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AI, Automation & Intelligence

20 categories for founders and investors.

AI agents, model operations, automation, computer vision, voice AI, LLM applications, and intelligent workflows that change how work gets done.

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Existing Category

AI-Tech

Artificial Intelligence

The AI-Tech sector encompasses advancements in artificial intelligence and machine learning. It involves developing intelligent systems, algorithms, and applications that can analyze data, make predictions, and automate complex tasks.

  • Enabling chatbots and virtual assistants to provide customer support and automate routine tasks.
  • Analyzing large datasets to uncover insights and patterns for data-driven decision-making.
  • Powering autonomous vehicles and robotics systems with artificial intelligence for improved efficiency and safety.

Example leaders: OpenAI, DeepMind, IBM Watson

Existing Category

Data-Tech

Big Data Technology

The Data-Tech sector encompasses technological solutions and innovations for big data management and analytics. It includes data mining, predictive analytics, and data visualization tools.

  • Leveraging big data analytics to extract insights, identify patterns, and make data-driven decisions across various industries.
  • Developing machine learning and AI algorithms to automate data processing, predictive modeling, and anomaly detection.
  • Implementing data management systems and tools to ensure data quality, security, and compliance with regulations.

Example leaders: Snowflake, Databricks, Splunk

Existing Category

Intel-Tech

Intellectual Property Services

The Intel-Tech sector encompasses technological solutions and innovations in intellectual property services. It includes patent search platforms, intellectual property management systems, and copyright protection tools.

  • Providing intellectual property (IP) management services and software solutions to protect, manage, and monetize IP assets for individuals and organizations.
  • Conducting IP research and analysis to assess patentability, infringement risks, and competitive landscapes.
  • Offering IP licensing and valuation services to facilitate IP transactions and collaborations.

Example leaders: Clarivate Analytics, Thomson Reuters, IP.com

Existing Category

Machine-Tech

Machinery and Equipment

The Machine-Tech sector focuses on technological solutions and innovations in machinery and equipment. It includes advanced manufacturing equipment, industrial robotics, and machine vision systems.

  • Advancing machinery and equipment technologies for various industries, including manufacturing, construction, agriculture, and healthcare.
  • Developing automation systems and robotic solutions to optimize production processes, increase productivity, and improve safety.
  • Integrating machine learning and AI algorithms into machines and equipment to enable predictive maintenance, real-time monitoring, and intelligent decision-making.

Example leaders: Caterpillar, Komatsu, Fanuc

Existing Category

Smart-Tech

Smart Homes, Offices and Cities

The Smart-Tech sector encompasses technological solutions and innovations in smart homes, offices, and cities. It includes smart home automation systems, intelligent office solutions, and smart city infrastructure.

  • Integrate technology into homes, offices, and cities for improved efficiency, connectivity, and sustainability.
  • Developing smart home automation systems that enable remote control of appliances, lighting, security, and energy management.
  • Implementing smart city solutions for intelligent infrastructure, traffic management, waste management, and environmental monitoring.

Example leaders: Google Nest, Philips Hue, SmartThings

New Category

Agent-Tech

AI Agents and Autonomous Task Systems

The Agent-Tech category within Metasoft Capital focuses on ai agents and autonomous task systems. This area can include software, AI, data systems, marketplaces, hardware, services, or infrastructure that make old workflows faster, safer, more affordable, more measurable, or easier to adopt.

  • Building practical products that help customers solve problems in ai agents and autonomous task systems with clearer workflows, better data, or stronger automation.
  • Creating platforms, tools, or services that reduce cost, improve trust, increase access, or help organizations adopt technology in the ai, automation & intelligence sector.
  • Helping founders turn a focused industry pain point into a scalable company with a clear buyer, measurable value, and room for long-term growth.

Founder/investor relevance: This category can help match focused founders with investors who care about the same sector.

New Category

LLM-Tech

Large Language Model Applications and Infrastructure

The LLM-Tech category within Metasoft Capital focuses on large language model applications and infrastructure. This area can include software, AI, data systems, marketplaces, hardware, services, or infrastructure that make old workflows faster, safer, more affordable, more measurable, or easier to adopt.

  • Building practical products that help customers solve problems in large language model applications and infrastructure with clearer workflows, better data, or stronger automation.
  • Creating platforms, tools, or services that reduce cost, improve trust, increase access, or help organizations adopt technology in the ai, automation & intelligence sector.
  • Helping founders turn a focused industry pain point into a scalable company with a clear buyer, measurable value, and room for long-term growth.

Founder/investor relevance: This category can help match focused founders with investors who care about the same sector.

New Category

Prompt-Tech

Prompt Systems, Prompt Testing, and Prompt Workflows

The Prompt-Tech category within Metasoft Capital focuses on prompt systems, prompt testing, and prompt workflows. This area can include software, AI, data systems, marketplaces, hardware, services, or infrastructure that make old workflows faster, safer, more affordable, more measurable, or easier to adopt.

  • Building practical products that help customers solve problems in prompt systems, prompt testing, and prompt workflows with clearer workflows, better data, or stronger automation.
  • Creating platforms, tools, or services that reduce cost, improve trust, increase access, or help organizations adopt technology in the ai, automation & intelligence sector.
  • Helping founders turn a focused industry pain point into a scalable company with a clear buyer, measurable value, and room for long-term growth.

Founder/investor relevance: This category can help match focused founders with investors who care about the same sector.

New Category

AIOps-Tech

AI for IT Operations and Incident Intelligence

The AIOps-Tech category within Metasoft Capital focuses on ai for it operations and incident intelligence. This area can include software, AI, data systems, marketplaces, hardware, services, or infrastructure that make old workflows faster, safer, more affordable, more measurable, or easier to adopt.

  • Building practical products that help customers solve problems in ai for it operations and incident intelligence with clearer workflows, better data, or stronger automation.
  • Creating platforms, tools, or services that reduce cost, improve trust, increase access, or help organizations adopt technology in the ai, automation & intelligence sector.
  • Helping founders turn a focused industry pain point into a scalable company with a clear buyer, measurable value, and room for long-term growth.

Founder/investor relevance: This category can help match focused founders with investors who care about the same sector.

New Category

ModelOps-Tech

Model Deployment, Governance, and Lifecycle Operations

The ModelOps-Tech category within Metasoft Capital focuses on model deployment, governance, and lifecycle operations. This area can include software, AI, data systems, marketplaces, hardware, services, or infrastructure that make old workflows faster, safer, more affordable, more measurable, or easier to adopt.

  • Building practical products that help customers solve problems in model deployment, governance, and lifecycle operations with clearer workflows, better data, or stronger automation.
  • Creating platforms, tools, or services that reduce cost, improve trust, increase access, or help organizations adopt technology in the ai, automation & intelligence sector.
  • Helping founders turn a focused industry pain point into a scalable company with a clear buyer, measurable value, and room for long-term growth.

Founder/investor relevance: This category can help match focused founders with investors who care about the same sector.

New Category

Synthetic-Data-Tech

Generated Data for AI Training, Testing, and Privacy

The Synthetic-Data-Tech category within Metasoft Capital focuses on generated data for ai training, testing, and privacy. This area can include software, AI, data systems, marketplaces, hardware, services, or infrastructure that make old workflows faster, safer, more affordable, more measurable, or easier to adopt.

  • Building practical products that help customers solve problems in generated data for ai training, testing, and privacy with clearer workflows, better data, or stronger automation.
  • Creating platforms, tools, or services that reduce cost, improve trust, increase access, or help organizations adopt technology in the ai, automation & intelligence sector.
  • Helping founders turn a focused industry pain point into a scalable company with a clear buyer, measurable value, and room for long-term growth.

Founder/investor relevance: This category can help match focused founders with investors who care about the same sector.

New Category

AI-Safety-Tech

AI Guardrails, Risk Controls, and Responsible Deployment

The AI-Safety-Tech category within Metasoft Capital focuses on ai guardrails, risk controls, and responsible deployment. This area can include software, AI, data systems, marketplaces, hardware, services, or infrastructure that make old workflows faster, safer, more affordable, more measurable, or easier to adopt.

  • Building practical products that help customers solve problems in ai guardrails, risk controls, and responsible deployment with clearer workflows, better data, or stronger automation.
  • Creating platforms, tools, or services that reduce cost, improve trust, increase access, or help organizations adopt technology in the ai, automation & intelligence sector.
  • Helping founders turn a focused industry pain point into a scalable company with a clear buyer, measurable value, and room for long-term growth.

Founder/investor relevance: This category can help match focused founders with investors who care about the same sector.

New Category

AI-Security-Tech

Security for AI Models, Agents, Data, and Inference

The AI-Security-Tech category within Metasoft Capital focuses on security for ai models, agents, data, and inference. This area can include software, AI, data systems, marketplaces, hardware, services, or infrastructure that make old workflows faster, safer, more affordable, more measurable, or easier to adopt.

  • Building practical products that help customers solve problems in security for ai models, agents, data, and inference with clearer workflows, better data, or stronger automation.
  • Creating platforms, tools, or services that reduce cost, improve trust, increase access, or help organizations adopt technology in the ai, automation & intelligence sector.
  • Helping founders turn a focused industry pain point into a scalable company with a clear buyer, measurable value, and room for long-term growth.

Founder/investor relevance: This category can help match focused founders with investors who care about the same sector.

New Category

AI-Eval-Tech

Model Evaluation, Benchmarks, and Reliability Testing

The AI-Eval-Tech category within Metasoft Capital focuses on model evaluation, benchmarks, and reliability testing. This area can include software, AI, data systems, marketplaces, hardware, services, or infrastructure that make old workflows faster, safer, more affordable, more measurable, or easier to adopt.

  • Building practical products that help customers solve problems in model evaluation, benchmarks, and reliability testing with clearer workflows, better data, or stronger automation.
  • Creating platforms, tools, or services that reduce cost, improve trust, increase access, or help organizations adopt technology in the ai, automation & intelligence sector.
  • Helping founders turn a focused industry pain point into a scalable company with a clear buyer, measurable value, and room for long-term growth.

Founder/investor relevance: This category can help match focused founders with investors who care about the same sector.

New Category

AgentOps-Tech

Monitoring and Orchestration for AI Agent Systems

The AgentOps-Tech category within Metasoft Capital focuses on monitoring and orchestration for ai agent systems. This area can include software, AI, data systems, marketplaces, hardware, services, or infrastructure that make old workflows faster, safer, more affordable, more measurable, or easier to adopt.

  • Building practical products that help customers solve problems in monitoring and orchestration for ai agent systems with clearer workflows, better data, or stronger automation.
  • Creating platforms, tools, or services that reduce cost, improve trust, increase access, or help organizations adopt technology in the ai, automation & intelligence sector.
  • Helping founders turn a focused industry pain point into a scalable company with a clear buyer, measurable value, and room for long-term growth.

Founder/investor relevance: This category can help match focused founders with investors who care about the same sector.

New Category

Voice-AI-Tech

AI Voice Agents, Speech Automation, and Voice Interfaces

The Voice-AI-Tech category within Metasoft Capital focuses on ai voice agents, speech automation, and voice interfaces. This area can include software, AI, data systems, marketplaces, hardware, services, or infrastructure that make old workflows faster, safer, more affordable, more measurable, or easier to adopt.

  • Building practical products that help customers solve problems in ai voice agents, speech automation, and voice interfaces with clearer workflows, better data, or stronger automation.
  • Creating platforms, tools, or services that reduce cost, improve trust, increase access, or help organizations adopt technology in the ai, automation & intelligence sector.
  • Helping founders turn a focused industry pain point into a scalable company with a clear buyer, measurable value, and room for long-term growth.

Founder/investor relevance: This category can help match focused founders with investors who care about the same sector.

New Category

Vision-AI-Tech

Computer Vision, Visual Analytics, and Image Intelligence

The Vision-AI-Tech category within Metasoft Capital focuses on computer vision, visual analytics, and image intelligence. This area can include software, AI, data systems, marketplaces, hardware, services, or infrastructure that make old workflows faster, safer, more affordable, more measurable, or easier to adopt.

  • Building practical products that help customers solve problems in computer vision, visual analytics, and image intelligence with clearer workflows, better data, or stronger automation.
  • Creating platforms, tools, or services that reduce cost, improve trust, increase access, or help organizations adopt technology in the ai, automation & intelligence sector.
  • Helping founders turn a focused industry pain point into a scalable company with a clear buyer, measurable value, and room for long-term growth.

Founder/investor relevance: This category can help match focused founders with investors who care about the same sector.

New Category

Workflow-AI-Tech

AI Systems for Complete Business Workflow Automation

The Workflow-AI-Tech category within Metasoft Capital focuses on ai systems for complete business workflow automation. This area can include software, AI, data systems, marketplaces, hardware, services, or infrastructure that make old workflows faster, safer, more affordable, more measurable, or easier to adopt.

  • Building practical products that help customers solve problems in ai systems for complete business workflow automation with clearer workflows, better data, or stronger automation.
  • Creating platforms, tools, or services that reduce cost, improve trust, increase access, or help organizations adopt technology in the ai, automation & intelligence sector.
  • Helping founders turn a focused industry pain point into a scalable company with a clear buyer, measurable value, and room for long-term growth.

Founder/investor relevance: This category can help match focused founders with investors who care about the same sector.

New Category

Copilot-Tech

AI Copilots for Professionals and Enterprises

The Copilot-Tech category within Metasoft Capital focuses on ai copilots for professionals and enterprises. This area can include software, AI, data systems, marketplaces, hardware, services, or infrastructure that make old workflows faster, safer, more affordable, more measurable, or easier to adopt.

  • Building practical products that help customers solve problems in ai copilots for professionals and enterprises with clearer workflows, better data, or stronger automation.
  • Creating platforms, tools, or services that reduce cost, improve trust, increase access, or help organizations adopt technology in the ai, automation & intelligence sector.
  • Helping founders turn a focused industry pain point into a scalable company with a clear buyer, measurable value, and room for long-term growth.

Founder/investor relevance: This category can help match focused founders with investors who care about the same sector.

New Category

Human-AI-Tech

Human-in-the-Loop AI and Supervised Automation

The Human-AI-Tech category within Metasoft Capital focuses on human-in-the-loop ai and supervised automation. This area can include software, AI, data systems, marketplaces, hardware, services, or infrastructure that make old workflows faster, safer, more affordable, more measurable, or easier to adopt.

  • Building practical products that help customers solve problems in human-in-the-loop ai and supervised automation with clearer workflows, better data, or stronger automation.
  • Creating platforms, tools, or services that reduce cost, improve trust, increase access, or help organizations adopt technology in the ai, automation & intelligence sector.
  • Helping founders turn a focused industry pain point into a scalable company with a clear buyer, measurable value, and room for long-term growth.

Founder/investor relevance: This category can help match focused founders with investors who care about the same sector.

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