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100 AI Ideas You Can’t Vibe-Code: Untapped Startup Opportunities for Expert Founders

James McClure, General Partner at Antler Australia, explores 100 unique, complex, and untapped AI startup ideas that can’t be vibe-coded in a weekend - spanning sovereign GPUs, low-bandwidth AI, multi-agent systems, neurotech, synthetic audiences, and hypersonic space navigation. These high-barrier opportunities are launchpads for domain experts and builders in deep tech, regulated, scientific, or frontier domains. Read more below and join Antler’s residency to build them now.

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Why we invested in AirDodge: Enabling Drone Operations in U-Space

AirDodge is making low-altitude airspace safe, scalable and predictable.

Insights

What’s Next in Consumer AI: Apps That Double as Life Layers

A curated snapshot of how India’s Consumer AI landscape is evolving: a simple behavioural lens of how we structure our view of Consumer AI, a Market Map of India’s Consumer AI startups, and areas we're excited about.

Insights

AI Market Map: Engineering

From tools to teammates: The rise of AI Agents in engineering.

Why we invested in ChatCut: Professional filmmakers reimagining the future of video editing

Meet Kaiwen Li and Alima Strickland, the award-winning producer duo behind ChatCut, an AI-powered post-production tool designed to revolutionize the way creators edit dialogue-heavy videos quickly and efficiently.

Vietnam

What's NEXT: How AI is Revolutionizing the BFSI Landscape

At Antler India, we’ve met over 1,000 fintech founders in recent years and backed 20+ breakout bets. We’re now excited about the ways AI will shape the future of fintech — and are especially keen to meet exceptional founders building in the areas we detail below.

India

Announcing the Spring 2025 US Portfolio Showcase

We are thrilled to unveil the latest companies to join the Antler U.S. portfolio, an outstanding group of startups across FinTech, Consumer, DeepTech, Energy, Healthcare and BioTech, and more.

US

Why LPs should re-evaluate climate tech through the lens of AI

Rethinking climate alpha and why early-stage investors hold the advantage.

Global

Early Days—Episode 14: Supercritical with Michelle You

Michelle You is co-founder and CEO of Supercritical, one of the world's largest carbon removal marketplaces. But Supercritcal isn't the first startup Michelle has built and scaled. Before Supercritical, Michelle was co-founder and Chief Product Officer at Songkick, a company that helped fans discover concerts from their favorite artists. Songkick was backed by investors like YC, Index, Sequoia, Access and ultimately exited to Warner Music. 

Michelle shares how her experience at Songkick has influenced her approach to building Supercritical. We discuss the importance of user interviews, ascertaining key insights from customers, and how to structure an analytical decision making process. These are valuable, hard-earned lessons from a serial founder that you don't want to miss.

US

Antler’s New UK Terms: Giving Founders the Strongest Start at Day Zero

A £500k Commitment from Day Zero — Designed to Help You Build, Raise, and Scale Faster

UK

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Wrtn

"Antler has been one of the most helpful investors for closing our Series B round successfully."

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Wrtn

Antler has been one of the most helpful investors for closing our Series B round successfully.

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Airalo

"If someone is going to launch an Amazon for eSIMs, that should be us.”

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Wrtn

"Antler has been one of the most helpful investors for closing our Series B round successfully."

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Tactiq

"Antler are very instrumental with supporting companies across the globe. And that gives them a different type of belief in what’s possible in different geographies."

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Clout Kitchen

"They do the best thing that a VC should do, which is get out of the way and let us do our thing and be helpful when we ask them…so I think that’s really key."

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fileAI

"Antler funded me as a first investor and also immediately brought in another investor."

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Call for Founders: Join Our UK Spring 2025 Residency

At Antler, we invest in founders who rethink industries and execute relentlessly. The UK team has highlighted key areas they're excited to explore in full knowledge the best ideas come from those who rewrite the rules. Our Spring 2025 Residency in the UK is your chance to build with conviction and scale faster with a community of incredible founders.

UK

Antler maintains strong investment momentum in Vietnam, launching new initiative amid market challenges

Antler recently announced a new initiative based out of Vietnam, showcasing its continued commitment to backing exceptional founders in Southeast Asia despite challenging market conditions.

Vietnam

Why Serial Founders Build with Antler

Discover how Tia Collings (Enaxiom) and Tanmay Patel (Lyngo) left steady careers to launch startups, with insights on entrepreneurship, co-founder matching, idea validation, and Antler's role in their journeys.

Australia

Antler Canada announces new investment terms

Antler Canada reveals revamped Canadian investment terms

Canada

These four Australian women founders have raised $14 million in funding since joining Antler

From AI to Climate Tech and HR solutions, these four Australian women-led startups have raised a total of $14 million in funding while overcoming systemic challenges in venture capital. With remarkable trajectories, these women are solving some of the world’s most pressing challenges. Discover their journeys, successes, and advice for aspiring founders.

Australia

UK Dynamism: exploring key trends and growth opportunities in innovation and investment

Antler's annual flagship event dived deep into the challenges and opportunities shaping the future of UK technology and investment.

UK

36 Questions to Fall in Love with Your Co-Founder

Strengthen The Co-Founder Bond Through Trust, Transparency, and Shared Vision

Global

Business executives share how they made the corporate-founder leap

Learn how corporate leaders, Ben Chamberlain and Vandana Chaudhry, became VC-backed startup founders with Antler's support.

Australia

Closing the Gender Funding Gap: The power of investing in women from day zero

We dive into the latest Cut Through Quarterly report to reveal how Antler’s day-zero approach to supporting startups drives a more inclusive, high-growth ecosystem.

Australia

Founders reveal why building their startup with Antler helped them succeed

Founders Kshitija Deshmukh (FOBOH) and Nathan Spiteri (Shopfront) share how Antler’s day-zero support helped them build successful startups.

Australia

Transforming frustration into innovation: Why I Joined Antler

A Conversation with Maveen, an experienced software engineer and cofounder of 913.ai

Germany

Why we invested in Tradestack: empowers trades businesses to quote 20x faster and win more jobs

Why Antler invested in Tradestack: empowers trades businesses to quote 20x faster and win more jobs

UK

Why we invested in Inntelo AI: Transforming Hotel Communications with Conversational AI

Find out about Antler's investment thesis, meet the exceptional founders, and learn about their latest traction.

UK

Why we invested in Omma: AI-powered technology which enables growers to rear beneficial insects on farms for natural pest management

Find out about Antler's investment thesis, meet the exceptional founders, and learn about their latest traction.

UK

Why we invested in Banqora: AI-powered post-trade processing for financial institutions

Find out Antler's investment thesis, meet the exceptional founders, and learn about their latest traction.

UK

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