Top Hardware/Robotics Companies

The 69 top-ranked Hardware/Robotics startups hiring now on SHORTList, scored on funding, hiring, and engineering momentum. Updated regularly.

69 companies

  1. 01L
    LambdaTop 30

    AI GPU cloud and infrastructure provider

    AI/ML · Series D+ · San Jose, California

  2. 02T
    TenstorrentTop 30

    Next-gen AI hardware and software solutions

    AI/ML · Series D+ · Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  3. 03F
    Field AI

    AI for autonomous outdoor robots

    Hardware/Robotics · Series D+ · Mission Viejo, California, USA

  4. 04N
    Nuro

    Autonomous driving technology for various applications

    Hardware/Robotics · Series D+ · Mountain View, California, United States

  5. 05G
    Generalist

    Generalist is a frontier AI research and product driven company building general intelligence for the physical world.

    AI/ML · Other / Unspecified · San Mateo, California, United States

  6. 06X
    XDOF

    Building the infrastructure for the robotics era. Our mission is to unlock a world with abundant, useful physical intelligence.

    Hardware/Robotics · Other / Unspecified · Berkeley, California, United States

  7. 07F
    FuriosaAI

    AI accelerators for sustainable computing

    AI/ML · Series C · Seoul, South Korea

  8. 08S
    Standardbots

    Standard Bot's mission is to significantly lower the barrier to entry to real-world automation, bringing the power of bits to the world of atoms and unlocking productivity for entire new industries and users. We specialize in developing intuitive solutions for robotic arm manipulation and control, making advanced motion planning accessible to a broader range of industries.

    Hardware/Robotics · Series C · Glen Cove, New York, United States

  9. 09C
    ChipAgents

    AI-driven platform for semiconductor design

    AI/ML · Series A · Santa Clara, California, USA

  10. 10P
    Positron

    Energy-efficient AI inference hardware solutions

    AI/ML · Series C · Reno, Nevada, United States

  11. 11S
    Sesame

    Conversational AI and smart glasses technology

    AI/ML · Series B · San Francisco, California, USA

  12. 12A
    ALSO

    Electric mobility solutions for urban transport

    Food/Ag · Series C · Palo Alto, California, United States

  13. 13M
    Mindrobotics

    AI-enabled robotic systems for manufacturing

    AI/ML · Series B · Palo Alto, California, United States

  14. 14E
    Engram

    AI research for cognitive infrastructure

    AI/ML · Other / Unspecified · San Francisco, California, United States

  15. 151
    1X Technologies

    Humanoid robots for home and industry

    EdTech · Series B · Palo Alto, California, United States

  16. 16F
    Flow

    Flow Engineering is an AI-native requirements platform for modern engineering organizations, enabling hardware teams to collaborate with AI agents to design, validate, and evolve complex systems with speed and rigor.

    Enterprise SaaS · Series A · San Francisco, United States

  17. 17T
    The Bot Company

    AI-driven household robots for everyday tasks

    Consumer/Retail · Series D+ · San Francisco, CA

  18. 18N
    Nominal

    Nominal is building the connected test and operations platform powering the world's most advanced hardware systems, from spacecraft and autonomous vehicles to next-generation defense programs.

    Hardware/Robotics · Series B · Los Angeles, California, United States

  19. 19H
    Harmattan AI

    Autonomous defense systems and AI solutions

    Hardware/Robotics · Series B · Paris, France

  20. 20F
    Figure

    Autonomous humanoid robots for various tasks

    AI/ML · Series C · Sunnyvale, California, United States

  21. 21P
    PrismML

    Efficient AI models for diverse devices

    AI/ML · Other / Unspecified · Pasadena, California, United States

  22. 22B
    Bedrock Robotics

    Autonomous construction technology solutions

    Hardware/Robotics · Series B · San Francisco, California, United States

  23. 23G
    General Intuition

    Action and world models for embodied AI

    AI/ML · New York City, United States

  24. 24A
    Anduril

    Advanced autonomous defense systems

    Hardware/Robotics · Series D+ · Costa Mesa, California, USA

  25. 25S
    SIFT

    Unified observability for mission-critical machines

    Data/Analytics · Series B · Marina del Rey, California, USA