Tractian
Hiring
What they do:
Physical AI for asset-heavy industries
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HQ: Atlanta, GA, United States
Top IoT & Telecom Startups in the United States
This list has 57 startups and was last updated on Oct 15, 2026. 9 of them are hiring right now. Biggest hubs: San Francisco (26), New York (6), and Los Angeles (3). Largest teams: Tractian, garten, and UpKeep. Latest round: Channel Companion raised $250K (Oct 6, 2026).
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Community Phone Company
Hiring
What they do:
The phone that gives families peace of mind about aging parents
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
What they do:
all-in-one operating system (OS) for telcos
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HQ: Remote, OR, United States
Ridecell
Hiring
What they do:
World's Leading Fleet Intelligence Platform
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Ready
Hiring
What they do:
Collaborative platform for optimizing regulated utilities such as…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
What they do:
Plug-and-play AI platform with sensors and dashboards that makes…
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HQ: Atlanta, GA, United States
What they do:
Bluetooth to Space
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HQ: Las Vegas, NV, United States
Overview
Hiring
What they do:
Reshaping industrial quality with AI, hardware, and software
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Seam
Hiring
What they do:
API for IoT Devices
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Blissway
Hiring
What they do:
The tolling industry’s prime tech infrastructure
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HQ: Denver, CO, United States
Farcast
Hiring
What they do:
We build advanced satcom user terminals
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
What they do:
We make beautiful connected light switches that allow you to control…
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HQ: Seattle, WA, United States
What they do:
using ultrasonics + ml to analyze fluid behavior at infrastructure…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Nine Fives
Hiring
What they do:
RF test equipment for next-gen spacecraft, drones, and cellphones
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
What they do:
Flexible printed OLED displays.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
What they do:
Voice AI teams for medicare agencies.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
What they do:
AI Copilot for Property Managers and Landlords
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HQ: Austin, TX, United States
What they do:
Stripe for telephony
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HQ: Lehi, UT, United States
What they do:
Building a neutral, sovereign alternative to Starlink
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
What they do:
Predictive maintenance for power infrastructure.
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HQ: Baltimore, MD, United States
What they do:
Building the first sensor enabled marketplace for repeat purchases
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HQ: Seattle, WA, United States
What they do:
Infrastructure Cartography
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HQ: Boston, MA, United States
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HQ: West Point, GA, United States
Incorporated: 2023
Funding:
$26M · Equity · Jan 2026
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HQ: Sunnyvale, CA, United States
Funding:
$8.4M · Equity · Feb 2026
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Incorporated: 2023
Funding:
$6.15M · Equity · Feb 2026
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HQ: Pittsburgh, PA, United States
Funding:
$4.89M · Debt · Mar 2026
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HQ: Mclean, VA, United States
Funding:
$3.89M · Equity · Apr 2026
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HQ: Los Angeles, CA, United States
Funding:
$2.3M · Equity · Sep 2026
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HQ: Irving, TX, United States
Incorporated: 2025
Funding:
$1.02M · SAFE · Apr 2026
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HQ: Orlando, FL, United States
Incorporated: 2023
Funding:
$1M · SAFE · Feb 2026
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HQ: Orono, MN, United States
Incorporated: 2026
Funding:
$250K · SAFE · Oct 2026
garten
Acquired
What they do:
Creating workplace wellbeing.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
UpKeep
Acquired
What they do:
Mobile-first software for maintenance teams.
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HQ: Los Angeles, CA, United States
Memfault
Acquired
What they do:
First IoT reliability platform for debugging, monitoring, OTA updates
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Automatic
Acquired
What they do:
Automatic connects your car to the rest of your digital life.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Bluesmart
Acquired
What they do:
Bluesmart makes smart luggage powered by an app to empower people to…
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
Questions and answers
How many startups are on this list?
There are 57 startups on this list, last updated on Oct 15, 2026.
Which of them are hiring?
9 of them are hiring right now, including Tractian, Community Phone Company, and Ridecell.
Which of them have the largest teams?
By team size: Tractian (530 employees), garten (201 employees), and UpKeep (150 employees).
Which of them raised money recently?
Latest rounds: Channel Companion — $250K SAFE (Oct 2026), Beamlink — $2.3M Equity (Sep 2026), and ANSpect Technologies — $1.02M SAFE (Apr 2026).
Where are they based?
The biggest hubs are San Francisco (26), New York (6), and Los Angeles (3).