LavaLab Startup Directory

Founders: Mehek Mandal, Margaret Luwena, Kyna Rochlani, Sania Gupta

The cost optimization layer for AI agents

AI / ML, FinTechAIB2B

Juno

Founders: Ronnie Cheung, Kaitlyn Zhang, Johnny Sheng, Turat Zheksheev

Your second brain that sees, acts, and remembers

ConsumerAIB2C

Valkyrie

Founders: Laura Jun, Karen Lou, Trent Kobielusz, Justin Jiang

Translating your livestock's movements into life-saving data

HealthcareB2CHardware

Vantage

Founders: Darren Tsang, Xinyi Yao, Tony Fernandes, Vito Zou

Simulate competition on demand.

AI / ML, HealthcareAIB2B

Toph

Founders: Isaac Wang, Ben Flora, Gavin Huang, Sophie Shen

Contextualizing farm compliance, one conversation at a time.

AgritechAIB2B

Holowand

AI / ML, ConsumerB2CMarketplace

Creating Interactive Holograms

Founders: Quinton Leung, Aaron Lee, Aiden Pan, YJ Park

Trove

The back-of-house platform built for cafes

Founders: Ria Murali, Anushka Rane, Josh Kim, Yihan Hong

Summit

Founders: Lucas Rival, Jo Choi, Ka'ren Mkrtchyan, Amir Mamoon

Optimizing the AI search engine for rising businesses

AI/MLAIB2B

Zeno

Founders: Sebastian Sampedro, Allison Wong, Shiven Dabhi, Pan Pitpreecha

Satellite operations copilot for incident management

AerospaceAIB2B

Basis

Founders: Noah Howard, Shreya Shanmugam, Adrian Thomas, Bryan Ramirez-Gonzalez

Accelerated Depreciation, Made Simple

TaxAIB2B

Ivory

Founders: Mannat Bawa, Olivia Nazari, Kenneth Choi, May Khan

Giving buying power back to dental practices

AI/MLAIB2B

Pillar

Founders: Sumin Wu, Joshua Placido, Wesley Chou, Tiffanie Lim

Customized AI Copilot for Preconstruction

ConstructionAIB2B

Accolade

Founders: Landon Cao, Jeslyn Chun, Mark McGuire

The unified workspace for college counseling

EdTechAIB2C

Helios

Founders: Nabeel Trimzi, Heather Liu, Parker Gurney, Sanjna Sunil

Streamlining early-stage drug discovery

HealthcareAIB2B

Oasis

Founders: Jasmita Yechuri, Teri Shim, Ethan Palosh, Ashvin Arora

Revolutionizing at-home elderly care with vision-based AI

ConsumerAIElder Care

Structure

Founders: Arnav Shah, Olivia Nazari, Sonya Alexis, Rida Faraz

Compliance copilot for architects

AI/MLArchitectureB2B

Lily

Founders: Matthew Suri, Tongfei Zhu, Pranav Lingareddy, Harry Ahn

AI-powered IEP progress tracking for special educators

EdTechSaaSB2B

Vector

Founders: Arman Arya, Maya Parthasarathy, Brennen Ho, Vishnu Kadaba

An agentic navigator for instant, in-app support

AI/MLB2BOnboarding

Vetrail

Founders: Arin Jain, Jamie Hsu, Andrew Choi, Jesse Tzo

Digital bridge between vets and pet owners

HealthcareAIB2B

Voxel

Founders: Alisha Merchant, Devin Hayden, Bona Suh, Anisha Chitta

Seamless patient communication with customizable voice AI for clinics

HealthcareAIB2B

Trifect

Founders: Max Young, Esther Kim, Sarah Fan, Charles Gao

Match with the perfect 3PL partner for your business in minutes, not months

CommerceAIMarketplace

Topaz

Founders: Mira Bhatt, Sarah Kwang, Christine Lai, Isabella Bernhardt Eiliya

Loyalty management software that makes rewards simple for customers and effortless for restaurants

RestaurantB2BB2C

Lattice

AI / MLChemical SynthesisChemical Patent

Leveraging AI to streamline chemical research & development

Founders: Joseph Solomon, Bodie Currier, Evan Adami, Shruti Nadala

Glance

AI-powered documentation platform that captures work and distributes progress context across teams

Founders: Jonathan Powers, Josephine Onggowarsito, Daniel Gao, David Han

Due

Founders: Sky Lam, Lauryn Kinsella, Amrita Arun, Kristi Wu

Transforming homework into a dynamic learning experience

EdTechEducationAI

Tally

Founders: Haha Shi, Megan Phi, Mohamed Ahmed, Jeremy Sedillo

AI inventory manager

AI / MLB2BAI

Lumen

Highlighting user voices

Founders: Atticus Kim, Yeji Seo, Jerry Zhang, Naysa Bhargava

Optis

Weeding wisdom from workflows

Founders: Akhil Pullela, Swayam Parekh, James Zhou

Aro

Founders: Cody Chen, Uyen Hoang, Cole Gawin, Sunay Sanghani

No-code typesetting solution, simplifying complex document creation

ConsumerB2CSaaS

Axle

Founders: Advik Unni, Avery Park, Rak Thuraga, Angela Nguyen

Marketplace for automotive parts

AutomotiveB2BSaaS

Cartpool

ConsumerE-commerceLogistics

Save on international shopping by pooling orders and splitting shipping costs

Founders: Zhamaika Mussaibekova, Kezia Leung, Minnah Basit, Anandini Bassi

Sequence

Founders: Fatema Bhaiji, Jacqueline Sung, Jasmine Yip, Paul Somodi

An integrated and centralized platform for all varieties of choose-your-own adventure stories

EdTechPublishingMedia

Activ

F23

The social network for fitness

ConsumerFitnessHealth

Founders: Bryan Phillips, Jiwon Lee, Reza Banankhah, Yifei Lu

CodeFlow

S23

Automatically turn your codebase into clear, up-to-date documentation for your entire team

AI / MLDevToolsB2B

Founders: Mandika Swartz, Elizabeth Fernandes, Anisha Reddy, Winston Zhang

Documate

S23

Simplifying hardware documentation

HardwareAISaaS

Founders: Chris Pramana, Allison Huang, Eric Zhong, Steve Vott

Leap

Founders: Anay Karwal, Arella Yang, Tommy Shao, Adeline Liou

A digital credit card made for children

FinTechB2CFinTech

Hue

Founders: Madisyn Grace , Monica Min, Tyler Sehon, Misha Khmelkov

Short-form video meets honest product review

ConsumerB2CMarketplace

Spotlight

Founders: Elijah Gray, Ethan Chen, Scott Susanto, Dennis Wang

Compare ticket prices across every platform — no hidden fees

ConsumerB2CMarketplace

Carrot

Founders: Steve Nguyen, Leslie Zhang, Sahithi Lingampalli , Andrew Chang

Saving you time with your online research

ProductivityB2CSaaS

Pomelo

Founders: Cat Tang, Andrew Kim, Isabella Rocha, Christian Bryan

Matching shoppers with similarly sized creators

ConsumerB2CMarketplace

Puddle

Founders: Ralph Jeanty, Indira Abhyanker, Kelcie Fan, Jenny Kim

An easier way for groups to collect and spend money together

FinTechB2CFinTech

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