Top Hardware Startups in 2027

We believe people are at their best when they’re living free from the burden of energy costs. The sun is the energy source of all life on earth, yet humanity captures almost none of what if offers. To close that gap, Optivolt builds solar systems that think — designed with aerospace power electronics inside to make solar more powerful, reliable, and cost effective than ever. Optivolt's Breakthrough: We realized deep integration between solar panels and power electronics unlocks an entirely new design space for innovation. This led us to inventing the Power Balancer (19 patents issued, 27 pending), an advanced power electronics device which embeds inside solar panels. Balancers work by shuffling power from stronger to weaker zones in the panel to keep power flowing, maximizing energy output and reliability. Performance vs. $8B market leader: • Up to 6x higher power output in real-world conditions • 40% lower equipment cost, 50% faster to install • 4x less failure points, while eliminating hotspots (#1 solar failure mode) Optivolt's development is funded in part by the U.S. Department of Energy.

Divergent provides a disruptive new approach to auto manufacturing that incorporates 3D printed joints, which we call a NODE™, connecting carbon fiber structural materials that results in an industrial strength chassis that can be assembled in a matter of minutes.

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.

Founded in 2012, smartthings gives people power to monitor, control, and automate their homes from wherever they are through a single mobile app. smartthings is based in mountain view, california and operates independently as a wholly owned subsidiary of samsung electronics.

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.

We have pioneered the focus on creating accessible Electric Vehicle charging platforms and stations through our products, we've assisted a range of individuals, companies and sectors and continue to promote access to EV charging platforms.

Yank Technologies, Inc. is a wireless charging startup in Brooklyn, New York. We develop long-range, high power wireless charging technology. Safe. Simple. No contact required. With patented antenna and amplifier developments in resonant inductive technology, we provide a scalable solution for variable ranges of power and distances. Our product, the MotherBox, is the first wireless charger that can wirelessly charge your device with no contact required. You can charge your iOS or Android devices simultaneously and never worry about your charging cables again. By demoing early units of the MotherBox, we have secured industrial contracts, especially in the automotive sector. We have several automotive customers for wirelessly charging passenger devices and for wirelessly charging vehicles electronics, such as LEDs and actuators. We have significant early traction in the Automotive industry and are currently developing pilots for upcoming production vehicles. We are actively looking to expand and bring on new team members! Check out our current available jobs to see if you're a good fit!

Teal has raised over $20M in venture financing and is based in Salt Lake City, Utah. We build our own hardware and software drone platforms for Consumer and Enterprise applications. Teal One, our flagship product, is one of the highest performing drones in the market, offering an incredible flight experience to users, premium hardware and design, and a software platform that fuels innovation.

Imaging trying to write software on an OS that changes every day - that's what life science is like. Only about 20% of published research is fully reproducible, and we think that needs to change dramatically. Drug development shouldn't take decades and billions of dollars - we need to become better at creating new medicines faster and more cheaply. All of that starts with trusting your experimental data. Our mission is to accelerate the pace of scientific discovery by collecting data from the real world (ie the "physical OS") to tackle the reproducibility problem. We do this by building sensors and using machine learning to help scientists understand their own data better so they can work faster and more reliably.

Threekit makes product visualization easy. Once your products are loaded into the system, we do the heavy lifting—rendering images on 3D Configurator, Virtual Photographer or Augmented Reality, deploying them to the right channels and keeping them accessible and organized on our content management system. Our unified platform approach enables businesses of any size to scale and automate beautiful product visuals across channels, both online and offline. Build it once, use it anywhere, and future-proof your investment for the next big thing.