cluster
AI infra and compute startup ideas and companies
Model serving, inference optimization, GPUs and chips, training platforms, foundation models, cloud infra.
432
companies tracked
136
from the last 2 years
243
startup-relevant federal grants ($339M)
Share of accelerator intake by year
Newest in the cluster
- VoreliosY Combinator F26readiness
A foundation model for engineering physics
- RightNowY Combinator F26readiness
Co-designing the fastest intelligence
- Archangel HealthY Combinator F26readiness
Infra to make AI safe enough to practice medicine
- Kailash LabsY Combinator F26readiness
A factory for small and specialized video reasoning models
- Dreamscale LabsY Combinator F26readiness
Running robot brains in the cloud
- HopperY Combinator F26readiness
Fast inference for voice
- ZantPlug and Play PnP 2026readiness
Zant simplifies and accelerates the deployment of AI models on edge devices, where cloud-based execution is limited by privacy, latency, or connectivity constraints.
- CalejoPlug and Play PnP 2026readiness
Calejo is an intelligence platforms that leverages the AI-potential helping corporates to optimize their business.
- AylightPlug and Play PnP 2026readiness
Aylight (2025, Zürich, Switzerland) is a spin-out from ETH Zürich that develops a novel comb laser technology for optical interconnects in data centers.
- Experiential LabsY Combinator S26readiness
Open source AI gateway that turns your traffic into better models
- Standard MachinesY Combinator S26readiness
Teaching AI to Design Chips
- EdotEnvY Combinator S26readiness
Quant Neolab building self-improving agents from quant data
Most AI-visible
Highest AEO scores - how well AI assistants can read and cite them.
- Thunder Compute64
- ZeroEntropy63
- ZeroEntropy63
- Solana62
- Deepgram62
- Lilac61
- Kairos AR61
- Shadeform61
Recent rounds
- Deepslateunknown$8M
- Zenithonunknown$0K
- Nscaledebt$3.4B
- Basecamp Researchseries-c$140M
- Basecamp Researchunknown$140M
By program
- Y Combinator157
- Plug and Play133
- Techstars33
- 500 Global16
- Alchemist Accelerator15
- Entrepreneur First15
- a16z speedrun14
- South Park Commons11
- Antler11
- SOSV9
- Berkeley SkyDeck7
- AI Grant7
- Seedcamp3
- Sequoia Arc1
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Updated hourly from accelerator directories, funding news and federal grant data.