Scent beads are dissolvable fragrance beads used alongside laundry detergent. (Other terms used to describe this product include “booster scent beads” and “in-wash scent beads”.) Downy is one of the most popular brands in this category (searches for “Downy beads” have grown by 294% in the last five years). In fact, their lavender scent beads …
Pet odor eliminator sprays are designed to eliminate a pet’s urine smell. The increased demand for this product category can be mainly attributed to a startup called Angry Orange (searches for the startup have increased by 212% in the last five years). The startup relied heavily on social media marketing to grow. In fact, videos …
MeiliSearch is an open-source search engine API startup. The API uses AI and natural language processing (NLP) technologies to find the relevant searches, handle typos, understand synonyms and detect foreign languages. The project has over 32,000 stars on GitHub. MeiliSearch recently raised a $15M Series A. What’s Next MeiliSearch is part of the On-site Search …
Blue light sunscreen is designed specifically to reduce blue light exposure from screens. These sunscreens contain iron oxide, an ingredient that’s especially potent at blocking blue light. Demand for this product category is increasing mainly due to growing awareness of blue light’s impact on the skin. In fact, a survey by Unilever found that 36% …
Agrivoltaics refers to farming techniques that use the same land area for both solar power and agriculture. Specifically, solar power and agriculture are combined in a way that’s designed to improve the performance of both. Here’s how it works: once a plant reaches its light saturation point, additional light doesn’t help the plant grow. In …
Mucin serum refers to skincare serums made from snail mucin (a slime-like bodily secretion produced by snails). The product is gaining traction as certain studies have suggested it helps regenerate and heal damaged skin. Snail mucin products have spread largely due to social media. Videos mentioning snail mucin have over 1 billion views on TikTok. …
PhantomBuster develops cloud-based marketing APIs. The code-free APIs are designed to automate marketing tasks such as lead generation, data enrichment and customer outreach. PhantomBuster is used by over 100,000 organizations. The startup hit $600K in revenue last year. And has raised $758K in funding. What’s Next PhantomBuster is part of the Lead Generation API meta …
AI transcription refers to AI-powered software used for tasks such as transcribing meetings, interviews, or other audio recordings. While AI transcription is usually faster and cheaper than human transcription, human transcription remains significantly more accurate. Humans have an average accuracy rate of 99%, compared to 80%-86% for AI transcription. Which is why AI transcription is …
Permanent earrings are earrings completely free of a clasp. Specifically, they’re welded into place and stay in place until cut off. The product has gone viral among Gen Z. In fact, videos mentioning permanent earrings have over 1.1 billion views on TikTok. Notably, permanent earrings tend to be extremely small, making them relatively comfortable to …
Apify is a web scraping and automation startup. Their web scraping solution can collect structured data from “any website”. This way, companies looking to generate leads can use it to extract lists of potential clients from a set of websites. The startup hit $5.6M in revenue in 2022. Apify has raised approximately $512K in funding …