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Top 10 Startups to Watch in 2026
Figure AI's humanoid robots are already working shifts inside BMW factories, and Waymo's driverless cars now run ride-hailing routes across multiple US cities with no safety driver behind the wheel — proof that some of this year's boldest startup bets have moved well past the demo stage. The list ranges from Elon Musk's xAI and Paris-based challenger Mistral AI to quieter operators like Cohere, which powers AI deployments across much of the Fortune 500, and Monzo, the profitable UK neobank now eyeing a US IPO on the back of 10 million customers.
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