Tip-offs
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Sep 12, 2025
Each week, we surface high-potential startups & promising founders.
This week's highlights →
🔥 Going Viral
Startups seeing remarkable growth in website traffic.
Rork | 3699x growth
AI platform for developers to build and deploy machine-learning models easily. Raised $2.8M Seed in May 2025 from a16z Games Speedrun.
San Francisco, US
Pharos | 307x growth
EVM-compatible blockchain designed for fast and low-cost decentralized applications. Raised $8M Seed in Sep 2024 from Hack VC and Faction.
Menlo Park, US
Gataca | 127x growth
Enterprise SaaS for secure digital identity and credential authentication. Raised $1.4M Seed in Dec 2023 from MIT delta v and Signature Ventures.
Boston, US
Blackforestlabs | 61x growth
Research lab developing state-of-the-art generative AI models and diffusion systems. Raised $30.2M Seed in Aug 2024 from Andreessen Horowitz.
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Yupp | 35x growth
AI benchmarking platform that evaluates and stress-tests large language models for reliability and performance. Raised $33M Seed in Jun 2024 from a16z crypto.
Mountain View, US
🧑💼 Hiring Frenzy
Startups seeing a surge in job openings in the last 3 months.
Ethyca | 1,700% new job openings growth
Software that automates privacy compliance for companies handling customer data. Raised $10M Series A in Dec 2024 from Aspenwood Ventures and AVP.
New York, US
SimplyInsured | 500% new job openings growth
Platform for small businesses to compare, purchase, and manage health insurance plans. Raised $5.9M Series A in Jun 2015 from Polaris Partners.
San Francisco, US
nPlan | 400% new job openings growth
AI software that predicts construction project risks and timelines using past project data. Raised $18.4M Series A in Mar 2021 from GV.
London, UK
AisleLabs | 300% new job openings growth
Tool that helps malls, airports, and retailers analyze customer foot traffic and engagement. Seed round in Mar 2014.
Toronto, Canada
Snapeda | 300% new job openings growth
Search engine for electronic component design files used by engineers in product development. Raised Seed funding in 2017 from Y Combinator.
San Francisco, US
🏌️♂️ People in Play
Serial founders building AI in stealth.
Rui Aguiar
Forbes 30U30. Stanford alum. Technologist & Serial founder.
Previously co-founded Expedock (backed by Bain, Pear & Liqing Zeng), automating operations in global trade. Now founder of a stealth AI startup.
California, US
Simon Olson
Serial founder & investor. 2x Exits.Built Y Box (MIT-incubated energy software, acquired) & Lablab.ai (acquired by DXG Markets). Now building a stealth AI startup.
San Francisco, US
Ross Lipson
Serial founder. 2x Exits.
Ex-CEO & Co-Founder of Dutchie (raised $600M+) and GrubCanada (acquired by Just Eat). Now building a stealth AI startup.
Oregon, US
Jacob Rosenbloom
Serial founder. Stanford alum.
Built Emprego Ligado (Brazil’s largest blue-collar labor platform) & Levee (ML for enterprise HR). Now building a stealth AI startup.
Texas, US
Mohamed AlTantawy
Serial AI founder. NLP/ML expert. Columbia PhD.
Ex-co-founder & CTO of Agolo (an NLP company backed by Google & Microsoft). Now co-founder & CPO of a stealth AI startup.
New York, US
