Top Hardware Startups in 2026

Swift Navigation, Inc. provides centimeter-accurate real-time kinematics (RTK) GPS positioning technology for self-driving cars, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), precision agriculture, robotics, surveying, space applications and more. Its products deliver 100 times better accuracy than the GPS in a cell phone—at a fraction of the price of the competition. By optimizing inexpensive off-the-shelf cell phone components with sophisticated software, Swift Navigation has already delivered radically less expensive and more flexible solutions to over 2,000 customers. Honored in Inc.’s 2016 30 Under 30 List of Coolest Young Entrepreneurs in America, Swift Navigation is enabling a world where fields farm themselves, drones fly safely and autonomous transportation can take you home. Visit the company online at swiftnav.com or follow Swift Navigation on Twitter @Swiftnav

Gridware exists to enhance and protect the mother of all networks: the electrical grid. The grid touches everything grinds to a halt, and the consequences can be dire: wildfires burn, land is destroyed, property is damaged, progress stops, and lives are lost. Our team engineers an advanced sensing system to continuously analyze both the electrical and mechanical behavior of grid assets. Utilizing high precision sensor arrays, the system identifies and allows preemptive mitigation of faults. Our technology has been proven with utilities to bolster safety, reliability, and reduce customer outage durations. The demand for power will only increase. We protect the grid of today while we build the grid of tomorrow. Gridware is privately held and backed by the best climate-tech and Silicon Valley investors. We are headquartered in the Bay Area in northern California.

At August Home, we believe securing the home isn't just about keeping unwanted visitors out. It’s about letting the right people in – at the right times. August is part of ASSA ABLOY, a global leader in access solutions. Together with our sister brand Yale Home, we make up the Smart Residential team at ASSA ABLOY. Our global teams work together to create products and services that add everyday simplicity and convenience to our users’ lives by letting them control access to their front door, while providing peace of mind through visibility into who is coming and going. The August and Yale Access apps support locks around the world, and we’re constantly adding global integrations to our platform. We collaborate with industry leaders to seamlessly fit our locks into the smart home, making it possible for our users to come home to find a clean house, the dog walked, and those pesky repairs taken care of. What sets us apart from others? Our small but talented team takes ownership of everything we do, from start to finish. We are driven by a collective passion to create innovative products and services that make people’s lives easier and safer.

Anduril brings Silicon Valley talent and funding to the defense sector, assembling a diverse team of experts in artificial intelligence, computer vision, sensor fusion, optics, and data analysis - including senior engineers from Oculus VR, Palantir, General Atomics, SpaceX, Tesla, and Google. We believe that if we build practical solutions using the latest technology, we can deliver far better outcomes at a dramatically lower cost.

Fellow wants to help people easily brew ridiculously good coffee and tea at home. Our first product, the Duo Coffee Steeper, is a dual chamber french press with a two-stage filter. The value prop seems to be appealing as Duo is now over $200,000 in pre-sales. Right now we're working on a portfolio of complementary products that will fast follow behind the launch of Duo in February.

PAX Labs is an award-winning consumer technology brand with a mission to establish cannabis as a force for good. Our products set a high bar for quality and, together with the PAX App, offer unique features such as safety locking, adjustable temperature and draw control. As millions of consumers try cannabis for the first time or return to it after a long hiatus, PAX believes that quality, transparency and predictability are the keys to safe, responsible use by adults. Headquartered in San Francisco, PAX is backed by leading technology investors including Tiger Global and Tao Invest (Pritzker family fund). We are an exceptional team with hardware and software backgrounds in consumer technology, healthcare, and biotech, and are growing rapidly to deliver on our mission. Our internal culture values diversity, integrity, having an impact, and passion for the larger movement that PAX is a part of.

Roku pioneered streaming to the TV. We connect users to the streaming content they love, enable content publishers to build and monetize large audiences, and provide advertisers with unique capabilities to engage consumers. Come join us at the forefront of media and technology.

Ring's mission is to reduce crime in neighborhoods and empower consumers by creating a “ring” of security around homes and neighborhoods. Named one of USA Today’s Top 10 Tech Innovations of 2015, the RingTM Video Doorbell offers a unique security solution that enables homeowners to keep an eye on and protect their homes from anywhere. While Ring Video Doorbell and the new RingTM Video Doorbell Pro create a ring of security around users’ front doors, the company’s wire-free, outdoor security camera, Stick Up Cam, extends that ring to secure the entire home. With these products, Ring continues to prevent burglaries and keep homes around the world safe. For more information, visit ring.com. With Ring, you’re always home.

Carbon is reinventing how products are designed, engineered, made & delivered. Carbon’s Digital Manufacturing platform enables repeatable production of end-use parts with industrial grade materials and exceptional surface finish. Whether you’re making one or a million. Making the impossible possible. Carbon is a 3D printing (late stage, series E) startup in Redwood City, Ca. that creates the software, hardware and materials to enable production of groundbreaking parts — parts that can't be made any other way. The best example is Carbon's partnership with Adidas. Adidas had been interested in 3D printing shoes for years but could not find a technology that was good enough. With Carbon, Adidas finally could design and produce a lattice-based midsole that not only performs well but opens the door for a future of personalized shoes, and they're heading toward making millions of them.

Founded in 1999, d-wave is the leader in the development and delivery of quantum computing systems, software, and services and is the world’s first commercial supplier of quantum computers. our mission is to unlock the power of quantum computing for the world. we do this by delivering customer value with practical quantum applications for problems as diverse as logistics, artificial intelligence, materials sciences, drug discovery, cyber security, fault detection and financial modeling. d-wave’s systems are being used by some of the world’s most advanced organizations, including lockheed martin, google, nasa ames, volkswagen, denso, usra, usc, los alamos national laboratory, and oak ridge national laboratory. d-wave has been granted over 160 u.s. patents and has published over 100 peer-reviewed papers in leading scientific journals. d-wave is a privately held company, with offices near vancouver, seattle, palo alto, london, and tokyo.