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 & AI | Sunghyun Park | 2020 | Seongnam, South Korea | $850M |
| Revel Modern software for hardware test and control. | Software & AI | Scott Morton | 2024 | Not disclosed | $180M |
| Gradial AI agents that run enterprise marketing content operations. | Software & AI | Not yet named | 2023 | Seattle, WA | $83.4M |
| Sift Telemetry and observability for machines. | Software & AI | Karthik Gollapudi, Austin Spiegel | 2022 | El Segundo, CA | $67M |
| Vori An operating system for independent grocery stores. | Software & AI | Robert Pinkerton | — | Not disclosed | $49.9M |
| First Resonance ION, a factory operating system for hardware companies. | Software & AI | Karan Talati | 2018 | Los Angeles, CA | $32M |
| Quilter Physics-driven AI that lays out circuit boards. | Software & AI | Sergiy Nesterenko | 2019 | Los Angeles, CA | $25M |
| Epsilon3 Procedure and operations software for complex hardware. | Software & AI | Laura Crabtree | 2021 | Los Angeles, CA | $18.9M |
| Standard Economics Free cross-border payments built on stablecoins. | Software & AI | Tyler Carnevale | 2025 | Not disclosed | $9M |
| Ambral AI account managers for B2B companies. | Software & AI | Jack Stettner | 2025 | New York, NY | — |
| BootLoop An AI agent that writes and tests firmware on real hardware. | Software & AI | Chris Markus | 2025 | San Francisco, CA | — |
| Constellation Space An AI operating system for large satellite constellations. | Software & AI | Kamran Majid | 2025 | Seattle, WA | — |
| Snubber Interview preparation for hardware engineers. | Software & AI | Arpita Bhutani | — | Not disclosed | — |
| SysGit Git-style systems engineering for hardware teams. | Software & AI | Steve Massey | — | Not disclosed | — |
| Telemetron An AI support platform built for hardware products. | Software & AI | Shivani Patel, Hamza S. | 2025 | San Francisco, CA | — |
| Zoo Text-to-CAD and a modern CAD engine for hardware design. | Software & AI | Jordan Noone | 2021 | Not disclosed | — |