Top Ultrasound Startups in 2026

THE PROMISE With ultrasound a doctor can see into the heart of someone in cardiac arrest or into the abdomen of a woman with an ectopic pregnancy, and save their lives. 75 years after its invention, ultrasound remains an indispensable tool for diagnosis and monitoring. THE PROBLEM 60% of the world lacks access to medical imaging because current technologies are unwieldy, expensive, and require extensive training. While doctors carry supercomputers in their pockets, they still rely on the 200-year old stethoscope​ as their primary diagnostic tool. THE SOLUTION Our mission is to democratize healthcare by making medical imaging accessible to everyone around the world. Butterfly Network has raised >$350M to develop and commercialize a handheld, smartphone-connected ultrasound probe powered by AI. We operate at the intersection of medicine, engineering, and machine learning to create breakthrough technology that becomes smarter with each new patient.

Oncoustics is a unique and innovative player in the medical AI space today. Oncoustics is creating and deploying advanced AI solutions for low cost, non-invasive surveillance, diagnostics, and treatment monitoring of diseases with high unmet clinical need. We apply AI to raw ultrasound signals from readily available handheld ultrasound devices to rapidly differentiate healthy versus diseased tissues. Initially we are targeting liver disease, a $30B global diagnostic market. This year we’re filing our FDA 510(k) for Onc 001 that detects liver fibrosis. Several follow-on liver products are in development. We also have clinical data on other organ indications including prostate, kidney, breast and thyroid diseases and cancers.