Godela
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AI Physics Engine to replace simulations and prototypes
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Top Hardware Startups
This list has 176 startups and was last updated on Oct 15, 2026. 46 of them are hiring right now. Biggest hubs: San Francisco (99), New York (8), and London (7). Largest teams: Flock Safety, Mashgin, and CoLab. Latest round: CircuitHub raised $25.5M (May 13, 2026).
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Orangewood Labs
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Orangewood builds amazing robots that people want
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Piris Labs
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The Networking Layer of AI
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Shape (ShapeScale)
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ShapeScale is a personal 3D scanner and fitness tracker that…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Yummy Future
Hiring
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We build robotic workforces for the food & beverage industry.
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HQ: Champaign, IL, United States
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Providing clean, safe, virus free air for homes, buildings and cars
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HQ: Hong Kong
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Bringing the joy of cycling to millions of Indians
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Ohm
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Ohm helps engineering teams accelerate hardware development & testing.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Saphira AI
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The Enablement Layer for Physical AI
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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Building the open source smart glasses operating system.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Cascade Space
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Commercial alternative to the Deep Space Network
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Seeing Systems
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Modular AI-Commanded Drones for Defence
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HQ: London, United Kingdom
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Building Mission Critical Software Defined Radio products.
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Telepresence robots
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Almond
Hiring
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A dual-arm robot built for physical AI.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
DeepReach Inc.
Hiring
What they do:
Network for Physical AI Data Business
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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GreaseBoss verifes industrial machinery is greased correctly
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HQ: Sunshine Coast, Australia
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Desktop DNA Printer. The Nespresso Machine for DNA.
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HQ: Graz, Austria
Steinmetz
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Next-Generation Power Electronics
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Photonium
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AI-Powered Optical Consulting & Software
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
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AI Agents for Hardware Engineering
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Edgerun
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Military exoskeletons
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Metalware
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Firmware cybersecurity
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Outerport
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Design automation for industrial electrical controls
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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Manufacturing the most powerful chips, 15x faster
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Adam
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AI Powered CAD
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
ProvenMetal
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AI-native electronics manufacturing for the American industrial base
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Simantic
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Firmware simulation for AI agents
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Intelline
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Intelline makes the world's most efficient fuel agnostic engines for…
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Portable cryoablation to prevent cervical cancer
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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Surgical robotics for every operating room
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Lightberry
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Robots with soul
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Arlo Industries
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Track drones and missiles without radars - Accurate, Passive, Scalable
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
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Flexible printed OLED displays.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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Vena Medical is providing physicians with the world's smallest camera…
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Empowering anyone to build cellular network
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States