IoT AI Startup Jobs

CesiumAstro builds communications systems and phased-array hardware/software for space, air, and ground missions, supporting satellite and defense connectivity use cases.

Virtual fencing and livestock management using AI-powered smart collars

Scout Motors is a Volkswagen-owned American vehicle brand reviving the Scout nameplate to build electric and range-extended SUVs and pickup trucks. The company is building a $2B+ production facility in Blythewood/Columbia, SC, with additional offices in Charlotte, NC, Fremont, CA, and Novi, MI.

Base Power is building America's next-gen power company by deploying whole-home battery backup systems that protect families from outages and strengthen the grid. Deployed over 100MWh of residential battery capacity.

Vast is a US-based commercial space company building human-rated artificial-gravity orbital space stations, starting with its single-module Haven-1 station targeted as the world's first commercial space station. Founded by Jed McCaleb and headquartered in Long Beach, California ('Space Beach'), the company designs and manufactures its spacecraft hardware in-house. It is racing to provide a commercial successor to the International Space Station.

Whoop makes a wearable fitness and health tracking device paired with a subscription platform that provides physiological insights on recovery, strain, and sleep. Founded in 2012 and based in Boston, it has raised over $900M and reached unicorn status.

A defense technology company specializing in counter-drone radar and other defense solutions.

Muon Space is an end-to-end satellite constellation company that designs, builds, and operates mission-optimized spacecraft delivering Earth intelligence data for climate monitoring, weather, and national security customers including the NRO and Space Force.

Motive (formerly KeepTruckin) provides an AI-powered platform combining IoT hardware and software for fleet management, driver safety, and spend management for businesses in the physical economy. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company reached over $600M ARR and withdrew its S-1 after a large 2026 growth financing.

Apex is a defense-grade satellite bus manufacturer producing configurable, productized spacecraft platforms (Aries, Nova, Comet) for LEO, MEO, and GEO orbits. The Los Angeles-based company serves commercial and sovereign government customers at scale with peak annual capacity exceeding 200 units per year. Apex launched Project Shadow, the first commercially-led on-orbit space-based interceptor demonstration.

Tenstorrent designs AI accelerator chips and RISC-V processors, building both hardware and software for high-performance machine learning workloads. Founded by CEO Jim Keller, it has offices in Austin, Santa Clara, and Toronto.

Radiant is pioneering mass-produced portable nuclear microreactors, with its flagship Kaleidos reactor delivering 1 MW of clean, zero-emission power in a shipping container-sized form factor. Valued at $1.8 billion, the company is building its factory in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

Harbinger designs and manufactures purpose-built electric and hybrid chassis for medium-duty commercial vehicles such as delivery trucks and RVs. The company has secured a FedEx order and investment as part of its Series C round.

Antares is developing mass-producible, inherently safe nuclear microreactors for terrestrial, underwater, and space-based applications, producing between 100 kilowatts and 1 megawatt of electricity. The company has a 145,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Torrance, California and is on track to achieve first reactor criticality by mid-2026. Founded by alumni of SpaceX, MIT, and Los Alamos National Lab, Antares is backed by over $130 million in venture capital and government funding.

Oura makes the Oura Ring, a smart ring that continuously tracks sleep, activity, heart rate, and other biometrics for health and wellness monitoring. Founded in Finland in 2013, the company is now headquartered in San Francisco and has scaled to over $900M in annual revenue with millions of paying subscribers.

Metropolis builds AI and computer-vision infrastructure for checkout-free parking and payments, operating as the largest parking operator in North America after acquiring SP Plus. The company is expanding its 'Recognition Economy' platform beyond parking into retail, hospitality, and fueling verticals.

Northwood Space designs and manufactures electronically steered phased-array ground stations that enable scalable, rapidly deployable satellite communication and tracking infrastructure. The company serves commercial and government customers including a $50M U.S. Space Force contract to modernize the Satellite Control Network.

Stoke Space Technologies develops the fully and rapidly reusable Nova rocket designed to operate with aircraft-like frequency. Founded by former Blue Origin and SpaceX employees, raised over $1.3B.

Vertically integrated home electrification company deploying affordable all-electric heat pump systems across North America, reducing upgrade costs up to 50% with over 1,000 installations to date

Bedrock Robotics brings autonomy to construction equipment, deploying AI systems that operate heavy machinery on real job sites to accelerate infrastructure work.

ALSO. is an electric mobility company spun out of Rivian that is building small, vertically integrated EVs for dense urban movement and autonomous delivery. Its vehicles combine new propulsion, software, and hardware to replace short car trips with lighter electric transport.

Edge computing company providing modular data centers and connectivity platforms to deliver cloud and AI capabilities to remote environments.

Eight Sleep builds connected sleep technology, most notably the Pod — a smart mattress cover that uses biometrics, AI, and dynamic temperature control to optimize sleep. The company is expanding from consumer sleep fitness into predictive, AI-driven health and medical applications such as sleep apnea detection. It is a New York-based unicorn valued at $1.5B.

Meter provides enterprise network infrastructure as a managed service, bundling hardware, software, and operations for office connectivity and security.

Building vertically integrated, automated metal factories in Detroit that deliver raw materials faster, cheaper, and more reliably to US manufacturers. Software-driven quoting in milliseconds.

Building America's next generation of power infrastructure with hybrid inertial-battery systems combining mechanical flywheels with battery duration, providing grid stabilization without combustion or chemicals.

Mytra develops automated robotic storage and warehouse automation solutions using bots, software, and modular cells. The platform features AI-optimized dynamic pathways, slotless inventory management, and a three-dimensional grid system for storing and moving materials in warehouses. Founded by ex-Tesla and Rivian leaders.

Unified observability platform for hardware sensor data

Velaura AI (formerly Auradine) designs ultra-low-power silicon, systems, and IP for AI accelerators, data centers, and physical AI applications like robotics and autonomous systems. Its Titan Core platform targets 2-4x better performance per watt for AI compute infrastructure.

RobCo is a Munich-founded industrial robotics startup providing modular, plug-and-play robotic hardware kits and AI-powered automation software for small and mid-sized manufacturers. Its RobCo Studio software enables no-code programming of robots for tasks like machine tending, palletizing, welding, and dispensing. Backed by Lightspeed and Sequoia, it is scaling US operations with offices in San Francisco and Austin.

TerraFirma is an Austin-based, vertically integrated construction robotics company founded in 2024 by former SpaceX engineers Noah Schochet (CEO) and Noah McGuinness (CTO). It retrofits heavy equipment — excavators, dozers, loaders, rollers, skid steers — for AI-assisted remote and semi-autonomous operation, paired with AI construction planning software. Rather than only selling robots to contractors, TerraFirma takes on earthwork, demolition, site prep, and infrastructure projects itself for data centers, roads, substations, and energy sites.

Smart panel provider for home energy management enabling intelligent control and optimization of household energy consumption

BRINC Drones builds public-safety drone systems for 911 rapid response, indoor tactical operations, firefighting, and search and rescue, including the Lemur 2, Responder, and Guardian aircraft plus its LiveOps command-and-control software. Its platform integrates with Motorola Solutions' police radios, 911/CAD, and CommandCentral systems and is used by 900+ public-safety agencies and more than 20% of U.S. SWAT teams. Founded by CEO Blake Resnick and headquartered in Seattle, the company is scaling U.S. manufacturing with a new Queen Anne factory and HQ.

Advanced patient monitoring platform using AI and sensors to provide continuous health tracking and early detection of medical complications in healthcare settings.

Flock Safety builds AI-powered cameras and software that help law enforcement and communities solve and prevent crime. The platform uses machine learning and computer vision to provide investigative intelligence for cities, neighborhoods, and businesses.

AI-powered fleet safety and driver analytics.

Privacy-first mobile carrier redesigning telecommunications from the ground up. Cape owns and operates its own mobile core and SIMs, providing ultra-private and secure connectivity for enterprises, government, and consumers.

Developing analog in-memory compute chips and software for energy-efficient AI at the edge.

Airbound builds the world's most efficient delivery drones, developing advanced autonomous aircraft using blended-wing-body designs for ultra-low-cost logistics. Founded by 20-year-old Naman Pushp, the Bengaluru-based company aims to achieve one-cent drone deliveries at scale, serving medical, defense, and industrial applications.

Lunar Energy builds home energy systems and software that integrate batteries, solar, and grid services for households and utilities.

Orchard builds AI-powered robotic systems that automate orchard harvesting with computer vision and advanced robotics.

Sunday is a robotics company building Memo, a household humanoid robot designed to assist families with everyday chores like dishes, laundry, and tidying. Founded by Stanford-trained roboticists Tony Zhao and Cheng Chi, the company uses data from thousands of real homes to train its robots. Sunday reached a $1.15 billion valuation with its Series B round and is preparing to deploy its first robots through a Founding Family Beta program.

Efficient Computer builds the world's most energy-efficient general-purpose processor, the Electron E1, offering up to 100x greater efficiency than traditional CPUs. Spun out of Carnegie Mellon University, their Fabric architecture minimizes data movement, enabling applications in AI, edge computing, space, defense, and consumer devices.

Mythic builds power-efficient analog compute technology for AI inference, targeting edge-to-enterprise deployments where energy efficiency and throughput are critical.

Tive delivers real-time shipment visibility with sensor hardware and cloud software, helping teams monitor location and condition to reduce logistics risk and loss.

Watney builds dual-armed robots that perform physical maintenance work inside hyperscale AI data centers, such as cable swaps and server restarts. Founded in San Francisco in 2023 by Ryan Gannon and Sean Cheong, it has been testing robots with Meta since 2025 and operates the largest fleet of dexterous robots running 24/7/365 across the United States.

Vertically integrated electrical wire harness manufacturing platform for complex industrial supply chains.

Fleet management software platform for tracking vehicles, maintenance, and operations.

Matic is the world's most advanced floor cleaner, a fully autonomous robot vacuum that continuously scans the perimeter of your home with high-resolution cameras, LiDAR, radar, and thermal sensors for comprehensive cleaning.

Quartermaster (legally Quartermaster AI Inc.) builds SmartMast™, a weather-hardened COTS sensor package — HD camera, software-defined radio, and onboard AI — that mounts on commercial and civilian vessels and turns them into nodes of a distributed maritime sensing network. The platform fuses video, radar, RF sensing, and AIS into near-real-time maritime domain awareness for coast guards, navies, insurers, energy operators, and researchers, positioning itself as a replacement for the spoofable, opt-in AIS standard. The company reports 600+ sensors deployed across 25+ countries and over 400,000 vessels identified outside of AIS.

Taara develops free-space optical communication technology that delivers high-speed connectivity through narrow beams of light instead of fiber or radio spectrum. Spun out of X, Alphabet's Moonshot Factory, the company builds optical wireless systems and photonics technology for expanding broadband infrastructure.

Wi-Fi landline phone for kids and families that reinvents the home phone experience without screens, apps, or texting. Features parental controls via companion app to approve contacts, set quiet hours, and enable Do Not Disturb. Priced at $75 with free calling between Tin Cans or $10/month for regular phone numbers. Addresses smartphone addiction concerns and went viral, selling out first two production runs.

Parking management platform that helps property owners monetize and operate parking assets with software + on-the-ground operations.

Arbor Energy develops supercritical CO2 turbines that deliver clean, carbon-negative power through fuel-flexible technology optimized for AI data centers and industrial applications.

Elveo Mobile (formed in 2026 by the merger of Lynk Global and Omnispace) operates a satellite direct-to-device (D2D) network that connects standard, unmodified mobile phones directly to low-Earth-orbit satellites, combining Lynk's D2D platform with Omnispace's S-band spectrum.

Semiconductor company pioneering chiplet interconnect technologies to unleash the performance of AI chips, backed by AMD, Arm, Meta, Samsung and Intel Capital

Kepler Communications is a Toronto-based satellite connectivity operator building a global low-Earth orbit constellation for broadband and IoT connectivity. The company deploys optical inter-satellite links and is expanding into orbital AI compute via Nvidia Orin chips. Founded in 2015, Kepler has raised over $177M to connect space-borne and ground assets worldwide.

Catalyx Space builds orbital logistics infrastructure, combining spacecraft, software, and operations to move experiments and manufactured payloads to orbit and back. The company focuses on reusable capsules and faster, more predictable in-space deployment and downmass services.

Nudge is developing advanced whole-brain interfaces for everyday life using phased-array ultrasound-based wearable devices capable of both imaging and modulating brain activity, enabling at-home treatments for mood, memory, focus, and chronic conditions like pain, addiction, and anxiety.

Sandbar is an interface company building Stream, a voice-first smart ring and conversational AI computer designed to augment users in an agentic world. Founded by former Meta and CTRL-labs engineers, Stream pairs a touch-activated microphone ring with a companion app for hands-free note capture, AI conversation, and agentic control. The company is headquartered in New York City.

Westmag (Western Magnetics Company) designs and manufactures drone motors and robot actuators at Factory 01 in South San Francisco, aiming to build a vertically-integrated, NDAA-compliant American supplier for the physical AI hardware stack. The company exited stealth in June 2026 after closing an $11M seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz with participation from Founders Fund, Lux Capital, NFDG, and Menlo Ventures.

Energy flexibility platform-connects distributed assets with markets to decarbonize the grid.

Terraforming robotics company that uses autonomous subsurface injection robots to lift and stabilize flood-prone terrain by injecting wood slurry deep underground, addressing urban flooding and land subsidence caused by sea level rise, extreme weather, and groundwater withdrawal with minimal surface disturbance.

Lightship is the first American all-electric recreational vehicle company, designing and producing aerodynamic, battery-powered travel trailers. Founded by Tesla alumni, the company builds zero-emission travel trailers including the Atmos and Panos models, with deliveries starting in 2026. Lightship is headquartered in Broomfield, Colorado.

Omen AI builds miniaturized spectroscopic sensors that continuously monitor coolant, oil, and water in AI data centers and industrial machinery, detecting contamination and equipment wear in real time. Its hardware replaces the industry's slow lab-sampling process, helping operators avoid costly cooling-loop failures in liquid-cooled AI infrastructure.

Builds the world's most advanced ductless heat pump for residential use with integrated AI that identifies heating and cooling patterns to optimize efficiency.

Carbon Robotics develops AI-powered agricultural robotics, including its flagship LaserWeeder which uses computer vision, deep learning, and CO2 lasers to identify and eliminate weeds with millimeter accuracy. The company also offers Carbon ATK, a tractor autonomy solution, and operates across 15 countries supporting over 100 crop types. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Seattle.

Chef Robotics builds AI-enabled robotic systems for food factories, prepared-meal production, and food assembly operations. Its robots automate repetitive plating, portioning, and packaging tasks in commercial food production, offered via a Robotics-as-a-Service model. The company has deployed systems that have produced tens of millions of meals.

AI-powered baby monitoring company using computer vision to track infant sleep, health and development, trusted by over one million families with upcoming Parenting Intelligence System

Runwise is a New York-based smart operating system for buildings that combines proprietary wireless sensors and controls with cloud software to run heating, cooling, electric, and water systems more efficiently. Its platform cuts building energy use by roughly 20-25% and is installed in over 10,000 buildings across the U.S., saving customers more than $100M in energy costs to date. Customers include large real estate owners and operators such as Related Companies and Rudin Management.

Sabi is a Palo Alto startup building a non-invasive brain-AI interface embedded in everyday wearables like a baseball cap, using custom EEG sensors and a proprietary Brain Foundation Model trained on over 100,000 hours of neural data to translate imagined speech into text and AI commands. Co-founded by CEO Rahul Chhabra and CTO Atmadeep Banerjee in 2024, the company raised a $50 million seed round led by Khosla Ventures at a reported $600 million valuation, and plans to demo its first devices at CES 2027.

Predictive delivery intelligence platform providing centimeter-precise indoor tracking for last-mile delivery. Uses smartphone sensors to solve the 'last 500 feet' problem for logistics and e-commerce.

Gather AI builds autonomous drone systems for warehouse inventory monitoring. Its AI-powered drones and software platform enable logistics operators to scan facilities, count stock, and achieve inventory visibility without manual cycle counts. The company was founded in 2017 by Carnegie Mellon alumni and serves modern warehouses and distribution centers.

Helm.ai develops AI software for autonomous driving (AD/ADAS) and robotics automation, using an unsupervised 'Deep Teaching' approach that trains neural networks without human annotation or simulation. It partners with major automotive OEMs, and in October 2025 received an additional strategic investment from Honda to accelerate next-generation AD/ADAS development.

Junction (formerly Vital) modernizes healthcare infrastructure with seamless lab testing and device data integration, connecting over 500 wearables and medical devices with 10+ lab networks including Labcorp and Quest across all 50 states.

Develops advanced AI, robotic, and autonomous drone systems specifically designed for wildfire suppression, using AI to locate and knock down fires before they spread.

Viam is a software platform that makes the physical world programmable, enabling engineers to build, deploy, and manage robotics and IoT applications. Founded by MongoDB co-founder Eliot Horowitz, Viam powers AI and automation solutions across robotics, food and beverage, climate tech, marine, and industrial manufacturing.

Apex.AI builds safety-certified, developer-friendly software for autonomous and software-defined vehicles, including its Apex.Grace (formerly Apex.OS) middleware derived from the open-source ROS 2 framework. Its products power autonomous mobility and robotic systems for automotive, trucking, and agricultural-machinery OEMs. The company is headquartered in Palo Alto, California, with offices in Germany, Sweden, Japan, and South Korea.

Urban SDK delivers geospatial AI and mobility analytics software for cities, transportation agencies, and public safety teams to improve planning and operational decisions.

Bevel is an AI health companion that unifies data from wearables across sleep, fitness, and nutrition into personalized insights, helping users optimize their health and wellness.

Eli Health develops AI-based smart devices for women's reproductive health monitoring, offering a point-of-care device that provides instant hormone profiles from saliva samples. The technology enables continuous hormone monitoring for daily and lifelong health insights.

Enode provides an API that connects energy devices like EV chargers, batteries, and solar systems for energy apps.

Blackstar is an AI hardware startup building a new computing device and operating system aimed at fundamentally improving how humans interact with AI. Founded by former OpenAI Codex engineer Daniel Edrisian, the ~8-person team is split between San Francisco and Shenzhen and has not yet shipped a public product.

Corvus Robotics builds fully autonomous warehouse inventory drones that scan, count, and track pallets without facility modifications or external infrastructure. Its Level 4 autonomous drones navigate aisles and read barcodes to automate inventory management for warehouses and manufacturing facilities. The company sells this inventory-and-inspection capability as a service to enterprise logistics operators.

Builds and operates automated drill rigs to accelerate mineral discovery, integrating autonomous control systems and real-time data streams into diamond core drilling for mineral exploration.

Intenseye provides an AI-powered computer vision platform that monitors workplace environments in real time to detect safety hazards and environmental, health & safety (EHS) risks. The platform integrates with existing camera infrastructure to help industrial and manufacturing companies prevent workplace injuries.

Airloom Energy is reinventing wind power with a novel, low-profile track-based turbine system that dramatically reduces the cost and complexity of harnessing wind energy. Backed by Bill Gates' Breakthrough Energy Ventures and Lowercarbon Capital, the Laramie, Wyoming-based startup is developing a pilot facility to demonstrate its modular wind technology. Airloom's design uses lightweight airfoils on an oval track, offering a simpler and more affordable alternative to traditional wind turbines.

Building the world's most biomimetic musculoskeletal androids featuring over 200 degrees of freedom and proprietary artificial muscles. The Protoclone V1 can be manufactured for under $20,000.

Copper is a Berkeley-based startup that makes battery-equipped induction stoves that plug into regular 120V outlets, enabling easy upgrades from gas to induction without costly electrical work, combining premium cooking performance with grid-supporting battery technology.

Heirloom is a direct air capture company that accelerates limestone's natural ability to absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, reducing the process from years to just days. The company has built facilities in California and Louisiana to permanently remove CO2 at scale, supporting the global effort to combat climate change. Backed by Breakthrough Energy Ventures and Lowercarbon Capital, Heirloom is one of the leading carbon removal technology providers.

Natural Cycles is the world's first FDA-cleared birth control app, using a proprietary algorithm and body temperature data to provide a non-hormonal, non-invasive contraceptive solution trusted by millions of women globally.

Orion Sleep develops an AI-powered smart mattress cover that combines dual-zone hydro-based temperature regulation with built-in biometric sensors tracking sleep stages, heart rate, movement, and HRV. Its Orion Intelligence learns each sleeper's thermal profile and adaptively optimizes deep and REM sleep. The product fits over any existing mattress and is positioned as a more affordable alternative to Eight Sleep.

David Energy builds clean energy software and operates as a technology-driven retail electricity supplier, optimizing how commercial and industrial customers consume, manage, and distribute power. Its platform integrates distributed energy resources like batteries and solar to run buildings on clean energy around the clock while lowering costs. The New York-based company competes directly with legacy utility incumbents.

Impilo provides full-stack digital health infrastructure for remote patient monitoring, combining device logistics (4PL), an e-commerce/API layer, and patient support so healthcare organizations can deploy and manage at-home monitoring devices. Its middleware connects providers, devices, and data to enable remote care and diagnostics. The Philadelphia-based company serves hospitals and digital health companies running RPM programs.

Software to run parking at buildings—assign, rent, and share spots; manage payments, enforcement, and analytics.

Sudo Robotics is building general-purpose robots powered by a manipulation-centric foundation model, with its flagship #sudo R1 system integrating self-developed hardware and software. The system trains manipulation policies in simulation alone, using reactive observation-conditioned control at 15-25 Hz to achieve high reliability in object picking and grasping. The company targets physical-AI applications across manufacturing, logistics, agriculture, and eldercare.

Sunflower Labs builds autonomous drone-based security systems that combine robotics, sensors, and software to monitor residential, commercial, and industrial properties.

Butlr is a privacy-first ambient sensing platform spun out of MIT Media Lab that uses thermal sensors and AI to detect human presence, occupancy, and posture without capturing personally identifiable information. The sensors serve enterprises across workplace optimization, senior living, and building energy management.

Home electrification company accelerating decarbonization with next-generation battery-integrated induction appliances for sustainable homes

Infinite Machine designs and manufactures premium electric non-car vehicles for urban transportation, combining distinctive hardware, connected software, and vehicle services around products such as P1 and Olto.

Finnish deeptech company building autonomous, hydrogen-powered airships for persistent aerial surveillance and intelligence, serving both defense and civilian customers. Backed by the NATO Innovation Fund, it completed two phases of NATO's DIANA accelerator program.

Kwant is an AI-powered workforce management and safety platform for construction and industrial job sites. The platform uses proprietary low-powered sensors and real-time analytics to automate data collection, increase productivity, and ensure compliance across complex job sites.

Pipedream Labs is building an autonomous underground delivery network using robotic carts that travel through buried tubes at speeds exceeding 60 mph, making delivery feel like teleportation. The company aims to eliminate emissions, reduce traffic congestion, and dramatically lower last-mile delivery costs.

Popcorn is a next-generation telco built software-first, offering a $69/month global mobile plan covering 180+ countries with no roaming fees, eSIM activation, and AI-powered call screening.

Climate data company deploying high-altitude balloons to gather atmospheric measurements and improve weather forecasting models.

Syenta develops Localized Electrochemical Manufacturing (LEM) technology for advanced semiconductor chip packaging, enabling scalable, high-density interconnects without traditional lithography. Spun out from the Australian National University, their approach addresses memory bandwidth bottlenecks in AI computing.

Develops factory-fabricated modular nuclear microreactors designed for AI data centers and industrial applications. The Aalo Pod is a 50 MWe power plant purpose-built for data centers.

Aitan builds edge-AI robotic weapon systems for allied militaries and national-security organizations, offering a "Robotic Sovereignty-as-a-Service" platform to deploy, coordinate, and sustain autonomous robotic combat capabilities. Its systems have been battle-tested with the IDF since October 2023, logging over 500,000 operational hours.

all.health (formerly Jawbone Health Hub/Sano Intelligence) is a San Francisco-based digital health company that combines clinical-grade wearable sensors, machine learning, and clinical/claims data for continuous remote patient monitoring. Its platform targets early detection and management of chronic and acute conditions like hypertension, diabetes, and respiratory infections for health systems, employers, and payers.

Applied Atomics is a US-based deep-tech startup that develops and operates full-stack nuclear power plants (100MW–1GW) for industrial customers, delivering dispatchable, carbon-free electricity through long-term power purchase agreements. Founded by former SpaceX and aerospace leaders, it vertically integrates Gen III+ reactor technology with in-house plant engineering, supply chain, and operations to speed deployment and lower cost. It raised an $8.3M Seed round in March 2026 led by Transition, bringing total funding to roughly $12M.

Armstrong Robotics builds general-purpose robots for commercial kitchens, starting with AI-powered dishwashing automation that handles messy, unpredictable environments with commercial-grade reliability. Its systems use robot arms with 3D perception trained on thousands of hours of real dishwashing data and integrate with existing commercial dish machines on a subscription model. The platform is designed to extend to other repetitive kitchen tasks beyond dishwashing.

Fusion energy startup developing modular micro-fusion reactors for compact, scalable clean power and propulsion applications.

Board is a face-to-face game console that blends video games with the tactile feel of board games. Built around a 24-inch interactive touchscreen that recognizes touches, gestures, and physical game pieces, it is designed for 4-6 players to gather around a table together. Founded by Brynn Putnam (founder of Mirror), Board launched at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 at a $499 price point with 12 original titles.

Cerrion is a Zurich-based industrial-AI company that turns standard factory cameras into 24/7 AI video agents which detect process deviations, quality defects, and safety issues on production lines and intervene automatically. Founded in 2020 and backed by Y Combinator, its platform is deployed across 15 countries with customers including Unilever and Riedel.

Flash-frozen specialty coffee capsule company that delivers barista-quality coffee to consumers, requiring no machine — just add water or milk to enjoy.

Conifer develops compact, rare-earth-free electric powertrains using patented axial flux motor technology and ferrite magnets. Founded by ex-Apple and Lucid engineers, the company's software-driven manufacturing approach enables cost-effective, supply-chain-resilient motors for two- and four-wheel vehicles, lawn equipment, and tractors.

Cortical Labs builds biological computers by integrating lab-grown human neurons with silicon chips. Their CL1 system represents the first commercial biological computer, enabling energy-efficient computation through living neural networks for AI and scientific research applications.

Daylight Computer Co. is a San Francisco-based hardware startup that designs and manufactures the DC-1, a tablet with a monochrome, paper-like 'LivePaper' display that avoids blue light and screen flicker to reduce eye strain and distraction. Founded in 2018 by Anjan Katta, it is a public benefit corporation focused on healthier, less addictive personal computing.

Density builds privacy-preserving people-counting sensors and workplace analytics software that help companies measure occupancy, plan offices, reduce real estate waste, and understand how buildings and spaces are used.

Diffraqtion builds quantum-camera hardware and AI for defense, space, and machine-perception applications, capturing optical information beyond conventional imaging limits for faster sensing and classification. The MIT and University of Maryland spinout is based in Somerville, Massachusetts, and has demonstrated its technology through DARPA SBIR and NASA-backed programs.

Ecorobotix is a Swiss agricultural technology company that develops AI-powered precision spraying systems, including the ARA field sprayer, which uses computer vision and machine learning to detect individual plants and apply herbicides with up to 95% less chemical usage. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland, the company has deployed approximately 1,000 ARA units across Europe and operates in over 20 countries.

Embedder is an AI coding agent for embedded firmware that reads datasheets and schematics, writes production C/C++ and Rust code, flashes target boards, runs hardware-in-the-loop tests, and fixes its own bugs. It supports 500+ microcontrollers (STM32, ESP32, RISC-V) and 3,000+ peripherals across automotive, aerospace, medical, IoT, and consumer electronics customers.

Fever Energy builds software that helps energy providers launch, optimize, and monetize distributed energy services across tariffs, flexibility, and customer programs.

Building Yuma, a camera-based chat app that turns physical objects into conversational interfaces with foundational networking infrastructure.

GreenVibe builds wireless, ultrasound-based sensors that are embedded in concrete before pouring to measure strength, temperature, humidity and density in real time. Its IoT communication hub streams the readings to a cloud platform so contractors can decide when to strip formwork, begin post-tensioning, or move to the next construction stage. Founded in Israel in 2019, the company claims up to 95% correlation with the concrete actually poured on site.

Deep-tech mining and energy startup developing proprietary laser-based drilling systems to unlock Europe's critical minerals and geothermal energy at extreme depths. Building Europe's first technology-driven mining and energy platform with plans to begin selling European-mined critical raw materials by 2029.

Harmoni is a factory orchestration platform that connects operators, machines, ERP systems, and quality data to coordinate shop-floor work for manufacturers. The company recently launched HAL, an AI system built for the front lines of manufacturing, enabling rapid deployment with less manual work and stronger process adherence.

Helix Earth Technologies is a Houston-based NASA and Rice University spinout that manufactures bolt-on HVAC retrofit devices using proprietary liquid-gas chemistry (the Helix MICRA filter) to dramatically improve the energy efficiency of existing commercial and residential heating and cooling systems. Its technology decouples humidity control from temperature management, reducing energy consumption and extending equipment lifespan.

Hyphen is a foodservice automation platform combining robotics and AI to put culinary operations on autopilot. Their Automated Makeline assembles digital orders at 350+ meals per hour with zero errors, while CulinaryOS handles inventory, labor, and order management for restaurant operators.

IFTTT ("If This Then That") is a consumer automation platform that lets users create conditional workflows called Applets connecting apps, devices, and services. Founded in 2010 in San Francisco, it pioneered no-code trigger-action automation for smart home, productivity, and social media integrations.

Inviscid AI builds physics-informed AI software that creates real-time digital twins of buildings and data centers, combining IoT sensor data with computational fluid dynamics modeling to autonomously optimize HVAC, cooling, and energy systems roughly 1000x faster than traditional CFD solvers.

Building revolutionary agentic AI audio computers without screens, spun out of Alphabet X. The flagship iyo One is a wearable ear-computer enabling interaction with apps entirely through voice.

Juna AI is an industrial AI platform that develops autonomous agents for manufacturing and production optimization. Their platform orchestrates AI agents to help factories plan, steer, and improve industrial processes across scheduling, process engineering, and resource management.

Metabolic health company that uses continuous glucose monitoring technology and AI-powered software to help users understand how food, exercise, and sleep affect their bodies in real time.

Moolaah Finance (built by Moo Research Labs, Inc. / Moolaah Protocol Ltd) is building livestock-backed credit infrastructure it calls the Biological Ledger. It normalizes real-time herd telemetry from RFID tags and GPS collars into on-chain smart contracts via its ADAPT Protocol, Biological Growth Oracle, and Proof of Steak consensus, so cooperative banks, USDA FSA, SBA, and Farm Credit lenders can price agricultural loans against current collateral condition instead of stale appraisals. The team is distributed, with some roles anchored in Wyoming and Texas.

Morpheus Space develops electric propulsion systems and mobility solutions for satellites, including modular thrusters for commercial and government space missions.

NEURA Robotics is a German company building cognitive and humanoid robots powered by embodied AI, including the 4NE-1 humanoid and the MiPA personal-assistant robot. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Metzingen, Germany, it develops full-stack robotics that combine proprietary hardware, sensors, and AI software for industrial and service use. In June 2026 it announced a record Series C of up to $1.4B led by Tether, with Amazon, NVIDIA, and Qualcomm participating.

Neuron Industries builds the Cortex AIC, an AI-programmable industrial controller that replaces traditional PLCs, with control programming in plain English/Python, an integrated development environment, HMI, and process-data historian built into the device. The company is based in El Segundo, CA and is part of Y Combinator's Summer 2026 batch.

Noetive is an AI NeoLab building self-improving agentic AI paired with multimodal sensing hardware to bring 'intelligence of record' to physical-economy operations like manufacturing, logistics, and energy. Founded in 2026 by ex-Meta VP Amir Frenkel and Dan Barak, it emerged from stealth in September 2026 with a $41M seed round led by Eclipse.

Noitom Robotics develops embodied intelligence technology for humanoid robots, providing high-fidelity motion capture, teleoperation systems, and multimodal data acquisition platforms used to train robot perception and locomotion. The company positions itself as a data infrastructure provider — 'a robot company that doesn't build robots' — supplying scalable training data and tooling to robot manufacturers and embodied AI model teams. It spun out of Noitom Technology, a global leader in professional motion capture.

Nomba (formerly Kudi) is a Nigerian fintech company that provides business banking, POS terminals, online payments, and international wire transfers for businesses across Africa. It operates one of the largest agent banking and point-of-sale networks in Nigeria.

NORI Robotics is a San Francisco-based startup building affordable bimanual home robots. Its flagship NORI L2 is a two-armed household robot starting at $1,288 that autonomously handles chores like loading the dishwasher, folding laundry, and cleaning, with a skill-sharing marketplace and remote-operation support. The robot is made in the US and slated to ship summer 2026.

Nova Labs (formerly Helium) builds decentralized wireless network infrastructure, using blockchain-incentivized hotspots to provide LoRaWAN IoT connectivity and, via Helium Mobile, 5G cellular service. The company is based in San Francisco and operates one of the largest crowdsourced wireless networks in the world.

NovoLINC develops breakthrough nanostructured thermal interface materials for AI computing, data centers, and high-power electronics. Its proprietary technology achieves 10X lower thermal resistance than conventional materials, enabling better heat dissipation for next-generation semiconductor chips and cooling critical AI infrastructure.

OpenMind is building an open, Android-like software stack for robots to make autonomous systems easier to build, deploy, and coordinate.

Plexus (Plexus Aerospace, Inc.) is an AI observability and telemetry platform built for hardware teams, streaming device data to detect anomalies, diagnose failures, and monitor fleets in real time. It integrates with existing time-series stores like InfluxDB, ClickHouse, and Postgres and ships an SDK that drops into firmware.

RaySecur develops terahertz (T-ray) millimeter-wave desktop scanners and AI-powered software for detecting concealed threats and contraband in mail and packages. Its MailSecur imaging systems and 4D-AI threat-detection platform are used by Fortune 500 corporate mailrooms, government agencies, and correctional facilities. The company is expanding into a connected IoT ecosystem for fleet management and threat intelligence.

Rebulk (formerly dScribe AI) uses computer vision and autonomous drones to track bulk inventory such as grain, sand, and gravel in real time. The platform creates 3D reconstructions from drone and fixed camera feeds to deliver precise volume and weight measurements for industrial supply chains, serving customers in agriculture and mining. Part of Y Combinator's S25 batch.

Rhem Labs is a robotics company based across San Francisco, Germany, and Tokyo building AI-powered home companion robots for family health care. Its first product, Rhem, uses onboard sensors to measure vital signs (blood pressure, heart rate, SpO2, ECG, body temperature) and home air quality, running an on-device AI engine to explain readings and take action like scheduling appointments. Founded in 2025 by CEO Jacob Shen and CTO Huey Schink, the company is part of Y Combinator's Fall 2026 batch and launched Rhem on Kickstarter in July 2026.

Developer of the world's first DC data centers built exclusively for solar and wind power. Using proprietary chip design and smart controllers, Rune converts stranded and curtailed renewable energy into compute power at generation sites.

Sava Technologies is a London-based healthtech startup that has developed a wearable, pain-free multi-molecule biosensor for continuous glucose and health monitoring. Founded in 2019 by Imperial College London bioengineers Renato Circi and Rafaël Michali, it raised a $36M Series B led by Ascensia, which also became its European commercialization and distribution partner.

Schematik is an AI-native IDE — a 'Cursor for hardware' — that turns a plain-English project description into firmware code, wiring diagrams, a component list, and step-by-step assembly instructions for Arduino, ESP32, and Raspberry Pi Pico. Generated firmware can be flashed directly to boards via PlatformIO or exported for customization. The product is built on Anthropic's Claude models.

Science Corporation is a neural engineering company developing brain-computer interface (BCI) technology to restore and enhance human vision. The company's PRIMA retinal implant uses advanced neurotechnology to treat blindness caused by conditions like age-related macular degeneration, Stargardt disease, and retinitis pigmentosa. Founded by Neuralink co-founders Max Hodak and Alan Mardinly, Science has raised $489 million and is racing to become the first BCI company with a product in market.

Automation technology provider for fish processing industry using sensor fusion, edge computing, and machine learning for humane seafood processing

Slate Auto is a Bezos-backed EV startup building a customizable, sub-$25,000 electric pickup truck. Founded in 2022 and headquartered in Troy, Michigan, it has raised roughly $1.4 billion to date and targets the start of production by the end of 2026. The company reports over 150,000 reservations for its modular, accessory-driven truck.

Spectro Cloud builds a unified management platform for Kubernetes, virtual machines, edge computing, and AI/GPU infrastructure across public cloud, private cloud, data centers, edge, and air-gapped environments. Its Palette and PaletteAI products let enterprises turn their own GPU servers into private AI inference platforms running open-source models, with policy-driven governance and lifecycle automation. Customers include T-Mobile, Airbus, Yum! Brands, and the U.S. Air Force.

EV fleet management software for charging, dispatch, and vehicle health.

Subtle Computing builds Voicebuds, AI-powered earbuds that isolate a chosen speaker in noisy environments to make in-person conversations clearer and more accessible.

Sway is a material innovation company that harnesses seaweed to create home-compostable replacements for single-use plastic packaging. Their patent-pending TPSea resin is 100% biobased and microplastic-free. Named TIME Best Invention of 2025.

Electric vehicle manufacturer building compact city-friendly trucks starting with the MT1 model, combining utility vehicle functionality with sustainable electric power for urban and commercial use.

Throne is building an AI-powered smart toilet device that clips onto standard toilets and uses computer vision and sensors to continuously monitor gut health, hydration, and urological function. The device analyzes stool and urine biomarkers with every flush and delivers daily health insights via a mobile app without requiring manual sample collection. The company has research partnerships with the University of Chicago, MIT, and the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation.

Tractian is a Manufacturing AI company providing industrial maintenance and reliability solutions, combining hardware, sensors, software and AI to modernize manufacturing maintenance processes as the Industrial Copilot.

Traini is a Palo Alto-based startup building generative-AI apps and a Cognitive Smart Collar for pets. Its models interpret a dog's emotions and intent from barks, movement, expressions, and physiological signals to enable real-time human-dog communication, health monitoring, and AI pet training. Its emotion-translation accuracy reaches up to 94% across nearly 120 breeds.

Ultrahuman is a comprehensive health technology platform offering wearable devices including the Ring AIR for sleep and activity tracking, M1 continuous glucose monitoring, and Home environmental health monitoring. The company combines real-time biometric data with AI-driven insights.

Ulysses (legal entity Ulysses Ecosystem Engineering) builds vertically integrated autonomous underwater and surface vehicles for marine ecology restoration, offshore infrastructure inspection, and defense/ISR missions. Its modular Mako AUV, Leviathan surface vessel, and Kraken launch-and-recovery system target offshore energy, subsea telecom, port security, and allied defense customers.

Versatile delivers construction intelligence software and IoT-enabled jobsite data capture to improve productivity, planning, and risk management.

viAct provides AI-powered video analytics and IoT software for construction and heavy industry, helping teams monitor safety, compliance, and operational risk in real time.

Vocci is an AI-powered note-taking smart ring built by Gyges Labs, a wearable-AI company founded in 2022 with headquarters in Singapore and software/AI teams in Silicon Valley. The 2.8mm ring captures audio from meetings and conversations and uses AI to turn speech into structured, end-to-end encrypted notes; it debuted at CES 2026. Gyges Labs was also the core technology partner behind the Halliday AI glasses, which raised over $3.3M on Kickstarter in 2025.

Philadelphia-based startup building battery-electric locomotive retrofits, dynamic in-motion charging infrastructure, and renewable microgrids to electrify North American freight rail without full track electrification. Founded in 2024 by CEO Daphna Langer and Alon Kessel, it has signed a paid pilot with a Class 1 railroad.

Wint (WINT Water Intelligence) provides AI-powered water intelligence for commercial and industrial buildings, giving facilities and risk teams real-time visibility into water use and automatically detecting and stopping leaks at the source. The company raised a $36 million Series D in September 2026 co-led by LIP Ventures and Inven Capital to scale globally.