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20 Oct

Cool Company Raises · $232.0M

Arda Industries raises a $232.0M round

Arda Industries has launched from stealth with the aim of speeding up American manufacturing. Their software assists manufacturers in rapidly transforming new product designs into operational assembly lines. The company envisions automated robotic assembly lines that adapt as designs evolve, enabling the production of quickly changing products in the U.S.

Manufacturing$100M+

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Vela Energy joins a16z speedrun (SR007)

The AI Workforce for Power Delivery

Enterprise-SAASClimate-EnergyAI-Agentsa16z speedrun

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Mirai joins a16z speedrun (SR007)

Making Any Real Place Explorable With World Models, Starting With Real Estate.

Travel-HospitalityReal-Estate-Prop-TechAI-Generative-Mediaa16z speedrun

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Keythorn joins a16z speedrun (SR007)

Insurance for the AI Frontier

InsurtechCybersecurityAI-Agentsa16z speedrun

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Nimble joins a16z speedrun (SR007)

AI operating system for freight forwarding

Supply-Chain-LogisticsAI-Agentsa16z speedrun

19 Oct

Cool Company Raises · $30.0M

Tolan raises a $30.0M round

Tolan is a voice-first AI companion app that uses persistent relationships and memory to provide emotional support and assist with routine tasks. Founded in 2023, the platform allows users to create customized AI characters that retain months of conversation history, enabling personalized interactions for users seeking companionship and practical help. The app features voice conversations, video calls, and integration with photos and current events to enhance user engagement. Tolan targets users caring for relatives or experiencing periods of solitude, with 70% of its user base being women aged 30-45.

SoftwareArtificial-IntelligenceMessagingHomebrewKhosla VenturesUnion Square Ventures+2 more

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Vene Health joins a16z speedrun (SR007)

Vene Health is an AI patient advocate for families managing chronic conditions, working over calls and texts. Calling and browser agents, backed by an agent-native EHR, handle appointments, referrals, refills, insurance paperwork and follow-up. Founded 2026 in San Francisco by Sujal Dhakal, Aritra Saha (led Groq core product, xAI) and Nik Nandi. HIPAA compliant.

HealthcareAI-Agentsa16z speedrun

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Codos joins a16z speedrun (SR007)

Codos is a virtual Chief AI Officer for public and PE-backed companies: AI agents interview the workforce to find inefficiencies, then automate sales, operations and engineering workflows and deploy a company brain. Founded 2026 in San Francisco by Dima Khanarin (ex-McKinsey) and Gleb Sidora, with Meta and Tesla ML experience. Reports seven-figure live ARR growing 50% month over month.

Enterprise-SAASAI-AgentsAI-Infraa16z speedrun

16 Oct

15 Oct

Cool Company Raises · YC F26

Tilo launches at YC (Fall 2026)

A Linux-based, AI-native operating system.

AiopsAIB2BYC

Cool Company Raises · YC F26

ObsessionDB launches at YC (Fall 2026)

ObsessionDB is fully managed hosting for ClickHouse, pitched as a real-time data warehouse for AI agents — a drop-in replacement focused on performance per dollar with no operational overhead. YC Fall 2026.

AnalyticsBig-DataDatabasesYCB2B

Cool Company Raises · YC F26

Particularity launches at YC (Fall 2026)

Building the tech stack for government regulators

GovtechGovernmentYC

Cool Company Raises · YC F26

Obia launches at YC (Fall 2026)

AI-native commercial real estate brokerage

Real-EstateB2BProptechYCReal-Estate-And-Construction

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Mecone joins a16z speedrun (SR007)

We are building the financial infrastructure to let exchanges offer Perpetual Futures ("Perps") on any underlying asset.

FintechBlockchain-Cryptoa16z speedrun

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Reelful joins a16z speedrun (SR007)

Personal video-editing agent turning raw footage into ready-to-share content, saving 90% of editing time

ConsumerMedia-Entertainment-Creator-EconomyAI-Generative-Mediaa16z speedrun

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KIRA joins a16z speedrun (SR007)

We transform industrial wastewater into clean water for data centers: we enable critical infrastructure.

InfraHardwareManufacturing-Industrialsa16z speedrun

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Coop joins a16z speedrun (SR007)

Independent, industry-specific benchmarks and evals for robotics models.

RoboticsHardwareAI-Models-Researcha16z speedrun

14 Oct

Cool Company Raises · YC F26

Praxis launches at YC (Fall 2026)

Praxis builds AI agents that run law-firm operations from first inquiry to paid invoice — intake, onboarding, admin and billing — with a lawyer approving each step. Live with US law firms. Founded by Diana Khramina (ex-Gorgias AI Agent GTM lead, McKinsey) and Maxence Guegnolle--Santi (ex-SightCall, BlaBlaCar, Uber). Fall 2026 Y Combinator company.

Artificial-IntelligenceLegalLegaltechYCB2B

Cool Company Raises · $5.0M

Marklo raises a $5.0M Seed round

Marklo is a provider of an agentic marketing platform specifically designed for brands operating on Shopify. The platform intelligently analyzes sales, marketing activities, inventory, and market trends to identify revenue opportunities and automate campaign processes. Marklo connects various tools like Shopify, Klaviyo, and Google to streamline marketing efforts for DTC brands. It offers insights and automation that help brands enhance their marketing strategies and operational efficiency.

AdvertisingSAASAnalyticsFreestyle CapitalForerunner$1M++4 more

Cool Company Raises · $8.8M

Circularity Fuels raises a $8.8M round

Circularity Fuels builds AI-controlled, mass-manufacturable reactors that turn waste carbon and cheap renewable power into drop-in hydrocarbon fuels and chemicals. Its October 2026 SEC Form D reports $8.79M raised toward a $10.2M offering.

Energy$1M+

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Colmez joins a16z speedrun (SR007)

Agentic platform for the $248bn hazardous waste industry

Enterprise-SAASClimate-EnergyManufacturing-Industrialsa16z speedrun

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Baro joins a16z speedrun (SR007)

Building the AI General Manager for Consumer Brands.

Commerce-MarketplacesAI-Agentsa16z speedrun

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