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

  1. 01S
    SundayTop 30

    Autonomous home robots for household chores

    AI/ML · Series B · Mountain View, California, United States

  2. 02U
    Unconv.aiTop 75

    Energy-efficient AI computing architectures

    AI/ML · Seed · San Diego, California, USA

  3. 03M
    MindroboticsTop 75

    AI-enabled robotic systems for industry

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

  4. 04W
    World 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

  5. 05S
    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.

    AI/ML · Series C · Glen Cove, New York, USA

  6. 06N
    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, United States

  7. 07F
    Fractile

    Accelerating AI inference with advanced hardware

    AI/ML · Series B · London, United Kingdom

  8. 08X
    XDOF

    Robotics infrastructure for AI training

    AI/ML · Series A · Berkeley, California, United States

  9. 09N
    Neura Robotics Gmbh

    Cognitive robots for human collaboration

    AI/ML · Series C · Metzingen, Germany

  10. 10H
    Human Archive

    Collecting multimodal data for robotics

    Data/Analytics · Seed · San Francisco, California, United States

  11. 11E
    Engram

    AI research for cognitive infrastructure

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

  12. 12F
    Flow Engineering

    Collaborative platform for hardware development

    AI/ML · Series A · London, United Kingdom

  13. 13B
    Boom Supersonic

    Supersonic commercial aircraft development

    Climate/Energy · Series B · Denver, Colorado, USA

  14. 14S
    SIFT

    Unified observability for mission-critical machines

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

  15. 15A
    Arc Boat Co.

    High-performance electric boats manufacturer

    Hardware/Robotics · Series C · Los Angeles, CA

  16. 16G
    Generalist

    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

  17. 17P
    Physical Intelligence

    AI foundation models for robotics

    AI/ML · Series B · San Francisco, CA

  18. 18P
    PrismML

    Efficient AI models for diverse devices

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

  19. 19U
    Ulysses

    Ulysses is a technology company on a mission to steward the ocean for an abundant future.

    Hardware/Robotics · Series A · San Francisco, California, USA

  20. 20C
    Crewline AI

    Autonomous solutions for construction equipment

    Hardware/Robotics · Seed · San Francisco, CA

  21. 21S
    SkyfireAI

    AI-driven autonomous drone operations

    AI/ML · Seed · Huntsville, Alabama, USA