- VCs name 2024’s most promising startups.
- AI dominates, with startups leveraging it across industries.
- Many address global challenges in healthcare, sustainability, and defense.
Innovation, innovation everywhere
As the saying goes, great companies are born out of hard times. The startups of 2024 have weathered an economic meltdown, a bank collapse, and the biggest platform shift in technology since cloud computing.
To identify which startups have a head start on success, we asked venture capitalists from top firms to name this year’s most promising startups.
AI, AI, oh my!
The year’s biggest themes were data infrastructure, security, and personalized agents as every startup confronts how to grow and flourish in an age of AI-everything.
From Abridge’s AI transcription for doctors to Factored Quality’s AI-powered quality control, startups are leveraging the power of artificial intelligence to revolutionize industries across the board.
Many of the startups on this list are addressing pressing global issues, such as healthcare, sustainability, and defense.
Enveda Biosciences is leveraging AI to discover new drugs from plants, GreenPlaces is helping small businesses be more sustainable, and Castelion is developing hypersonic missile systems to deter future conflicts.
