Top Tech Startups in Northern California in 2024

SuperWorld is an augmented reality (AR) virtual world geographically mapped onto the real world allowing users to create, discover and monetize AR content. SuperWorld's AR real estate platform (Superworldapp.com) allows users to buy virtual plots of land anywhere in the world, share in revenue generated by users and become a key stakeholder on our platform. Purchase unique plot of Augmented Reality real estate (ERC721 AR real estate tokens) based on real world polygons of longitude and latitude. Each plot is approximately 100x100 meters. Resell later for an asking price, or keep and receive tokens for future revenue share of AR advertising, digital commerce, ecommerce and data/analytics revenue generated at that location. SuperWorld's mobile application allows users and brands to personalize the real world by adding anything anywhere in augmented reality with interactive 3D objects, photos, videos, audio, and texts, and share the AR experience with their followers. We are currently launched as a prototype on iPhone and Android phones.

Mat3ra.com (prev. Exabyte.io) is a digital platform accelerating the discovery of new advanced materials for critical industries and applications. Our product is a comprehensive web-based environment (think Adobe Creative Cloud) combining 3D design tools, physics-based and data-driven models, and large-scale cloud computing to transition materials R&D to the AI/ML era. We boost the productivity of R&D by simplifying the process of deploying state-of-the-art modeling, enabling collaboration and collective intelligence, and organizing materials data to make it directly usable by AI/ML engines. Dozens of enterprise customers in the electronics, energy, and manufacturing sectors, including Merck KGaA Darmstadt Germany, the Air Force Research Laboratory, and the Tokyo University of Science, are among our platform customers today, contributing to the growing community of over 7,500 (Sep 2022) scientists worldwide. Find out more at: - Video of the founder/CEO, Timur Bazhirov, presenting the company: youtu.be/n7JGfebTmIQ - How we design the world of tomorrow, blog post: mat3ra.com/blog - The Wall Street Journal about our Seed Funding: wsj.com/articles/startup-that-models-materials-at-atomic-level-raises-seed-ca… - Case studies with customers: mat3ra.com/case-studies. - Manuscript explaining the concept and example applications: arxiv.org/abs/1902.10838

AiTrillion is the first-ever SaaS-based Artificial Intelligence enabled – all-in-one marketing platform for eCommerce sellers. AiTrillion derives its AI power for over 200M+ verified online consumer data, 186,000+ Seller Network & $14B+ USD worth transactions analyzed & counting.

LifeLink is the conversational engagement platform for healthcare. We work with some of the largest healthcare systems and pharma companies in the country to reach their patients on mobile and messaging, with personalized, natural, and contextual conversations. LifeLink chatbots automate thousands of high-value patient touchpoints before, during, and after healthcare visits, resulting in improved operational efficiency, increased customer satisfaction, and superior brand loyalty.

Enki is an AI-powered skills coach that helps professionals and teams fulfill their potential. Our prosumer product is an AI-powered coach in coding, no-code, AI, data and other critical hard skills. It's been used by millions of professionals, with over 10,000 paying customers. Our enterprise product helps scaling companies like Monzo, Bolt, and Jackpocket ramp up their employees efficiently and at scale. Enki are a team of growth, AI and data experts that have built companies with over $200m in ARR before. enki.com enki.com/android enki.com/ios

Approveit is a platform that allows end-to-end workflow automation in any department of your organization, from Finance to HR to IT, speeding up approvals by up to 80%. It works directly from Slack or Microsoft Teams enabling to manage business on the go right from messenger’s workspace without additional clicks or other applications. Approveit serves over 50 companies, including Blade, Midokura (a Sony Group Company) and EasyGo, managing over 100,000 customer requests across the United States, Europe and Australia. - #1 Product of the Day on Product Hunt - Top 10 Fastest Growing Workflow Automation Software in Q2 2022 (SaaSworthy)

There’s an enormous opportunity to raise the bar on what seed stage investors provide for early stage founders. We only work with a limited number of portfolio companies so you can get the focused attention you need at this critical seed stage of development. John and Jyoti started Unusual Ventures by reconsidering everything about seed-stage investing born from their experience as a long-time investor and serial entrepreneur. From a place of empathy, they started Unusual Ventures to provide a full range of seed stage services that are specifically designed to meet the needs of early stage companies.

Pie Systems has created a fully digital end-to-end VAT refund solution (tax free shopping) for tourists and stores. For tourists, our platform streamlines VAT claims, eliminates airport queuing, and recovers higher refunds. For stores, our platform eliminates the tedious manual creation of refund claim forms, and empowers them with data analytics and refund process transparency. We are working to disrupt this stagnant $70B+ global industry dominated by two 20+ year old analog incumbents. Join a small and globally distributed team as we bring this industry into the modern age.

High-quality AI is built by vast quantities of training data; training data meticulously annotated by humans. At Avala AI, we put these people first, building a platform to support the often forgotten communities that this work depends on. We focus on equality as well as quality. Dignified work, fair wages, a seamless workflow that accelerates and improves our data output. A data annotation platform that can launch the next generation of AI-powered technologies. We need the world’s best talent to tackle humanity’s greatest challenges. We envision a future where technology and humans can work better, together. Enabling fulfilling and thriving livelihoods for all.