Idea check
Describe an idea in a few words. We search every tracked accelerator company - name, one-liner, description - and tell you how contested the space already is.
verdict
Active space
A real cohort is already building here. Validated demand, but differentiation matters from day one.
15
from the last 2 years
48
matches all-time
45
avg AI visibility score
83%
of checked sites still alive
Clusters: Vertical AI agents (18) · Consumer (6) · Horizontal AI assistants (6) · Commerce and marketplaces (4) · Robotics and physical world (3)
| Company | Program | Batch | What they do |
|---|---|---|---|
| OpenWhispr | speedrun | SR007 | Private, on-device AI notetaker with 9K+ DAU and over $100K ARR—both growing 25% month over month. |
| Orbits | speedrun | SR007 | Orbits is an AI chief of staff that runs your household end-to-end, saving parents and busy families hours every week on everything from planning the meals to repairing the roof. |
| Marble | yc | S26 | The autonomous back-of-house for restaurants. |
| generalcompute | plugandplay | PnP 2026 | General Compute provides an ASIC-based cloud inference platform with an OpenAI-compatible API for deploying and serving AI models. |
| Korso | yc | X26 | Your Capable Desktop AI Companion |
| AirCaps | yc | F25 | The AI copilot for in-person conversations. |
| Freya | yc | S25 | Voice AI for Enterprises |
| Wayline | yc | S25 | AI voice for property managers |
| Flai | yc | S25 | We Bring Customers to Your Dealership |
| Certus AI | yc | S25 | Replacing the restaurant phone line with Voice AI |
| Blue | yc | S25 | Your phone finally has someone to run it. Plug in Blue, just ask. |
| April | skydeck | SkyDeck Batch 20 | April | Voice AI executive assistant |
| Opusense AI | yc | X25 | AI for Field Inspection Reports |
| Tellia | ef | EF Paris 2025 | First Voice AI OS for agriculture. |
| Pyto | ef | EF Paris 2025 | Voice AI for inbound sales conversion. |
Keyword search over accelerator portfolios only - it will not see companies outside these programs, and phrasing matters. Treat "open" as a prompt to dig, not proof of a gap.