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voice-first hardware interface for human-agent interaction
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Top Manufacturing Startups
This list has 486 startups and was last updated on Oct 15, 2026. 109 of them are hiring right now. Biggest hubs: San Francisco (223), New York (26), and Los Angeles (22). Largest teams: Relativity Space, Ginkgo Bioworks, and Gecko Robotics. Latest round: Scimplify raised $25M (Oct 15, 2026).
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The AI decision engine for factories, warehouses and fleets
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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Accelerating scaled plastics with additive technologies
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HQ: El Segundo, CA, United States
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a phone where AI is the interface
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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The pit crew for machines and robots.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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Building and Protecting an Exciting Future
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HQ: Los Angeles, CA, United States
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OS for global e-commerce expansion of brands & manufacturers
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AI for the physical world
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HQ: Los Angeles, CA, United States
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Tools for the next era of physical automation.
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HQ: Germany
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A robotics intelligence system for metal fabrication
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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Accelerated Physics Kernels for Computational Engineering
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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AI agent that manages manufacturing operations over text
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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Camera-free AI glasses. Your AI, out in the world.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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Robots to maintain and assemble data centers
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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Force-sensing wristband for training robotic AI
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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Actuators for Physical AI
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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General Purpose Robots
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
YC F25Early stage
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AI-controlled optical switching for AI clusters
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HQ: Boston, MA, 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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Teaching AI to Design Chips
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
YC S26Early stage
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Autonomous Hardware Testing
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
YC S26Early stage
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Hyperscaling space manufacturing
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HQ: Los Angeles, CA, United States
YC F26Early stage
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Autonomous CNC factories for faster hardware
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
YC F26Early 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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HQ: El Segundo, CA, United States
Incorporated: 2024
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$245M · Equity · May 2026
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HQ: Arlington, VA, United States
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$157M · Equity · Mar 2026
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HQ: Scotts Valley, CA, United States
Incorporated: 2024
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$138M · Equity · Feb 2026
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HQ: Reno, NV, United States
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$110M · Equity · May 2026
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HQ: Parsippany, NJ, United States
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$59.2M · Equity · Oct 2026
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HQ: Charlotte, NC, United States
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$53.1M · Equity · Oct 2026
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HQ: San Diego, CA, United States
Incorporated: 2025
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$52.6M · Equity · Mar 2026
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HQ: Batavia, NY, United States
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$50M · Equity · Apr 2026
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HQ: Davis, CA, United States
Incorporated: 2021
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$50M · Equity · Feb 2026
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HQ: Dallas, TX, United States
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$35M · Equity · Jun 2026
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HQ: Chantilly, VA, United States
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$29.1M · Equity · Jan 2026
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HQ: Royse City, TX, United States
Incorporated: 2026
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$27M · Equity · May 2026