We analyzed the brand search growth of 2,700 software companies to discover the hottest startups in tech.
Here’s how we built this list (and how to do the same with Ahrefs):
- used keyword browser Find keyword data for each company’s brand name (e.g. “stealthgpt” for StealthGPT)
- Use trending filters Identify high-growth keywords (This sorts keywords by 12-month growth1 and sets a minimum monthly search volume2)
- Filter to keywords Brand search intentcube
- Excludes some companies that have experienced growth due to recent rebranding (e.g. “Xodo Sign” was renamed from “Eversign” to “Mailgun”, “Mailgun” was acquired and became “Sinch Mailgun”)
| rank | company | Brand Search Growth (12 Months) | Global brand search volume | total funds | Estimated revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stealth GPT | +139% | 9,100 | million US dollars | $500,000 |
| 2 | onelit | +76% | 600 | million US dollars | $5.5 million |
| 3 | Spinach Artificial Intelligence | +75% | 450 | $10 million | $5.5 million |
| 4 | Confusing Artificial Intelligence | +71% | 3,580,000 | $377.3 million | $17.5 million |
| 5 | quality factor | +64% | 700 | $6.5 million | $5.5 billion |
| 6 | fitness table | +63% | 5,200 | $29.5 million | $5.5 million |
| 7 | internal | +58% | 3,400 | $3 million | $500,000 |
| 8 | Carter Panda | +58% | 19,000 | $100,000 | $5.5 million |
| 9 | flutter flow | +54% | 142,000 | $23.2 million | $17.5 million |
| 10 | hockey stack | +54% | 2,800 | $2.9 million | $5.5 million |
| 11 | Beshif | +52% | 35,000 | $49.7 million | $49.7 million |
| 12 | Flame Artificial Intelligence | +47% | 16,000 | million US dollars | $5.5 million |
| 13 | seven bases | +47% | 20,000 | million US dollars | $37.5 million |
| 14 | fundy mail | +46% | 3,400 | million US dollars | $500,000 |
| 15 | Ariz Artificial Intelligence | +44% | 4,100 | $61 million | $55.5 million |
| 16 | file clipper | +43% | 3,200 | million US dollars | $500,000 |
| No. 17 | Cloud Software Group | +42% | 6,600 | $1.3 million | million US dollars |
| 18 | Dr. Story | +42% | 2,900 | million US dollars | $5.5 million |
| 19 | Promote certification | +42% | 600 | $2.8 million | $500,000 |
| 20 | Montenegro | +42% | 4,800 | $22 million | $75 million |
| twenty one | serif health | +42% | 200 | $2.5 million | $500,000 |
| twenty two | TerraAPI | +42% | 1,300 | $2.8 million | $5.5 million |
| twenty three | Copernicus | +41% | 350 | $4.6 million | $5.5 million |
| twenty four | Top Line Pro | +40% | 500 | $17.1 million | $175 million |
| 25 | Tuvalu health | +40% | 200 | $500,000 | $5.5 million |
| 26 | Introduction | +40% | 450 | $49.5 million | $17.5 million |
| 27 | better mode | +39% | 3,300 | $7.5 million | $5.5 million |
| 28 | rocket lane | +38% | 5,600 | $45 million | $4.4 million |
| 29 | growth machine | +36% | 5,500 people | million US dollars | $5.5 million |
| 30 | SignatureNoz | +40% | 450 | $5.4 million | $5.5 million |
| 31 | events.io | +39% | 3,300 | $38.9 million | $17.5 million |
| 32 | Easy DMARC | +38% | 5,600 | $22.3 million | $5.5 million |
| 33 | cradle wisdom | +36% | 5,500 people | $7 million | $17.5 million |
| 34 | draft wise | +36% | 7,600 | $28 million | 1 million US dollars |
| 35 | Excalidraw | +36% | 800 | million US dollars | $5.5 million |
| 36 | Zen | +35% | 6,100 | $1.9 million | $17.5 million |
| 37 | VEED.IO | +35% | 11,000 | $35 million | $175 million |
| 38 | Stock Unlocked | +35% | 1,200 | $500,000 | $500,000 |
| 39 | Govli | +35% | 219,000 | $16.9 million | $5.5 million |
| 40 | Dribos | +34% | 1,700 | $17.4 million | $17.5 million |
| 41 | recycling.ai | +34% | 28,000 | $11 million | 1 million US dollars |
| 42 | single mode | +33% | 2,200 | $6.3 million | $5.5 million |
| 43 | Laboratory Eleven | +33% | 300 | $101 million | $75 million |
| 44 | Kraft | +33% | 2,000 | $5.3 million | $500,000 |
| 45 | better stacking | +32% | 1,900 people | $28.6 million | $500,000 |
| 46 | codim | +32% | 1,300 | $246 million | $17.5 million |
| 47 | Open for replay | +32% | 1,300,000 | $5.4 million | $5.5 million |
| 48 | Determine trigger | +31% | 700 | million US dollars | 1 million US dollars |
| 49 | browser company | +31% | 4,200 | $335.8 million | $17.5 million |
| 50 | Riverside FM | +31% | 65,000 | $47 million | $75 million |
Here are the 10 startups with the fastest growing brand searches over the past year. Screenshot showing historical and forecasted growth of U.S. brand searches.
Year of establishment: 2023
Place: Miami, Florida
Estimated income: $500,000
Total funds: $0
Global search volume: 9,100 searches per month
Stealth GPT is an artificial intelligence tool that produces human-like text designed to evade artificial intelligence detection systems. It offers tools for creating (supposedly) undetectable content, including academic papers and blogs, and features AI Humanizer to refine AI-generated text.
Year of establishment: 2022
Place: Atlanta
Estimated income: $5.5 million
Total funds: $0
Global search volume: 600 searches per month
onelit It is a cybersecurity platform that simplifies the compliance process for frameworks such as SOC 2, HIPAA, and ISO 27001.
Year of establishment: 2021
Place: remote
Estimated income: $5.5 million
Total funds: $10 million
Global search volume: 450 searches per month
Spinach Artificial Intelligence It is an artificial intelligence-driven conference assistant. It automates note taking, action item tracking and ticket creation, and integrates with tools like Slack and Jira. Spinach supports over 100 languages and provides meeting summaries and insights to streamline team workflow.
Year of establishment: 2022
Place: san francisco
Estimated income: $17.5 million
Total funds: $377.3 million
Global search volume: 3,580,000 searches per month
confused.ai It is an artificial intelligence-driven search engine that provides concise, quotable answers to user queries. It combines large language models with real-time network data to provide accurate and up-to-date information.
Year of establishment:
Place: New York City, New York
Estimated income: $5.5 billion
Total funds: $6.5 million
Global search volume: 700 searches per month
quality factor It is a platform that centralizes corporate quality control and compliance operations. It connects brands with a global network of inspectors, auditors and laboratories, facilitating services such as inspections, audits and compliance testing. The platform provides digital management tools, analytics and integrations to streamline quality assurance processes across the supply chain.
Year of establishment: 2016
Place: Shibuya
Estimated income: $5.5 million
Total funds: $29.5 million
Global search volume: 5,200 searches per month
fitness table It is gym management software for fitness centers, martial arts schools and yoga studios. It provides digital membership management, billing, attendance tracking, online booking and website builder. The platform is designed to simplify administrative tasks and allow gym owners to focus on growing their business.
Year of establishment: 2022
Place: san francisco
Estimated income: $500,000
Total funds: $3 million
global search volume: 3,400 searches per month
internal is an open source secrets management platform that enables teams to securely manage application configurations and secrets across a variety of infrastructures. It provides tools such as CLI for synchronizing secrets, web dashboard for management, secret leak prevention mechanism, and secret version control.
Year of establishment: 2019
Place: delaware
Estimated income: $5.5 million
Total funds: $100,000
Global search volume: 19,000 searches per month
Carter Panda is an e-commerce platform that allows users to sell physical and digital products globally through a customizable online store and checkout. It provides a backend for managing orders and payments, support for multiple currencies and languages, and tools to improve sales such as order augmentation and upsell pipelines.
Year of establishment: 2020
Place: Mountain View, California
Estimated income: $17.5 million
Total funds: $23.2 million
Global search volume: 142,000 searches per month
flutter flow It is a visual development platform that enables users to quickly build mobile, web and desktop applications. It provides a drag-and-drop interface with over 200 pre-designed UI elements, supports integration with Firebase and RESTful APIs, and allows exporting clean Flutter code.
Year of establishment: 2021
Place: San Francisco, California
Estimated income: $5.5 million
Total funds: $2.9 million
Global search volume: 2,800 searches per month
hockey stack is a B2B analytics platform that empowers marketing and sales teams to effectively drive pipelines and close deals faster through attribution, buyer journey analytics, and customer insights.
final thoughts
All growth data in this article comes from Ahrefs. Want to find hot companies for yourself? Check keyword browser.
