Top Software Startups in 2026

Founded in 2019 by a world-class team of scientists and roboticists, Robust.AI is making robots work for people through AI and human-centered design. Robust.AI’s first software suite Grace enables dynamic coordination between people and robots using a no-code system to seamlessly integrate robots into a workplace setting. Carter is Robust.AI’s first hardware product concept that will transform the way people collaborate with robots in the warehouse. Visit Robust.AI for more information.

Builder.io is the first and only no-code platform connects to any platform or tech stack allowing anyone to create and edit pages and content visually. We’re backed by leading Silicon Valley VCs and the founders / executives of many innovative and leading brands. Our customers include big names in ecommerce like Vistaprint and Rakuten.

Puck creates short audio clips for companies to promote their open roles. We help companies create a better experience for candidates by talking to their open roles.

Hello Alice is a free, multichannel platform that helps businesses launch and grow. With a community of nearly 600,000 business owners in all 50 states and across the globe, Hello Alice is building the largest network of owners in the country while tracking data and trends to increase the success rate for entrepreneurs. Our partners include enterprise business services, government agencies, and institutions looking to serve small- and medium-business owners to ensure increased revenues and promote scale. A Latina owned company, founded by Carolyn Rodz and Elizabeth Gore, we believe in business for all by providing access to all owners including women, people of color, veterans, and everyone with an entrepreneurial spirit. To learn more, visit helloalice.com, as well as Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, and Facebook.

Applause is leading the app quality revolution by enabling companies to deliver digital experiences that win - from web to mobile to wearables and beyond. By combining in-the-wild testing services that span the SDLC with world-class automation services and mobile software tools such as Beta Management and App Store Sentiment Analysis. The Applause approach to 360° App Quality™ includes: • Functional Exploratory and Test Case Execution: Testers will search your app for issues using a test scope for guidance and/ or execute test cases where they follow a defined step-by-step testing script. • Test Automation: Our full-service automation solution includes script writing, maintenance, and execution services utilizing a framework that makes it easy to add test automation to your web and iOS/Android apps. • SaaS Tools: Beta management and app store sentiment analysis tools allow you to make quicker, more informed product decisions by listening to users before and after release.

RideCo powers on-demand transit. Public transit agencies use RideCo's cloud-based software platform to provide on-demand shared rides in dynamically routed buses and vans. Our clients include some of the world’s largest transportation operators such as San Antonio Metro, Los Angeles Metro, San Diego County, Grab, and Calgary Transit. Have you experienced getting frustrated with transfers and waiting while taking a public bus? Have you seen buses drive around in low-density areas with very few passengers on-board and wondered how inefficient that seems to be? You're likely aware of the first & last mile access challenges faced by transit hubs. We are solving these problems by re-imagining shared mobility. Imagine a world where vehicles have dynamic routes responsive to real-time trip demand. This 'dynamic shuttle' (or van /sedan) would pick you up, on-demand, at or near your doorstep and take you to your destination or transit hub. Along the way, it may pick-up other passengers going in your direction. Your experience will be seamless: less waiting, less walking, fewer transfers, shorter travel time, and timely pickups and drop-offs. RideCo's 'dynamic shuttle' platform enables this seamless experience and low-cost shared rides for vehicle fleet operators and their passengers. By seamlessly moving more people in fewer vehicles we are catalyzing a generational shift in how people get around cities and towns. This means commuters spend less time in transit and more time doing what they enjoy. RideCo powers a diverse range of use cases, including residential/ suburban travel; first-mile-last-mile connections for transit hubs; and corporate employee transportation. We are investing to scale up and capture the growing demand for on-demand shared rides solutions.

Tangram Pro is a game-changing capability for digital engineering. By automating software integration processes that are currently manual and labor-intensive, our tool reduces the time and skill-level needed to produce testing data, documentation and certification, getting capabilities from concept to warfighter at a pace that is relevant and responsive. ~~~~~~~~~ With a name and lineage like Galois (our parent company), our family tree is one of the most respected in the field. Good genes run deep. Galois’s distinguished reputation in cryptography, hardware and software assurance, and formal methods are at our disposal and we’re taking what they’ve uncovered in their research and providing it to the world. Our reputation and track record has attracted the world’s top defense companies and leaders spanning multiple industries. We apply rigidity in order to safeguard inventing for the future.

Lazarus Forms is a developer-friendly API that uses A.I. to extract key-value pairs as JSONs from any fax, form, or PDF. Handwriting compatible, and requiring no training, the Forms tool automates data entry tasks and enriches old databases, saving you time and effort.

The WorkTango platform creates space for employees to have a voice and helps companies easily gather frequent feedback for any engagement, transformation, or feedback initiative. Using data science and natural language understanding, actionable insights from employee feedback is served in real-time to HR, executives, and people leaders. The results are quicker insight and action, better people decisions, and a more aligned and engaged workforce. Check it out: worktango.com

SellerCrowd is a social network for salespeople. Our community members are highly-paid, highly-stressed salespeople with quotas to hit and a ravenous appetite for information about leads. We help them connect with their peers for inside info about buyers through simple Q&A and a robust database of contacts. They chat about what buyers are planning, and they connect with their peers from across the industry about contacts, RFPs, and more.