Top Media Startups in San Francisco

4 employeesYC W23Early stage

Omoi (formerly Azuki)

What they do:

Japanese comic subscription service

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3 employeesYC W22Early stageRemote

Applied AI & ML Gaming Media & entertainment

Glade

What they do:

Build games at the speed of thought

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3 employeesYC S23Early stage

Comfy Deploy

What they do:

ComfyUI for everyone on your team

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3 employeesYC S24Early stage

Svbtle

What they do:

A publishing platform.

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2 employeesYC S12Early stageRemote

Media & entertainment Travel & hospitality

Shred Video

What they do:

Shred Video builds automated video & photo systems that allow…

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2 employeesYC S15Early stage

SciTok

What they do:

Platform for scientists to share their research via videos

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2 employeesYC W19Early stageRemote

Codec

What they do:

Turn everyday videos into movies.

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2 employeesYC W22Early stage

Linum

What they do:

type text, dream video

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2 employeesYC W23Early stage

Sales & marketing Media & entertainment Applied AI & ML

Kite

What they do:

Screen recorder for stunning product demo videos

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2 employeesYC S23Early stage

Applied AI & ML Legal, compliance & gov Media & entertainment

EdgeTrace

What they do:

Describe It. Find It. Act On It.

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2 employeesYC W24Early stage

Media & entertainment Applied AI & ML Social & community

HeartByte

What they do:

GenAI Interactive story. Creator write fictions 10x faster.

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2 employeesYC W24Early stage

Media & entertainment Applied AI & ML Developer tools Social & community

Magic Hour

What they do:

AI media creation platform for creators and developers

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2 employeesYC W24Early stage

Applied AI & ML Sales & marketing Media & entertainment

Latted

What they do:

A Unified Editor For AI Video

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2 employeesYC W24Early stage

Palmier

What they do:

Video editor built for AI

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2 employeesYC S24Early stage

Applied AI & ML Sales & marketing Social & community Media & entertainment

Typa

What they do:

The content engine that wins attention and drives growth.

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2 employeesYC S24Early stage

DreamRP

What they do:

Tech and platforms for human creators and the entertainment industry

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2 employeesYC S24Early stage

Swerve

What they do:

AI Chat & Stories

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2 employeesYC W25Early stage

Sales & marketing Media & entertainment Social & community

Bluma

What they do:

Canva for short-form video ads

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2 employeesYC F25Early stage

Martini

What they do:

AI Video Production for Professionals

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2 employeesYC W26Early stage

Media & entertainment Applied AI & ML

Wideframe

What they do:

AI coworker for video editors to ship more video faster

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2 employeesYC W26Early stage

Palette

What they do:

The Media Engine of the AI Era

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2 employeesYC S26Early stage

AI infrastructure & models Cloud & infrastructure Media & entertainment

Lamina Labs

What they do:

Near-real-time video infrastructure for LLMs

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2 employeesYC X26Early stage

Applied AI & ML Gaming Media & entertainment

coil inc.

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1 employeesYC W23Early stage

Applied AI & ML Sales & marketing Media & entertainment

Midrender

What they do:

Turn product features into launch videos

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1 employeesYC S23Early stage

Media & entertainment Applied AI & ML Social & community

Eggnog

What they do:

Fun with AI video

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1 employeesYC W24Early stage

Social & community Media & entertainment

Remix

What they do:

Social media content auto-generated with your existing data

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YC W26Early stage

MusicArena

What they do:

The crowdsourced benchmark for AI-generated music and music production

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-1 employeesYC S26Early stage

Social & community Media & entertainment

Acquired

What they do:

The frontpage of the internet.

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2,000 employeesYC S05Early stage

Social & community Media & entertainment Gaming

Twitch

Acquired

What they do:

A global community creating the future of live entertainment.

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2,000 employeesYC W07Growth stage

The Athletic

Acquired

What they do:

Subscription sports media.

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600 employeesYC S16Growth stage

Real Music

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Social & community Applied AI & ML Media & entertainment

Incorporated: 2025

Funding:

$1.38M · SAFE · Sep 2026

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neoncoral

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1 employeesYC X25Early stage

Gaming Media & entertainment

Humble Bundle

Acquired

What they do:

Pay what you want for awesome games and other content while giving to…

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100 employeesYC W11Growth stage

Sales & marketing Media & entertainment

Virool

Acquired

What they do:

Virool provides native video advertising experience for the biggest…

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51 employeesYC S12Early stage

Media & entertainment Education

Hellosaurus

Acquired

What they do:

Interactive video platform for kids

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25 employeesYC S20Early stage