Top Tech Startups in California, US in 2026

Bizwise builds AI tools that help small businesses launch, sell, and operate. Customers use our automated site generator, visual editor, and commerce features to run day-to-day.

We are building a world where no patient has to die of cancer. Our FDA-cleared flagship product, Unfold AI, reveals the invisible cancer that doctors miss, enabling oncologists and surgeons to achieve better treatment outcomes while preserving patients’ quality of life. Unfold AI is a multi-modal AI platform that combines a patient’s diagnostic data together (from EHR, PACS, and other healthcare systems) to create an interactive 3D map of the patient’s cancer, enabling more precise and personalized treatment. Unfold AI improves the ability of expert oncologists and surgeons in finding and eliminating cancer, demonstrated in multiple clinical trials.

EQLand is a cloud-based platform that helps you to monitor local, national and international environmental issues in real time. It provides a range of built-in tools for analyzing large amounts of data on environmental issues such as air quality, water quality and waste management. EQLand is for anyone who wants to know about the risks associatedwith any property or environment, so that they can make informed decisions about eco-friendly ways to manage those risks

Connected vehicles are transforming fleet operations across industries, led by the electric revolution. EVs were the first truly software-defined vehicles, and businesses are rapidly adopting them but lack the software infrastructure to unlock their true value. Our mission is to build the fleet management platform for the electric vehicle era - becoming the default software layer that empowers fleet operators to maximize efficiency and profitability without hardware modifications. Every member of the Standard Fleet team is fueled by an unwavering passion for revolutionizing mobility through software and is deeply committed to making our products better. We come from companies like Apple, Uber, Tesla, Stripe, Robinhood, and Yelp and were the first to officially integrate with Tesla's fleet API. We've achieved 5.7x growth in 2024 with a small team and want your help to accelerate further. Standard Fleet is well-funded and backed by some of Silicon Valley's top investors. We were founded by David Hodge, who previously founded Embark. At Embark, the team built a popular transportation app used by millions, which was eventually sold to Apple.

SprintFWD is a technology consultancy for fitness and wellness brands. We create best-in-class mobile and web experiences, helping companies retrofit existing businesses and launch new digital platforms and ventures. In addition, we selectively incubate products internally, with unparalleled experience and distribution in the fitness industry.

Standard Metrics is an automated financial cooperation platform that assists investors and creators in smarter, more forward-thinking decisions. Say goodbye to data silos in spreadsheets, personal inboxes, and archaic applications. Access firm data throughout the portfolio, from financial metrics to investment information, and engage in real-time with the team and founders.

Named "Best Apps of the Year" by Google Play, SideChef is an all-in-one home cooking platform that provides over 20,000 interactive smart recipes from over 300 content partners, with grocery delivery in one-click, dynamic recipe guidance featuring hands-free voice commands, step-by-step photos, how-to videos, and built-in timers. SideChef offers in-app meal planning, e-commerce fulfillment, and smart kitchen connectivity. SideChef is available for free on iOS, Android, Amazon Alexa, Google Home Hub, Samsung Bixby, and Portal from Facebook devices. SideChef powers the smart kitchen experience for world class partners such as Electrolux, LG, GE Appliances, V-Zug, BSH, Haier, and more. For Shoppable Recipe e-Commerce, SideChef partners with Walmart and Amazon Fresh to deliver recipe ingredients from over 3,000 stores across the USA with expansion into international markets in 2022. The SideChef platform is made up of over 16M users worldwide. As a company, we are 70 team members strong, from 16 different nationalities, from all over the world, that believes diversity and team work together can create the extraordinary. For more information, visit sidechef.com. CEO & Founder, Kevin Yu | Forbes Next 1000 of 2021 "Best Meal-Planning Apps of 2021" by Lifestyle Asia Singapore "Best Cooking Apps 2021 for Aspiring Master Chefs" by Tech Times "Best cooking app of 202" by BestApp.com "Best apps of 2017" - Google Play "Favorite cooking app" of The New York Times "Best entrepreneurial companies" - Entrepreneur.com (2018, 2019, 2020) "Favorite cooking app' - The New York Times "Best free Android cooking apps of 2016" - Phone Arena "Best Apps of 2014" - USA TODAY "Top 30 Android Apps" - The Guardian

10x Genomics (NASDAQ: TXG) is one of the fastest growing biotech companies, growing from $3M in revenue in 2015 to $240M in 2019. We create hardware, chemistry, and software that accelerates biological research. Our products are used by scientists around the world, including 96 of the top 100 global research institutions. Our mission is to build products that will be used throughout the rest of this century, to better understand, and eventually conquer disease. Behind every breakthrough is an extensive network of talented individuals contributing their unique perspectives, backgrounds, and areas of expertise. This kind of collaboration is essential to building a strong and effective workplace, and it’s our goal to create an inclusive environment that reflects the diversity of the communities and the goals that we serve. The discoveries we make now, as a team, will lead to better technologies, better treatments, and a better future.

Jampp builds a suite of growth products that all growing on-demand businesses can use to accelerate growth across the customer lifecycle, from acquisition, to engagement and retention. A demand-side platform (DSP) at heart, Jampp unlocks programmatic advertising for some of the biggest names in mobile (like Uber, Rappi, iFood, & Postmates to name a few). We solve the most complex and large-scale technological challenges on mobile advertising today. Jampp handles over 50 billion ad requests and process 100 terabytes a day, across three global data centers. We rely on real-time machine learning models (with billions of features) that give us predictions in less than 1ms.

Agent IQ makes banking personal again by transforming the digital banking experience through 1:1 customer interactions supplemented by state-of-the-art Conversational AI for banks, credit unions and other financial organizations.