Top Tech Startups in North America in 2024

Dryft is a San Francisco-based startup backed by Neo, with recent funding from General Catalyst and the support of exceptional mentors and angels, including the former COO of Stripe, the co-founder & CTO of Beacon & Gavel, and technical leaders from Amazon, OpenAI, and Apple. Dryft is on a mission to automate the entire operational planning in industrial companies (e.g. inventory planning, procurement, quoting, pricing). By leveraging AI agents and our own custom models, we’re building a new category of software that makes autonomous operational decisions, replacing legacy systems and enabling industries to move faster—whether it’s building cars or responding to health crises. Our first product tackles the massive 400bn USD/year inventory carrying cost problem of US manufacturers & wholesalers. We are already working with multiple world-leading machine manufacturers (e.g. $500M revenue) on this.

LuminaData is an AI productivity platform for Finance. We are building role based AI coworkers for Finance called Emma. Users can deploy Emma for specific roles such as Accounts Receivable (AR), Accounts Payable (AP), Accountant etc, creating a personalized AI co worker skilled in executing tasks pertinent to each role

Nexa AI (nexa.ai) is a Cupertino-based company specializing in on-device AI models and tools. Known for its Octopus-series models, Nexa AI offers powerful yet efficient solutions for edge device deployment, including function-calling, multimodality, and action-planning. With over 40,000 downloads on Huggingface, Nexa AI continues to innovate through its collaborations and drive advancements in on-device AI technology. Nexa AI's mission is to work with the global developer and research community to push the boundaries of on-device AI. The company has created an on-device model hub (nexa.ai) for sharing and collaborating on AI models and an SDK for streamlined AI application development. Nexa also provides enterprise solutions focused on privacy, efficiency, and multimodal AI agents for consumer electronics.