Top Hardware/Robotics Companies
The 21 top-ranked Hardware/Robotics startups hiring now on SHORTList, scored on funding, hiring, and engineering momentum. Updated regularly.
21 companies
- 01SSundayTop 30
Autonomous home robots for household chores
AI/ML · Series B · Mountain View, California, United States
31Open roles - 02UUnconv.aiTop 75
Energy-efficient AI computing architectures
AI/ML · Seed · San Diego, California, USA
3Open roles - 03MMindroboticsTop 75
AI-enabled robotic systems for industry
AI/ML · Series B · Palo Alto, California, United States
18Open roles - 04WWorld Labs
We build foundational world models that can perceive, generate, reason, and interact with the 3D world — unlocking AI's full potential through spatial intelligence by transforming seeing into doing, perceiving into reasoning, and imagining into creating.
AI/ML · Series C · San Francisco, California, United States
7Open roles - 05SStandardbots
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.
AI/ML · Series C · Glen Cove, New York, USA
33Open roles - 06NNominal
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, United States
3Open roles - 07FFractile
Accelerating AI inference with advanced hardware
AI/ML · Series B · London, United Kingdom
4Open roles - 08XXDOF
Robotics infrastructure for AI training
AI/ML · Series A · Berkeley, California, United States
18Open roles - 09NNeura Robotics Gmbh
Cognitive robots for human collaboration
AI/ML · Series C · Metzingen, Germany
160Open roles - 10HHuman Archive
Collecting multimodal data for robotics
Data/Analytics · Seed · San Francisco, California, United States
- 11EEngram
AI research for cognitive infrastructure
AI/ML · Other / Unspecified · San Francisco, California, United States
- 12FFlow Engineering
Collaborative platform for hardware development
AI/ML · Series A · London, United Kingdom
19Open roles - 13BBoom Supersonic
Supersonic commercial aircraft development
Climate/Energy · Series B · Denver, Colorado, USA
- 14SSIFT
Unified observability for mission-critical machines
Data/Analytics · Series B · Marina del Rey, California, USA
- 15AArc Boat Co.
High-performance electric boats manufacturer
Hardware/Robotics · Series C · Los Angeles, CA
2Open roles - 16GGeneralist
Generalist is a frontier AI research and product driven company building general intelligence for the physical world.
AI/ML · Other / Unspecified · San Mateo, United States
16Open roles - 17PPhysical Intelligence
AI foundation models for robotics
AI/ML · Series B · San Francisco, CA
29Open roles - 18PPrismML
Efficient AI models for diverse devices
AI/ML · Other / Unspecified · Pasadena, California, United States
2Open roles - 19UUlysses
Ulysses is a technology company on a mission to steward the ocean for an abundant future.
Hardware/Robotics · Series A · San Francisco, California, USA
5Open roles - 20CCrewline AI
Autonomous solutions for construction equipment
Hardware/Robotics · Seed · San Francisco, CA
1Open roles - 21SSkyfireAI
AI-driven autonomous drone operations
AI/ML · Seed · Huntsville, Alabama, USA