At Harmonic, we track companies from their inception and watch for updates weekly. This helps us keep track of changes in their number of employees, funding, website visits, social media followers, and other key traction metrics.
Below is a selection of fastest growing and trending AI companies founded by Cal alumni. We constructed this feed by identifying companies that have the fastest growing headcount and website traffic over the last 6 months, and at least one founder who attended University of California, Berkeley, or Haas School of Business.
Teaming is a team operations and insights platform designed to help managers with team leadership activities such as 1:1s, team meetings, and goal management. It automates common leadership tasks to help managers save time and communicate clearly. Teaming takes meeting notes, writes meeting action items and tasks, suggests meeting topics relevant to team members, and creates a quarterly review of team performance. It also offers personalized management tips for leading specific teams, and provides team members with contextual advice on how to be high performers.
Aerial is an application that helps users manage their carbon footprint and live more sustainably. The app automatically tracks users' emissions, provides insights into how they can live more sustainably, and offers an effortless way to offset their emissions.
Venteur is an employee health insurance solution that empowers employees to choose the best healthcare plans for their needs. It offers a range of plans and options, including ICHRA solutions, that can save employers up to 30% on their healthcare costs. Venteur's AI-powered marketplace makes it easy for employees to find the right plan for them, and its expert broker services ensure the best outcomes for both employees and employers.
Hue is a technology company that helps brands and retailers increase sales with user-generated content (UGC) solutions. Hue's shoppable video technology embeds authentic UGC videos directly on brand and retailer websites, allowing customers to filter content based on their preferences and view honest reviews from people who look like them. Hue's shade matching technology provides AI-powered product recommendations with a high level of accuracy. The company's technology is easy to integrate and customize, and it offers a complete content usage license for repurposing UGC across multiple channels.
Penelope is a 401(k) retirement savings platform designed for small businesses. It offers a flat-fee subscription plan with no asset-based or transaction fees, making it an affordable option for businesses of all sizes. The platform is easy to set up and manage, and it automates employee investing, streamlines costs and paperwork, and provides learning tools for employees. Penelope also takes care of compliance testing, annual reporting to the IRS, and serves as a digital recordkeeper.
TrueBuilt Software offers a cloud-based platform that provides AI-powered solutions for smarter and faster preconstruction. Their platform includes tools for quantity takeoff and estimation, bid management, and project management. TrueBuilt's platform leverages the latest advances in AI and computer vision to help builders drive more wins and minimize risk.
Ciro is an innovative, AI-powered small business search engine designed to help sales teams reach and engage with their target audience. It offers a comprehensive database of over 140k websites, 200k phone numbers, and 30k local fun facts, providing users with the context and insights they need to make informed sales decisions. The platform also includes features such as AI-generated opening lines, local landmarks, and fun facts to help users build relationships with potential customers.
Rejigg is an exclusive marketplace that connects motivated buyers with owners of high quality small businesses. It offers a streamlined process for buying and selling small businesses by providing access to pre-vetted and qualified leads. The platform utilizes advanced algorithms and a dedicated team of experts to match buyers and sellers based on specific criteria, ensuring a more efficient and effective deal-making process.
Autoblocks is a developer-centric tool that helps teams monitor and improve AI features powered by LLMs and other foundation models. It provides unprecedented visibility into how generative AI applications are performing in production, and offers fine-grained access controls and audit logs to maintain full control over data. Autoblocks integrates LLM management into existing codebases and developer workflows, and derives actionable insights on how to improve LLM user interactions.
An API that aims to simplify access and management of government benefits is in development. This is done by integrating with commonly used financial apps. In addition, the company works directly with States to develop modern software for benefits program management and disbursement.
1stCollab is a self-service influencer marketing platform that helps brands of all sizes find and collaborate with influencers. The platform's technology allows brands to search for influencers based on specific criteria, such as demographics, location, and social media following. 1stCollab also provides brands with tools to manage their influencer campaigns, such as campaign creation, influencer outreach, and performance tracking.
Paxton AI is a legal research and drafting platform powered by generative AI. It provides legal professionals with a comprehensive knowledge base of regulations, statutes, and legal documents, and allows them to generate drafts for memos, briefs, and motions. The platform also includes a smart question recommendation feature that broadens research scope and a citation feature that links directly to original sources.
