Cornell AI Startups
A directory of 244 startups founded by Cornell University alumni in artificial intelligence and machine learning, each listed with its founders, stage, and links. Compiled and updated by Big Red AI.
244 listed
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Tabs Series BAli Hussain ’11, Deepak Bapat ’11, MEng ’12 · New York, NYB2B accounts receivable platform -
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AKASA Series CMalinka Walaliyadde ’12 · San Francisco, CAGenerative AI solutions for the healthcare revenue cycle -
Openlayer Series AGabriel Bayomi Tinoco Kalejaiye ’17 · San Francisco, CAQuality assurance for AI and ML -
Krea Series BDiego Rodriguez, MS ’23 Dropout, Víctor Perez, MS ’24 Dropout · San Francisco, CAAI visual design tool -
Inception SeedStefano Ermon, MS ’13, Volodymyr Kuleshov, Professor · Palo Alto, CAFast Diffusion LLMs -
Sixfold AI Series BAlex Schmelkin ’97, Brian Moseley ’96 · New York, NYGenerative AI for insurance underwriting -
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Jon Dorando, PhD ’10 · CanadaAI productivity for investment managers -
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Whitney Anderson ’88 · New York, NYFraud prevention with machine learning -
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DeLorean Artificial Intelligence Series ASeverence MacLaughlin ’00 · Palm Beach, FLHarness ROI from structured and unstructured data -
Mark Schwager ’06 · Livermore, CASmart autonomous tractors for farming -
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Radical Numerics SeedEric Nguyen, MEng ’19 · Menlo Park, California, United StatesAI for biological intelligence -
KoBold Metals Series CJosh Goldman ’02 · Berkeley, California, United StatesCritical mineral exploration -
Samaya AI Series AMaithra Raghu, PhD ’16, Jack Hessel, PhD ’20 · United KingdomAI knowledge domain expertise for financial services -
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DreamBig Semiconductor Series BSohail Syed, MBA ’16 · San Jose, CASemiconductor chiplet manfuacturing for faster R&D -
Cloudforce Series ALee Wang ’97, MEng ’97 · National, Maryland, United StatesMicrosoft cloud solutions -
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Xscape Photonics Series AYoshi Okawachi ’02, PhD ’08 · New York, NYPhotonics for semiconductor manufacturing -
Hyro Series BIsrael Krush, MBA ’18, Rom Cohen, MEng ’18 · New York, NYAutomate conversations on any channel -
Orchard Robotics Series ACharles Wu ’24 Dropout · Seattle, WAPrecision agriculture with robots and AI -
Method Security Series ASam Jones ’13 · New York, New York, United StatesFull-spectrum cybersecurity -
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Flip CX Series ABrian Schiff ’18, Jacob Cooper ’16, MEng ’17 · New York, NYVoice AI for customer service on the phone -
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Elm AI SeedAdvait Raykar, MEng ’22, Ken He, MS ’23, Aparajita Thakker, MBA ’23 · New York, NYSupply chain sustainability tracking -
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Rising Team Series AJennifer Dulski ’93, MBA ’99 · Palo Alto, CAHelp managers engage and connect their teams -
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Adaption Labs SeedSudip Roy, PhD ’14 · San Francisco, California, United StatesAI that adapts to real world -
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Rezo Therapeutics Series AGeorge Scangos ’70 · South San Francisco, CAMapping biological networks for drug discovery -
Zadar Labs Series AAli Mostajeran, PhD ’18, Mohammad Emadi, PostDoc ’14 · Campbell, CA4D imaging for AI systems -
Oboe Series ANir Zicherman ’08 · New City, New York, United StatesPersonalized courses for learning -
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Roger Healthcare SeedYusef Iskandar, MEng ’23, Keyur K Shah, MEng ’23, Yunus Ansari, MEng ’23 · San Francisco, CAHome healthcare with AI -
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Abstractive Health SeedVince Hartman ’08, MS ’22, Ritika Poddar, MS ’22 · New York, NYMedical clinical notes AI assistant -
William Glaser ’87 · Berkeley, CACheckout-free tech for grocery stores -
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Exostellar Series AZhiming Shen, PhD ’17, Hakim Weatherspoon, Professor · Ithaca, NYReduce cloud costs by CPU and GPU optimization -
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Tony Chen ’97, Oliver Yu ’97, MEng ’98 · Pleasanton, CABiotech regulatory software -
Spotlight Realty Pre-SeedRaymond Allie ’27, Jacob Phelan ’25 · New York, NYAI-powered realtor for reduced commissions -
BluePill SeedAnkit Dhawan, MBA ’16 · Seattle, Washington, United StatesAI consumers for marketing research -
Vali Health SeedSerena Dang ’15 · San Francisco, California, United StatesAI assistant for home care -
Avallon Labs SeedCornelius Schramm, MEng ’25 Dropout, Bryan Guin, MEng ’25 Dropout, Jet Semrick, MEng ’25 Dropout · New York, NYAI for insurance claims operations -
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Daniela Rus, PhD ’93 · Cambridge, MADerisk AI models from unreliable outputs -
Halluminates Pre-SeedWyatt Marshall ’22, Jerry Wu ’22 · San Francisco, CADatasets to train AI models -
Ardalan Khosrowpour, Postdoc ’18 · New York, New York, United StatesConstruction intelligence for real estate investors -
OfferFit Series BGeorge Khachatryan, PhD ’11, Victor Kostyuk, PhD ’11 · Boston, MAReplace A/B testing with AI -
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Brian Distelburger ’01 · New York, NYAI performance reviews for employees -
Advait Raykar, MEng ’22, Ken He, MS ’23, Aparajita Thakker, MBA ’23 · New York, NYSupply chain sustainability tracking -
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Timur Ozekcin ’14, MEng ’15, Sean Abraham ’14 · New York, NYHealthcare IoT platform -
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Opencall.ai Pre-SeedEric Mei ’18, MEng ’19 · San Francisco, CAAI call centers for customer service -
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Lucky Gunasekara ’05, Andy Hsieh, PostDoc ’17 · San Francisco, CAAI search engine for businesses -
Sanchi Poovaya, MEng ’09 · Delaware City, DEMonitor health and well-being -
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Uplift AI SeedHammad Malik, MS ’14 · Seattle, Washington, United StatesVoice AI for underserved languages -
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Avina SeedMike Wang, MEng ’16, Vivek Sudarsan, MEng ’16, Ron Fisher, MBA ’16 · New York, NYSignals for B2B sales teams prioritization -
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Intelligencia AI Series AVangelis Vergetis ’01 · New York, New York, United StatesMachine learning for drug development -
Daniel Rothenberg ’10 · San Francisco, CAWeather and climate prediction -
Ampotech Series AWilliam Temple, MEng ’11 · SingaporeAI-enabled internet of things electricity solutions -
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Siddharth Sinha ’01, Abhishek Kirti, MEng ’11 · Cupertino, CAMarketing images created by AI -
Ardent AI Pre-SeedVikram Chennai, MEng ’23 · New York, New York, United StatesCoding agents for data -
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AIWORKX Series BDale Sukwon Yoon, MS ’04 · South KoreaHigh-quality data sets and validation solutions for safer AI -
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CytoHub Inc. Pre-SeedFrank Teoh, MEng ’13 · San Diego, California, United StatesCellular therapies for heart health -
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Fig Medical SeedFlorence Luna, MBA ’23, Abhinav Girish, MEng ’23 · New York, NYAI prior authorization support for healthcare providers -
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Alok Tayi ’06 · Boston, Massachusetts, United StatesAI analysis of pharma pipelines -
Elena Zhizhimontova, MEng ’18 · Seattle, WAAI to identify customer issues -
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Lucite Pre-SeedJason Spector ’20, Richard Greenbaum ’20 · New York, NYAutomating deliverables for finance professionals -
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AGI Pre-SeedDiv Garg ’19 · San Francisco, California, United StatesAI lab for general intelligence -
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Predict Health SeedShub Debgupta, PhD ’99 · Washington, DCPutting seniors at the center of their healthcare experience -
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Anthony J. DiValerio III ’12 · Philadelphia, PACollege admissions AI -
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John Hohm, MS ’16 · Sugar Land, TXUtility lines quality inspection -
Epsilla Pre-SeedRichard Renchu Song, MS ’15 · Jersey City, NJAI platform for building LLM applications connected with your own data -
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Pair AI Pre-SeedParth Detroja ’17 · San Francisco, CAMobile education platform that's personalized with AI -
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Testworks Series BDale Sukwon Yoon, MS ’04 · South KoreaHigh-quality data sets and validation solutions for safer AI -
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Candytrail Pre-SeedAyush Mahna ’24, Aditya Mahna ’28 · San Francisco, CAAI for growth marketing and sales -
Zendata SeedNarayana Pappu ’07 · San Francisco, California, United StatesSecurity and compliance for AI systems -
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Roger Mann ’81 · Lebanon, OHEliminating miscommunication and missed communication. -
Ves Stoyanov, PhD ’09 · San Francisco, California, United StatesAI-native CRM -
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CreatorML Pre-SeedCharles Weill ’12, MEng ’13 · Boonton, NJAI to help YouTube creators choose topics, titles, and thumbnails -
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David Duffield ’62, MBA ’64 · Incline Village, NVSoftware for investment managers -
RadMate AI Pre-SeedAdam Skrocki ’21, Mohamed Khalifa ’21 · San Francisco, CARadiology reporting by AI -
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Deepen AI SeedCheuksan Wang ’93, Andrew Lee ’02 · Santa Clara, California, United StatesLIDAR tools platform -
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John Horvatis ’99, Sean Bellefeuille, DVM ’24 · Rochester, NYMedical 3d modeling solutions -
Mango Health Pre-SeedZach Gittelman, MS ’21 · San Francisco, CABridge primary care with mental health -
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Brian Bendett ’13 · New York, NYBrand loyalty customer data platform -
Kaveat Pre-SeedDorothee Grant, MEng ’22, Elizabete Ludborza, LLM ’22, Christine Shen ’19, MEng ’22 · New York, NYSimpler media and entertainment deals -
Charles Inokon, JD ’97 · Wilmington, DEExpert coaching for small businesses -
Divyansh Lohia, MS ’22 · New York, NYAI for automated account development -
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Stably AI SeedJinjing Liang ’16, Neil Parker ’15 · San Francisco, CAAutomating software testing for every company -
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Adam Barr-Neuwirth ’20, Tristan Rhee ’20 · —NIL campaigns for college athletes -
Lindsey Aliksanyan, MBA ’25 · Dover, Delaware, United StatesSoftware for strategic decisionmaking -
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Timothy Gee ’88 · San Francisco, CAPlanning software for infrastructure projects -
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Phillip Alvelda ’86 · Emeryville, CAVenture studio for fully-automated companies -
Niru Anisetti, MBA ’14 · San Francisco, California, United StatesProduct catalog data -
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Charles Elkan, PhD ’90 · Seattle, WAReal-time pricing for fixed income bonds -
Cruise Chen, MBA ’19 · San Francisco, California, United StatesFrontier model infrastructure -
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Budbreak Innovations Pre-SeedJonathan Moon ’21, MS ’24, Ertai Liu, PhD 24 · —Robot platform for crop maintence -
Broome Pre-SeedAlexander Spivak ’21, Alec Costanza ’21, Alexander Spivak ’21 · New York, New York, United StatesAI for commercial real estate -
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Daniel Miin, MBA ’07 · Dallas, Texas, United StatesAI for anesthesia -
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Victor Oribamise, MS ’21 · New York, NYPrediction analysis for airports and aircrafts -
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SignalFlare AI Pre-SeedMichael Lukianoff, MMH ’00 · New York, NYDecision intelligence for restaurants -
Tom Neyarapally, JD ’02, MBA ’02 · —Computational drug discovery -
RapidReview Pre-SeedGural Nuriyev, MEng ’24 · New York, New York, United StatesAI research automation -
Ashwin Kamlani, MMH ’03 · Miami Beach, Florida, United StatesHospitality marketing AI -
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Navdeep Singh, MBA ’18 · Jersey City, NJEducation language test prep for Indians -
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Tanush Dharmesh Korgaokar, MEng ’26 · Ithaca, NYVisualization of paint on walls -
Angela Wu, MS ’13 · Palo Alto, California, United StatesAI for research and automation -
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Andrew James ’26 · Ithaca, New York, United StatesRobotics for weed control -
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Zomma Pre-SeedCashel Fitzgerald, MEng ’26, Jihyun Kim, MEng ’26 · San Francisco, California, United StatesAI agents for financial services -
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Nitrode SeedRichard Gu ’24, MEng ’25, Brian La ’25, Ben Kim ’25 · San Francisco, CAAI for game development -
Michael Wachsman, MEng ’25 · San Francisco, California, United StatesTrading on private markets