
AudioFocus
What they do:
Hearing aids that work in noisy places, like restaurants, using ML.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
This list has 117 startups and was last updated on Oct 15, 2026. 19 of them are hiring right now. Biggest hubs: San Francisco (49), Boston (9), and New York (8). Largest teams: Ginkgo Bioworks, BillionToOne, and Opentrons. Latest round: Curadel Surgical Innovations raised $49.8M (Oct 13, 2026).

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Hearing aids that work in noisy places, like restaurants, using ML.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States

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