Iris Automation
Acquired
What they do:
Enabling autonomous drone operations globally through AI software
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Top Industrials Startups
This list has 485 startups and was last updated on Oct 15, 2026. 139 of them are hiring right now. Biggest hubs: San Francisco (237), Los Angeles (40), and New York (21). Largest teams: Cruise, Relativity Space, and Tractian. Latest round: HyLight raised €13M (Oct 12, 2026).
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Moxion Power Co.
Shut down
What they do:
Mobile Energy Storage Technology
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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
Kisan Network
Shut down
What they do:
Tech enabled and fully integrated PAN India agri produce supply chain
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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
Sunfolding
Shut down
What they do:
Sunfolding builds next generation infrastructure for solar farms. By…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
SpaceRyde
Shut down
What they do:
The Rocket Network: Sustainable & On-Demand Delivery Anywhere in Space
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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
Ovipost
Shut down
What they do:
Automated insect farming
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HQ: LaBelle, FL, United States
RoboTire
Shut down
What they do:
Robotire is automating vehicle maintenance for today and future…
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HQ: Plymouth, MI, United States
Voodoo Manufacturing
Shut down
What they do:
AWS for manufacturing.
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HQ: New York, NY, 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
AiSupervision
Shut down
What they do:
The operating system for factory production lines
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HQ: Mannheim, Germany
Heimdal
Shut down
What they do:
Affordable and verified direct air carbon capture and storage
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HQ: Denver, CO, 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
Open Motors
Shut down
What they do:
Open Motors (formerly OSVehicle) is a B2B company that is developing…
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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
NextDrop
Shut down
What they do:
NextDrop is the water marketplace for urban India. We connect water…
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Shone
Shut down
What they do:
Shone makes existing cargo ships autonomous through retrofit.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Noya
Shut down
What they do:
Radically reducing capital costs and build time for direct air capture
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Arylla
Shut down
What they do:
We connect products to the internet using an invisible, chip-less tag
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Vathys
Shut down
What they do:
Accelerating machine learning through software
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HQ: Portland, OR, United States
Passenger AI
Shut down
What they do:
Software for robotaxi operations.
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Nimbus
Shut down
What they do:
Tesla for city dwellers
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HQ: Ann Arbor, MI, United States
Blink
Shut down
What they do:
Same-day delivery for e-commerce companies in Europe.
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HQ: Milan, Italy
Trade
Shut down
What they do:
We're building Africa's Commodity Exchange.
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HQ: Broken Arrow, OK, United States
Green Energy Exchange
Shut down
What they do:
We deliver affordable renewable energy direct to customers and are…
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HQ: Austin, TX, 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
OutSail Technologies
Shut down
What they do:
Revolutionary, Modern Wing Sails
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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
MadeSolid
Shut down
What they do:
Functional 3D printing materials.
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HQ: Emeryville, CA, United States
Edyn
Shut down
What they do:
Nest for lawn and garden
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Beep
Shut down
What they do:
Cellular networks for IoT.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Bagaveev Corporation
Shut down
What they do:
Launch small satellites
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Airmada
Shut down
What they do:
Autonomous ground stations for drones
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HQ: Boston, MA, United States