Sentience

The company aims to make building affordable by leveraging AI to analyze blueprints. It focuses on building computer vision object detection models and coordinating these models, with an emphasis on ML and algorithm development. The company states it prioritizes the intelligence side (ML and algorithms) over the application side. Backed by investors who have funded PlanGrid, Dropbox, and Airbnb, it has strong backing. It is part of Y Combinator's Winter 2025 batch (YCW25).

Merciv is an AI-native brand and retail intelligence platform that unifies internal research, syndicated data, social signals, and other consumer data sources into a single source of truth for its clients. After spending a year in stealth as an engineering-heavy group, the company has proven its product with Fortune 500 clients and recently closed a $14M seed round. Merciv is now building out its go-to-market team and launching a product-led growth motion, including a free consumer product called Pulse that will be monetized through credit usage. The company is positioned to democratize access to retail and brand intelligence while scaling its enterprise customer base.

Movo AI is a New York City-based company that builds autonomous AI agents for the family services market. The company has demonstrated rapid growth, scaling from $0 to $1 million ARR in four months. The six-person team operates onsite at its FlatIron office in New York City. Its CEO previously led go-to-market at 11x, and its CTO previously led engineering at Uber and DoorDash. Its target market includes youth programs such as sports academies, camps, and enrichment centers, and it has driven an average of $17,800 in added monthly revenue per client.