Startups I’m Keeping an Eye On - Dec’25 🎆 🚀
Wrapping up 2025 with one last batch of startups worth watching. Maybe one of these will inspire you or you’ll try them out. This month’s list covers voice AI that’s replacing typing, learning from experts, and tools helping families find childcare.
Here's the 10 companies:
1. AirOps - Content engineering platform for AI search.
Alex Halliday's (CEO) insight is that AI agents starve for novel data that hasn't been published yet. That means marketers need original and fresh content ideas.
2. Avoca - AI workforce for service businesses.
Tyson and Apurva discovered that for home services companies, 90% of revenue flows through the phone. With this insight, they rebuilt everything. Now customers jump from 40% → 95% booking rates.
3. Rosie - Childcare match service.
Co-founders, Mitra (Ex-Ro, Glossier, Pave) and Karthika (ex-Amazon) are reimagining how families find caregivers. Rosie matches families with vetted caregivers so you can stop stressing. This service could be perfect for families to try when planning next year!
4. Scribe - Capture & optimize workflows for your team.
Creating process docs used to take hours now takes minutes. Used by the 97% of the Fortune 500, the product is proving the best way to document is to just do the work. Jennifer Smith and team raised $75M to further their vision.
5. Serval - AI agents for IT.
They claim IT teams can automate 80% of tickets within 24 hours of setup, which challenges the traditional "automation takes months to implement" mindset. They recently raised $47M in October ‘25.
6. SuperMe - AI native professional network for expert knowledge.
Casey and team help you learn by asking questions to people who’ve actually done the work. Try to ask a question based on Lenny’s knowledge here: https://www.superme.ai/lrachitsky
7. Tally - Free form builder that works like a doc.
Marie and team have built the most intuitive and streamlined way to create a form. Completely bootstrapped and over 500K+ teams use Tally.
8. Wispr Flow - Don’t type, just speak.
Tanay (CEO) was always excited to bring a Jarvis like experience to the world. Over time that fueled his passion in building Wispr. Used by 270 Fortune 500 companies their AI writes 3-5x faster than typing with just 10% error rate.
9. Peasy - Inventory OS for CPG brands.
Co-founders Bryan (sold Mustard & Co) and Ryan (Ex-ShelfEngine) knows about disconnected data. Customers can centralize their inventory system that connects purchasing to fulfillment. Early brands are seeing 60% reduction in manual data entry.
10. Giga - AI that talks like a human.
Varun and Esha both met at IIT and decided not pursue their PhD at Stanford or accept jobs. Giga works with companies like DoorDash to handle millions of support interactions with a 98% resolution rate. Recently, they've raised their Series A led by Redpoint Ventures to grow their vision.
Are you going to try any of these products in 2026? Let me know!