Top Tech Startups in California, US in 2027

Ellery is building the next generation of premium live entertainment. We believe the future of entertainment isn’t defined by more content, but by more meaningful experiences. Ellery enables creators to produce, premiere and monetize ticketed live shows while handling streaming, ticketing, payments and creator operations in one platform. From live podcasts and interviews to comedy specials, documentaries and entirely new formats, Ellery gives creators the infrastructure to build ambitious productions—and audiences unforgettable experiences worth showing up for.

WRTH: The Agentic Commerce OS for Real World Assets At WRTH, we are building the world's first vertical AI-native commerce intelligence layer for physical assets. While e-commerce has Shopify, the $475B collectibles and alternative asset market still relies on fragmented spreadsheets and disconnected legacy tools. We are changing that. WRTH operates at the intersection of physical commerce, blockchain infrastructure, and agentic AI. We act as an Agentic Commerce Operating System (OS), deploying a vertical data layer that bridges the gap between real-world assets and on-chain records. Our platform replaces disjointed workflows with a unified system featuring real-time AI pricing intelligence (the WRTH Oracle), automated omni-channel cross-listing, and immutable provenance tracking via smart dual RFID/NFC tagging. We cure the "listing tax," eliminate overselling, and turn static physical inventory into intelligent digital assets. WRTH was built from lived experience, not theory. Our founders spent over 15 years in the trenches of the resale ecosystem, scaling seven-figure businesses from car trunks to top-tier digital storefronts and managing high-volume enterprise commerce. We built the platform we always needed. Today, WRTH is in an active closed beta, managing a committed pipeline of over $100M in Assets Under Management (AUM) alongside 35 B2B partners, including retail stores, event organizers, e-commerce power sellers, and brands. We are a lean, fast-moving pre-seed startup. Our culture reflects the hustle of our users and the precision of our technology—valuing autonomy, candid communication, and unconventional problem-solving. We are aggregating the transaction signals of the physical asset economy to build an unassailable intelligence flywheel. If you are a builder, advisor, or investor ready to shape the future of real-world asset commerce, join us. Let's build something WRTH it.

Outpost.red is a hyper-specialized tech-enabled Reddit marketing agency. We help brands show up in the right Reddit conversations, post in a way that feels native to the platform, and turn Reddit into a real growth channel. Our work is focused on Reddit, but the impact goes beyond Reddit itself. Strong Reddit presence can influence brand trust, buyer research, Google visibility, and AI-generated answers across platforms like ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, and Gemini. We work hands-on with clients to identify the right opportunities, develop content angles, write posts and comments, manage execution, and measure results. In plain terms, we help companies earn attention and trust in the places where buyers are already asking questions, comparing products, and looking for honest opinions. We are not a traditional social media agency, and we are not a spam shop. We care a lot about quality, judgment, tone, timing, and understanding how Reddit actually works. Good work on Reddit requires nuance. It requires knowing when to engage, what to say, how to say it, and when not to force it. We are building a new kind of agency: tech-enabled, operator-led, and deeply focused on one channel that most companies still do badly or ignore completely. That means our team sits at the intersection of marketing, operations, content, research, and product. We use software and AI internally to move faster and work smarter, but the output still depends on sharp people with good taste and strong judgment. If you join Outpost.red, you will be working on a focused problem in a fast-moving market, with real responsibility and high standards.