Top Tech Startups in South Bay in 2027

Mojo Vision is pioneering a highly flexible, wafers-in, wafers-out micro-LED platform to unlock AI applications in multiple market segments. Built over the past decade by our world-class engineers, our system-level approach combines advanced 300mm silicon architecture with GaN-on-Silicon emitters, proprietary quantum dots, photodetectors, micro-lens arrays, and packaging to solve conventional trade-offs in size, brightness, bandwidth density, and power. Our scalable, manufacturing-ready approach enables breakthrough products such as next-generation optical interconnects and AI glasses. At Mojo, our team includes talented professionals with expertise in hardware, software, optics, photonics, electronics, chemistry, and applied physics. We are based in Cupertino, California and are backed by some of the world’s leading technology investors.

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Create and publish online surveys in minutes, and view results graphically and in real time: SurveyMonkey provides free online questionnaire and survey software. Every day, 20 million questions are answered in our platform, whether it’s to get 10 employees’ opinions about a company barbecue or 10,000 consumers’ feedback about the next big product. That’s because we’ve built a platform that’s simple for a survey novice to use, but powerful enough for a pro. And we’re not stopping there. SurveyMonkey’s 700+ employees throughout North America, Europe and Asia Pacific are dedicated to powering the curious.

Botco.ai is a conversational AI platform built for healthcare and life sciences. We help enterprise teams deploy intelligent chat experiences that drive patient engagement, generate leads, and surface insights — all within a HIPAA-compliant infrastructure. We're a lean, remote-first team moving fast on hard problems. Botco.ai empowers businesses from a range of industries to deliver exceptional, trustworthy customer experiences that generate high quality pipeline, increase sales conversions, and accelerate revenue. Recipient of the Arizona Innovation Challenge "Most Outstanding Startup" award, best SaaS platform from the Arizona Commerce Authority (ACA), the TiE50 Award, and others, Botco.ai is transforming the way businesses communicate with their prospects and customers. For more information, visit botco.ai.

WindBorne Systems aims to deliver better weather forecasts built on a proprietary balloon-based atmospheric sensing platform. Their system can travel a quarter of the way around the world in a single flight and navigate to capture data with the highest impact, filling the huge gaps in traditional measurements. The company is backed by Khosla Ventures, and the team, led by a Thiel fellow and a Hertz fellow, was recognized by Forbes 30 under 30. They developed their world-record-breaking technology through four years of Stanford research, and are working to build the next generation of weather prediction with the mission of helping humanity adapt to the growing threat of climate change -- and the extreme weather that comes along with it.

Creatify is the leading AI-powered video ad generator, creating high-converting ads with product links. As the #1 most-used AI video ads generator, we harness the power of AI to craft video ads that outperform competitors at a fraction of the cost. Our mission is to democratize ad creation. With over 500,000 users and a revenue growth of over 100x since December 2023, we're a rapidly moving startup with a long road ahead. This is still Day 1. We’re backed by top AI investors and founders, including: - AI Grant (created by Nat Friedman and Daniel Gross), Millennium (backers of Facebook, Spotify, Alibaba), Leadout Capital, and more. - Founders of Viralspace AI (acquired by Smartly), Percept AI (acquired by Atlassian), and Market AI.

OpusClip is the No.1 AI-first video editing tool built for authenticity with no editing skills required. Just 1 click to turn long-form content into viral-ready short clips for social media. We envision a world where everyone can authentically share their story through video, with no expertise needed. Within just 2 years of our launch, over 10 million creators and businesses have used OpusClip to enhance their social presence. We have raised $50 million in total funding and are fortunate to have some of the most supportive investors, including SoftBank Vision Fund, DCM Ventures, Millennium New Horizons, Fellows Fund, AI Grant, Jason Lemkin (SaaStr), Samsung Next, GTMfund, Alumni Ventures, and many more. Headquartered in Palo Alto, we are a team of 90 passionate and experienced AI enthusiasts and video experts, driven by our core values: ⚡ Be a Champion Team ⚡ Prioritize Ruthlessly ⚡ Ship Fast, Quality Follows ⚡ Obsess Over Customers Be a part of this exciting journey with us!

Quantum computing has the potential to impact every area of human society for the better--our goal is to build computers to redefine industries like medicine, materials science, finance, artificial intelligence, machine learning, cryptography, and more.