Updated November 13, 2026
AI agent startups to watch, week of November 9, 2026
Ranked lists of AI agent companies across 5 categories, scored from dated public and licensed signals: headcount, web traffic, funding recency and launch activity. Every number links to its source. Missing data shows as n/a; nothing is estimated.
84companies tracked
82with a momentum score
11raised in the last 90 days
5signals per score
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AI operating systems and AI transformation platforms
Full list (20) →Platforms that let a whole organization build, run and govern AI agents across functions, rather than one department or one task.
| # | Company | Momentum | Headcount | Headcount 3m | Web visits 3m | Last round |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unframe Enterprise AI platform that delivers tailored AI solutions on a shared blueprint, sold on outcomes. | 74 | 167 | +92% | +161% | Series B, $50M (May 2026) |
| 2 | Dust Enterprise platform for building custom AI agents connected to company knowledge and internal tools. | 67 | 163 | +13.2% | +57.5% | Series B, $40M (May 2026) |
| 3 | Lyzr Enterprise agent platform for building and deploying agents across business functions, with a focus on banking and insurance. | 61 | 202 | +41.3% | +25.1% | Series B, $100M (Jul 2026) |
| 4 | Langdock Berlin-based enterprise AI workspace for company-wide chat, assistants and agents with model choice. | 60 | 36 | 0% | +119% | Seed, $3M (Apr 2024) |
| 5 | CrewAI Open-source multi-agent framework with a commercial platform for deploying agent crews in enterprises. | 53 | 74 | 0% | +46.3% | Series B (Jul 2026) |
| 6 | Distyl AI Builds and deploys AI systems inside large enterprises, combining a platform with forward-deployed engineering. | 49 | 187 | +8.1% | +0.8% | Series B, $175M (Sep 2025) |
| 7 | Credal Secure enterprise platform for building AI agents with permission-aware access to company data. | 47 | 18 | -5.3% | +108% | Series A, $5M (Nov 2024) |
| 8 | Enhans Enterprise agent platform (AgentOS) that generates workflows across commerce, pricing, quality and document operations. | 47 | 80 | 0% | -52% | Funding Round (Oct 2026) |
AI workforce and AI employees
Full list (17) →Companies selling agents positioned as digital workers or teammates that own a role or a workflow end to end (sales, support, engineering, operations).
| # | Company | Momentum | Headcount | Headcount 3m | Web visits 3m | Last round |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Factory Autonomous coding agents ('Droids') that take on software engineering tasks across the development lifecycle. | 95 | n/a | n/a | n/a | Funding Round (Sep 2026) |
| 2 | Sierra Conversational AI agents for customer experience, priced on resolved outcomes. | 81 | 893 | +45.4% | +43.1% | Series E, $950M (May 2026) |
| 3 | Cognition Maker of Devin, an autonomous AI software engineer, and owner of the Windsurf editor. | 76 | 513 | +73.9% | +1.9% | Series E, $2B (Sep 2026) |
| 4 | Artisan AI employees for outbound sales, starting with an AI business development rep called Ava. | 62 | 259 | +54.2% | +67.3% | Series A, $25M (Apr 2025) |
| 5 | Basis AI agents for accounting firms that carry out bookkeeping and close work. | 62 | 149 | +21.1% | +41.4% | Series B, $100M (Feb 2026) |
| 6 | InstaLILY Vertical AI teammates for industrial distribution, field service and other operational workflows. | 61 | 144 | +20% | +66.1% | Series B, $60M (Jul 2026) |
| 7 | Decagon AI agents that resolve customer support conversations across chat, email and voice. | 60 | 503 | +12.3% | -10.3% | Series D, $250M (Jan 2026) |
| 8 | Twin Paris-based builder of autonomous agents that automate tasks in web apps. | 57 | 26 | +8.3% | +528% | Seed, $10M (Jan 2026) |
Agent infrastructure
Full list (20) →The picks and shovels: sandboxes and cloud computers for agents, browsers, memory, tool access, search, orchestration frameworks and evaluation.
| # | Company | Momentum | Headcount | Headcount 3m | Web visits 3m | Last round |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Firecrawl API that turns websites into clean, LLM-ready data for agents. | 86 | 50 | +22% | +80.4% | Series B, $75M (Sep 2026) |
| 2 | Arcade Tool-calling platform that handles authorization so agents can act in user accounts. | 75 | 22 | +10% | +18.3% | Series A, $60M (Jun 2026) |
| 3 | Modal Serverless compute for AI workloads, including sandboxes used to run agent code. | 74 | 193 | +54.4% | +22.9% | Series D, $750M (Oct 2026) |
| 4 | Steel Open-source browser API for AI agents and web automation. | 72 | n/a | n/a | +47.8% | n/a |
| 5 | Exa Search engine and API built for AI agents and LLM applications. | 67 | 184 | +49.6% | -44.6% | Series C, $250M (May 2026) |
| 6 | Cua Open-source infrastructure for computer-use agents, with sandboxed macOS, Linux and Windows environments. | 66 | 8 | 0% | n/a | Seed (Jan 2026) |
| 7 | Browserbase Headless browser infrastructure for AI agents, plus the Stagehand browser automation framework. | 65 | 83 | +45.6% | +58.8% | Series B, $40M (Apr 2025) |
| 8 | Composio Tool and integration layer that gives agents authenticated access to hundreds of apps. | 65 | 4 | +100% | +193% | Series A, $29M (Apr 2025) |
Agents for regulated industries
Full list (18) →Agent companies built for law, finance, insurance, healthcare and compliance, where audit trails and accuracy requirements shape the product.
| # | Company | Momentum | Headcount | Headcount 3m | Web visits 3m | Last round |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Legora Stockholm-founded collaborative AI workspace for lawyers. | 80 | 36 | +157% | +15% | Series E, $550M (Oct 2026) |
| 2 | Harvey Domain-specific AI platform and agents for law firms and corporate legal teams. | 77 | 1.6K | +38.8% | +26.9% | Series H, $550M (Sep 2026) |
| 3 | Rogo AI analyst platform for investment banking and investing workflows. | 71 | 192 | +74.5% | +4% | Funding Round (Sep 2026) |
| 4 | Sixfold AI underwriting assistant for insurers that applies each carrier's own risk appetite. | 67 | 73 | +17.7% | +84.6% | Series B, $30M (Jan 2026) |
| 5 | Gradient Labs London-based AI agents for customer operations at banks and fintechs. | 60 | 52 | +10.6% | +14.1% | Series A, $13M (Jun 2026) |
| 6 | Norm Ai Compliance agents that turn regulations into checks run on business activity in financial services. | 60 | 202 | +8.6% | +66.1% | Series C, $120M (Jul 2026) |
| 7 | Spellbook AI contract drafting and review that works inside Microsoft Word for lawyers. | 55 | 223 | +42% | +4.2% | Debt, $40M (Mar 2026) |
| 8 | EvenUp AI for personal injury law firms that drafts demand letters and case documents. | 52 | 855 | +14% | +7.8% | Series E, $150M (Oct 2025) |
Relaunches and pivots to watch
Full list (15) →Companies that repositioned or rebuilt their product around agents. A relaunch resets the signals, so trend data here is read against the date of the change.
| # | Company | Momentum | Headcount | Headcount 3m | Web visits 3m | Last round |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Replit Online development platform rebuilt around Replit Agent, which builds and deploys apps from prompts. | 71 | 617 | +45.5% | +341% | Corporate (May 2026) |
| 2 | Lightfield AI-native CRM from the team that built the Tome presentation app. | 65 | 40 | 0% | +45.5% | Series A, $47M (Sep 2026) |
| 3 | Lovable AI app builder that grew out of the open-source GPT Engineer project. | 64 | 1.1K | +33.7% | +14.2% | Series C, $400M (Aug 2026) |
| 4 | n8n Workflow automation platform, fair-code licensed, now centered on building AI agents. | 52 | 1.2K | +48.4% | -22.2% | Series C, $180M (Oct 2025) |
| 5 | Enhans Enterprise agent platform (AgentOS) that generates workflows across commerce, pricing, quality and document operations. | 47 | 80 | 0% | -52% | Funding Round (Oct 2026) |
| 6 | Genspark General-purpose AI agent workspace that produces documents, slides, sheets and research from one prompt. | 41 | 74 | 0% | +35.2% | Series B (Nov 2025) |
| 7 | Reload Team chat workspace where humans and AI agents share memory, channels, tasks and approvals. | 41 | 2 | 0% | n/a | Pre Seed, $2.3M (Feb 2026) |
| 8 | Bretton AI AI agents and managed services for financial crime compliance (AML, KYC) at banks and fintechs; formerly Greenlite AI. | 40 | 98 | 0% | -29.1% | Series B, $75M (Feb 2026) |