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🦾 The age of physical intelligence is here. AI is moving beyond text & images into the physical world, powering robots with perception, reasoning & action. We mapped 90+ leading startups across 6 key layers. This is the stack pioneering Physical AI in 2026 👇 [🧵 1/8]

Read the complete edition here 👉 bit.ly/4lKWHeM More coverage on signals, startup landscapes, and in-depth overviews coming every week. Subscribe to get our research, straight to your inbox 📩 [🧵 4/4]

🧑‍💻 AI Agent Infra Founders Newly minted founders building the infra layer for AI agents. ▪️ Abhinav Sinha (@LucidicAI) ▪️ Xiangkai Zeng (@Klavis_AI) ▪️ Remy Tuyeras (Summoner) ▪️ @mjamei (@veris_ai) ▪️ Sandra Tang (@agenthublabs) [🧵 3/4]

In every tech cycle, proprietary infra led & open source followed. AI agents just broke that pattern. Tip-Offs is your weekly research surfacing promising startups & founders through real data signals. This week, we're spotlighting Open Source AI Agents → [🧵 1/4]

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🪖 Oil & Gas Tech Founders Recently funded founders building the modern O&G tech stack. ▪️ Aaryan Mehta (Interface) ▪️ Richard Zhang (CVector) ▪️ Gary Holmgren (@drover_labs) ▪️ Or Turgeman (@OneLayerHQ) ▪️ Hood Whitson (Element3) [🧵 3/4]

👷‍♂️ Who's replacing the retiring oil workers? Tip-Offs is your weekly research surfacing promising startups & founders through real data signals. This week, we’re spotlighting Oil & Gas Tech and the new age of oil workers → [🧵 1/4]

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🏌️‍♂️ AI Security & Governance Founders Serial founders building the infra layer for AI safety & LLM security. ▪️ Leonid Feinberg (VeraxAI) ▪️ Michael D’Angelo (Promptfoo) ▪️ @ariel_dan (Rogue Security) ▪️ Pankaj Thapa (@Mirror_Security) ▪️ @omriiluz (@LumiaSecurity) [🧵 3/4]

🚨 Who's keeping AI from going rogue? Tip-Offs is your weekly research surfacing promising startups & founders through data signals. This week, we’re spotlighting AI safety & the rise of the guardian agents → [🧵 1/4]

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⭐ Top Rated SaaS Products hitting near-perfect user scores on @Capterra ▪️ @inhubber | 4.99 ⭐ ▪️ @rater8social | 4.98 ⭐ ▪️ @paperflite | 4.96 ⭐ ▪️ @WeStriveApp | 4.95 ⭐ ▪️@eventtemple | 4.94 ⭐ [🧵 3/4]

Breakout startups always leave a trail in data 👣 Whether it’s ex-@GoogleDeepMind PhDs building in stealth or user-validated products. Tip-Offs is your weekly research surfacing promising startups & founders through real data signals. This week’s highlights → [🧵 1/4]

Check out the full leaderboard + more details on the breakout apps 👉 bit.ly/3N2vKWM [🧵 5/5]

🌟 Breakout Stars 🌟 Gen AI web and mobile apps growing rapidly ▪️ @Purpose_AI: AI personal growth coach ▪️ @anything: AI app builder ▪️ @dressxcom: AI stylist and virtual try-on ▪️ @Kling_ai: AI video and image generation [🧵 4/5]

🥇 Top Tier: Top 20 Gen AI Consumer Apps of Feb 2026 @ChatGPT continues to rule with 5.72B web visits & 297M mobile MAU. But geography, device habits & use cases are shaping the new winners across web & mobile. Here's who topped the list. 👇 [🧵 1/5]