Avea Robotics
Acquired
What they do:
The human-in-the-loop system for robots
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Top Robotics Startups in California
This list has 209 startups and was last updated on Oct 15, 2026. 56 of them are hiring right now. Biggest hubs: San Francisco (180), Los Angeles (22), and Emeryville (2). Largest teams: Cruise, Embark Trucks, and Presto. Latest round: Multiply Labs raised $75M (Oct 7, 2026).
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Auro Robotics
Acquired
What they do:
Autonomous shuttles for campus-like environments.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
YC S15Early stage
Iris Automation
Acquired
What they do:
Enabling autonomous drone operations globally through AI software
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Mighty Buildings
Shut down
What they do:
3D printing beautiful, high-quality, and sustainable homes.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Inevitable Tech
Shut down
What they do:
To make food a renewable resource, for everyone
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Airware
Shut down
What they do:
Airware provides end-to-end solutions that enable enterprises to…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Faction
Shut down
What they do:
Driverless electric vehicles at a fraction of the cost of a car.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Exosonic, Inc.
Shut down
What they do:
Developing supersonic UAVs as a pathway to quiet supersonic flight
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HQ: Los Angeles, CA, United States
Transcriptic
Shut down
What they do:
The robotic cloud laboratory for the life sciences.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Terravion
Shut down
What they do:
Real time Google Earth for agriculture -- imagery collected weekly…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Robby Technologies
Shut down
What they do:
We are building a fleet of autonomous mobile robots that travel on…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Starsky Robotics
Shut down
What they do:
Driverless Trucks, for real.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
K-Scale Labs
Shut down
What they do:
Open-source humanoid robots
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Shone
Shut down
What they do:
Shone makes existing cargo ships autonomous through retrofit.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Mezli
Shut down
What they do:
Autonomous restaurants that make great, affordable meals.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Warpdrive by Synthetic Minds
Shut down
What they do:
From screen recordings to desktop automations using program synthesis
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Pashi
Shut down
What they do:
Pashi builds software to operate and optimize production lines.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Arc
Shut down
What they do:
aerial videography
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Ixiplay
Shut down
What they do:
Engaging, expressive & Android hackable robot buddy for playful…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
MadeSolid
Shut down
What they do:
Functional 3D printing materials.
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HQ: Emeryville, CA, United States
Beep
Shut down
What they do:
Cellular networks for IoT.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Shotput
Shut down
What they do:
Shotput (S15) develops AI and robotics to completely automate…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Bistrobot
Shut down
What they do:
We make robots that make sandwiches.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Reduced Energy Microsystems
Shut down
What they do:
Building the lowest-power silicon for embedded deep learning and…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Viaopt
Shut down
What they do:
Uber pool for corporate trucking fleets
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Tensil
Shut down
What they do:
We turn machine learning models into custom hardware.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Blockstamp
Shut down
What they do:
Blockstamp is an asset management software for industrial equipment
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HQ: Los Angeles, CA, United States
Lifecast
Shut down
What they do:
Software to create 3D video for VR, robotics and film.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Pearl
Shut down
What they do:
The future of office coffee. Keurig convenience meets cafe quality.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
YC W17Early stage