Top Tech Startups in Northern California in 2024

Mantle's 3D metal printing technology is significantly less complicated and less expensive than existing solutions. Our proprietary material science and machine design result in a printer that is smaller, safer and easier to deploy then anything in the market today. Mantle believes every company should have access to the new part geometries, rapid prototyping capabilities and distributed manufacturing benefits enabled by the additive manufacturing of metal parts.

At TalkDEI, we're revolutionizing supplier sourcing with AI-driven diversity solutions. Our platform empowers organizations to efficiently identify, engage, and track diverse suppliers, fostering inclusivity and compliance. With a commitment to driving positive change, we're dedicated to shaping a more diverse and equitable supply chain landscape. Join us in redefining supplier sourcing for a brighter, more inclusive future.

Our software helps business owners save on taxes with two core products: Corvee Tax Planning – Finds ways to cut down on taxes (Demo at corvee.com). Instead Implementation & Preparation – Simplifies tax rules for small businesses (Live at instead.com). Note: We are in process of rebranding from Corvee to Instead.com. The main product you will be working on will be at instead.com

Gr4vy is a cloud payments company that takes the complexity out of running your own payments infrastructure by doing it for you. We can deploy services on our cloud across the globe, deploying on the edge close to your customers. We can even allow you to host our services on your own networks. Centralized reporting, monitoring, and management mean all parts of your business will benefit from a single streamlined system, saving you time and money.

At Optivolt, we engineer next-gen power electronics for solar modules, enabling up to 60x more power in shaded conditions. Our technology is deployed with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Air Force, and Ukraine Armed Forces, ensuring reliable solar energy production, even in the harshest environments on the planet. After proven success with our military partners, we’re bringing this technology to residential homes across the country. Millions of previously-disqualified homes are now eligible for solar power — rain, shine, or shade. Join our mission in making solar energy accessible for all, engineering a cleaner, sustainable future. With Optivolt, the future of solar energy is brighter than ever.

Avoma is an intelligent meeting assistant for professionals to automate common tasks around meetings. We leverage state-of-the-art NLP and machine learning techniques to summarize meeting notes and extract key topics and action items, unlocking the rich trove of data and insights in your conversations.

Pomelo is the first financial technology platform to combine money transfer and credit together into a unified product. Pomelo has reinvented the money transfer experience to be refreshingly free, instant, and secure. By extending credit to family instead of sending cash, Pomelo helps consumers use and build their credit so that they can help and stay in touch with loved ones around the world.

Code for America is committed to building a team as diverse as the nation we serve. We’re made up of people-centered problem solvers: technologists, advocates, storytellers, and organizers from many different backgrounds and communities around the country. We merge the best parts of technology, nonprofit, and government. We believe government at all levels can and should work well for everyone— and the mindful use of technology makes it possible. We’re known for building digital tools, but the work doesn’t stop there. We seek to transform government by showing what’s possible when communities are included in policy and service design. We use insights and ideas from real people to guide us to real solutions that break down barriers to meet community needs and improve government in meaningful ways. Want to use your skills for good and help us drive change that lasts? Join our team!

NetBox Labs helps companies build and manage complex networks. We help customers accelerate network automation by delivering open, composable products and supporting the network automation community. The company’s NetBox Cloud product offers an enterprise-grade, SaaS version of open source NetBox — the world’s most popular network source of truth. NetBox Labs is the commercial steward of NetBox and Orb, the next-generation open source network observability platform. With dozens of customers like Dartmouth College and Constant Contact, and backed by investment from GGV Capital, Grafana Labs CEO Raj Dutt, Flybridge, IBM, Salesforce Ventures, and Mango Capital; NetBox Labs is building the open, composable network automation stack for networking teams.

Achieving our mission will require solving ambitious technical challenges, including engineering, research, and design, and we are assembling a world-class team to do so. Our founding team includes AI pioneers from Google Brain and Meta Research whose research has led to major breakthroughs in natural language understanding and dialog applications such as Transformers and Google LaMDA. Check out beta.character.ai to get a glimpse into the future.