AI is currently the hottest segment in the IT industry. As part of CRN’s Stellar Startups for 2024, here are nine AI and machine learning technology startups, founded in 2018 or later, that solution providers should know about.

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Since the release of OpenAI’s generative AI tool ChatGPT in late 2022, artificial intelligence has reshaped the IT industry. Nearly all IT vendors have been racing to integrate AI into their offerings and solution providers have been looking for ways to add AI and machine learning services and expertise to their offerings.

It’s no surprise that AI is a hot sector for startups. Some are creating platforms to build and manage AI-based applications and services – and the models that power them – or to incorporate AI capabilities into existing software. Some startups provide security for new AI systems and machine learning models, while others offer tools to manage the enormous volumes of data that AI/ML systems need to operate.

All of this means that AI and machine learning technologies present a major opportunity for solution providers, MSPs and strategic service providers. As part of CRNThe stellar startups of 2024here are nine AI and machine learning technology startups, founded in 2018 or later, that solution providers should know about.

Skull AI

Based: 2022

Senior manager: Jonathan Dambrot, CEO and co-founder

Startup Cranium AI is focused on securing the use of AI across the enterprise. In May this year, the company launched its Cranium AI Exposure Management offering, which allows organizations to secure the use of both internal AI applications and third-party AI systems.

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Hatz AI

Based: 2023

Senior manager: Jimmy Hatzell, CEO and co-founder

Hatz AI, publicly launched in January 2024, provides a platform that enables managed service providers to build an AI business as a service with AI applications and agents, vector storage, and language models personalized extensions. Offerings include an AI chat assistant and an AI app builder that MSPs use to create custom apps.

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Hidden layer

Based: 2022

Senior manager: Christophe Sestito, CEO

HiddenLayer provides security solutions for algorithms, models, and the artificial intelligence data that powers them. Its first-of-its-kind software approach to observing and securing AI helps protect the world’s most valuable technologies. The target market includes CISOs, security professionals and developers at Fortune 1000 companies and government agencies.

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Liquid AI

Based: 2023

Senior manager: Ramin Hasani, CEO and co-founder

MIT spin-off Liquid AI says its mission is to build “capable and effective” general-purpose AI systems at all scales. Liquid AI technology includes the Liquid Engine framework for developing and deploying Liquid Foundation models, what the company calls a new generation of generative AI models.

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MSP Bots

Based: 2019

Senior manager: Daniel Wang, CEO and Founder

MSPbots provides a platform built for MSPs by MSPs to solve problems related to people management and ticket processing, offering 70+ integrations and 5,000+ pre-built widgets, dashboards, and datasets.

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Tacilent.ai

Based: 2022

Senior manager: Ron HR Johnson, CEO and Founder

Tacilent.ai is a pioneering AI decision platform company. Its SaaS platform, RESSSETT, leverages clean data and responsible AI to provide strategic advice and help solve complex organizational challenges. The company focuses on serving mid-sized enterprises, consulting firms and B2B companies in industries such as logistics, manufacturing, healthcare, fintech and aerospace.

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Tecton

Based: 2018

Senior manager: Mike Del Balso, CEO and co-founder

Tecton helps businesses activate their data to power AI applications. The platform enables AI teams to simply and reliably calculate, manage and retrieve data as context for GenAI and predictive ML applications. With Tecton, AI teams can put models into production faster, build smarter applications, and reduce costs.

Website: www.tecton.ai

Thread

Based: 2022

Senior manager: Mark Alayev, CEO and Founder

Thread provides an AI-powered collaboration and service inboxing platform that enables managed IT service providers (MSPs) to deliver incredible experiences wherever their customers work. The company’s system is integrated with professional services automation (PSA) and remote monitoring and management (RMM) platforms from leading vendors and works with Slack and Microsoft Teams.

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Vectara

Based: 2020

Senior manager: Amr Awadallah, CEO and co-founder

The Vectara platform is used to integrate powerful generative AI capabilities into enterprise applications. Founded by luminaries in the AI/ML/NLP field who have built groundbreaking solutions at Google, Cloudera and Yahoo, Vectara operates globally and has raised over $53 million in seed and seed funding. series A.

Website: www.vectara.com