# New Startups Today on StartupHub.ai: August 8, 2026
_5,447 startups joined StartupHub.ai today, plus 6,573 in stealth. The freshest new companies, updated daily._
**Published:** 2026-08-08
**Source:** https://www.startuphub.ai/ai-news/startups/2026/new-startups-today-on-startuphub-ai-august-8-2026
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**5,447** startups joined StartupHub.ai in the last 24 hours, out in the open, plus **6,573** more building in stealth that our discovery engine is already tracking. Here are 15 of today's new companies worth watching.

## 15 new startups worth watching today

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1. [OpenAI](/startups/openai-l-p) · Frontier AI Lab
Artificial intelligence research and deployment company focused on developing advanced AI models like GPT-5.6 and GPT-Live, offering products such as ChatGPT and an API platform.
2. [Surf AI](/startups/surf-ai) · Cybersecurity
Surf AI is an agentic operations platform that helps enterprises operationalize security programs with AI to continuously identify and remediate security exposures.
3. [Spectro Cloud](/startups/spectro-cloud) · Artificial Intelligence
Simplifies the deployment, governance, and operation of AI infrastructure at scale.
4. [Whop](/startups/whop) · E-commerce
An e-commerce platform and social marketplace that empowers businesses to monetize their digital products and services.
5. [NavVis](/startups/navvis) · Spatial Computing
NavVis provides a spatial twin platform for the built world, offering reality capture solutions and a browser-based SaaS platform for managing and utilizing spatial data.
6. [Toyota Research Institute](/startups/toyota-research-institute) · Artificial Intelligence
Developing AI and robotics for a safer, more sustainable future by amplifying human ability.
7. [Ode with Anthropic](/startups/ode-with-anthropic) · Artificial Intelligence
A joint venture providing AI services to enterprises by embedding forward-deployed engineers to implement AI solutions, backed by Anthropic and major investment firms.
8. [Augustus](/startups/augustus) · Fintech
Augustus is building the Global Dollar Bank, a modern clearing bank providing international financial institutions with direct, 24/7 access to US Dollar payment rails.
9. [Amplify Partners](/startups/amplify-partners) · Venture Capital
Venture capital firm investing in early-stage technology companies focused on enterprise software, AI, and developer tools.
10. [Modo Energy](/startups/modo-energy) · Energy
AI-powered benchmarking and valuation platform for energy storage and renewable assets, providing insights for bankable decisions.
11. [Alipay+](/startups/alipay) · Fintech
A unified digital payment gateway connecting consumers, merchants, and financial institutions globally, enabling seamless cross-border payments through QR code scanning and other digital solutions.
12. [Hunter](/startups/hunter) · Sales Technology
Hunter.io is an all-in-one email outreach platform that helps sales, marketing, and recruiting teams find and verify professional email addresses and automate cold email campaigns.
13. [ModelOp](/startups/modelop-com) · MLOps
ModelOp's Enterprise AI Command Center unifies every AI asset, automating delivery and maximizing ROI for ML, GenAI, and agentic AI in production.
14. [Obsidian Security](/startups/obsidian-security) · Cybersecurity
Obsidian Security provides a cybersecurity platform focused on securing autonomous AI agents and their access to cloud applications.
15. [Finaum](/startups/finaum) · AI Agent
AI-powered customer agent platform acquired by Salesforce.

[Browse every new startup](/new-ai-startups) added to StartupHub.ai, updated continuously.

## 6,573 more building in stealth

Beyond the companies above, 6,573 stealth-mode startups joined our data today, detected before they announce. We track them so founders, investors, and operators can find and reach new companies the day they form.
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