When we released our list of 50 popular tech startups, it was no surprise that AI companies were at the top. AI is currently very popular, so I decided to include hundreds of AI startups in our company list and conduct the same analysis to find out which ones are benefiting the most from the AI trend.
Here’s how we created this list (and how you can do it too using Ahrefs):
- We used Keywords Explorer to gather keyword data for each company’s brand name (for example, “sahara ai” for Sahara AI).
- We applied the Trending filter to find high-growth keywords, which organizes keywords based on their growth over the past year and sets a minimum monthly search volume.
- We focused on keywords that indicate Branded search intent.
| Rank | Company | Brand Search Growth (12mo) | Global Branded Search Volume | Total Funding | Estimated Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sahara AI | +646% | 1,100 | $49.0M | $17.5M |
| 2 | Artisan AI | +197% | 2,700 | $21.1M | $4.5M |
| 3 | Air Space Intelligence | +174% | 600 | $27.0M | $5.5M |
| 4 | StealthGPT | +142% | 9,200 | $0.0M | $0.5M |
| 5 | Acrisure Innovation | +114% | 300 | $3454.0M | $3000.0M |
| 6 | Perplexity AI | +75% | 3,630,000 | $165.4M | $17.5M |
| 7 | Mistral AI | +59% | 132,000 | $894.8M | $5.5M |
| 8 | Elicit AI | +57% | 41,000 | $11.0M | $5.5M |
| 9 | YoDayo | +55% | 295,000 | $5.2M | $5.5M |
| 10 | HitPaw | +53% | 62,000 | $0.0M | $0.5M |
| 11 | Blaze AI | +47% | 16,000 | $0.0M | $5.5M |
| 12 | Hebbia | +44% | 6,600 | $161.1M | $17.5M |
| 13 | Arize AI | +44% | 4,100 | $61.0M | $17.5M |
| 14 | Weaviate | +43% | 8,800 | $67.7M | $37.5M |
| 15 | Slingshot AI | +41% | 450 | $36.2M | $17.5M |
| 16 | DataSnipper | +40% | 7,500 | $100.0M | $37.5M |
| 17 | Tuva Health | +40% | 200 | $0.5M | $5.5M |
| 18 | Machina Labs | +40% | 1,800 | $50.3M | $37.5M |
| 19 | Topline Pro | +40% | 500 | $17.1M | $175.0M |
| 20 | Kaedim | +39% | 3,500 | $15.3M | $5.5M |
| 21 | PlayHT | +39% | 65,000 | $2.7M | $5.5M |
| 22 | Together AI | +38% | 6,500 | $3.4M | $5.5M |
| 23 | EliseAI | +37% | 2,300 | $140.8M | $17.5M |
| 24 | Abacus.AI | +37% | 600 | $90.3M | $37.5M |
| 25 | Redflag AI | +35% | 300 | $7.4M | $5.5M |
| 26 | MarqVision | +35% | 1,300 | $41.5M | $37.5M |
| 27 | AI21 Labs | +33% | 2,100 | $336.0M | $75.0M |
| 28 | Vannevar Labs | +32% | 3,600 | $91.1M | $17.5M |
| 29 | Reclaim.ai | +32% | 1,900 | $11.0M | $1.0M |
| 30 | ElevenLabs | +32% | 1,310,000 | $0.0M | $5.5M |
| 31 | Codeium | +32% | 67,000 | $246.0M | $17.5M |
| 32 | Fireworks AI | +31% | 4,600 | $77.0M | $5.5M |
| 33 | GrayMatter Robotics | +31% | 300 | $70.4M | $17.5M |
| 34 | Midjourney | +30% | 2,340,000 | $0.0M | $750.0M |
| 35 | Docsumo | +30% | 5,200 | $3.7M | $17.5M |
| 36 | Aleph Alpha | +29% | 23,000 | $643.3M | $175.0M |
| 37 | AISDR | +29% | 1,400 | $3.5M | $5.5M |
| 38 | PolyAI | +28% | 6,600 | $121.0M | $17.5M |
| 39 | Character.AI | +27% | 114,000 | $150.1M | $17.5M |
| 40 | MindsDB | +27% | 1,800 | $54.5M | $5.5M |
| 41 | Monterey AI | +27% | 350 | $2.8M | $5.5M |
| 42 | Tempus AI | +26% | 11,000 | $1085.3M | $210.1M |
| 43 | Luxonis | +26% | 1,800 | $6.3M | $17.5M |
| 44 | Tennr | +25% | 2,300 | $60.0M | $17.5M |
| 45 | Cisco ThousandEyes | +25% | 3,300 | $1112.8M | $84.0M |
| 46 | HeyGen | +25% | 470,000 | $77.6M | $17.5M |
| 47 | Builder.ai | +25% | 5,300 | $445.0M | $168.0M |
| 48 | Otter AI | +24% | 205,000 | $83.0M | $37.5M |
| 49 | Writesonic | +24% | 228,000 | $2.6M | $37.5M |
| 50 | Humanloop | +24% | 2,800 | $7.9M | $5.5M |
10 Fastest-Growing AI Companies Based on Online Searches
Over the past year, these AI companies have seen the biggest increase in online searches for their brand names. The numbers show how much their brand searches have grown, along with key details about each company.
1. Sahara AI (+646% search growth)
📍 Founded: 2023 | Location: California
💰 Revenue: $17.5M | Funding: $49M
🌎 Global Searches: 1,100 per month
Sahara AI is a blockchain-based AI platform aiming to make artificial intelligence more accessible. While the concept might be complex, its massive search growth suggests people are very interested in it—probably because “AI” and “blockchain” are trending buzzwords!
2. Artisan AI (+197% search growth)
📍 Founded: 2023 | Location: California
💰 Revenue: $4.5M | Funding: $21.1M
🌎 Global Searches: 2,700 per month
Artisan AI creates “AI employees” to help businesses with sales outreach. Their AI sales reps send personalized emails to potential customers. The company gained attention after going viral on Reddit for its bold “Stop Hiring Humans” campaign at a tech conference.
3. Air Space Intelligence (+174% search growth)
📍 Founded: 2018 | Location: San Francisco
💰 Revenue: $5.5M | Funding: $27M
🌎 Global Searches: 600 per month
This company helps airlines operate more efficiently with its Flyways AI Platform. It predicts flight patterns, manages schedules, and improves communication, making air travel safer and more sustainable.
4. StealthGPT (+142% search growth)
📍 Founded: 2023 | Location: Miami, Florida
💰 Revenue: $0.5M | Funding: $0
🌎 Global Searches: 9,100 per month
StealthGPT is an AI writing tool designed to create content that avoids detection by AI plagiarism checkers. It helps users generate undetectable AI-written blogs, academic papers, and more.
5. Acrisure Innovation (+114% search growth)
📍 Founded: 2006 | Location: Michigan
💰 Revenue: $3B | Funding: $3.45B
🌎 Global Searches: 300 per month
Acrisure Innovation is part of Acrisure, a major insurance company. Their AI team is working on new technologies to modernize the $6 trillion insurance industry.
6. Perplexity AI (+75% search growth)
📍 Founded: 2022 | Location: San Francisco
💰 Revenue: $17.5M | Funding: $377.3M
🌎 Global Searches: 3.58M per month
Perplexity AI is a next-gen search engine that combines AI with real-time web data. Some people even call it a potential “Google killer.” It offers both free and paid versions.
7. Mistral AI (+59% search growth)
📍 Founded: 2023 | Location: France
💰 Revenue: $5.5M | Funding: $894.8M
🌎 Global Searches: 132,000 per month
Mistral AI develops open-source AI models that businesses can customize and use in different settings. Their focus is on flexibility and transparency in AI development.
8. Elicit AI (+57% search growth)
📍 Founded: 2023 | Location: California
💰 Revenue: $5.5M | Funding: $11M
🌎 Global Searches: 41,000 per month
Elicit AI is an AI research assistant that helps scientists and researchers by summarizing academic papers, extracting key data, and organizing findings efficiently.
9. YoDayo (+55% search growth)
📍 Founded: 2022 | Location: New York
💰 Revenue: $5.5M | Funding: $5.2M
🌎 Global Searches: 295,000 per month
YoDayo is an AI-powered platform for anime fans. It allows users to create AI-generated anime art and chat with AI versions of anime characters.
10. HitPaw (+53% search growth)
📍 Founded: 2019 | Location: Hong Kong
💰 Revenue: $0.5M | Funding: $0
🌎 Global Searches: 62,000 per month
HitPaw offers AI-powered multimedia tools for editing videos, photos, and audio. Their products help users enhance images, convert videos, and modify voices easily.