Top Tech Startups in Northern California in 2024

Schmick is a groundbreaking social media platform designed to challenge the status quo of how we connect online. Unlike conventional platforms that emphasize superficial interactions, Schmick fosters meaningful connections by lowering the barriers to entry for real, substantive engagement. We aim to revolutionize the way people communicate, offering users a more authentic, transparent, and fulfilling social experience. Our platform is built with a mission to provide seamless interaction while addressing key pain points like overly curated content, social pressures, and the lack of genuine conversation. By integrating cutting-edge features and a user-first approach, Schmick empowers users to express themselves authentically and connect with others who share their values and interests.

CivDot is an autonomous surveying tool for construction professionals. It enables them to mark the blueprint in real scale with 6x outputs and greater precision compared to traditional survey methods. CivDot is reliable, fast, and smart; creating a seamless experience for layout on any project

Evidium’s mission is to scale medical knowledge and create reliable AI for the health benefit of every person. Our culture is highly collaborative and first-principles based. The problem we are solving is creating reliable, generalizable and knowledge-grounded AI for use cases across healthcare, with a virtuous cycle of knowledge diffusion and feedback. Our early adopters are providers to enhance decision making, pharma for enhanced real-word evidence, and insurers for enhanced predictions.

We are building the camera for spatial computing, starting with memories. Users capture a video of their memory in our mobile app. We make it 3D. They can then step back inside that moment in mobile AR or in an AR/VR headset. It is a very compelling experience. We're shipping a private beta on iOS and Quest. Lots more to build this year.

Our product helps lawyers and their staff eliminate menial tasks, allowing them to focus on more productive tasks for their firm.

We're building an AI-driven shipping optimization platform for large ecommerce brands and 3PLs. The industry still mostly operates through excel sheets, emails and phone calls, causing unnecessary shipping costs, supply chain risk and a suboptimal customer experience. Streamlane is building the first of its kind all-in-one platform that bolts onto WMS / TMS, to support operators across the entire shipping value chain.

Konko AI creates AI sales agents designed to boost lead conversion rates for retail and SMB financial services providers Konko’s proprietary AI sales agent, Kora, was modeled after top-performing sales, deposit and loan agents and refined through thousands of live customer interactions. Konko’s team of AI experts customizes Kora to reflect each client’s unique identity, brand voice, messaging, and sales workflows. With Kora, leads experience an enhanced purchase journey, sales teams are empowered to meet growth targets, and clients can close up to 140% more leads—all without increasing headcount or altering existing software. Konko AI was founded and is led by Harvard Business School graduates and Financial Institution + AI experts Jean Marc Goguikian (BCG, JP Morgan) and Michael Haddad (C3 AI, Tesla). The team includes AI researchers and engineers with experience at C3 AI, DataRobot, IBM, SAP, and Columbia.