379 startups announced funding in August 2026. Stage, amount, investors and market for each round, with a business-model breakdown per company.
By region: China 83 · North America 80 · Other regions 62 · Europe 52 · Korea 44 · Asia 33 · Japan 25
AI-powered restaurant OS covering QR ordering, kiosks, POS, click and collect, delivery and kitchen display with intelligent upselling.
Construction-specific unified management tool (and vertical AI agent) covering quotes, schedules, photos, reports, invoices, cost and attendance.
An AI platform that automatically turns how employees perform tasks on their screen into editable, branded training guides and narrated instructions for workplace software.
Newcode is a configurable AI 'intelligence layer' for law firms, letting firms connect 700+ data sources, retrieve context across firm documents, build custom workflows, and…
Fintech for small businesses.
Smart thermostats and connected heating/cooling platform.
On-device compute chips for robots.
Satellite internet connectivity and data services.
'Materials fabless' model: developing materials without owning factories.
Software infrastructure for physical AI
AI matchmaker.
Stablecoin-powered Islamic digital bank offering wallets, metal cards, OTC desk and white-label Fasset Engine API for institutions.
Voice as a computer interface.
AI agent startup founded by Lin Junyang.
AI accounting / general ledger.
Electric ferries.
Photonic integrated circuits.
Ocean-sensing robot fleet.
Turning base stations into compute nodes.
Second-hand luxury brand goods platform described as Korea's fastest-growing.
A Chengdu IT-services firm doing software development, system integration and data services, with new products such as an AI music platform.
Payment processing platform for small and medium-sized businesses, with a payment-extension add-on to give merchants flexibility and lower costs.
AI level-design tool (Me-Z-Scene) that lets non-developers describe a 3D world and have it assembled in Roblox from existing game pieces.
Opto-electronic hybrid intelligent computing.
Implantable brain-computer interface.
60-minute babycare delivery.
AI plus new materials closed loop.
AI-native smart housing.
AI marketing technology for overseas expansion: Navos multi-agent platform on the Tec-Chi multimodal LLM for consulting, creative and ad optimization.
Healthcare AI infrastructure.
A 'digital twin' legal startup.
Online drawing school with structured lessons ('Roads'), daily drills and puzzles, and artist feedback; 600+ hours of content, 360 lessons, 1000+ puzzles and drills.
Reusable packaging.
E-commerce.
Developing low-cost next-generation rocket engines.
AI for deskless workers.
AI memory.
Autonomous medical coding.
Conversational-commerce AI platform: agents on WhatsApp, Instagram, webchat and other channels answer queries, qualify prospects, recommend products, follow up, book meetings and…
Moderated kids' game, Imagine Island.
Hi3D, a one-stop AI 3D creation platform, used for AI-driven manufacturing, e-commerce and a creative-goods community.
AI drug platform.
AI data insight and network governance.
Geometry/physics-driven physical AI infrastructure.
AIoT modules connect kitchen equipment from different makers to a single tablet to monitor equipment status, orders, sales and work progress.
Brazilian HR/finance software combining multi-benefit cards, HR/admissions, time control, expense management and corporate card in one platform.