The American AI Companies No One Is Talking About

In today's episode of the Daily AI Show, Brian, Beth, Andy, Robert, Jyunmi, and Karl discussed American AI companies that are making significant strides but remain under the radar. The episode was themed around celebrating American innovation in AI on the 4th of July, with the hosts sharing insights into various groundbreaking companies across different sectors.

Key Points Discussed:

Atomic AI:

• Overview: Jyunmi introduced Atomic AI, a biotech company based in San Francisco.
• Focus: The company focuses on AI-driven RNA drug discovery using their generative LLM called ATOM-1.
• Innovation: They are developing treatments for cancers deemed "undruggable," utilizing novel RNA sequences and 3D models to identify potential treatments.

AnyScale:

• Overview: Andy highlighted AnyScale, a company with a substantial $260 million in funding.
• Service: Provides an AI app deployment platform used by companies like Canva, OpenAI, Uber, and Spotify.
• Background: Co-founded by Ion Stoica, also known for his work with Apache Spark and Databricks.

Elicit Research:

• Overview: Beth discussed Elicit Research, based in Oakland, California.
• Functionality: The platform helps academics gather and analyze research papers to identify new research opportunities and compare existing papers.
• Accessibility: Offers an affordable subscription plan to make advanced research tools accessible to a wider audience.

Flawless:

• Overview: Brian presented Flawless, a company working with the movie and music industries.
• Technology: Specializes in dubbing and post-production editing, including replacing curse words to change movie ratings.
• Innovation: Introduced their Artistic Rights Treasury (ART) to manage AI-generated changes ethically and with consent.

Harvey AI:

• Overview: Karl shared insights into Harvey AI, a legal AI company.
• Functionality: Provides tools for legal research, document analysis, and contract drafting.
• Expansion: Recently opened a New York office and aims to support various legal practices globally.

Assembly AI:

• Overview: Andy brought up Assembly AI, which has raised $115 million.
• Service: Leaders in speech AI research, focusing on audio-to-text, sentiment analysis, and topic detection.
• Impact: Powers several well-known companies, including Runway, Speechify, and Spotify.

Abridge:

• Overview: Brian introduced Abridge, a healthcare-focused AI company.
• Functionality: Converts conversations into clinical notes, saving significant documentation time for clinicians.
• Integration: Works with Epic to enhance clinical documentation accuracy and efficiency.

Bloomfield Robotics:

• Overview: Beth mentioned Bloomfield Robotics, which uses AI to enhance agricultural yields.
• Technology: Utilizes cameras on farm vehicles to analyze plant health and growth, starting with vineyards.
• Impact: Helps farmers increase yields and catch issues early through detailed plant-by-plant analysis.