Top Tech Startups in California, US in 2024

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Unlock the potential of every investment partnership. Juniper Square empowers GPs and LPs to focus on building enduring relationships and exceptional investment opportunities. Our partnership enablement solutions empower investment partners to connect and communicate seamlessly across every interaction, freeing teams from the disjointed and siloed systems, operations, and processes holding organizations back from realizing their full potential today.

Imply is building a next generation data analytics platform based off of the Druid open source project

We’re building a platform that powers the biggest AI groups in the world, including OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, and Google with human feedback data for evaluating and training their models. Surge was founded by former ML engineers focused on providing the highest quality data in the industry to push the state of the art forward. Instead of outsourcing to call centers overseas, we’ve built an elite workforce based in the US, custom annotation tools, and sophisticated quality control systems. Our product has been a “game-changer” for ML teams, and we’ve been able to run a profitable business from day one without raising venture funding.

New York City's largest born-and-bred tech startup, MLB Advanced Media (MLBAM) is a full service solutions provider delivering world-class digital experiences for more than 16 years and distributing content through all forms of interactive media. Its digital leadership and capabilities are a direct result of an appreciation for designing dynamic functionality for web, mobile applications, and connected devices while integrating live and on-demand multimedia, providing valuable products for millions of fans around the globe. MLBAM also develops, deploys and distributes the highest-grossing sports app, At Bat.

DecisionNext is the only prescriptive analytics solution built especially for commodities-driven industries. It helps them maximize profit margins, minimize uncertainty, and gain competitive edge by providing meaningful context for their decisions about what to produce and where to sell it. DecisionNext is helping commodities-based industries achieve the same profit margin gains enjoyed by the airline and retail industries.

Galxe is a decentralized super app and Web3’s largest onchain distribution platform. Through its robust infrastructure and product suite of modular AI, digital identity, and blockchain technologies — Quest, Passport, Score, Compass, and Alva — Galxe supports the development of advanced, user-friendly Web3 applications with an emphasis on secure and self-sovereign digital identity management. The recent introduction of Gravity, a layer 1 omnichain leveraging Galxe’s infrastructure, enables developers to tap into Galxe’s 20 million users and create new products that help onboard the world to Web3.

Finch is reimagining how to make daily self care feel rewarding and fun! We are a small team passionate about mental health with a mission to make everyone in the world feel happier and more supported each day. Our team is 100% remote with most of us based in the US.

SocialChat provides the social commerce solution to e-commerce stores giving brands the ability to run livestream shopping, simulating the in-person shopping experience for customers. The brands in turn get all the interactions to further optimize the experiences for the users both on the site and through CRM channels for best branding and performance ROI.