New Startups Today on StartupHub.ai: August 9, 2026

5,511 startups joined StartupHub.ai in the last 24 hours, out in the open, plus 6,481 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 · 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 · Cybersecurity
   Surf AI is an agentic operations platform that helps enterprises operationalize security programs with AI to continuously identify and remediate security exposures.
3. Whop · E-commerce
   An e-commerce platform and social marketplace that empowers businesses to monetize their digital products and services.
4. 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.
5. Toyota Research Institute · Artificial Intelligence
   Developing AI and robotics for a safer, more sustainable future by amplifying human ability.
6. Amplify Partners · Venture Capital
   Venture capital firm investing in early-stage technology companies focused on enterprise software, AI, and developer tools.
7. 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.
8. Modo Energy · Energy
   AI-powered benchmarking and valuation platform for energy storage and renewable assets, providing insights for bankable decisions.
9. 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.
10. 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.
11. Obsidian Security · Cybersecurity
    Obsidian Security provides a cybersecurity platform focused on securing autonomous AI agents and their access to cloud applications.
12. ModelOp · MLOps
    ModelOp's Enterprise AI Command Center unifies every AI asset, automating delivery and maximizing ROI for ML, GenAI, and agentic AI in production.
13. LifeMine Therapeutics Inc. · Biotechnology
    Clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company leveraging a proprietary platform to discover and develop novel precision medicines from fungi.
14. Finaum · AI Agent
    AI-powered customer agent platform acquired by Salesforce.
15. Fortitude Reinsurance Company Ltd. · Insurance
    A global leader in reinsurance solutions, specializing in life and annuity reinsurance and providing capital management solutions to insurance companies worldwide.

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6,481 more building in stealth

Beyond the companies above, 6,481 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.