Cascade Space
Hiring
What they do:
Commercial alternative to the Deep Space Network
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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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Parametric
Hiring
What they do:
Physical businesses that run themselves
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Verne Robotics
Hiring
What they do:
AI models that teach robots new skills in hours
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
What they do:
Reshoring critical metal production
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Seeing Systems
Hiring
What they do:
Modular AI-Commanded Drones for Defence
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HQ: London, United Kingdom
What they do:
Building Mission Critical Software Defined Radio products.
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Flirtey is the world’s first commercial drone delivery service and…
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HQ: Blountville, TN, United States
What they do:
Autonomous robots for retails.
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HQ: Shenzhen, China
Silurian
Hiring
What they do:
Foundation models to simulate Earth, starting with weather.
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HQ: Seattle, WA, United States
Maritime Fusion
Hiring
What they do:
Fusion reactors for ships
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Almond
Hiring
What they do:
A dual-arm robot built for physical AI.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Mbodi AI
Hiring
What they do:
Industrial Robots that Learn and Operate Like Humans
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
What they do:
Industrial data layer for robotics training
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
NOSO LABS
Hiring
What they do:
AGI for home service
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Allus AI
Hiring
What they do:
Transforming manufacturing with our next-gen Vision Foundation Model
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HQ: Atlanta, GA, United States
Torus
Hiring
What they do:
Legora for physical engineering firms
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
What they do:
Wren is a monthly subscription to offset your carbon footprint.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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Ultra-precise AI weather forecasting.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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We make satellites to image everywhere on Earth, every 15 minutes
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HQ: Glasgow, United Kingdom
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GreaseBoss verifes industrial machinery is greased correctly
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HQ: Sunshine Coast, Australia
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We make carbon negative chemicals from CO2 using fermentation
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HQ: Nottingham, United Kingdom
What they do:
We recycle plastic using engineered enzymes
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HQ: Portland, OR, United States
Voltic
Hiring
What they do:
Electric cargo ships
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
What they do:
Biodegradable and carbon neutral textiles, engineered from food waste.
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What they do:
Constellations as a Service
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Steinmetz
Hiring
What they do:
Next-Generation Power Electronics
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Foundation Industries
Hiring
What they do:
We supply hard tech companies with critical components.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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Moon Hotel -> The Intergalactic Construction Company of Earth
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HQ: Los Angeles, CA, United States
Voltair
Hiring
What they do:
Autonomous Drones for Earth Observation
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
What they do:
Robotic arms that pick and pack your orders.
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HQ: Germany
What they do:
robots & software for farms
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Aseon Labs
Hiring
What they do:
Robotic pitstops for self-driving cars
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Edgerun
Hiring
What they do:
Military exoskeletons
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Runtime.si
Hiring
What they do:
Evaluation Infrastructure for Robotics (YC F26)
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Orca Aerospace
Hiring
What they do:
AI spacecraft operators that lives onboard the vehicle
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Bountiful
Hiring
What they do:
An Operating System for agriculture.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States