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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Incorporated: 2022
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$200M · Equity · Apr 2026
Top AI Startups in California
This list has 1,429 startups and was last updated on Oct 15, 2026. 461 of them are hiring right now. Biggest hubs: San Francisco (1,355), Los Angeles (47), and San Diego (4). Largest teams: Cruise, Relativity Space, and Athelas. Latest round: Agriculture Scout AI raised $425K (Oct 13, 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
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: 2023
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$11.9M · Equity · Apr 2026
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HQ: Milpitas, CA, United States
Incorporated: 2025
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$9M · Equity · Feb 2026
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HQ: Palo Alto, CA, United States
Incorporated: 2024
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$6.14M · Equity · Jun 2026
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HQ: Los Angeles, CA, United States
Incorporated: 2024
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$5.05M · Equity · Feb 2026
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HQ: Menlo Park, CA, United States
Incorporated: 2026
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$4.75M · Equity · Jun 2026
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HQ: Lafayette, CA, United States
Incorporated: 2024
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$4.62M · Equity · May 2026
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Incorporated: 2025
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$4.31M · SAFE · Mar 2026
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Incorporated: 2024
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$3.98M · Equity · Mar 2026
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HQ: Campbell, CA, United States
Incorporated: 2026
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$2.2M · Equity · May 2026
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Incorporated: 2025
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$2M · Equity · May 2026
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HQ: Portola, CA, United States
Incorporated: 2025
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$1.7M · Options · Jun 2026
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Incorporated: 2024
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$1.48M · Equity · May 2026
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Incorporated: 2024
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$1.35M · Equity · Jun 2026
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HQ: Davis, CA, United States
Incorporated: 2022
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$425K · Equity · Oct 2026
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Incorporated: 2024
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$200K · Options · Oct 2026
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HQ: Dublin, CA, United States
Incorporated: 2026
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$125K · Options · Oct 2026
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Unbabel
Acquired
What they do:
AI-powered Language Operations platform
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
garten
Acquired
What they do:
Creating workplace wellbeing.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Memora Health
Acquired
What they do:
Digitize and Automate Complex Care Workflows
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Fathom
Acquired
What they do:
The most flexible AI meeting notetaker ever built.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Pachama
Acquired
What they do:
Restoring nature to solve climate change.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Hatch
Acquired
What they do:
The AI CSR Platform
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Embrace
Acquired
What they do:
Modern user-focused observability built on OpenTelemetry
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HQ: Los Angeles, CA, United States
StackAI
Acquired
What they do:
The Enterprise AI Transformation Platform
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Pachyderm
Acquired
What they do:
Data Versioning, Data Pipelines, and Data Lineage
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States