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who does AI recommend?

76 young startups in Consumer (general). For each, we ask AI the question its buyers would ask, without naming anyone, and show who it recommends.

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7recommended by AI
69not named: AI picked others
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Who AI recommends in Consumer (general)

When buyers ask about these startups' products, AI names these instead. They're who a young Consumer (general) startup has to show up next to.

ChatGPTnamed for 9 startups' buyers
Google Gemininamed for 7 startups' buyers
Claudenamed for 6 startups' buyers
Luma Dream Machinenamed for 4 startups' buyers
Notion AInamed for 4 startups' buyers
Speaknamed for 4 startups' buyers
Anthropic Claudenamed for 3 startups' buyers
Apple Dictationnamed for 3 startups' buyers
The startups

Consumer (general) startups

The ones AI recommended come first, then the rest by name. Nothing here is paid.

Aqua VoiceYC Winter 2024Frontier Voice Input - write 4x faster than typing.Named in 2 of 2 answersBrowserOSYC Summer 2024The Open Source Agentic BrowserNamed in 2 of 2 answersFluentlyYC Winter 2024Speaking coach for non-native English professionalsNamed in 2 of 2 answersParrotYC Fall 2025TikTok for language learningNamed in 2 of 2 answersDesign ArenaYC Summer 2025World's largest crowdsourced benchmark for AI-generated designNamed in 1 of 2 answersMixyYC Fall 2025Make mashups without knowing how to DJNamed in 1 of 2 answersStreamableYC Fall 2024Powering the biggest IRL streamers today.Named in 1 of 2 answersAdaptedYC Winter 2024AI physical therapy for athletesNot namedAI picked Hinge Health, Sword Health +6AirCapsYC Fall 2025The AI copilot for in-person conversations.Not namedAI picked PLAUD NotePin, PLAUD NOTE +6Aleph LabYC Fall 2025AI language buddy in the games kids loveNot namedAI picked Nativik, LingoLooper +6AnswerThisYC Fall 2025End-to-end workspace to accelerate scientific discoveryNot namedAI picked Edison Scientific, Novix +6ArgilYC Summer 2024The video generation engine for the creator economy Not namedAI picked Runway, Luma Dream Machine +6AsideYC Fall 2025The browser built to do real work for youNot namedAI picked Perplexity Comet, Fellou +6AudoraYC Fall 2026Audiobooks where every character has their own voice.Not namedAI picked ElevenLabs, PlayHT +6BibloYC Fall 2024Your personal AI fitness coach, over iMessage.Not namedAI picked GymGPT, FitBot +6BlueYC Summer 2025AI rebuilt coding. We’re rebuilding the phoneNot namedAI picked Google Pixel, Samsung Galaxy +6BronYC Fall 2025TikTok for Sports BettingNot namedAI picked Rithmm, Outlier +6CandleYC Fall 2024Candle helps friends and couples grow closer daily in just 5 minutes.Not namedAI picked Locket Widget, Widgetable +6ConfettiYC Fall 2026Build hardware projects using plain-English promptsNot namedAI picked CELUS, Flux.ai +6CoraYC Winter 2024AI Fitness CoachNot namedAI picked Bevel, Athlytic +6CostreamYC Summer 2025Indexing human dialogue through digital productsNot namedAI picked Enterpret, Unwrap.ai +6CrowdVoltYC Winter 2024The integration layer for live events infrastructure Not namedAI picked Peerspace, Giggster +6DayflowYC Summer 2024Generate a detailed log of everything you've worked on, automatically.Not namedAI picked WakaTime, ActivityWatch +5DoomersionYC Winter 2026Doomscroll to learn languagesNot namedAI picked Duolingo, Speak +6DraftedYC Spring 2026Design your home instantly with AINot namedAI picked Planner 5D, Homestyler +5DreamRPYC Summer 2024Tech and platforms for human creators and the entertainment industryNot namedAI picked Runway, Luma Dream Machine +6DydemaYC Fall 2026A consumer brain-computer interface you can map to anything.Not namedAI picked Neurable, Muse S +6EggnogYC Winter 2024AI-native entertainmentNot namedAI picked HeyGen, Synthesia +6egoYC Winter 2024AI applied research lab building synthetic sapience; human-like AINot namedAI picked Deepgram Nova-2, Whisper +6Egoist MachinesYC Summer 2026Your personal context, securely portable across every AI app.Not namedAI picked Ollama, LM Studio +6EmergentYC Summer 2024AI app builder that turns your ideas into monetizable software.Not namedAI picked Lovable.dev, Bolt.new +6EpicenterYC Summer 2025ChatGPT's memory feature in an open, portable formatNot namedAI picked AppFlowy, AFFiNE +6et al.YC Summer 2024Feed of insights extracted from your go-to sources using LLMs.Not namedAI picked NotebookLM, SciSpace +6Fractal LabsYC Winter 2024fractal-labs.ggNot namedAI picked Jasper AI, Copy.ai +6FreestyleYC Fall 2024The AI Assistant for GmailNot namedAI picked Superhuman, Shortwave +6GloGloYC Winter 2024Curing and preventing type 1 diabetesNot namedAI picked Scipher Medicine, ai3Bio +6HappenstanceYC Winter 2024People search powered by AINot namedAI picked Perplexity AI, ChatGPT +6HeyClickyYC Spring 2026The simplest interface in the world to talk AI models + spawn agentsNot namedAI picked Microsoft Copilot, Google Gemini +6HYBRDYC Fall 2024coaching agents for athletesNot namedAI picked Whoop Coach, Zing Coach +6ImperfectYC Spring 2026Adaptive training coach for runners, cyclists, and triathletes Not namedAI picked SensAI, Cora Health +6ISSENYC Fall 2024AI realtime voice companion for language learningNot namedAI picked Langua, Speak +5JcodeYC Summer 2026High performance coding agentsNot namedAI picked LangGraph, AutoGen +6joYC Spring 2026The personal AI agent that keeps up with your work and life.Not namedAI picked ChatGPT, Claude +6KeetYC Summer 2024An app to create courses on anything. Not namedAI picked Coursebox.ai, Lingio +6Light AnchorYC Spring 2026AI-native growth agency for consumer brandsNot namedAI picked NoGood, Common Thread Collective (CTC) +6LucidYC Winter 2025interactive video modelsNot namedAI picked World Labs (Marble), Luma AI (Genie/Interactive Scenes) +6MisprintYC Winter 2025Misprint is building Robinhood for Pokemon cardsNot namedAI picked TCGplayer, eBay +6MoonshotYC Summer 2026agents for the rest of usNot namedAI picked ChatGPT, Apple Intelligence +4NanoCorpYC Winter 2024Autonomous Companies Run by AI Working While You Sleep.Not namedAI picked LangGraph, CrewAI +6neoncoralYC Spring 2025neoncoral.incNot namedAI picked Character.AI, Nomi AI +6NozomioYC Summer 2025creators of folk.comNot namedAI picked ChatGPT, Claude +6NuancedYC Winter 2024the AI coding app for thinking. Not namedAI picked ChatPRD, Productboard Spark +6OkiYC Winter 2025The memory computer for your digital life.Not namedAI picked Synology DiskStation, TrueNAS Mini +6OneStopYC Summer 2025The local internet for NYC.Not namedAI picked Facebook Marketplace, Craigslist NYC +6Orca ClientYC Summer 2024Orca lets you build, discover, and play Minecraft games with friends.Not namedAI picked Essential Mod, e4mc Mod +6PingoYC Summer 2025Your personal AI for language learningNot namedAI picked Speak, Langua +5PocketYC Winter 2026Take Notes in the Real WorldNot namedAI picked PLAUD Note, Plaud NotePin +6PrecipYC Winter 2024High precision AI weather Not namedAI picked Tomorrow.io API, AccuWeather MinuteCast API +2QuippyYC Fall 2026Helps build social skills through daily practiceNot namedAI picked Gleam: Social Intelligence, Sociabl +6RemixYC Winter 2026Social media content auto-generated with your existing dataNot namedAI picked Make (Integromat), Zapier +6ResultYC Spring 2026Where new internet entrepreneurs build and run their companiesNot namedAI picked Shopify, Amazon +6RomaYC Fall 2026Roma is the to-do list that does itselfNot namedAI picked Motion, Reclaim.ai +6Rowboat LabsYC Summer 2024Open-source AI coworker with memory Not namedAI picked Limitless, Littlebird +6SagalandYC Winter 2024AI entertainment platformNot namedAI picked Character.ai, Suno +6SellRazeYC Fall 2025The fastest way to sell online.Not namedAI picked FlowLister, Quicklist AI +6STASISYC Fall 2026The WHOOP for 16 billion eyesNot namedAI picked Tobii Pro Glasses 3, Pupil Labs (Neon / Pupil Invisible) +4StewdioYC Fall 2024All-in-one AI creative platformNot namedAI picked Runway, Leonardo.ai +6SwerveYC Winter 2025AI Chat & StoriesNot namedAI picked AI Dungeon, NovelAI +6tashYC Summer 2026The S&P of Trading CardsNot namedAI picked eBay Vault, Fanatics Collect +6Text.aiYC Spring 2025Alfi - your group chat with social skills to bring friends closerNot namedAI picked Perplexity, Carl-bot +6VoiceOSYC Spring 2025Say it and it's done. Voice is the new OSNot namedAI picked Wispr Flow, Superwhisper +6WaffleYC Spring 2025AI Video EditorNot namedAI picked Opus Clip, Klap +6WillowYC Spring 2025The voice interface replacing your keyboardNot namedAI picked Superwhisper, Wispr Flow +5WonderingYC Summer 2026Duolingo for learning anythingNot namedAI picked Google Gemini Notebook, Anara AI +6WordwareYC Summer 2024AI agents you can rely onNot namedAI picked Zapier, Make +6YamYC Fall 2026AI-powered dating sims for womenNot namedAI picked Character.AI, CrushOn.AI +6