Artificial intelligence is poised to unleash the next wave of digital disruption, and companies should prepare for it now. We already see real-life benefits for a few early adopting firms, making it more urgent than ever for others to accelerate their digital transformations. Our findings focus on five AI technology systems: robotics and autonomous vehicles, computer vision, language, virtual agents, and machine learning, which includes deep learning and underpins many recent advances in the other AI technologies. AI promises benefits, but also poses urgent challenges that cut across firms, developers, government, and workers. The workforce needs to be reskilled to exploit AI rather than compete with it; cities and countries serious about establishing themselves as a global hub for AI development will need to join the global competition to attract AI talent and investment; and progress will need to be made on the ethical, legal and regulatory challenges that could otherwise hold back AI. Taking into consideration the importance of AI, many companies have started scrutinizing how AI can be applied into their respective sectors. Some of them are already delivering AI based disruptive solutions that are definitely adding value to the process of various businesses. In order to acknowledge the significant contributions in the AI industry, Swiftnlift has curated a list of “The 10 most Promising Artificial Intelligence Startups in 2019”, who are propelling artificial intelligence into business mainstream.