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LegitScript
LegitScript is a Portland, Oregon-based internet and payments compliance company that helps banks, payment providers, and the world's largest platforms tell legitimate merchants and products from dangerous or illegal ones. Founded in 2007 to fight rogue online pharmacies, it now certifies businesses in high-risk sectors and monitors merchants, ad platforms, marketplaces, and social media across more than 60 high-risk areas, blending AI, human analysts, and a large product-classification database.
AthenaHQ
AthenaHQ is a San Francisco AI-search optimization platform that helps brands see, measure, and improve how they appear inside generative engines like ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, and Gemini. Founded in 2025 by ex-Google Search and DeepMind PM Andrew Yan and ex-ServiceNow engineer Alan Yao, the Y Combinator-backed company treats GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) and AEO (Answer Engine Optimization) as the successor to traditional SEO, analyzing millions of AI responses to tell companies whether AI models recommend them - and what to change if they don't.
Nectar Social
Nectar Social is an AI-native 'social operating system' that helps consumer brands manage communities, listen across platforms, and turn social conversations into revenue. Founded in 2023 by former Meta sisters Misbah and Farah Uraizee, its autonomous Nectar Agent handles engagement, moderation, creator workflows, competitive intelligence, and commerce conversations across channels like Instagram, TikTok, and Reddit. The company has raised $42.6M total, including a $30M Series A in 2026 led by Menlo Ventures, and counts Liquid Death, Figma, e.l.f. Beauty, and Goop among its customers.