Lamb Labs
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Lightning fast chips with hardcoded AI models
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
YC S26Early stage
Top Manufacturing Startups in California
This list has 266 startups and was last updated on Oct 15, 2026. 68 of them are hiring right now. Biggest hubs: San Francisco (223), Los Angeles (22), and San Diego (4). Largest teams: Relativity Space, Bellabeat, and Human Archive. Latest round: CulinaryOne raised $200K (Oct 8, 2026).
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Synvivia applies chemical control over cell behavior
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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Shiru leverages ML to create proteins to feed the world sustainably.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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We make bacteria and plants that clean up pollution.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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Enzyme design models.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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Applied research lab for hardware design
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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AI that turns any camera to an autonomous worker with real-time vision
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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Annotations for robotics data
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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Nervous System for Physical AI
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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AI-native procurement services for the physical economy
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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Robots for high skilled labor powering AI infrastructure
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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Real-time cloud inference for robotics.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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Enable robots to operate safely in the real world.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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The Data Platform for Mission‑Critical Systems
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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AI chips for ultra-fast training and inference
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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Foundation Model for Chemical Manufacturing
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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Batteries and solar for $0 upfront to help businesses save money
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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Gigascale Nanomanufacturing
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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Datadog for industrial robots
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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Robots that repair roads
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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We assemble PCBs in under 48 hours for quantities under 10
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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Open-source semi-humanoid dev kit → home data → autonomy → 20h/wk
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HQ: Los Angeles, CA, United States
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AI for the physical world
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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Digital transformation for real economy businesses
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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Large-scale real-world robot & human data for embodied AI
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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Machine intelligence for American Welding
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HQ: Los Angeles, CA, United States
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Building the Data Infrastructure layer for Physical AI.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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Making chemicals 100,000x faster
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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Evals for robots
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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Embodied Scientific Intelligence
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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An AI bracelet that remembers your day and acts before you ask.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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100% automated inspection for consumer electronics parts
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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The Self-Hosting Company
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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Bioengineered kidneys for patients with kidney failure
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HQ: San Diego, CA, United States
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Build factory ready tech packs in minutes.
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HQ: Los Angeles, CA, United States
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Building low-cost cruise missiles
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HQ: Los Angeles, CA, United States