Top Tech Startups in Northern California in 2024

A social travel platform facilitating the sharing of accommodation (by rooms or beds) for any group-oriented experience in a safe and trusted environment. Travelers want to connect with like minded others and optimize budget. Bubbl matches travelers with Hosts Bubbl listings to join and experience a great time, great value, and new friends.

We’re solving a critical problem for the American homeowner - the exploding cost of homeowners insurance - specifically, for consumers in natural catastrophe heavy areas. From south Texas to woodland California to the Jersey shore, consumers are being asked to pay thousands more in insurance premiums every year. For decades, the insurance industry has met the needs of these consumers with a transaction based in PDFs and faxes, and underwriting based on anecdote and human experience. Risk isn’t priced accurately, the sale is high friction and confusing, and those who bear the risk have lost money hand over fist. This is a $30b TAM space where software can create massive value across multiple dimensions; we at Annex are building a platform connecting the dots between what’s best for consumers, insurance agents and reinsurers.

Our ML/AI-driven solution will help people live better, more satisfying lives.

Berkeley Compute is a revolutionary decentralized GPU platform at the intersection of artificial intelligence and blockchain technology. Launched in 2024, we're on a mission to empower millions to own a piece of the largest distributed GPU network.

Sapien, established in 2023, is building the world's largest and most diverse network of human data labelers that the AI industry relies on to power its high-performance models. Sapien’s novel approach to human data labeling through gamification and blockchain incentives creates positive reinforcement loops that ensure high engagement from labelers and optimal data quality for customers. Sapien serves AI customers across multiple industries, including healthcare, web3, education and leading LLMs. Sapien's commitment to empower anyone to earn a living wage by producing quality data while having fun is setting a new standard for how humans and AI work together.

Just One Giant Lab is a social and financial infrastructure to accelerate science, innovation, and impact

OpenBlock is building data infrastructure for the new internet. OpenBlock allows developers to build data-rich applications on top of rich user data, verified by zero-knowledge proofs. Our data currently powers over $2 billion in annual incentive spend for the largest names in crypto. We are a 40-person team, headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.