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Waymo for excavators
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Top Manufacturing and Robotics Startups
This list has 161 startups and was last updated on Oct 15, 2026. 54 of them are hiring right now. Biggest hubs: San Francisco (99), Los Angeles (9), and New York (8). Largest teams: Gecko Robotics, SRTX, and Human Archive. Latest round: Multiply Labs raised $75M (Oct 7, 2026).
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The robot workforce for infrastructure
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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Automating dexterous tasks in warehouses with AI-powered robots
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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Research lab building the most robotic household in the world
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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Humanoid robot platform for builders.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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Deployment infrastructure for Physical AI
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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Robots for vehicle maintenance.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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Real-world RL environments for robotics models
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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Drop-in robotic labor that works on Day 1
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HQ: Los Angeles, CA, United States
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Industrial Controllers built for AI
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HQ: Los Angeles, CA, United States
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Virtual Reality for Training Robots
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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Robots that learn on the job
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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Foundational infrastructure for Physical AI
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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Automatic Diagnosis & Fix for Industrial Automation Cells
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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Deploying robots to replace workers in hazardous spaces
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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Quick-turn, purpose-built motors & actuators for all
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HQ: Los Angeles, CA, United States
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The generalist robot deployment company.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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On Demand CNC Prototyping
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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Accelerating scaled plastics with additive technologies
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HQ: El Segundo, CA, United States
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The pit crew for machines and robots.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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AI for the physical world
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HQ: Los Angeles, CA, United States
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Tools for the next era of physical automation.
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HQ: Germany
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A robotics intelligence system for metal fabrication
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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Accelerated Physics Kernels for Computational Engineering
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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Robots to maintain and assemble data centers
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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Force-sensing wristband for training robotic AI
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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Actuators for Physical AI
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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General Purpose Robots
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
YC F25Early stage
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Autonomous Hardware Testing
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
YC S26Early stage
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Autonomous CNC factories for faster hardware
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
YC F26Early stage
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Teleo
Acquired
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Supervised Autonomous Heavy Equipment
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Rain Neuromorphics
Acquired
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We build artificial intelligence processors inspired by the brain.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Octopart
Acquired
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Octopart is a search engine for electronic components
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
Atomic Alchemy
Acquired
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We produce cancer-curing materials used in nuclear medicine.
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HQ: Idaho Falls, ID, United States
Roin Technologies
Acquired
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Building robots to automate commercial concrete construction.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States