What they do:
Autonomous CNC factories for faster hardware
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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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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Cruise
Acquired
What they do:
Self-driving cars.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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HQ: Louisville, CO, United States
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$52.5M · Debt · Jun 2026
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HQ: Clarksburg, MD, United States
Incorporated: 2021
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$48.5M · Equity · Jan 2026
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HQ: Las Vegas, NV, United States
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$38.7M · Equity · Feb 2026
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HQ: Dover, DE, United States
Incorporated: 2024
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$11.8M · Equity · Apr 2026
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Incorporated: 2025
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$6.02M · Equity · Apr 2026
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Incorporated: 2026
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$5.5M · Equity · Jan 2026
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HQ: Dublin, OH, United States
Incorporated: 2023
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$5.46M · Equity · Apr 2026
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HQ: Golden, CO, United States
Incorporated: 2024
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$5.2M · SAFE · Apr 2026
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HQ: Del Mar, CA, United States
Incorporated: 2023
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$4.72M · Equity · Jun 2026
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HQ: Chino Hills, CA, United States
Incorporated: 2023
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$4.28M · Equity · May 2026
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HQ: Brooklyn, NY, United States
Incorporated: 2026
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$4M · Equity · Mar 2026
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HQ: Salt Lake City, UT, United States
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$3.4M · Equity · Oct 2026
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HQ: Dayton, OH, United States
Incorporated: 2021
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$2.7M · Options · Jun 2026
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HQ: Sacramento, CA, United States
Incorporated: 2022
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$2.55M · SAFE · Apr 2026
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HQ: Stuttgart, AR, United States
Incorporated: 2025
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$1.85M · Equity · Feb 2026
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HQ: Burlington, VT, United States
Incorporated: 2026
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$1.76M · Equity · Apr 2026
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HQ: Dayton, MD, United States
Incorporated: 2025
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$1.3M · Equity · Jan 2026
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HQ: Boston, MA, United States
Incorporated: 2023
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$1.28M · Debt · Apr 2026
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Incorporated: 2026
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$1M · Equity · Jun 2026
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HQ: Baltimore, MD, United States
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$1M · SAFE · Apr 2026
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HQ: Chattanooga, TN, United States
Incorporated: 2025
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$220K · Options · Oct 2026
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Bear Flag Robotics
Acquired
What they do:
Autonomous driving technology for farm tractors.
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
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HQ: Los Angeles, CA, United States
Volansi
Acquired
What they do:
Autonomous VTOL delivery solutions.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Teleo
Acquired
What they do:
Supervised Autonomous Heavy Equipment
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Rain Neuromorphics
Acquired
What they do:
We build artificial intelligence processors inspired by the brain.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Octopart
Acquired
What they do:
Octopart is a search engine for electronic components
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
Mobydish
Acquired
What they do:
MobyDish, a tech-enabled service, allowing anyone to place a catering…
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HQ: Austin, TX, United States
Atomic Alchemy
Acquired
What they do:
We produce cancer-curing materials used in nuclear medicine.
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HQ: Idaho Falls, ID, United States
Stackshine
Acquired
What they do:
Automating all IT operations
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HQ: Portland, OR, United States
lvl5
Acquired
What they do:
HD maps for self-driving cars.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Roin Technologies
Acquired
What they do:
Building robots to automate commercial concrete construction.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Bytebot
Acquired
What they do:
Bytebot is the open source container for AI desktop agents.
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HQ: Boston, MA, United States