Brazil’s tech sector is flourishing, especially in AI-driven startups that use applied intelligence, machine learning and deep learning to reinvent traditional industries. Brazil is quickly becoming a competitive player in AI. There are 144 artificial intelligence businesses in Brazil, including 16 funded businesses that have raised a total of $39.7 million in private equity and venture capital.
How Big Is The AI market in Brazil?
AI Startups in Brazil are quickly becoming a big and competitive market. Brazilian entrepreneurs are utilising artificial intelligence (AI) to address both domestic and international issues, ranging from marketing automation and tailored fashion suggestions to early cancer detection and finance-focused large language models.
With the help of an expanding network of university research centres, venture capital, and accelerators, these startups are not only revolutionising domestic industries but also crossing international borders, solidifying Brazil’s place on the map of AI innovation.
Brazil’s AI Momentum
Brazil’s AI ecosystem is rich, varied, and aggressively expanding globally, with companies like Advolve simplifying ad spend, Huna speeding up cancer detection, Twiggy reimagining fashion discovery and Neospace enhancing banking with vertical AI.
What Are The Top AI Startups in Brazil?
With an emphasis on a variety of applications ranging from healthcare to agriculture and financial management, a number of AI startups in Brazil are making waves in 2025. Here are four innovative businesses influencing the future, from improving cancer diagnostics to automating advertising campaigns.
Advolve: Smarter Performance Marketing
Founded in late 2023 in São Paulo, Advolve AI is developing a full-stack platform that uses machine learning and generative AI to automate and optimise digital marketing, from budget allocation to creative generation.
After raising funding of roughly $1.5 million in March 2024, led by Valour Capital and Lanx Capital, the startup has rapidly gained momentum. In February 2025, Canary led a $5 million to $5.3 million seed round, with participation from Valour Capital, Prosus Ventures, and other investors.
Advolve powers marketing automation with “AI Creative Studio,” multi-channel orchestration, real-time testing without manual A/B splits and intelligent insights.
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Huna: AI-Powered Early Cancer Detection
Huna, which was founded in 2022, uses AI and standard blood tests to prioritise breast cancer screening and identify early indicators, potentially advancing diagnosis by up to 16 months. This can enhance triage in systems such as Brazil’s overburdened public health infrastructure, according to both theoretical and empirical evidence.
The roots of Huna can be found in research conducted at UFMG, Brazil’s top AI lab, where its algorithms were trained to identify minute marker interactions in bloodwork that are invisible to the human eye. The startup has partnered with Grupo Fleury, Hospital do Amor and Pardini for pilot trials and is awaiting approval from Anvisa to expand.
Empodera Impact Capital commended Huna for conducting pilots to monitor tens of thousands of women and for compiling one of the largest datasets of blood tests for breast cancer in the world.
Twiggy: Fashion’s Visual AI Stylist
Founded in São Paulo in 2021, Twiggy.ai introduces visual AI to the retail fashion industry. Twiggy functions as a “clothing Shazam,” allowing users to upload photos of their outfits and quickly locate comparable products from partner brands. Users can even create a virtual closet to browse from.
Beyond discovery, Twiggy assists e-commerce companies in customising user experiences. Its AI engine customises product recommendations based on real-time analysis of user behaviour and intent, increasing engagement and conversion. They effectively connect fashion and AI with a growing team of 11–50 employees.
Neospace — Financial Services through Vertical LLMs
With domain-specific large language models known as “vertical LLMs,” Neospace is advancing artificial intelligence in the financial sector. NeoLang, NeoCustomer and NeoCredit are their banking-related solutions: NeoCustomer improves customer engagement through predictive recommendations; NeoCredit optimises credit scoring, lowering delinquency and enhancing loan personalisation and NeoLang provides accurate, finance-tailored conversational AI.
Developed by a deep-tech team with experience Neospace was founded by Zup veterans who had previously redesigned customer interactions for banks, telecoms and businesses.