awesome-ai-startups
A curated list of indie-built AI startups — bootstrapped, pre-seed, and angel-funded products only.
Score breakdown — how scoring works
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Maintenance
30 / 30- Pushed within 14 days0 days ago+30
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Adoption
12.3 / 25- GitHub stars (no package published — stars weighted fully)132+12.3
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Documentation
15 / 25- Comprehensive README (6,000+ chars)288550 chars+10
- Install / setup instructionsno+0
- Tools / capabilities documentedyes+5
- Code or client-config exampleno+0
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Trust signals
9 / 20- OSS license declaredCC0-1.0+7
- First-party vendor implementationno+0
- DNS-verified registry namespaceno+0
- Listed in official MCP Registryno+0
- Owned by an organizationyes+2
Install
From source
git clone https://github.com/nowork-studio/awesome-ai-startups No package published to a registry — see the README for setup instructions.
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