Top Hardware Startups in North America

Knaq is a universal, easy-to-install tool that maximizes efficiency across your portfolio. Knaq is the developer of a cloud-based remote monitoring and predictive maintenance platform for industrial equipment such as elevators, escalators, moving walkways, HVAC systems, generators, compressors, hydraulic pumps, and more. The company develops data collection hardware coupled with cloud-based analytics and real-time monitoring capabilities to provide visibility into equipment operation. This increased visibility is facilitates reduced costs, increased labor productivity, and better quality of service for critical infrastructure and properties.

Nex is on a mission to help families rediscover the joy of movement. Created by parents for parents, Nex combines technology and play to deliver fun, social, and interactive experiences powered by natural body motion, encouraging kids and adults to move more, play more, and have fun together. Nex Playground, the company’s award-winning active play system, is purpose-built to get families moving year-round, with safety and privacy as core considerations in its intentional design. It is certified kidSAFE+ COPPA compliant and built to support healthy, active play for all ages and abilities.

A new kind of AI computer—running models, agents, and software locally with speed, privacy, and control. Mother integrates training, inference, and agents into a single system. Based in Mountain View, CA

TensorWave is an AI and HPC cloud platform that uses AMD accelerators to support demanding AI workloads. The company's infrastructure supports memory-focused applications and allows scaling by adding multiple GPUs, making it suitable for various business needs in AI development.