Mike Smith

The biggest unmet need in AI today is getting access to the right training data. Data holders often don’t know where to start and are rightly concerned about governance, intellectual property, and security implications. AI companies can spend years finding and negotiating access to the data they need. Protege is solving these problems by providing an easy-to-use platform to connect data holders with vetted data users.

Waldo is your AI-powered strategy engine for agencies & brands. It combines audience intelligence, industry trends, and competitor moves into one powerful platform. Get started with a free trial or book a demo. Companies like BSSP, Golin, Havas, Kettle & Fire, GUT, Conair, ATTN and People Made leverage Waldo to get proactive insights for their brand, marketing and account teams.

Confido is the first automated financial operations software built for CPG. We help brands streamline and scale their financial and operational functions in brick-and-mortar retail. We power emerging leaders like Olipop, Chomps, and Dr. Squatch, as well as established brands like Baskin Robbins Ice Cream — giving them clarity and control through deep integrations with 40+ retailers, distributors, and ERP systems. Our two core products: Cash Application & Deductions Automation – handling 1M+ transactions annually so finance teams can focus on strategy, not spreadsheets. Trade Promotion Management (TPM) – helping brands forecast $1B+ in retail sales and track promo effectiveness in real-time. Backed by Y Combinator and trusted by 100+ brands managing $3B+ in revenue, Confido brings together domain expertise from Anheuser-Busch and Simple Mills with tech talent from Google, Square, and HubSpot — were a tech company that understands CPG.

Elicit, the AI research assistant, helps you automate time-consuming research tasks like summarizing papers, extracting data, and synthesizing your findings. Were a public benefit company with a mission to scale up good reasoning. We want machine learning to help as much with thinking and reflection as it does with tasks that have clear short-term outcomes.

GPTZero is the worlds leading AI-text identification platform. Our mission is to restore information quality and transparency on the internet. We give millions of users the ability to see the origin, reliability, and quality of information, and enable responsible adoption of AI.

Were building a virtual dermatology solution to bring affordable and effective care to underserved patients suffering from chronic skin conditions.

Watershed is the enterprise sustainability platform. Companies like Airbnb, Carlyle Group, the CDP, YETI, and BBVA use Watershed to reduce emissions, meet customer, investor and regulatory requirements, and modernize their sustainability programs. With offices in London, New York and San Francisco, and remote employees across the US and Europe, we’re growing fast and hiring for a variety of roles! Explore all of our open opportunities at watershed.com/jobs.

Beautiful, affordable & always-on brand tracking. Tracksuit is the common language for companies to measure and communicate the value of brand. We’re on a mission to get brand data in every boardroom. Join us on the track 👇

Creating weather certainty. WindBorne fuses unparalleled data from our constellation of smart, long-duration sensing balloons with state-of-the-art AI forecasts.

ReflexAI brings the best in machine learning and natural language processing to mission-driven, people-centric organizations via innovative tools that transform how they train, develop, and empower their frontline teams.

At Felt, we’re creating the best place to make maps on the internet. Weve reimagined whats possible with GIS technology by bringing the entire spatial stack into the browser and making it simple to deploy map tooling your whole team loves to use. Founded by Sam Hashemi, Felt puts design at the center of the user experience so every interaction is intuitive, delightful and performant. Whether your team is working with spreadsheets on the desktop or streaming terabytes from cloud sources, Felt makes it simple to build and deploy the maps, apps and dashboards that drive your business forward. Sign up today and join the growing community of innovators whove discovered the power of Felt.

Heard is the only financial management software built for therapists that enables you to manage your bookkeeping, taxes, and payroll—all in one place.

Portex is an easy-to-use freight procurement and management software that helps shippers organize and save time on all logistics-related workflows across their existing carriers in one place. Shippers of all sizes can centralize FTL, LTL, or international spot quotes and bids into one view, communicate across all their existing brokers/carriers via automated workflows and instant chat, view live shipment status, track carrier performance, and review pricing trends via auto-generated reports. By using Portex shippers have eliminated hundreds of emails and often 20+ hours of weekly manual tasks. In less than 10 minutes, you can start managing your existing freight relationships more efficiently. You’ll save time, be more organized, and be equipped with the freight data needed to make more strategic decisions for the business. Learn more at www.portexpro.com.

Cradlewise is a smart sleep company reimagining how families rest, bond, and thrive, starting from day one. We combine responsive technology, sleep science, and user-focused & intuitive design to build sleep solutions that help support families in the sleep journey. Our flagship product is one of the world’s smartest all-in-one convertible cribs. Our AI learns your baby’s unique sleep patterns, senses early wake-up cues, and soothes them back to sleep with a gentle bouncing motion and sound. It also monitors sleep with an in-built baby monitor, provides real-time insights via the Cradlewise app, and adapts as your baby grows from a newborn to a toddler. At Cradlewise, we’re building the future of sleep. One that supports families with smarter sleep tech, calmer nights, and deeper peace of mind. Built for Parents, by Parents.

The biggest unmet need in AI today is getting access to the right training data. Data holders often don’t know where to start and are rightly concerned about governance, intellectual property, and security implications. AI companies can spend years finding and negotiating access to the data they need. Protege is solving these problems by providing an easy-to-use platform to connect data holders with vetted data users.

Waldo is your AI-powered strategy engine for agencies & brands. It combines audience intelligence, industry trends, and competitor moves into one powerful platform. Get started with a free trial or book a demo. Companies like BSSP, Golin, Havas, Kettle & Fire, GUT, Conair, ATTN and People Made leverage Waldo to get proactive insights for their brand, marketing and account teams.

Confido is the first automated financial operations software built for CPG. We help brands streamline and scale their financial and operational functions in brick-and-mortar retail. We power emerging leaders like Olipop, Chomps, and Dr. Squatch, as well as established brands like Baskin Robbins Ice Cream — giving them clarity and control through deep integrations with 40+ retailers, distributors, and ERP systems. Our two core products: Cash Application & Deductions Automation – handling 1M+ transactions annually so finance teams can focus on strategy, not spreadsheets. Trade Promotion Management (TPM) – helping brands forecast $1B+ in retail sales and track promo effectiveness in real-time. Backed by Y Combinator and trusted by 100+ brands managing $3B+ in revenue, Confido brings together domain expertise from Anheuser-Busch and Simple Mills with tech talent from Google, Square, and HubSpot — were a tech company that understands CPG.

Elicit, the AI research assistant, helps you automate time-consuming research tasks like summarizing papers, extracting data, and synthesizing your findings. Were a public benefit company with a mission to scale up good reasoning. We want machine learning to help as much with thinking and reflection as it does with tasks that have clear short-term outcomes.

GPTZero is the worlds leading AI-text identification platform. Our mission is to restore information quality and transparency on the internet. We give millions of users the ability to see the origin, reliability, and quality of information, and enable responsible adoption of AI.