7 Best AI Companies in New Zealand

1. Scentian Bio

Scentian Bio produces commercial biosensor devices for development based on insect odorant receptor processing in medical and food applications. The machine learning biosensing platform is capable of detecting volatile organic compounds (VOCs) to identify off-notes in food and beverages, fraud, or adulterants within raw materials as well as product innovation driven through new products and an objective metric for flavors & fragrances.

Company:  Scentian Bio

Established: 2020

Based: Auckland (New Zealand)

Stage: Seed

Funding: $4.4M

Investors: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, OurCrowd and 10 Others

Tracxn Score: 53/100

Official Website: https://www.scentianbio.com

2. Robotics Plus

Robotics Plus is one of the leading tech companies in NZ working in the field of AI-integrated robotics. Its footprint in the agritech industry has been particularly prominent. For example, Robotic Plus has created a robot for working with horticulture produce. The products rely on machine vision and machine learning to achieve their objectives.

The first product is an autonomous apple packer for larger-sized apples targeted at apple agribusinesses. Another of its products is a robotic harvester used for picking fruits such as kiwis and similar varieties. Additionally, it has also created the QuadDuster for autonomous kiwi pollination.

Company:  Robotics Plus

Established: 2013

Port: Tauranga (New Zealand)

Stage: Series A

Funding: $10M

Investors: THRIVE, Yamaha Motor Ventures (and 2 others)

Tracxn Score — 47/10

Official Website: https://www.roboticsplus.co.nz

Ratings and Reviews: It has an overall rating of 5.0 with a positive set of reviews given by customers.

3. Halter

Halter Agri’s AI cattle manager It provides AI-based herd management solutions to help users in tracking and monitoring the location & activity of animals. Health status and animal data (body temperature, calving, lameness, etc.) are further collected by the sensors that accompany these ear tags giving farmers actionable item lists such as alerts for when a cow moves out of a virtual boundary.

Company:  Halter

Established: 2016

Address: Auckland (New Zealand)

Stage: Series C

Funding: $81.3M

Investors: Bessemer Venture Partners, DCVC + 12 More

Tracxn Score: 47/100

Official Website: https://www.halterhq.com/

Rating and Reviews: It has an overall rating of 4.6 with a positive set of reviews given by customers.

4. Plexure

Plexure is a leader in retail customer experience management and in-store audience analytics solutions The software analyses real-time transactions, weather, and location data to allow the retailer to push targeted messages that lead customers are more likely to make bigger transaction value each time.

The company links the POS and machine learning feeds along with weather data to attract more weekly customers for their retail partner’s loyalty schemes. It combines beacons, push messaging, and consumer buying information to drive in-store-customer engagement.

Company:  Plexure

Established: 1984

Based in: Auckland, New Zealand

Stage: Public

Investors: Incubasia Ventures, CMB Capital, and three more

Tracxn Score: 45/100

Official Website: https://tasksoftware.com/plexure

Rating and Reviews: It has an overall rating of  4.1 with a positive set of reviews given by customers.

5. Thematic

Thematic is an AI-powered customer feedback analytics platform. Their platform processes feedback from NPS comments, survey responses, call transcripts/notes (if applicable), chat logs or CRM data messages online reviews complaints, and more. Revenue is generated from user-based paid subscriptions.

Company:  Thematic

Established: 2016

Located in: Santa Clara (UNITED STATES)

Stage: Seed

Funding: $1.2M

Investors: Y Combinator, Lux Capital, and 7 others

Tracxn Score: 45/100

Official Website: https://getthematic.com/

Rating and Reviews: It has an overall rating of 4.9 with positive reviews given by customers.

6. Volpara Health

Volpara Health is essentially an AI-powered clinical decision support and cancer diagnosis tool. Among other projects, the company is currently working on a diagnostic device to sense breast and lung cancer. Natural language understanding systems enable tools that can detect cancer early on in patients.

Their cancer diagnostic tool comes with detection and analysis tools, as well as facilities for storing stuff in mammographic reports. Its risk calculators provide a cloud-based dashboard to manage screening operations.

 Company: Volpara Health

Established: 2009

Headquarters: Wellington(Land of Kiwis)

Stage: Acquired

Investors: NorthStar Impact, Horizon 3 Healthcare commenting on behalf of M25 and SiteCalibrator.

Tracxn Score: 44 / 100

Official Website: https://www.volparahealth.com/

Rating and Reviews: It has an overall rating of 3.3 with a mixed set of reviews.

7. Ambit

Ambit is a conversation AI Platform Developer that builds chatbots that automate conversations using its low-code platform. Important features of its products include a low-code platform for the development of conversational analytics and chatbot optimization.

Company:  Ambit

Established: 2016

Location: Auckland, New Zealand

Stage: Seed

Funding: $2.78M

Investors: Techstars, New Zealand Growth Capital Partners, and 14 others

Tracxn Score — 43/100

Rank among competitors: 64 out of 1,051 competing teams

Official Website: https://www.ambit.ai/

Ratings and Reviews: It has an overall rating of  4.9 with  positive reviews given by customers