Top 20 Startups of NTT Startup Challenge 2026

We proudly celebrate the Top 20 startups of the NTT Startup Challenge 2026. Your bold ideas, passion for innovation, and commitment to creating meaningful impact have brought you to this remarkable achievement. This milestone reflects your dedication, perseverance, and vision in creating meaningful impact and shaping the future of technology and business. Bigger Ideas. Louder Impact. Bolder Futures

APETECHS Joint Stock Company

• Founded in 2020, a Vietnamese company operating enterprise digital transformation and AI-powered procurement platforms • E-procurement, invoice and transaction data management, and unsecured SME working-capital loans through partner financial institutions • Approximately US$800,000 in annual revenue; more than 15 enterprise customers and 30 deployments; profitable and fully bootstrapped; ISO certified

DetectifAI

• Year founded undisclosed, an India-based AI company developing a language-agnostic voice authenticity model • Synthetic voice and deepfake detection, speaker verification, and protection for voice AI services • 95.4% accuracy and 0.99 ROC-AUC on public benchmarks; deployable in the cloud, on premises, and on devices

Extraterrestrial Power Ltd.

• Founded in 2019, an Australian company developing radiation-resistant, self-healing silicon solar cells for space • Power generation for satellites, spacecraft, and future large-scale space infrastructure • Patent-protected technology, a low-cost and short-lead-time mass-production design, and backing from Flying Fox Ventures and others

Hyperbots Inc.

• Founded in 2023, a U.S.-Indian company developing specialized agentic AI for finance and accounting operations • Automation and ERP integration for procure-to-pay, order-to-cash, accruals, and financial close • US$8.5 million raised; more than 150 employees; over 50 patents and papers; eight production agents; backed by leading VCs

Invigilo

• Founded in 2020, a Singapore company providing computer-vision-based workplace safety management • Real-time detection of safety violations and hazardous behavior in construction, manufacturing, and critical infrastructure • US$2.85 million revenue; 87% gross margin; 133% NRR; profitable since 2023; more than 200 customer sites

Krosslinker

• Founded in 2019, a Singapore-based advanced materials company producing scalable silica aerogel using patented technology • Thermal insulation and passive cooling for buildings, data centers, energy facilities, and cold chains • Backed by 500 Global, SEEDS Capital, Apsara Capital, and others, with patent-protected manufacturing technology

KUBOCARE

• Founded in 2023, a company providing camera-free patient monitoring using millimeter-wave radar and on-device AI • Early detection of falls, bed exits, and respiratory and posture risks in hospitals and care facilities • Paid deployments in India, Japan, and the United States; response time under one minute; MoUs covering more than 5,300 units; backed by Antler and others

Logisly

• Founded in 2019, an Indonesian tech-enabled 3PL running road, sea, and rail freight on one AI-driven platform • Improves logistics efficiency and lowers freight costs through AI order intake, automated dispatch, driver management, and embedded transporter financing • 800+ corporate customers; 2,000+ transporters in network; backed by Monk's Hill, Jungle, Genesia, AC Ventures, and others

MediSun Energy

• Founded in 2023, MediSun Energy is a Singapore-based company providing decentralized, modular water-treatment systems. • Its solutions cover desalination, near-zero-discharge brine recovery, AI-enabled water management, and energy and mineral recovery from brine. • US$22.5 million in contracts, FY2026 year-to-date revenue of US$16 million, and a gross margin of 26–30%.

Morse Micro Pty. Ltd.

• Founded in 2016, an Australian semiconductor company developing Wi-Fi HaLow technology for long-range, low-power communications • Wide-area wireless connectivity for IoT devices, surveillance cameras, smart homes, and industrial equipment • Backed by MegaChips, Blackbird Ventures, and others, with mass-production capabilities spanning chips through development platforms

Neurowyzr

• Founded in 2019, a Singapore-based neuroscience company using AI to detect early brain decline • Gamified digital cognitive screening for healthcare providers, employers, and pharmaceutical companies • US$3.3 million raised to date; offices in Singapore and India; expanding across Southeast Asia and India

OmniCard

• Founded in 2021, an RBI-licensed Indian fintech for business spend management and payments • SaaS platform, mobile app, and UPI-enabled corporate cards for expenses, vendor payments, and gifting • Over 2 million users; US$3 million raised to date; first fintech to issue ONDC corporate gift cards

PT SENTRA SOLUSI AUTOMA

• Founded in May 2018, an Indonesian IoT and carbon platform integrating logistics operations and emissions • Visibility and management of vehicles, warehouses, energy, costs, risks, and Scope 1–3 emissions • 23 B2B customers; 2025 revenue above IDR 5 billion; deployed by MitraTel; strategic investment from Telkom Group

SatSure Analytics India Pvt. Ltd.

Founded in 2017, SatSure is a deep-tech Earth Intelligence company that transforms satellite imagery, aerial and drone data, LiDAR, and other geospatial inputs into actionable insights using AI and advanced analytics. Its solutions support decision-making across infrastructure, utilities, energy, agriculture, banking and financial services, aviation, and forestry. Through its subsidiary, KaleidEO, SatSure is designing and developing high-resolution optical satellite payloads, with plans to launch its own constellation of high-resolution optical satellites to strengthen access to advanced Earth observation data and enable next-generation Earth Intelligence applications.

Seoul Dynamics

• Founded in July 2022, a South Korean developer of autonomous mobile robots and forklifts capable of transporting heavy loads • Automates indoor and outdoor material transport and reduces labor requirements in logistics warehouses, shipyards, and construction and manufacturing sites • 16-person team, 50% of whom hold PhDs; more than 10 patents; 260% revenue CAGR; deployments include a major Japanese logistics company

SGService

• Taiwanese semiconductor equipment company founded in 2021, developing AI-powered 3D X-ray inspection for advanced packaging • Designed a new defect inspection architecture delivering submicron resolution and large panel scans up to 1,250× faster than conventional CT • Developed Asia's first 150 nm nano-CT; US$2–5 million systems with a recurring maintenance model

TartanHQ Solutions Private Limited

• Founded in 2021, an Indian integration platform connecting AI agents with enterprise systems • Data integration and workflow orchestration across HR, payroll, ERP, CRM, and banking systems • More than 220 connectors; in production at major financial institutions; deployed to over 40,000 users; approximately US$4.5–8.39 million raised to date

Vayana

• Founded in 2009, an India-based trade credit platform connecting B2B commerce and finance • Electronic invoicing, credit assessment, domestic and cross-border supply chain finance, collections and payments, and receivables tokenization • Backed by Trifecta Capital, SMBC Asia Rising Fund, Jungle Ventures, IFC, and others

Whale Tech Pte. Ltd.

• Founded in 2017, Whale is a global enterprise AI company building the AI operating system for physical business, turning fragmented AI tools into a unified intelligence layer. • Powered by its proprietary World Model, Whale's platform spans space intelligence, voice, content, knowledge, agents, and IoT—closing the loop from physical sensing to autonomous execution. • Today, Whale serves 1,600+ enterprises across 45+ countries, embedding AI directly into real operations to help businesses move from providing answers to completing work.

Xtractify

• Founded in 2023, a Malaysian enterprise AI company building ENNO (Enterprise Neural Network Orchestration) • AI gateway that connects, governs and scales AI across existing enterprise systems, starting with high-volume finance operations • Proven with large enterprises and listed companies, delivering measurable cost and workload reductions; backed by Jati Growth