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Transform Images And Videos Into Immersive 3D With AI
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
YC S24Early stage
Top AI & Data Startups in California
This list has 1,550 startups and was last updated on Oct 15, 2026. 481 of them are hiring right now. Biggest hubs: San Francisco (1,471), Los Angeles (51), and San Diego (5). Largest teams: Cruise, Relativity Space, and Fivetran. Latest round: Safi Analytics raised $22.4M (Oct 14, 2026).
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Reimagining how Machines Learn
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
YC W25Early stage
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Accelerating world models.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
YC X25Early stage
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General Purpose Robots
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
YC F25Early stage
What they do:
Explore dozens of design directions with your agent
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
YC F25Early stage
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AI Document Workflows for Enterprises
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
YC W26Early stage
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AI-native back-office for banks and fintechs
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
YC S26Early stage
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AI Employee for Manufacturing Operations
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
YC X26Early stage
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Engineering Intelligence and Token Optimization for the AI-Coding Era
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
YC S26Early stage
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The simplest interface in the world to talk AI models + spawn agents
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
YC X26Early stage
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Teaching AI to Design Chips
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
YC S26Early stage
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cards for AI agents
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
YC S26Early stage
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Autopilot for Flight Operations
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
YC S26Early stage
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AI teammates for your business-critical work.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
YC S26Early stage
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AI-native Accounting Firm that's killing Deloitte
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
YC S26Early stage
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Resin helps engineers design electronics faster and more reliably
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
YC F26Early stage
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AI-guided ballistic missiles, cheap enough to field in numbers that…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
YC F26Early stage
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A graph based IDE for when agents program faster than you can read
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
YC F26Early stage
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Mashup any game
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
YC F26Early stage
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The crowdsourced benchmark for AI-generated music and music production
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Cruise
Acquired
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Self-driving cars.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Segment
Acquired
What they do:
Software and APIs to collect, clean, and control customer data.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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HQ: San Diego, CA, United States
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$592M · Equity · May 2026
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Incorporated: 2023
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$435M · Equity · Jan 2026
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Incorporated: 2024
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$364M · Equity · Jun 2026
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Incorporated: 2022
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$200M · Equity · Apr 2026
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Incorporated: 2023
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$150M · Equity · Feb 2026
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HQ: Goleta, CA, United States
Incorporated: 2024
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$50M · Equity · May 2026
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Incorporated: 2024
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$33.5M · Equity · May 2026
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Incorporated: 2025
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$29.2M · Equity · Oct 2026
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Incorporated: 2024
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$27.5M · Equity · Mar 2026
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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$22.4M · Debt · Oct 2026
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Incorporated: 2024
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$21.2M · Equity · Jan 2026
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Incorporated: 2024
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$18.7M · Equity · Jun 2026
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HQ: San Jose, CA, United States
Incorporated: 2024
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$18.7M · Equity · Apr 2026
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Incorporated: 2024
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$15.7M · Equity · Jun 2026