Meet The Startups From Peak XV’s ‘Surge 12’

1. Alma: Founded in 2025, co-founded by Nischith Shadagopan and Vinod Ganesan, headquartered in San Francisco, with undisclosed total funding. Alma aims to revolutionize computer-human interaction by providing an AI-native interface, eliminating the need for users to navigate through multiple applications and menus to accomplish tasks.

2. August AI: Established in 2022 by Anuruddh Mishra, based in Bengaluru, with a funding of $3 Mn. August AI serves as an AI layer between patients and the healthcare system, offering AI-powered assistance to help users comprehend symptoms, medical reports, prescriptions, and other health-related information.

3. Ditto: Launched in 2024 by Allen Wang and Eric Liu, based in Berkeley, with a funding of $9.2 Mn. Ditto aims to replace dating apps with an AI matchmaker, analyzing user preferences on relevant campuses, identifying potential matches, and arranging actual dates, including time and location, using advanced AI technology.

4. GameStock: Established in 2022 by Antoine Mistico, Easton Dana, and Vivek Indlebele Narasimha Prasad, based in New York, with a funding of $2 Mn. GameStock is a gamified social trading platform that enables users to pick stocks, cryptocurrencies, or futures, compete in trading tournaments and private leagues based on portfolio performance, and benefit from a creator-led distribution model allowing finfluencers to host tournaments for their communities.

5. hiloop: Founded in 2026 by Karan Brar and Thomas Boser, based in San Francisco, with undisclosed total funding. hiloop provides AI companies with an automated research team, enabling AI agents to propose and test various approaches to improve models, significantly reducing the need for manual experimentation by human researchers.

6. Hoola Health: Launched in 2024 by Deeksha Senguttuvan, based in Bengaluru, with a funding of $5 Mn. Formerly known as BabyMD, Hoola Health offers a wide range of pediatric services, including consultations, vaccinations, diagnostics, developmental assessments, therapies, and specialist care, with plans to expand into areas such as pediatric dentistry.

7. Kello: Established in 2025 by Mona Praful Gandhi and Tarikere Hanumantharao Subramanya, based in Bengaluru, with undisclosed total funding. Kello aims to transform recruiting from a keyword-search exercise into an AI research process, using AI agents to research large talent pools, understand company requirements, and surface suitable candidates with explanations for their fit or non-fit with a role.

8. Kindling: Founded in 2024 by Sachin Shah and Adam Miller, based in Sydney, with a funding of $500K. Kindling is a B2B distribution startup that leverages market intelligence, AI-driven strategy, and content execution to assist companies in identifying and warming up potential customers before sales outreach.

9. Puralink: Established in 2022 by Harrison Crowe-Maxwell, Shyeon Delnawaz, and Thien Long Tran, based in Sydney, with a funding of $1.7 Mn. Puralink develops autonomous "Ferret" robots designed to navigate underground pipes, capturing CCTV, LiDAR, and mapping data to help infrastructure operators inspect pipe networks without extensive excavation.

10. Reinforce Labs: Founded in 2025, details unspecified, based in Bengaluru. Reinforce Labs focuses on AI-driven model improvement, utilizing AI agents to propose and test various approaches, significantly reducing the need for manual experimentation by human researchers.