Hopscotch Labs
Hopscotch Labs is a New York startup founded in 2024 by Foursquare co-founder Dennis Crowley.
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Hopscotch Labs is a New York startup founded in 2024 by Foursquare co-founder Dennis Crowley. Its first product, BeeBot, is an AI-powered audio app that delivers short, location-aware voice updates through headphones about nearby friends, events and local stories, letting users explore their city without looking at their phones.
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BusinessLatest roundTotal raisedDate- Hopscotch Labs
Hopscotch Labs is a New York startup founded in 2024 by Foursquare co-founder Dennis Crowley. Its first product, BeeBot, is an AI-powered audio app that delivers short, location-aware voice updates through headphones about nearby friends, events and local stories, letting users explore their city without looking at their phones.
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United States
BusinessLatest roundTotal raisedDate- Alias Technology
Generative media and multimodal AI social media app that lets users enhance their photos with style prompts
Seed · $3M · 2023-09
$3M - Kaon AI
AI-native interactive entertainment platform where users generate personalized story worlds and characters around their own intent/emotions; flagship product Emochi and community platform FlowGPT.
Series B · $60M · 2026-07
$60M - Portola
Consumer voice AI companion app with long-term memory, focused on non-romantic emotional support and personal goal management; subscription-based.
2026-10
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China
BusinessLatest roundTotal raisedDateEurope
BusinessLatest roundTotal raisedDate- Comptoir IA
French-language generative AI podcast and monthly in-person meetups for AI practitioners
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Seed · $20M · 2026-07
$20M - Whering
AI-powered digital wardrobe and outfit styling app.
Seed · $7M · 2026-07
$7M
Other / unspecified
BusinessLatest roundTotal raisedDate- Machine Cinema
Community for generative AI film creators, running GenJam creation hackathons and corporate training
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Consumer math/brain competitive game app (real-time matches, challenges, leaderboards), plus Jelo, an AI-assisted game creation platform
Series A · $14M · 2026-10
$14M - Smaxh
All-in-one tennis app for finding partners, court booking, lessons and clubs, with AI swing analysis (xLab)
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