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5 years ago

“Together, dreamers and doers can do more than ever before.” It’s a “startup for humanity” that wants to provide rapid solutions that “help change the world for the better”

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5 years ago

A way to help human resources departments get a better picture of how workers are doing and whether they are happy in their jobs. The startup is looking to help HR departments with new tools to reduce turnover and better focus on employee retention.

271

4 years ago

This startup uses voice recognition and artificial intelligence to understand the emotions that are being expressed by voice (like “I’m angry”) and determine if this voice is coming from a human or machine.

242

5 years ago

A startup that aims to replace the human factor with machine learning to make sales and customer service easier.

237

4 years ago

This startup aims to bring a more human-centric approach to home security, offering a combination of a smart lock, a door sensor, and a camera.

227

3 years ago

The company that makes the Tiny Guide app is building an app that will help the blind navigate the streets of cities. The app uses a combination of technology and human volunteer navigators to point out street names, traffic lights and other landmarks. It also is likely to be the first app to integrate with the Apple Watch.

222

4 years ago

A platform that helps organizations measure their success in more than just the traditional metrics like financials, net promoter score, market share and more. The startup is pitching their platform as a way to measure what they do in real-time, capturing the human side of their operations.

213

3 years ago

Humaniq wants to provide a system for users to buy and sell cryptocurrency, using mobile phones. The startup is building a mobile banking app that allows users to buy, sell, trade, and hold funds in cryptocurrency.

201

4 years ago

A call center for multilingual businesses. It gives companies a way to handle customer service and human resources in their native language.

200

5 years ago

A company that wants to take stock trading to the next level with an AI-powered app that can trade stocks with the same confidence and speed as a human.

197

4 years ago

A company that builds and manages software that helps the processing and management of HR, payroll, payroll tax and other human resource information.

191

5 years ago

A software platform that helps human resources departments manage their employees' healthcare.

190

4 years ago

A startup that’s building a platform that helps human resources professionals manage benefits and training.

190

4 years ago

This Israeli startup is building a self-driving vehicle that, unlike Uber's autonomous cars, is purely electric and doesn’t need a human driver at the wheel. The company is planning to launch a service in Tel Aviv in July.

189

5 years ago

A “human-powered” startup that helps people to organize tasks and conversations around a particular topic.

186

4 years ago

A startup that makes hardware that monitors human movement.

185

4 years ago

This startup is building an AI-powered customer service chatbot that can help companies do customer service work without a human. Right now it works for customer support, but the company is planning to expand into other areas.

184

4 years ago

A startup providing a “more human” approach to marketing automation, using AI to help marketers find marketing strategies that are tailored specifically to their customers.

181

3 years ago

A startup that helps CEOs and CFOs to leverage the skills of their employees, especially their human resources. The company focuses on HR software.

180

4 years ago

A restaurant that allows customers to order food on their phones. The app is meant to be a more human interface to the kitchen and to reduce wait times at the restaurant.

179

4 years ago

A startup that combines the design of the old-school board game Exploding Kittens with the appeal of the game Cards Against Humanity. The startup is a co-op game made up of feline felines that explode when they get hit.

177

3 years ago

A startup in Singapore that plans to replace the human middleman in real estate transactions with an AI-powered software platform. It’s currently running a pilot in Singapore, and plans to launch in Australia next year.

174

5 years ago

A startup that provides crowd-sourced human testing on new products and software. They have built an internal tool to help the company evaluate software and services that it wants to launch.

173

5 years ago

A tool for working with data in order to understand the real world. For instance, a medical researcher can use it to investigate how much stress the human body can handle, or to understand how people interact with their surroundings.

165

5 years ago

A platform for developers to build chatbots on. The startup enables developers to build software that can mimic human conversations.

165

4 years ago

A human-powered team of recruiters that help companies hire.

165

3 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses with their human resources needs. The company wants to be a one-stop shop for all HR needs.

162

5 years ago

A human resources software company that helps companies track their employee’s work hours, track TPS reports, and calculate the number of employees they need.

161

3 years ago

A “personal assistant“ that leverages AI to provide human-like responses on voice and text based messaging platforms.

158

3 years ago

A platform for human-powered drones to fly for small businesses, agricultural operations, and for research purposes.

157

5 years ago

Alluvium is a company that makes artificial intelligence software for image recognition. The founders say it’s better than other tools because it was built from the ground up to work with the way humans think, rather than the way machines work.

156

4 years ago

This startup promises to bring a more human element to AI-based design. Their app takes the complexity of designing AI and makes it simple by using the color wheel to explain how a particular neural network works.

156

5 years ago

A company that helps employees share information about their projects. It’s also an app that powers human resources at major companies.

155

5 years ago

A startup that gives a voice to a growing number of people who are sick of the medical system, especially in the US. It aims to help people connect with their health care providers in a more direct and human way.

154

5 years ago

A company that wants to make it easy for large companies to take advantage of technology and automation to save money, while still ensuring employees have access to human resources, benefits, and security.

154

5 years ago

Algorithms that guide humans and machines to make better decisions.

152

4 years ago

An “agentless” marketplace for professional services. Clients can use the service to connect directly with these providers without the need for a human intermediary.

152

3 years ago

Cuddle is building a “digital pet” for humans that can be trained to respond to people’s emotions and other human-like cues. It’s currently in a closed beta, with a large focus on children with autism and other developmental disorders.

152

5 years ago

A healthcare service that provides a platform for human resources to view and search through the health records of employees. Providers can also use the platform to set up secure access for their employees, and then billing details are sent automatically.

151

3 years ago

An AI powered call center that promises to help businesses tackle customer service issues more effectively. The startup calls itself “the first AI-powered call center” and claims to be able to solve customer service issues more efficiently than humans. The startup is currently in closed beta in the US.

148

3 years ago

A startup that helps local governments manage their payroll and human resources on their own.

147

5 years ago

A way to help fast food restaurants manage the waste they produce in their kitchens and on their premises. For every burger they’re able to cut, the startup is able to feed a human in need.

146

5 years ago

The company was founded by former Google engineers, with the goal of creating a “Google for humans” where people can find information about products and services without having to search through a million different sites.

145

5 years ago

A startup that’s working on a way to integrate human and machine learning workflows. The company wants to help companies do human-based AI as well as machine-based AI.

143

5 years ago

A software-as-a-service company that helps clients with “human-centric” CRM.

143

4 years ago

An AI-powered robot that can answer questions and track trends for business owners. The robot can capture data and use it to make decisions, and can work alongside human employees.

143

3 years ago

A startup that lets people input their own recipes and have them combined with other people’s recipes by AI and other human chefs to create new recipes.

142

5 years ago

A startup that uses human transcribers to help companies support their customers in multiple languages

141

2 years ago

A tool that helps companies manage their supply chain. The company says it’s only $1 per month per employee, which makes it cheaper than human resources outsourcing.

141

5 years ago

A startup that helps companies replace traditional human customer service with a chat bot. The startup has been in beta since February.

140

4 years ago

A startup that hopes to replace the need for human financial advisors with an AI-powered automated wealth manager.

140

5 years ago

A crowd-funded project to bring the benefits of underfloor heating and cooling to the underdeveloped world. The startup’s founders came up with the concept for a client-focused project as a way to combine the technology with other humanitarian efforts.

139

5 years ago

An AI system for decision-making, designed to work hand-in-hand with human decision-makers.

136

5 years ago

This startup says that it is building a marketplace for humans to hire AI-powered chatbots and voice assistants.

136

4 years ago

A platform to allow users to tip humans on the internet, and not just digital goods.

136

5 years ago

A company that makes tools for the non-profit and humanitarian space. It recently raised $1.5 million in seed funding.

135

5 years ago

A chatbot-based customer service tool, with the goal of getting humans to do more of the customer-service work.

135

5 years ago

A company that aims to reinvent and recruit the human resources function for startups in the US.

134

5 years ago

“A personal assistant for the last mile: an AI-powered tool that serves the last mile of travel needs of both humans and machines.” The startup, which was founded in May, seeks to take on the likes of Uber and Lyft with a new platform designed for last-mile travel.

133

5 years ago

A messaging platform that supports human-to-human communication in machine learning. The startup is building a chatbot, but is also selling a tool that helps businesses gauge their customer service conversations.

133

5 years ago

An AI-driven (no more than 20 people) enterprise software company that is using “human intelligence” to predict and prevent customer churn.

132

5 years ago

A tool for understanding the human impact of a new product

132

5 years ago

A social network for the humanitarian sector, not unlike Care2 but more focused on the humanitarian side of things like conflict zones, refugees and the like.

132

3 years ago

A system that allows companies to track and optimize the use of their human capital. Currently in beta.

132

3 years ago

The company was founded by two former Googlers, and they’re building a way so that any human being can create an AI bot in a matter of minutes.

132

5 years ago

The company is building an online tool to help businesses automate payroll and human resources, with features like time tracking and flexible pay.

130

5 years ago

A SaaS tool that created a “human editor” that helps users write emails, convert PDFs to text, and make other edits to the text

129

5 years ago

An effort to build a more efficient and humane way to process and store food for the future. It starts with a food-loss tracking app and is working on a connected fridge.

126

4 years ago

A startup that aims to use AI to automate tasks like loan underwriting, automating more human aspects of the process.

126

5 years ago

A startup known as “The Human Body on Demand”, which aims to be the Airbnb of medical testing. The company is currently testing a system which allows you to get a blood test on-demand, with the possibility of charging for the service.

125

5 years ago

On-demand software for human resources (HR) teams. It automates the hiring process, removes the stress of finding the right people, and streamlines data collection and reporting for HR teams.

125

5 years ago

A startup that’s giving employers a way to document and monitor employee behavior, from performance issues to safety concerns. It’s a little like a human-resources app and a security camera in one.

124

5 years ago

This is the startup building a more humane and effective way to recycle scrap metals.

124

5 years ago

This startup is building a toolset for HR managers that lets them manage their company’s “Human Resources” from anywhere in the world.

123

5 years ago

This company makes a predictive analytics tool for human resources departments.

123

4 years ago

A startup that builds AI-powered chatbots to help businesses automate customer service and other support tasks. Their aim is to replace human customer service agents with chatbots.

123

5 years ago

A side project to Zenefits, a human resource software company, that automates payroll for small businesses by pulling data from Quickbooks.

121

5 years ago

A tool for data wrangling for the human sciences. It’s designed for students and professors (and not just for those in computer science,) and is looking to build a community around the product.

121

5 years ago

A software-as-a-service business which automates the process of helping human resources departments create, manage, and track benefits.

121

5 years ago

A startup that makes a “human-powered robot” that helps companies track their employees’ movements

121

5 years ago

Humanized AI, a website that walks you through how to change your habits for a healthier lifestyle.

121

5 years ago

A startup that aims to help brands create a "more human" social media presence.

120

5 years ago

A file storage service for people who need to store large amounts of data, including for human rights activists, journalists and whistleblowers.

120

5 years ago

A way for retailers to deliver their products directly to consumers without any human interaction. The startup’s goal is to make consumer interaction with products as invisible as possible.

119

5 years ago

A platform for medical professionals that combines artificial intelligence with human expertise to help them make better clinical decisions.

119

5 years ago

A peer-to-peer marketplace for reclaimed building material, with a well-documented process for sourcing and ensuring quality before selling. The company’s founders are also part of a collective that works to repair Habitat for Humanity homes.

118

5 years ago

A platform for human rights, which includes the belief that people should be able to freely share their information. The goal of Propscout is to provide a platform for the sharing of information regarding human rights issues in order to protect, respect, and promote those rights.

118

5 years ago

A software company that helps HR teams with all aspects of recruiting, hiring, and onboarding. They strive to be a one-stop shop for talent as well as a human resource management solution.

117

5 years ago

A company that helps companies create, manage, and implement international human resource policies.

117

4 years ago

A tool to help businesses manage both the financial, and human aspects of their businesses. Businesses can use the tool to manage their customer relationships, manage their revenue, and create and communicate with their teams.

117

5 years ago

A startup that helps governments with the problem of how to enforce and monitor their immigration laws. Their goal is to let immigration enforcement agencies be more efficient and humane.

114

5 years ago

A company that tries to get people over the old corporate fence by transforming talent management into a more human experience.

113

5 years ago

This startup is building an AI chatbot that acts as a friendly customer service rep. The startup is using a combination of machine learning, natural language processing, and domain expertise to make its chatbot more human.

110

3 years ago

A startup that wants to build the system to manage US military-funded humanitarian aid to the world. The company wants to build a “Google for relief”, building a system where donations come in a bottom-up approach and then the money can be distributed to the people in need.

106

5 years ago

A platform that documents the human factors that go into the design of things, like adding a button for “Delete’ and a “Save” button to a plastic toothbrush. The startup is currently working with startups and designers to build out its product.

105

4 years ago

A company that wants to build out a “citizen army” of robots that can do warehouse work and increase efficiency. The founders claim they can do the same work in half the time by pairing robots with humans.

104

5 years ago

A startup that uses AI to rank news stories and photos, using a blend of machine learning and human curation.

103

5 years ago

A startup that collects data from social media networks and aggregates them into daily reports that can be used to measure the human conversation that happens on the internet.

103

4 years ago

A B2B company that allows banks to choose between an AI/ML-driven platform and a human-driven platform for OCR, fraud detection, and other similar tasks.

103

5 years ago

This startup wants to be the business management software for people managing personal assistants (like Siri, Alexa, or Google Now). The company offers a “human-focused” interface that makes it easier for the user to put together a plan for how they want their assistant to carry out a task.

99

4 years ago

A group of students at Carnegie Mellon University are building a wearable that tracks the human heart rate, breathing, and activity. The technology is meant to be used for home wellness, but also to help with medical research.

99

4 years ago

A platform that has delivered 1.2 million packages to businesses without human involvement.

99

5 years ago

A customer support app for businesses, that helps users get through to human resources, and allows them to receive specific customer service.

98

5 years ago

A startup that offers a distributed human-powered AI that can help organizations build AI-driven chatbots.

97

4 years ago

A chatbot that taps into the Facebook Graph API to build a more human-like conversational interface. The startup can tap into the billions of data points the Graph API has on you to provide more personal insights to its customers.

97

5 years ago

A startup that wants to take on the role of the concierge, with a live human who can help you book a ride on Uber, book a hotel, or find an event.

95

4 years ago

A platform to improve the efficiency of a company’s human resources department.

95

4 years ago

A company that helps brands communicate with their customers in a more personal way. The startup wants to make a “human social media network” that works in a more organic way, where you can reach people with specific interests without the need for any kind of targeting.

94

4 years ago

A startup that wants to make HR more human. They are a HR startup that tries to replace the impersonal nature of HR with a more human approach.

91

5 years ago

A platform that engages users with content that’s relevant to them, whether they’re fans of an artist or a topic they’re researching. It’s a software-based approach to human curation.

88

4 years ago

A startup looking to make it easier for companies to hire and fire employees. The system’s algorithms help companies find the best people, and eliminate the high-conflict humans in the process. The company also offers a “health score” for each job candidate. The company says they’ve operated in New York and LA and are now expanding to other parts of the country.

88

4 years ago

An artificial intelligence program that gives tutors human-like feedback to help students study better.

88

4 years ago

A startup that is creating a free, encrypted messaging app for journalists and human rights workers who need to communicate while under threat.

88

4 years ago

A technology that will allow robots to follow human movements and do physical tasks for humans. The startup is getting $1M from the Singapore government.

88

2 years ago

A company that makes software to help companies make sure they are efficient and accurate in their human resources processes and HR data management.

87

4 years ago

A platform that combines the best of human and machine intelligence that allows you to create your own visual voice and chatbot. The idea is that your chatbot will be able to learn from your interactions and start to learn from your friends and family.

86

4 years ago

This startup is building an all-in-one management platform for human resources, payroll and benefits.

86

2 years ago

Translating text into the “world’s most human-friendly language”.

86

4 years ago

A tool to record your phone’s audio, transforming it into a human voice recording with natural-sounding intonation.

82

4 years ago

A company that helps human resource departments manage their benefits program, with a focus on giving employees more control over their benefits. It’s currently in stealth mode, but raised $750,000.

81

4 years ago

A team of futurists based in Tel-Aviv, Israel, that uses data science to predict how human behavior will change in response to various technologies.

81

4 years ago

A software company that uses machine learning to provide better advice, more relevant products, and better products without human intervention.

80

4 years ago

A startup that sells software designed to integrate with the human resources and benefits management software of large employers.

80

4 years ago

A company that helps companies automate their sales process with a “human machine interface” where salespeople can interact with the sales process via chatbots.

79

5 years ago

A solution for human resources recruiters to help companies find the right employees. They classify recruiters into two categories: “job search specialists” and “job finders.”

78

4 years ago

Teams on a team. A Slack app built for small teams that wants to provide a more “human” experience than Slack.

78

4 years ago

A web-based customer support platform, Help My Human helps teams prioritize and manage customer support tasks.

78

4 years ago

A “human-powered” platform that connects users with other people in their niche-of-interest. The idea is that each user has an “agent” who will help them find other people in the same area or have similar interests.

78

3 years ago

A self-driving platform for the automotive industry, the startup claims to allow car manufacturers to build cars that can be steered by a human driver, but that can also navigate on their own in the case of an accident.

77

3 years ago

A platform for selling a variety of products and services, like flowers, services and more, with a focus on the human touch.

77

5 years ago

A platform that helps businesses like accounting, legal, and human resources departments manage the paperwork, invoicing, and payments for companies all in one place.

76

4 years ago

An API marketplace for scheduling and booking workers. It’s an API-driven marketplace for arranging for human labor.

76

3 years ago

A startup that connects customers with businesses by way of the phone. The startup is building an API for companies to send messages to customers on their behalf, cutting out the involvement of humans.

76

5 years ago

A startup aiming to provide a universal language for software developers to build apps that are more human, more intuitive and easier to use than their competitors.

75

4 years ago

A startup that takes on the work of the human team, like digital marketing, and hires a bot to do it for them.

75

2 years ago

A real-time messaging app for the medical community, connecting doctors with patients around their most pressing needs. It’s a chatbot that connects users to a real human.

75

4 years ago

Helps companies manage their human capital better by replacing spreadsheets with online tools. Helps companies manage their human capital better by replacing spreadsheets with online tools.

74

4 years ago

This is a software platform that allows call center workers to find out which of their client’s questions are likely to be answered by a computer and which ones need a human operator.

74

3 years ago

An AI startup that wants to help human staffers work more efficiently by using machine learning to identify which tasks need attention.

74

3 years ago

A startup that guarantees that every customer that walks in the door is spoken to by a human. Does this solve a real problem, or just create a job that no one wants It certainly sounds like an absurdly good idea, which is why we’re giving it the “idea” tag.

74

3 years ago

A smart and flexible data platform for self-driving cars. Their proprietary technology and algorithms enable cars to understand the world around them. Through a combination of sensors, machine learning, and computer vision, the platform provides a level of situational awareness that’s currently only available to humans.

74

3 years ago

A company that puts a human face on the world of data with an interactive map and tool.

73

2 years ago

A startup that simplifies the hiring process for human resource departments, making it easier to track applications and turning HR into a more nimble, responsive organization.

73

4 years ago

The app sends automated, human-dictated emails and text messages to your contacts to keep you updated on all the things that matter to you.

72

4 years ago

A startup that provides a “human-centric” wellness program that connects patients with care professionals in the form of video chats.

72

4 years ago

The startup’s a startup looking to disrupt the human resources market in big, old-school companies. With the help of AI and machine learning, the startup wants to make recruiting and hiring more efficient while helping companies tap into the power of data to better predict how well candidates will fit.

72

4 years ago

A social enterprise that sells a monthly subscription to its members, who can use the service to get a cup of tea in their home or a drink in a restaurant. The company hopes to provide a service to the growing number of people who do not have access to this basic human necessity.

71

4 years ago

A digital health startup that wants to put a wearable sensor on a patient’s finger to detect a variety of biometric markers. The startup will use a combination of machines learning and a human expert to make the system more robust.

71

4 years ago

An AI-powered chatbot that helps with financial planning. The startup wants to bring AI to the financial planning industry, which has historically been dominated by humans, who can be biased and inefficient.

71

3 years ago

A robotic vacuum that is promised to clean your house more thoroughly than a human and at a cheaper rate.

71

3 years ago

A tool for communicating with people in remote areas, designed for disaster relief and humanitarian work.

71

4 years ago

A platform for building virtual reality content with human-scale interactions. The company wants to build virtual reality content where people can walk around, sit down or interact with their virtual world.

70

4 years ago

Booking.com has 50 million customers, but they still have to manually approve bookings. The startup wants to build a system that automatically approves bookings for hotels, without human intervention.

70

3 years ago

A real estate app for buyers and sellers, combining technology and human capital to pinpoint the highest and best bid for a home and help close a deal.

70

4 years ago

This startup wants to add a “human-sized” touch screen to your phone. The company makes touch screen “smart screens” that let you swipe by swiping.

69

4 years ago

Rethink Robotics is building a competitor to the industrial robot arms that dominate factory floors, building a robot that is more efficient and flexible. Its robot, called Sawyer, is also more human-centered, with arms that can be repositioned, and arms that can pick up and move things.

69

3 years ago

A platform that helps brands create campaigns that are more “human-centric”, aiming to reduce the time it takes to produce a video by 40% and increase the amount of real estate they can fill.

69

3 years ago

A “modern payroll software” that uses a combination of chatbots and artificial intelligence to replace the paperwork and back-and-forth interactions for payroll. The company says that after launching, it’s already implemented more than 3,000 new payroll processes with no human interaction.

69

2 years ago

A startup that has built a game for children that teaches about the solar system and the human body. The app allows kids to play as a different planet or animal to learn about them.

69

3 years ago

By combining artificial intelligence, machine learning, and a human expert, Remitly wants to be the Uber or Lyft for international money transfers. The company wants to make money transfer as simple as receiving a text message, and was founded in June.

68

4 years ago

Handscomb is building a “location-aware” dog collar that lets pet owners know when they leave their dog alone. The startup’s founders say the collar is more humane than a traditional shock collar, letting owners know when their dogs are alone.

67

3 years ago

A venture-backed startup that is taking the human element out of new hire communications. The startup has a test group that it says has reduced employee turnover by 25%.

67

3 years ago

A SaaS company that helps organizations manage the whole range of human resources: payroll, benefits, training, etc.

67

3 years ago

A personalized research assistant that can help you figure out the traits of your best friends and understand human behavior, with data visualizations and quizzes

67

3 years ago

A “human-proof” way of ordering and paying for groceries across the UK. After months of beta testing there are now plans to roll it out nationwide in the UK.

67

3 years ago

A tool for automating human resource processes, including recruiting, onboarding, training, and more.

67

3 years ago

A company that helps “limitless” users solve their problems. The company uses a combination of AI and human coaches to help customers reach resolution.

67

2 years ago

In the US, there are an estimated 1,000,000 people who identify as “intersex” or “gender-variant”, according to the Human Rights Campaign.

67

4 years ago

This startup wants to use the power of social media to help health care professionals treat depression. It’s a new kind of “social medicine”, using social media and technology to treat depression in a way that is more human and empathetic.

66

3 years ago

This startup is looking to create a mobile-enabled micro-insurance product for people who wish to buy more personal insurance without the hassle of dealing with a human being.

66

3 years ago

A startup that’s building an AI camera to replace the human one that’s on every camera.

65

3 years ago

A B2B service that helps companies track and comply with their obligations, such as contingent liability laws, human resource laws, and other regulations.

65

3 years ago

A “Uber for your cat” that aims to make the pet travel industry more humane and efficient. Cats can be booked in advance, and the startup aims to make transporting them less of a burden for the owner.

65

4 years ago

This company, together with the MIT Media Lab, is developing a 3D printer that can print any object with a human face.

63

4 years ago

A home inspection app that combines technology with a human inspector, who can take photos and video on the spot.

63

3 years ago

A personal assistant who handles your travel planning for a flat fee, using a mix of algorithms and human-powered help. The company has been in stealth since August 2014.

63

2 years ago

A company that helps charities send people money for humanitarian aid.

63

4 years ago

This startup is building a software platform for companies to better manage their HR and human resources, providing them with a dashboard to view pay and benefits.

62

3 years ago

A company that builds a system that lets humans and machines collaborate on tasks.

62

3 years ago

A human-powered logistics startup that helps companies, and especially retailers, get products from suppliers to customers.

61

3 years ago

A digital payments startup that wants to make it easier to take payments online and avoid expensive human-to-human payments.

60

3 years ago

This startup is working on a solution that helps companies manage their network of employees for human resources purposes. The company currently has five employees, with a plan to expand to 20 over the next few months.

60

2 years ago

In India’s most populous state, where the app is aimed, roughly 20,000 people die due to traffic accidents every year. It uses a combination of artificial intelligence and human intervention to monitor traffic conditions and send alerts to cars of bad driving, as well as send out a text that includes the name of the driver and a link to a video recorded by a camera attached to the car’s dashboard.

60

3 years ago

PRPS is building a platform that aggregates data from AI and machine learning and converts it into a visual format that humans can use to predict and prevent failures of things like cars, factories, and the like.

58

3 years ago

A “human-powered search engine” meant to give users a “personalized and intuitive” interface to search their email inbox.

58

3 years ago

A startup that builds smart toilets to help reduce human waste in developing nations.

57

3 years ago

A “HR tool for startups”, which helps startups manage their employee performance with a combination of human resource tools and analytics.

57

3 years ago

In the US, over 80% of food produced never ends up in a human stomach. The startup launched in early 2014, and is a food-tracking and -shipping platform for local farmers.

56

3 years ago

A startup founded by MIT graduate students that’s working on a way to build robots with human-like dexterity.

56

3 years ago

A B2B company that provides a digital toolset for companies to manage their human resources. The company is using the product to help the HR departments of a firm in Germany hire over 1,000 new employees in the next 12 months.

56

3 years ago

A startup with $1.5 million in funding that is looking to bring the benefits of machine learning and AI to the world of human resources.

56

3 years ago

A startup building a way for academic scientists to focus their work more on research and less on data management. The startup aims to reduce human errors in lab work and make scientific research more efficient.

55

4 years ago

A tool that helps human resources departments and HR leaders manage their compensation packages, including offering benefits and compensation. The platform helps companies manage the entire process of compensation, including the stack and data management.

54

3 years ago

This startup is building a tool that combines Siri and Google Assistant to create a more human-like voice experience.

54

3 years ago

If you run a B2B company, you’ve probably got hundreds of thousands of transactions, but you still need to make sure that your onboarding process is going smoothly. Contacts acts as a one-stop shop for all of your sales, marketing, and human resources processes so that you can get on the same page.

54

3 years ago

A small business services company working to help small businesses with accounting, human resources, legal and marketing support.

53

4 years ago

A startup that wants to use AI to help companies understand and predict human emotion, potentially improving the way they advertise, design products, and market their services and products.

52

3 years ago

An AI-powered messaging-based dating app that brings a human element back to online dating.

52

3 years ago

A team of marketers in Silicon Valley developed a new way for companies to engage with customers on social media. WorldFace takes a team of human marketers who can comment on users’ posts and posts themselves to a Slack channel, where a bot then follows along.

52

3 years ago

An AI-based tool for giving context to text messages and other messaging, which can help humans better understand the context of messages and improve their impact.

51

3 years ago

The Center for Humane Technology was an initiative started by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who was a founding organizer. The center's mission is to research and devise ways in which technology can be used to help people, with a particular focus on children, refugees, and the disabled.

51

3 years ago

A startup that’s trying to collect and analyze data on an algorithmically-generated “human genome”, with the goal of eventually using it to improve medicine.

50

3 years ago

A digital calendar for cities and governments. The platform has a partnership with San Francisco that includes the city’s 311 service and departments like Human Resources. It’s also building data-driven dashboards for the city.

50

3 years ago

A company that can help make a company’s network more humane, with a sensor that can be attached to a pet and then used to monitor things like their blood pressure, temperature and respiration.

50

3 years ago

A scheduling software for human resources departments. Their users include companies like Comcast and American Express.

49

3 years ago

A company building an artificial intelligence chatbot, which is able to simulate the human voice, and engage with users to answer questions and resolve issues.

49

3 years ago

A self-driving car platform that can also deploy human drivers in a car, with a pilot program in London’s Greenwich district.

49

3 years ago

A human-powered AI that helps you learn languages faster, with a focus on English, Spanish, German, and French. It can be used to learn via text and audio, and the company is currently taking sign up for its beta. The idea is to teach you a language and then try to teach you another one by using the same systems.

49

2 years ago

A deep-learning model for the Netflix Prize (the $1M prize for the first team to produce a movie rating system that was better than the human-rated system currently used by Netflix.)

49

3 years ago

A company that wants to put the “benevolent” in “artificial intelligence”: its robots are designed to help people work and live in the world in a more humane way.

48

3 years ago

A startup that sends out a human to help a person build a cabinet or other piece of furniture.

48

3 years ago

A “social network for all employees”. The startup wants to bring a more human element to the remote work community by way of group discussions, informal chats, and shared knowledge.

48

2 years ago

A company that wants to help people who’ve been the victims of human trafficking, not only by making it possible to report instances of human trafficking online, but by tracking down the perpetrators and holding them accountable.

47

3 years ago

A “human-powered ride-share” that lets people take a bike to the train station, leave it there and have it brought back to them later.

46

3 years ago

An AI-based messaging app. Its tech is based on the idea that humans trust each other more when they see they’re being watched.

44

3 years ago

A startup that uses AI to synthesize music with the help of a human. The startup uses a set of “music primitives” to build on top of existing songs and artists.

44

2 years ago

A company that wants to help A.I. applications communicate with human users by giving them a voice through chatbots.

44

2 years ago

Builds an artificial intelligence that mimics human reactions to help software make more informed decisions.

44

3 years ago

A startup focused on humanizing the process of ordering groceries, which has shown encouraging results. The company is expected to launch in the fourth quarter of 2019.

43

2 years ago

This startup is developing a new kind of computer that uses the same kind of chip technology as the human brain, to create artificial intelligence.

42

4 years ago

Devolution’s job is to help clients like restaurants and hotels find individual employees to fill vacancies. The company uses a combination of algorithms and human-rating to match candidates to specific jobs.

41

3 years ago

The American Red Cross is one of the largest suppliers of blood and blood products in the United States, operating more than 1,000 blood donation centers in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia. It has donated more than 300 million units of blood since its inception in 1917. In addition to its domestic operations, the American Red Cross has provided lifesaving assistance to people in more than 70 countries through its international humanitarian program.

41

2 years ago

A platform that helps employees improve their job performance and decision-making, helping them “run like a giant human”. Think of it like the Uber of HR.

41

3 years ago

A tool for HR departments to make better hiring decisions, using predictive analytics and human-curated data.

40

2 years ago

A way to add a little human touch to a lot of data, using machine learning to understand the contents of emails and automatically categorizing them. The startup is building a system that will do the same thing, but this time with emails.

40

3 years ago

This company is developing a “Mission-oriented AI”, which they claim is capable of “seeing, listening, understanding and acting like a human”.

39

2 years ago

A tool for turning unstructured and unclassifiable video into human-readable text.

39

2 years ago

A startup that’s developing a method of 3D printing human tissue models, including those in the heart, lungs, brain, blood system, and other structures.

39

2 years ago

A semi-truck delivery service that wants to replace the human driver with self-driving vehicles

39

2 years ago

A startup that offers to send a human driver to help with your errands, bringing on the role of a concierge

38

3 years ago

It’s a design firm that takes a humanist approach to product. It’s clients include the New York Times, News Corp, and the New York City Department of Education. Clients include the New York City Department of Education and the New York City Department of Education

37

2 years ago

A platform for Swiss-German-English-French-Japanese-Mandarin-English (SGEJEF) translation, aiming to bring “a new level of human factor to AI” for voice interfaces.

37

2 years ago

A digital platform that helps communities and communities build support networks and effectively coordinate humanitarian aid.

37

2 years ago

The founders of a home service company in New York are using a combination of machine learning and human labor to keep track of thousands of random tasks like mowing lawns and taking out the trash.

37

5 years ago

Idea: A Chatbot for Lawyers that uses natural language processing to understand human input and produce relevant answers

36

3 years ago

This startup is looking to make it easier for companies to build and deploy machine learning models. The company uses a “human-to-computer” interface to walk users through the process of building a machine learning model to make it as easy as possible for anyone to take part in the process.

36

2 years ago

A simple SaaS tool for human resources to manage applicant tracking, employee onboarding and payroll.

36

3 years ago

This startup is building AI chat bots, which they say are better at gaining customer data than human customer service reps.

34

2 years ago

A startup that’s working on a messaging platform that uses the best of Whatsapp but also leverages AI and machine learning to “automate communication between humans and machines.”

34

2 years ago

A company that is creating a more human way of interacting with computers.

34

2 years ago

A “human-powered” on-demand car service for people in and around San Francisco. It’s a matchmaking service that connects riders and drivers through a mobile app.

33

2 years ago

This startup is building an automated system for human resources. HR managers can request an employee through the platform, and the system will assign them to the right job.

33

2 years ago

A startup that wants to use AI to make Apple’s Siri more natural. The startup’s AI bot is designed to learn from continuous interactions with humans and develop natural conversations.

33

2 years ago

Fintech startup that wants to combine the power of AI and Big Data with a human touch to help financial advisors make better financial decisions for their clients.

32

2 years ago

A functionality-packed app for tracking your fitness routine. The app is a combination of technology and human interaction. It’s designed to be simple and effective.

32

2 years ago

A company that claims to help employees design and manage their career and growth more easily. They’re a branch of Bizible, a startup that provides human resources to companies.

32

2 years ago

A SurveyMonkey-style survey tool for businesses, allowing them to survey clients, customers and prospects without a human intermediary.

32

5 years ago

Idea: A startup that is building a toolset to help merchants understand how to stop fraud in ecommerce, using a combination of machine learning and human analysis.

31

2 years ago

A company that helps human resources departments get the right employees for the job. Its algorithm matches candidates to companies, and is currently operating in the UK.

31

2 years ago

A startup that puts a virtual assistant in your pocket so you can order groceries, check the weather, and order a carpool without having to call a human.

31

2 years ago

A “one-stop shop” for employers and HR departments to manage their employees, including onboarding, performance management, assessment, and deployment. In other words, an employer’s entire human resources system in one place.

31

5 years ago

Idea: Aims to make it easier to do business in the developing world by removing the human element from contract management The company takes care of the legwork and legal formalities so that companies can do business with foreign suppliers without having to learn the ins and outs of local business processes

30

3 years ago

The startup is working on a $30 per month automated savings plan that automatically invests in a wide range of products including stocks, bonds, mutual funds, ETFs, and even cryptocurrencies. The plan can invest in multiple portfolios, and is managed by a human advisor.

29

2 years ago

A wireless data device that translates between human and machine language, in a similar way to the company’s previous product, the Speakit. The founders say they’ve sold $1.4m of the devices.

27

2 years ago

A new way of looking at the world. The startup wants to use virtual reality to create an interactive experience between humans and machines. And yes, it’s still a startup.

26

2 years ago

A startup that provides a free mobile service for people who want to receive a ride from a human driver. The company launched in San Francisco and is now expanding across the US.

25

2 years ago

A personal assistant that helps users figure out how to best use the internet for personal philanthropy. Without a human to answer your questions the system can’t make the best choices for you. They want to give users the ability to ask questions and get information from any number of charities, charities that may not even be online yet.

25

2 years ago

A startup called Jikuu is building human-powered robots that can move through the environment and sense objects, people, and other robots.

25

2 years ago

A startup that is building an AI-based system that automatically detects and reverses “missteps” on an investment portfolio. They say the startup is able to detect and correct for a handful of common mistakes 80% of the time, and that it doesn’t require any human involvement.

24

2 years ago

A messaging platform for Uber drivers that uses a combination of machine learning and human intervention to learn about the human driver’s preferences and habits.

22

2 years ago

A content marketing automation tool that helps companies scale their content marketing into the right channels, with a team of content marketing experts and software engineers that offer “customizable, human-powered” content marketing. They’ve got a $1.5 million seed round, and are on track for a $5 million series A.

21

2 years ago

A company that helps businesses track their employees’ performance and get performance reviews up to human resources standards. The startup helps companies evaluate employee absences and work time, and offers HR departments analytics and reporting.

21

2 years ago

The startup wants to build a system to help in the “automated design of human analogs”, aka creating a digital clone of a human being.

20

2 years ago

A company that helps organizations understand their human capital, and share that data with external stakeholders and employers.

20

2 years ago

A platform that connects businesses with local accounting and bookkeeping services, using a combination of automated accounting software and human accounting services.

20

2 years ago

A platform that pairs a customer with a human adviser who can help them make a big decision.

18

2 years ago

Greenhouse is a health insurance startup that offers high-deductible plans. The startup is approved to offer coverage in the US but is still waiting for the go-ahead from the Department of Health and Human Services. The startup has plans to be profitable in 2020 with plans for up to $250 million in revenue.

18

2 years ago

A startup that helps consumers create a “digital will,” which are online forms that allow people to plan for their end-of-life care, and which are designed to be more human and more efficient than the legal documents that are currently required.

18

5 years ago

Idea: A system for B2B lead generation. It uses a combination of predictive analytics and human intervention to get “the right person at the right moment”.

17

2 years ago

A platform for restaurants to process orders without the need for a human to be on the phone

17

2 years ago

A tool that helps small businesses make their websites more searchable and discoverable. It’s a “human-powered” way of helping a business search for the right keywords to describe their products.

17

2 years ago

This startup is trying to build an AI that is able to listen to the way people speak and understand what they’re saying. The company says that its technology is able to understand the context of a conversation faster than a human can.

16

2 years ago

An AI-enabled platform that is helping businesses build better products. It’s a toolset that gives businesses access to machine learning and data science to build better products, such as a better web page than a human could.

15

2 years ago

The startup is a “human resources technology company that enables companies to manage their talent and people data in one place – and to do so from any device”.

15

2 years ago

A startup that uses a combination of AI and human curation to identify the best new domains to invest in.

14

2 years ago

This is a Christian-based network that seeks to help find housing for young adults. It’s led by a CEO who formerly worked at Habitat for Humanity and the Salvation Army.

14

2 years ago

The startup wants to bring a more human interface to your automation. The startup’s goal is to make your house more like a person, and bring robotic helpers into the home.

13

2 years ago

This startup is working on a new RFID-based solution for barcodes, which they claim is more natural for humans to read. The startup hopes to prove that it can be more efficient than other barcode solutions.

11

2 years ago

A platform that helps companies with their HR needs, which is the first human resource software designed specifically for enterprise.

11

2 years ago

Built by a group of UCLA Ph.D. students, noXplore is a self-driving car that can be driven by a human driver, who can take the wheel for short periods of time. The company is pitching itself to advertisers who want to run test ads on real public streets but can’t afford a full-scale fleet of cars.

9

2 years ago

A startup that is looking to build an Uber-like experience for restaurants, allowing them to create “fancy” menus that are served by human wait staff.

9

5 years ago

Idea: A startup for business to get on-demand access to human talent for things like sales, marketing, and customer service

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5 years ago

Idea: A startup that connects people with HATs (Human Augmentation Technologies) with the companies that want to hire them

-1

5 years ago

A Slack bot that helps businesses run more effective meetings, using a combination of machine learning and human curation to help keep meetings on track. The company says they have $12,000 in recurring revenue.

-1

5 years ago

Idea: A startup that wants to bring data-driven insights to the human resources world.

-1

5 years ago

Idea: This is the company behind the Bodega app, which calls itself a “Bodega box that comes with a free human.” The startup is building an app for small convenience stores in order to make shopping for milk, eggs, and other items more convenient. Its founders are betting that by bringing in a human to help customers, they’ll be able to differentiate from other convenience stores.

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6 days ago

Wearable tech for pets that translates barks and meows into human language via machine learning, with app-based training tips for owners.

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