Software & AI

Tools that hardware companies run on, plus AI products and chips. 16 companies, $1.32B in disclosed funding.

SpaceX alumni founders
Rebellions
Energy-efficient AI inference chips.
Software & AISunghyun Park2020Seongnam, South Korea$850M
Revel
Modern software for hardware test and control.
Software & AIScott Morton2024Not disclosed$180M
Gradial
AI agents that run enterprise marketing content operations.
Software & AINot yet named2023Seattle, WA$83.4M
Sift
Telemetry and observability for machines.
Software & AIKarthik Gollapudi, Austin Spiegel2022El Segundo, CA$67M
Vori
An operating system for independent grocery stores.
Software & AIRobert Pinkerton—Not disclosed$49.9M
First Resonance
ION, a factory operating system for hardware companies.
Software & AIKaran Talati2018Los Angeles, CA$32M
Quilter
Physics-driven AI that lays out circuit boards.
Software & AISergiy Nesterenko2019Los Angeles, CA$25M
Epsilon3
Procedure and operations software for complex hardware.
Software & AILaura Crabtree2021Los Angeles, CA$18.9M
Standard Economics
Free cross-border payments built on stablecoins.
Software & AITyler Carnevale2025Not disclosed$9M
Ambral
AI account managers for B2B companies.
Software & AIJack Stettner2025New York, NY—
BootLoop
An AI agent that writes and tests firmware on real hardware.
Software & AIChris Markus2025San Francisco, CA—
Constellation Space
An AI operating system for large satellite constellations.
Software & AIKamran Majid2025Seattle, WA—
Snubber
Interview preparation for hardware engineers.
Software & AIArpita Bhutani—Not disclosed—
SysGit
Git-style systems engineering for hardware teams.
Software & AISteve Massey—Not disclosed—
Telemetron
An AI support platform built for hardware products.
Software & AIShivani Patel, Hamza S.2025San Francisco, CA—
Zoo
Text-to-CAD and a modern CAD engine for hardware design.
Software & AIJordan Noone2021Not disclosed—