Top Hardware Startups in North America

FLX Solutions is disrupting the robotics industry with highly functional and intelligent robots that are miniaturized to operate in spaces that humans and traditional robots cannot easily access. Our first product, The FLX BOT is a patented, snake-like robot that is one inch in diameter and expands, braces and climbs to perform many customizable actions. Our modular robot is made up of identical, interchangeable links that have a camera to enable 3D mapping and autonomous navigation. Each robot has interchangeable end effectors including drills, grippers, vacuums or sprayers. The FLX BOT will initially target the cable/telecom, oil/gas, and construction/plumbing industries and will partner with large companies in other industries to license its IP. The company is led by mechanical engineering PhD, Matt Bilsky, who has assembled a team of engineering, operations and growth experts to help bring his vision for the future of robotics to life.

Using massive data analysis of connected device firmware and software, Finite State provides transparency to device manufacturers and asset owners, enabling them to understand and mitigate their risks before they are compromised. The Finite State Platform automatically analyzes each device, allowing users to identify risk across a comprehensive matrix of factors. Simply upload your device firmware to our platform and within minutes you will gain access to an overall risk score, a robust Software Bill of Materials (SBOM), a list of existing threats and vulnerabilities, and a wide array of other factors that affect the security of your device.

Lair East Labs is a startup accelerator based in New York that empowers founders to expand internationally. At the heart of Lair East Labs lies the startup accelerator. Each year 15 - 20 startups take on our program and receive investments of $75K~150K. Our 3-month program combines the best of two worlds - learn from alumni founders of top Silicon Valley-style accelerators and gain access to a network of mentors and investors with extensive experience navigating the U.S. and Asian markets. In the first four years of operation, our portfolio companies have raised $60+ million in funding after completing the accelerator. We support founders in their quest to build successful and sustainable ventures that solve global problems. We are founders accelerating founders. For more information: please visit: laireastlabs.com

Stealth mode hardware company backed by the world's best VC firms. Founded by Ex-Anduril leaders on a mission to save lives by creating the world's best interceptors

Pathr is building the connected intelligence layer for boating. Our marine navigation app is live on iOS and Android, helping boaters plan safer routes, navigate waterways, monitor their vessels, and make better decisions on the water. We're also developing HelmLink, our hardware platform that connects directly to a boat's NMEA 2000 network and brings real-time vessel data into Pathr. Together, the app and HelmLink create a growing marine data network. We're building toward tools for recreational boaters, commercial operators, fleets, marinas, and other businesses that need better visibility into what's happening on the water. We're a small, early-stage team solving difficult problems across navigation, geospatial data, routing, hardware, mobile software, and marine intelligence. That means people joining Pathr early have the opportunity to own meaningful parts of the product and help shape the company from the ground up. If you're excited by boats, maps, connected hardware, real-world data, or building ambitious products at the earliest stage, we'd love to hear from you.

Mission: Be the compute platform for AGI and make AI better, faster, and cheaper by building more powerful hardware. Approach: We target just LLMs, whereas GPUs target all ML models. LLMs are different; our hardware and software can be much simpler. By combining deep domain experience, a few key ideas, and a lot of careful engineering.