment in one closed-loop platform. Through self-inspections, proprietary applications, and third-party report ingestion, Cocoon develops a digital profile of the home and generates personalized risk insights, maintenance recommendations, and prioritized actions. Homeowners can then request service through Cocoon’s vetted professional network. Cocoon administers the work, validates completion, and updates the home’s digital risk profile to support ongoing prevention. Insurance carriers, for example, can use Cocoon to improve property visibility, engage policyholders in loss-prevention activities, and measure completed risk-mitigation outcomes. Homeowners receive a simpler, more proactive way to maintain and protect their homes, reducing time, cost, and stress. Cocoon’s vision is to shift residential property risk management from a primarily reactive model to one centered on predicting, preventing, and resolving risks before they become costly losses.

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We reduce waste, cut costs, and improve revenue by improving throughput, asset utilization and staff productivity. Our platform uses AI, RTLS, and EHR data to enable self-learning agents to automate workflows, adapt in real-time, and orchestrate all of care delivery operations. Easy to deploy and scale, it gives a clear picture of spaces, equipment, and people, eliminating inefficiencies and enhancing the patient experience. With measurable 10X ROI and over 20+ use cases, Kontakt.io is the go-to platform for better and faster care delivery operations.

Alloy is a smart identity solution that helps companies in financial services and other regulated industries safely onboard more “good” customers without introducing any additional fraud into their systems. We’re a five-year-old, fully funded financial technology startup based in NYC and backed by venture capital firms that have taken countless companies to IPO like Bessemer Venture Partners, Primary Venture Partners, Eniac Ventures, and others. We’re the leading provider of digital identity management and support innovative FinTech companies, and top tier banks to manage KYC, AML, and other components of client onboarding. Alloy’s single API enables its clients to access over 50 third party data sources in real-time to improve decision-making and streamline client experiences.

The lifetime financial impact of stepping away from the workforce is not transparent to parents ahead of making that decision - no one should have to make lifetime career choices in the first few months of having a baby! Mirza is an innovative employee benefit that relieves the anxiety parents face when starting a family - the “what happens?” and general awareness of potential career and financial tradeoffs. We integrate family financial planning & childcare funding, enabling companies to support employee financial health and loyalty.

Zazmic has one purpose: to help both startups and established companies grow and reach their potential. Zazmic has experienced teams of technology, finance, administration and marketing professionals that work with all types of companies, allowing them to scale resources and get jobs done efficiently. We help remove the burdens that distract from the organization’s mission – whether it be short or long term staffing or project based initiatives. When we step in, companies can focus on their core business objectives.