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AI Employee for Manufacturing Operations
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
YC X26Early stage
Top Operations Startups
This list has 186 startups and was last updated on Oct 15, 2026. 55 of them are hiring right now. Biggest hubs: San Francisco (89), New York (27), and London (4). Largest teams: Tractian, Zip, and Unbabel.
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AI-native insurance department for auto body shops
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
YC W27Early stage
Unbabel
Acquired
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AI-powered Language Operations platform
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Coursedog
Acquired
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Higher Ed's Best Friend - integrated academic operations software.
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
Kalibrr
Acquired
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Kalibrr connects SEAsian talent to your local & global jobs.
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HQ: Makati, Philippines
Vendr
Acquired
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The AI negotiation agent to help you save money on SaaS.
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HQ: Boston, MA, United States
Geosite
Acquired
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Geosite is an enterprise SaaS platform for spatial data.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Plerk
Acquired
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Acquired by Minu.mx - Fintech solutions for employees, starting with…
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HQ: Guadalajara, Mexico
Natero
Acquired
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Data-driven customer success platform for B2B SaaS.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
HOAi
Acquired
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AI agent for community management
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Avenue
Acquired
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Observability platform for operations teams
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
Percept.AI
Acquired
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AI support agent for your business that actually works
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
ZeroStorefront
Acquired
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#1 Data platform for restaurants. Acquired by Thanx
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Cohere
Acquired
What they do:
Support automation that's actually intelligent
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
Stackshine
Acquired
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Automating all IT operations
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HQ: Portland, OR, United States
Gander
Acquired
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Automation System for Global Aviation
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
Worksphere
Acquired
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Manage your hybrid workplace
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HQ: Seattle, WA, United States
ScopeAI
Acquired
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Automatically extract valuable insights from customer service…
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HQ: Los Angeles, CA, United States
Vogent
Acquired
What they do:
Build Voice AI Agents
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Solve
Acquired
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We save travelers hours by meeting them at their arrival gate,…
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HQ: Las Vegas, NV, United States
Fragment
Acquired
What they do:
Turn manual operations into scalable processes
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Welcome
Shut down
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Create jaw dropping virtual events
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Oico
Shut down
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B2B marketplace for construction material in Brazil.
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Atlas
Shut down
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Modern customer support platform replacement for Intercom and Zendesk
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Bicycle AI
Shut down
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Bicycle AI provides customer support as a service. We work on top of…
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onetool
Shut down
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App-Store for SaaS: one invoice, one user management, one login.
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Dropbase
Shut down
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AI app builder for internal tools. Build back-office software faster…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Traverse Technologies
Shut down
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AI driven professional engineering firm
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HQ: Singapore
Jasmine Energy
Shut down
What they do:
Claim solar incentives with AI
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HQ: Washington, DC, United States
Remy
Shut down
What they do:
Making it simpler for medical clinics to work with insurance
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Nimbus
Shut down
What they do:
Nimbus reduces Datadog costs by more than 60% without Manual Effort
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HQ: Seattle, WA, United States
MeetAnyway
Shut down
What they do:
We help run engaging online conferences.
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HQ: Stuttgart, Germany
Ponyrun
Shut down
What they do:
Automate prospect research at scale
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
OpenSight
Shut down
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AI-powered customer support automation for fast-growing companies
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Hipmob
Shut down
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Customer communication for iOS and Android developers - an in-app…
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HQ: Boston, MA, United States
LaunchHear
Shut down
What they do:
LaunchHear was a startup attempting to make PR scale in the same way…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States