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Customer intelligence for Enterprise CX teams. The grounded…
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HQ: Auckland, New Zealand
Top AI Startups in Oceania
This list has 8 startups and was last updated on Oct 15, 2026. 3 of them are hiring right now. Biggest hubs: Sydney (4) and Auckland (2). Largest teams: Thematic, Care GP, and Strong Compute.
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Strong Compute
Hiring
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10x-1000x faster compute for Neural Network training
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AI agents to run primary healthcare operations
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Edexia
Hiring
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AI Teacher Assistant for Grading Essays
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Robot Cowboys that Herd Cattle with AI Drones
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Payments & analytics for apps in the OpenAI GPT Store
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Cherry Recommends
Shut down
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Promotion management platform
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HQ: Singapore
CoffeeAI
Shut down
What they do:
Instant, hyper-personalized, AI-powered outreach messages
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HQ: Auckland, New Zealand
Questions and answers
How many startups are on this list?
There are 8 startups on this list, last updated on Oct 15, 2026.
Which of them are hiring?
3 of them are hiring right now, including Strong Compute, Edexia, and Brumby (Formerly GrazeMate).
Which of them have the largest teams?
By team size: Thematic (20 employees), Care GP (10 employees), and Strong Compute (8 employees).
Where are they based?
The biggest hubs are Sydney (4) and Auckland (2).