The 10 companies that just launched from Betaworks’ latest startup camp

Early stage fund Betaworks has announced the launch of the 10 latest companies from its prestigious Camp, the bi-annual 13-week residency program launched in 2016 that has given way to names like Hugging Face and Graze Social.

This year’s camp theme is interfaces, as in companies that design products that impact how users experience AI. (Previous camp themes focused on application layers and agents.) Applications opened in June, and camp began in August, with DemoDay on November 4.

These are the companies participating in the 13th Betaworks Camp:

Nora — A browser extension, founded by Sid Banothu, to track shopping habits.

Rudimentary – A web app that lets people use voice to brainstorm ideas that the platform then turns into a list of tasks and tasks. The product, founded by Kasey Klimes, can also link to other productivity tools like Notion and calendars.

Patina – The company, founded by Sean Rasbet and Laura Sisson, works on olfactory technology to create “photographs of smell,” through a combination of protein folding, odorant receptors, and graphical neural networks.

My Place, from Orange – a platform founded by Helen Huang that allows users to play games that are realistic simulations of everyday human life.

Putty (no website yet) – Although the company is still stealthy, Betaworks said it wanted to work with the founder, Kevin Chang, because he was “deeply engaged in the concepts” the company is interested in, including “memory systems, ambient interfaces” and “technology geared to the more dispersed rhythm of life.”

Telepath – A computer built with artificial intelligence and no applications, founded by Stephen Hood, Josh Whiting, and Robert Manfredi.

Feather — A digital assistant that helps create automated workflows for tedious tasks, like searching for an apartment. Founded by Xiaobo Zhang and Marco Yu.

Nobrain Founded by Priyanka Jain and Ingo Marquardt, this company creates EEG data (the test used to record the brain’s electrical activity) to help translate human thoughts into speech, text, and images.

Presq – Founded by Adam Saleh, Steve Borstein, and Mickey Robbins, this platform allows influencers to upload data to quickly create options that allow them to create manufacturable shoes. It plans to soon expand into other product areas, such as eyewear and household goods.

Intension – This company, founded by Connor Sanchez-O’Shea and Gabriel Duemichen, helps people focus while working at their desktop by removing anything distracting from view. It tracks users’ attention and identifies workflow habits for those working on desktop computers.

This story has been updated to clarify what Presq does.