Top Consumer Electronics Startups in 2027

For 100 years the home security industry has been selling outdated technology at highway-robbery prices. Often sales reps will try to scare customers into signing long-term contracts that are full of nasty fine print. We believe being safe should be simple. SimpliSafe security systems are easy to self-install, easy to purchase direct online, and don’t require a phoneline or long-term contract. They are also wireless, cellular, and customizable: It works anywhere and will fit any house, apartment or business.

Aura connects people around the world through a brilliant photo sharing experience. Snap, share and display pictures through our easy-to-use app and beautifully designed Wi-Fi frame. At our core, we’re a software company creating innovative products that deliver happiness daily. We’re on a mission to create a new kind of social media network and we’ve started with a digital frame which gets memories off your phone and into your life.

Mojo Vision is pioneering a highly flexible, wafers-in, wafers-out micro-LED platform to unlock AI applications in multiple market segments. Built over the past decade by our world-class engineers, our system-level approach combines advanced 300mm silicon architecture with GaN-on-Silicon emitters, proprietary quantum dots, photodetectors, micro-lens arrays, and packaging to solve conventional trade-offs in size, brightness, bandwidth density, and power. Our scalable, manufacturing-ready approach enables breakthrough products such as next-generation optical interconnects and AI glasses. At Mojo, our team includes talented professionals with expertise in hardware, software, optics, photonics, electronics, chemistry, and applied physics. We are based in Cupertino, California and are backed by some of the world’s leading technology investors.

Sonos is a developer of wireless multi-room music systems for the home. The Sonos Multi-Room Music System is the first, wireless multi-room music system that plays all kinds of music and is able to control it. Sonos liberates the music stored on a computer so it can be enjoyed all over the house. In addition, by partnering with audio services like Audible.com, Last.FM, Napster, Pandora, RadioTime, Rhapsody, SIRIUS Internet Radio, and more, Sonos gives music lovers instant, computer-free access to millions of songs, thousands of radio stations, audiobooks, and more.

Tombot makes robotic animals that transform the daily life of individuals, families and communities facing health adversities. Originally designed to meet the specific medical needs of seniors with dementia, Tombot Puppies have also been preordered for children with Autism, adults with high impact chronic pain, major depressive disorder, anxiety, bipolar disorder, and PTSD, and for long inpatient stays and arduous outpatient treatments at hospitals. Peer-reviewed studies show that robotic animals positively affect some users’ ability to cope with stress, anxiety, loneliness, depression and pain, reducing their need for psychotropic and opioid medications. Key Milestones and Metrics: • Completion of our 5th generation prototype and 3rd round of customers studies with 100s of seniors with dementia • Over 3,900 preorder and waitlist customers • Member of StartX: Stanford-funded startup accelerator program • Member of the Canadian Creative Destruction Lab accelerator program • Member of Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles accelerator program (CTIP) • Large-scale clinical trials in development with Children’s Hospital and the University of Southern California to demonstrate reduced stress, anxiety and pain for pediatric hospital inpatients • Large scale study in development with the LAC-USC Hospital Burn Unit to demonstrate reduced stress, anxiety, and pain for pediatric burn patients • Major national and international media coverage • Winner 2019 RoboBusiness Pitchfire competition • Filed multiple trademark, design and provisional utility patent applications • U.S. TAM: $9.0B (seniors with dementia plus mild cognitive impairment)

Our first product is an automated hair braider that reduces appointment times from hours to minutes, empowering stylists to triple their business and addressing the 8 billion hours spent braiding hair each year.

Co-founded by entertainer/entrepreneur Ray J, Raycon is a wireless audio brand based in New York City. We're inspired by the go-getters, the early risers, the performers and one-more-milers of the world. That’s why we’re dedicated to creating high-quality wireless audio products that fit the wants and needs of all kinds of doers out there, without the mark-up or false hype. Our products have been featured with high profile celebrities such as Snoop Dogg, Cardi B, Mike Tyson, J.R. Smith, Ne-Yo, Migos, Cara DeLevingne and many more. We’ve also been featured in and garnered press from media outlets such as Forbes, CNN, Mashable, Cheddar, and Billboard.

Myant is developing apparel meant for the 21st century: fashionable, comfortable, and loaded with invisible technology to guide and protect you throughout your day. Our garments are wearable and washable just like the rest of your clothes, and you never have to worry about charging or batteries.

The Rocky Talkie brings simple communication to the harshest environments. A specialized lithium-ion battery provides over 3 days of battery life, even in very cold conditions (-20F). For enhanced durability, the radio has a shatterproof LED screen and thermoplastic protective covering. Unlike the fragile plastic clips of other radios, the Rocky Talkie easily secures to backpacks and harnesses using an ultra-light carabiner and back-up leash. Although we initially designed the Rocky Talkie with climbers and skiers in mind, the radio has been adopted by a wide variety of outdoor enthusiasts and commercial applications.

Skylight is a technology startup building the OS of the family. We make Skylight Calendar, the smart calendar loved by millions of families (plus Wired and the Wirecutter). Our latest product is Calendar 2, which just launched to rave reviews. Our mission is to connect loved ones by creating the world’s simplest products and services that improve family life. Our founders are former venture capitalists and serial entrepreneurs who have scaled this business to $300M+ in annual revenue while being completely bootstrapped and profitable. We get to grow a happy, healthy company focused on making products our customers love without investors breathing down our necks. Smart, hardworking people who care about making actually meaningful products love working here. People like you. We’re busy inventing new ways to simplify family life and help parents raise great kids – and we need your help! Come invent something new with us.