Presto
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What they do:
Digital meets physical for big chain restaurants
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Top Robotics Startups in the United States
This list has 289 startups and was last updated on Oct 15, 2026. 77 of them are hiring right now. Biggest hubs: San Francisco (180), Los Angeles (22), and New York (14). Largest teams: Cruise, Embark Trucks, and Opentrons. Latest round: FireFly Robotics raised $3.4M (Oct 13, 2026).
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Rigetti Computing
Public
What they do:
Quantum coherent supercomputing.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Embark Trucks
Public
What they do:
Self-driving semi trucks.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
What they do:
We make robots for biologists.
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
May Mobility
Hiring
What they do:
Transforming cities and rural areas through AV transit and technology
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HQ: Ann Arbor, MI, United States
Gecko Robotics
Hiring
What they do:
AI + Robotics for the Built World
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HQ: Pittsburgh, PA, United States
What they do:
Inspection software for renewable energy & sustainable infrastructure
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HQ: Los Angeles, CA, United States
What they do:
Robotic Process Automation and Document Processing Platform
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HQ: Austin, TX, United States
What they do:
Making car ownership and management frictionless.
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HQ: Nashville, TN, United States
Multiply Labs
Hiring
What they do:
Robotic production capacity for the pharma manufacturing industry
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Funding:
$75M · Series B · Oct 2026
Human Archive
Hiring
What they do:
Physical AI data lab
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
What they do:
Robots for longer-lasting, better-tasting fish at scale.
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HQ: Los Angeles, CA, United States
Atomic Industries
Hiring
What they do:
Software orchestrated mass production of plastics
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HQ: Cleveland, OH, United States
Nox Metals
Hiring
What they do:
Supplying America's Industrial Base
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HQ: Detroit, MI, United States
Volta Labs, Inc.
Hiring
What they do:
Unlocking the utility of genomics for the world.
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HQ: Boston, MA, United States
Soraban
Hiring
What they do:
AI tax workflow platform for accounting firms
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HQ: Tempe, AZ, United States
What they do:
Building robotic mushroom farms
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Overview
Hiring
What they do:
Reshaping industrial quality with AI, hardware, and software
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Hub
Hiring
What they do:
Real-world training data for frontier AI labs and robotics.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
What they do:
Making all ships robots.
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HQ: Houston, TX, United States
Skyways
Hiring
What they do:
Creating a new form of air transportation to advance our civilization
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HQ: Austin, TX, United States
What they do:
Bathroom cleaning robots for office buildings.
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HQ: Miami Beach, FL, United States
Weave Robotics
Hiring
What they do:
Practical and delightful home robots
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
What they do:
Autonomous drones to help warehouses scan inventory.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Charge Robotics
Hiring
What they do:
Robots that build solar farms
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Polymath Robotics
Hiring
What they do:
General Autonomy for Industrial Vehicles
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
What they do:
Mass-produced AI strike systems and Counter-UAS
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
ArchForm
Hiring
What they do:
Replacing orthodontic braces with our clear aligner and software
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
What they do:
We build robots for dull, dirty, and dangerous jobs.
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HQ: Charlotte, NC, United States
What they do:
Automated tooth cutting for dentists using imaging, AI and robotics
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HQ: Boston, MA, United States
What they do:
AI-native Robotics
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HQ: Boston, MA, United States
JITX
Hiring
What they do:
Automatic circuit board design.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
What they do:
Remote labor for restaurants
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HQ: Memphis, TN, United States
What they do:
Underwater robotic vehicles that collect battery metals responsibly
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HQ: Los Angeles, CA, United States
Guardian RF
Hiring
What they do:
Drone detection for US defense and national security
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HQ: Washington, DC, United States
What they do:
Drone submarines
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HQ: Philadelphia, PA, United States
Questions and answers
How many startups are on this list?
There are 289 startups on this list, last updated on Oct 15, 2026.
Which of them are hiring?
77 of them are hiring right now, including May Mobility, Gecko Robotics, and Multiply Labs.
Which of them have the largest teams?
By team size: Cruise (3,000 employees), Embark Trucks (300 employees), and Opentrons (300 employees).
Which of them raised money recently?
Latest rounds: FireFly Robotics — $3.4M Equity (Oct 2026), Multiply Labs — $75M Series B (Oct 2026), and Zeus Robotics — $220K Options (Oct 2026).
Where are they based?
The biggest hubs are San Francisco (180), Los Angeles (22), and New York (14).