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Turning space into a transportation layer for Earth
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HQ: Los Angeles, 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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We build robots for dull, dirty, and dangerous jobs.
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HQ: Charlotte, NC, United States
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High-res hyperspectral pictures of Earth from space
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HQ: Edmonton, Canada
Forge Automation
Hiring
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Software Enabled CNC Parts Supplier
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Enabling li-ion batteries to charge ultra fast without compromising…
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Nanotechnology-enabled coatings for automotive and defence sectors
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Advano is a battery technology company that improve the longevity of…
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HQ: New Orleans, LA, United States
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We use solar and wind power to make zero net carbon electrofuels
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HQ: Santa Cruz, CA, United States
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AI-native Robotics
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HQ: Boston, MA, United States
Nira Energy
Hiring
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Software to find the best sites for renewables on the electrical grid
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HQ: Remote
What they do:
B2B Marketplace for Steel Raw Materials
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9 Mothers
Hiring
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Counter Drone Systems. $1.6m sales. We delivered for the DoW.
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HQ: Austin, TX, United States
JITX
Hiring
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Automatic circuit board design.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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Decarbonizing the fashion industry
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HeyCharge
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Low-cost, high-scale EV charging platform for apartments (and more).
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What they do:
Multicolor lasers for ultrafast data transmission
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HQ: Lausanne, Switzerland
CarbonChain
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We help companies automate the accounting of their carbon emissions
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HQ: London, United Kingdom
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We make carbon negative roads
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Cerrion
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Video AI to automatically detect and respond to production line…
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HQ: Zürich, Switzerland
Deepnight
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What they do:
Building The Next Generation of Night Vision Devices
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Turion Space
Hiring
What they do:
Moving Things Around in Space, Imaging Space Objects When We're Not
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HQ: Los Angeles, CA, United States
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Underwater robotic vehicles that collect battery metals responsibly
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HQ: Los Angeles, CA, United States
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Traceable AI for billion-dollar infrastructure.
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Guardian RF
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Drone detection for US defense and national security
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HQ: Washington, DC, United States
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Query mission-critical video
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Decarbonized heat and power cheaper than fossil fuels
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Carbon capture equipment for ships
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HQ: London, United Kingdom
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Drone submarines
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HQ: Philadelphia, PA, United States
Farcast
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We build advanced satcom user terminals
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Starcloud
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What they do:
Data centers in space
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HQ: Seattle, WA, United States
Reditus Space
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What they do:
Reusable Satellites
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HQ: Atlanta, GA, United States
Odys Aviation
Hiring
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Vertical takeoff and landing aircraft for major airlines
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HQ: Los Angeles, CA, United States
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Nuclear-inspired cooling that turns wasted power into more AI compute
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
AirMyne
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Building systems to remove carbon dioxide from air at industrial scale
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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Reliable and affordable solar energy in developing countries.
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HQ: Kathmandu, Nepal
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Great tasting produce, farmed around the corner
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HQ: Washington, DC, United States