Radar · Digital ICs in California
Best Digital ICs Companies in California, United States
The 192 best Digital ICs companies in California, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: SambaNova Systems.
By Riya SenguptaFinancials
192companies tracked
$12.2Bdisclosed funding
6unicorns
105have raised
Ranked: Best Digital ICs companies in California
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SambaNova Systems 🦄 Provider of AI-powered software and hardware 93Innovation top 13%Patents top 13%Funding top 14%Tech top 19% All 13 signals ▾Innovationtop 13% Patentstop 13% Fundingtop 14% Techtop 19% AItop 22% Moattop 22% Newstop 23% Markettop 29% Partnerstop 32% Growthtop 39% Producttop 41% Globaltop 47% Talentbottom 49% Innovation: 589 patents (top 2% of patent-holders) · 511 filings since 2022 vs 78 in 2017-21 Patents: 589 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 511 filings since 2022 vs 78 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 93/100 | $1.1B | 3 mo ago | 497 497 → 406 (-18%) | Christopher Re Co-Founder | Apple iCloud MailGoogle WorkspaceNode.js+32 | 589 patents Reconfigurable AI accelerator hardware for high‑bandwidth, dataflow‑optimized neural network processing | — |
| 2 | Groq 🦄 Provider of AI inference platforms and on-premise AI inference clusters 96Funding top 15%Patents top 16%Innovation top 17%Tech top 18% All 12 signals ▾Fundingtop 15% Patentstop 16% Innovationtop 17% Techtop 18% AItop 18% Partnerstop 21% Moattop 22% Growthtop 23% Newstop 23% Markettop 29% Talenttop 34% Globalbottom 42% Funding: Raised $1.0B across 5 rounds · 5 rounds over 10 yrs (0.5/yr) Patents: 240 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 157 filings since 2022 vs 83 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 96/100 | $1.0B | 9 mo ago | 165 165 → 313 (+90%) | Jonathan Ross CEO | AlgoliaNode.jsRadix UI+31 | 240 patents Hardware and software techniques for high‑performance tensor/AI accelerator design and reliability. | — |
| 3 | Cerebras 🦄 Provider of high-performance AI infrastructure and wafer-scale computing solutions 96Funding top 10%Tech top 17%News top 18%Growth top 20% All 10 signals ▾Fundingtop 10% Techtop 17% Newstop 18% Growthtop 20% Talenttop 23% Moattop 26% AItop 30% Partnerstop 32% Markettop 33% Globaltop 42% Funding: Raised $750M across 9 rounds · 9 rounds over 10 yrs (0.9/yr) Tech: 44 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare, Vercel rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 96/100 | $750M | 2 mo ago | — | Michael James Co-Founder | SanityTurbopackNode.js+25 | — | 1 launch |
| 4 | Conexant DSP, analog and mixed signal solutions for audio and imaging applications | $650M | 181 mo ago | 398 | — | — | 60 patents Network interface controllers and MAC-layer communication protocols for wired and wireless data links | — |
| 5 | Rambus Provider of AI-based silicon IP and chip solutions | $500M | 196 mo ago | 690 | — | WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+30 | 6,327 patents Advanced multi‑channel DRAM interfaces, timing, and persistent memory technologies | — |
| 6 | Unconventional AI 🦄 Developer of computer systems optimizing energy efficiency for artificial intelligence 69Funding top 22%Talent top 28%Moat top 32%Market top 44% All 7 signals ▾Fundingtop 22% Talenttop 28% Moattop 32% Markettop 44% AItop 45% Techbottom 46% Globalbottom 33% Funding: Raised $475M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 69/100 | $475M | 6 mo ago | — | Sara Achour Co-Founder | WordPressApple iCloud MailMySQL+18 | — | 1 launch · 2 awards |
| 7 | Celestial AI Developer of optical interconnect technology for artificial intelligence infrastructure systems 83Funding top 21%Innovation top 25%Growth top 25%Patents top 25% All 12 signals ▾Fundingtop 21% Innovationtop 25% Growthtop 25% Patentstop 25% Moattop 26% Newstop 27% AItop 30% Talenttop 38% Partnerstop 40% Techtop 44% Markettop 48% Globalbottom 39% Funding: Raised $370M across 6 rounds · 6 rounds over 5 yrs (1.2/yr) Innovation: 190 patents (top 25% of patent-holders) · 190 filings since 2022 vs 0 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 83/100 | $370M | 15 mo ago | 100 | Preet Virk Co-Founder | Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+18 | 190 patents Patents concentrated in electrical & electronics | — |
| 8 | Ampere Computing Platform offering of cloud-native processors | $340M | 51 mo ago | 511 | — | Apple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365TypeScript+20 | 209 patents High‑performance server CPU cache, memory prefetch, and virtualization acceleration technologies. | — |
| 9 | SiMa.ai Developer of hardware and software platform for physical artificial intelligence 69Funding top 15%AI top 22%Moat top 31%Partners top 32% All 12 signals ▾Fundingtop 15% AItop 22% Moattop 31% Partnerstop 32% Talenttop 38% Techtop 41% Markettop 45% Producttop 45% Growthtop 47% Newstop 49% Innovationbottom 48% Globalbottom 37% Funding: Raised $330M across 7 rounds · 7 rounds over 6 yrs (1.2/yr) AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: artificial intelligence, computer vision, machine learning rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 69/100 | $330M | 2 mo ago | 161 | Krishna Rangasayee Founder and CEO | WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+27 | — | 2 launchs · 2 partnerships |
| 10 | Pensando Systems Provider of software-defined edge services platform | $313M | 58 mo ago | 233 | — | — | 286 patents Accelerating network functions with hardware‑offloaded service state replication and packet processing | — |
| 11 | Fungible Full stack solution for data centres | $300M | 83 mo ago | 197 | Eric Hayes CEO | — | 210 patents High‑performance data‑center networking and programmable packet processing pipelines | — |
| 12 | Nvidia Developer of hardware and software solutions for artificial intelligence computing | $295M | 36 mo ago | 29,600 29,600 → 50,264 (+70%) | — | Apple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365TypeScript+38 | 17,098 patents GPU-accelerated AI computing and advanced liquid cooling solutions for data centers | 2 partnerships |
| 13 | D-Wave Developer and delivery of quantum computing systems, software, and services | $256M | 63 mo ago | 222 | Haig Farris Co-Founder | RubyRuby on RailsEnvoy+23 | 24 patents Advanced antenna designs and distributed wireless network performance optimization | 1 launch |
| 14 | Eridu AI Developer of data center infrastructure technology for artificial intelligence acceleration 67Funding top 18%Growth top 20%Talent top 28%Tech top 45% All 10 signals ▾Fundingtop 18% Growthtop 20% Talenttop 28% Techtop 45% AItop 45% Patentstop 46% Innovationtop 49% Moatbottom 49% Globalbottom 37% Marketbottom 34% Funding: Raised $230M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 1 yrs (2.0/yr) Growth: Web rank 50,000,000 → 5,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 67/100 | $230M | 3 mo ago | — | Mike Capuano Co-Founder | WordPressMySQLPHP+25 | 6 patents Patents concentrated in electrical & electronics | 1 award |
| 15 | Kneron 🦄 Developer of edge artificial intelligence solutions including SoCs and AI models | $226M | 32 mo ago | 38 38 → 92 (+142%) | Frank Chang Co-Founder | Cart FunctionalitynopCommerceSentry+14 | 77 patents Edge AI inference accelerators using compute-in-memory and residue number systems | 1 partnership |
| 16 | Rigetti Computing Developer of an AI-powered full-stack quantum computing solution based on superconducting qubits 78Product top 14%Partners top 15%Tech top 21%Innovation top 25% All 13 signals ▾Producttop 14% Partnerstop 15% Techtop 21% Innovationtop 25% Fundingtop 25% Talenttop 28% Newstop 30% AItop 45% Markettop 46% Moattop 48% Growthtop 49% Fin. healthtop 49% Globalbottom 39% Product: 5 distinct product lines · Company stage: Public Partners: 7 contract events in 12 mo · Named contractor/client in 7 deals rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 78/100 | $198M | 13 mo ago | 145 145 → 198 (+37%) | — | DrupalApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+23 | — | — |
| 17 | Avalanche Technology Leading provider of advanced memory solutions for extreme environments | $190M | 68 mo ago | 53 | — | BreakdanceWordPressMySQL+21 | 604 patents Magnetic nonvolatile memory devices, dual-layer cells, selectors, and packaging solutions | — |
| 18 | Recogni Developer of systems and silicon for generative artificial intelligence inference | $176M | 27 mo ago | 25 | Gilles Backhus Co-Founder | — | 95 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | 1 launch |
| 19 | Spin Memory Provider of MRAM based storage solution | $158M | 71 mo ago | 3 | — | — | 267 patents Advanced 3D MRAM and epitaxial selector technologies for high‑density magnetic memory | — |
| 20 | d-Matrix 🦄 Developers of digital-in memory compute engine for efficient AI processing 89Patents top 12%Innovation top 17%Growth top 19%Funding top 20% All 11 signals ▾Patentstop 12% Innovationtop 17% Growthtop 19% Fundingtop 20% Moattop 22% Newstop 25% AItop 30% Talenttop 38% Techtop 43% Markettop 46% Globaltop 49% Patents: 271 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 95 filings since 2022 vs 45 in 2017-21 Innovation: 271 patents (top 20% of patent-holders) · 95 filings since 2022 vs 45 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 89/100 | $154M | 7 mo ago | 66 | Sudeep Bhoja Founder and CTO | WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+26 | 266 patents Patents concentrated in health & consumer products | 2 awards |
| 21 | Crossbar Non-volatile RRAM memory technology 42Moat top 19%Funding top 26%Patents top 27%Innovation top 33% All 7 signals ▾Moattop 19% Fundingtop 26% Patentstop 27% Innovationtop 33% Marketbottom 46% Globalbottom 43% Techbottom 15% Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 8/10 · IP moat: 561 patents Funding: Raised $136M across 7 rounds · 7 rounds over 14 yrs (0.5/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 42/100 | $136M | 31 mo ago | 57 | — | — | 561 patents Secure hardware crypto wallets and PUF‑based authentication using RRAM memory. | — |
| 22 | Cornami Provider of AI-powered microprocessors for parallel computing applications 76Growth top 13%Funding top 19%AI top 26%Moat top 28% All 9 signals ▾Growthtop 13% Fundingtop 19% AItop 26% Moattop 28% Innovationtop 30% Patentstop 30% Globalbottom 42% Marketbottom 38% Techbottom 34% Growth: Headcount 15 → 36 (+140%) across vintages · Fresh capital in last 24 mo Funding: Raised $133M across 15 rounds · 15 rounds over 14 yrs (1.1/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 76/100 | $133M | 10 mo ago | 36 36 → 39 (+8%) | — | — | 95 patents Hardware acceleration for homomorphic encryption and secure parallel processing architectures | — |
| 23 | Achronix Manufacturer of AI-based field-programmable gate arrays and IPs | $132M | 158 mo ago | 26 | Virantha Ekanayake Co-Founder & CTO | DrupalMariaDBPHP+25 | — | 1 launch |
| 24 | Tilera Scalable multicore embedded processor design company | $127M | 167 mo ago | 137 | — | — | 76 patents On-chip mesh interconnects and cache-coherence for manycore processors | — |
| 25 | Etched Provider of specialized hardware for artificial intelligence designed to accelerate specific model types… | $125M | 23 mo ago | 16 | Gavin Uberti Co-Founder & CEO | Apple iCloud MailGoogle WorkspaceNode.js+13 | 10 patents Hardware acceleration of AI models via ASIC compilation and multi-chip tensor processing | — |
| 26 | Syntiant Provider of neural processing units for edge computing applications | $121M | 33 mo ago | 95 | Kurt Busch CEO | Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+17 | 109 patents Ultra‑low‑power neuromorphic AI chips for edge audio and sensor inference. | 2 launchs · 1 partnership |
| 27 | Habana Developer of AI-based processors for deep learning processing | $120M | 91 mo ago | 600 | David Dahan Co-Founder & CEO | SphinxBootstrapEmotion+16 | — | — |
| 28 | NeuroBlade Provider of big data analytics solutions | $110M | 56 mo ago | 110 | Elad Sity Co-Founder & CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+19 | — | — |
| 29 | Wave Computing Deep learning solutions powered based on dataflow processing units | $110M | 90 mo ago | 75 | — | — | 89 patents High‑performance parallel processor architectures for AI/ML matrix and graph workloads | — |
| 30 | Adesto Low power CBRAM for IoT, health | $87M | 81 mo ago | 230 | James Jolly CEO / Senior Partner | — | 222 patents Nonvolatile memory (FRAM) technologies and low‑power RF front‑end/receiver modules. | — |
| 31 | Flex Logix Provider of a reconfigurable computing company that provides embedded FPGA (eFPGA) IP, architecture, and… | $82M | 62 mo ago | 67 | Dejan Markovic Co-Founder | — | 155 patents High‑throughput AI/ML hardware accelerators for MAC and FFT tensor processing | — |
| 32 | Synaptics Provider of capacitative touchpad components for electronic devices and products | $77M | 65 mo ago | 1,891 | Carver Mead Co-Founder | DrupalApple iCloud MailMariaDB+30 | 3,375 patents Advanced capacitive touch sensing, multi-frequency detection, and audio noise reduction technologies. | — |
| 33 | Empower Semiconductor Developer of novel on-chip power management architecture 60Patents top 19%Innovation top 22%Funding top 25%Moat top 35% All 9 signals ▾Patentstop 19% Innovationtop 22% Fundingtop 25% Moattop 35% Talenttop 35% Newstop 40% Techtop 50% Globalbottom 43% Marketbottom 35% Patents: 153 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 111 filings since 2022 vs 41 in 2017-21 Innovation: 153 patents (top 30% of patent-holders) · 111 filings since 2022 vs 41 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 60/100 | $75M | 8 mo ago | 42 | Tim Phillips CEO & President | WordPressMySQLPHP+25 | 153 patents Advanced high‑voltage switched‑capacitor and reconfigurable DC‑DC power conversion | 1 award |
| 34 | Kinara AI Providers of AI-based edge processor | $54M | 57 mo ago | 55 | Wajahat Qadeer Co-Founder | WordPressMySQLPHP+19 | 7 patents AI model serving infrastructure with multiprocessing proxy and application prototyping tools | — |
| 35 | Analog Inference Analog Inference is a provider of AI inference accelerators | $50M | 36 mo ago | 45 | Carey Kloss CEO | — | — | — |
| 36 | Ceremorphic Developer of compute infrastructure and analog AI for drug design | $50M | 52 mo ago | 223 | Venkat Mattela Founder & CEO | WordPressPleskMySQL+17 | 126 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 37 | Quadric IO Developer of AI processor IP and related software development tools 57AI top 20%Product top 25%Funding top 26%Moat top 32% All 11 signals ▾AItop 20% Producttop 25% Fundingtop 26% Moattop 32% Newstop 33% Talenttop 35% Innovationtop 37% Patentstop 44% Techbottom 48% Globalbottom 39% Marketbottom 29% AI: Classified as an AI company Product: 12 distinct product lines · Company stage: Series C rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 57/100 | $46M | 5 mo ago | 20 | Veerbhan Kheterpal Co-Founder & CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+20 | 60 patents On-chip configurable mesh interconnects for high‑throughput AI/ML compute acceleration | 1 expansion |
| 38 | EnCharge Developer of hardware and software for edge-to-cloud artificial intelligence compute | $45M | 16 mo ago | 35 | Echere Iroaga Co-Founder | WebflowAmazon Web ServicesMicrosoft 365+12 | 14 patents Configurable analog-to-digital converters and high‑throughput in‑memory computing arrays | 1 job opening · 1 award |
| 39 | Rain Developer of energy efficient hardware for artificial intelligence applications | $40M | 24 mo ago | 7 | Juan Nino Co-Founder | Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+13 | — | — |
| 40 | Expedera Provider of AI accelerators | $38M | 27 mo ago | 13 | Sharad Chole Co-Founder | WordPressMySQLPHP+27 | 48 patents Hardware-accelerated neural network and matrix processing for image warping and scalable ML. | 1 award |
| 41 | DeGirum Developer of an AI platform, software, and hardware acceleration solutions 57AI top 30%Funding top 35%Growth top 35%Talent top 38% All 10 signals ▾AItop 30% Fundingtop 35% Growthtop 35% Talenttop 38% Techtop 39% Patentstop 41% Innovationtop 43% Moattop 47% Globalbottom 35% Marketbottom 28% AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: artificial intelligence Funding: Raised $37.2M across 6 rounds · 6 rounds over 6 yrs (1.0/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 57/100 | $37M | 11 mo ago | — | Shashi Chilappagari Co-Founder | GitBookNode.jsRadix UI+14 | 63 patents High‑performance matrix multiplication hardware and ring‑network interconnects for AI accelerators | — |
| 42 | QC Ware Provider of a cloud-based computational platform for quantum computing | $33M | 58 mo ago | 50 | — | WebflowApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+18 | 74 patents Quantum algorithms and photonic hardware for chemistry, machine learning, and linear algebra | — |
| 43 | Rapid Silicon Manufacturer of AI-powered field-programmable gate array devices | $30M | 41 mo ago | 125 | Naveed Sherwani CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+21 | — | — |
| 44 | Tachyum Provider of HPC processors 64Talent top 22%AI top 26%Moat top 28%Funding top 35% All 11 signals ▾Talenttop 22% AItop 26% Moattop 28% Fundingtop 35% Patentstop 38% Innovationtop 42% Newstop 42% Growthtop 45% Techbottom 48% Globalbottom 48% Marketbottom 42% Talent: Analyst team rating 5/5 · 3 named leaders on record AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: deep learning, neural network rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 64/100 | $25M | 7 mo ago | 43 | Rodney Mullendore Co-Founder | HugoTailwind CSSLazySizes+12 | 28 patents High-performance CPU memory interface design and instruction encoding optimization | — |
| 45 | GRAID Provider of raid controllers for enterprise data security solutions 40Funding top 32%Tech top 37%Growth top 45%Moat top 48% All 7 signals ▾Fundingtop 32% Techtop 37% Growthtop 45% Moattop 48% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 36% Marketbottom 32% Funding: Raised $15.0M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 4 yrs (0.5/yr) Tech: 41 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 40/100 | $15M | 15 mo ago | 11 | Leander Yu CEO | WordPress Block EditorWordPressApple iCloud Mail+29 | — | 1 award |
| 46 | Lemurian Labs Developer of software stack designed to run AI workloads on hardware 48AI top 20%Growth top 35%Funding top 40%Tech bottom 45% All 8 signals ▾AItop 20% Growthtop 35% Fundingtop 40% Techbottom 45% Globalbottom 39% Moatbottom 38% Marketbottom 28% Newsbottom 19% AI: Classified as an AI company Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 48/100 | $9M | 6 mo ago | 24 | — | Webflow EcommerceWebflowGSAP+10 | — | 3 job openings |
| 47 | DeGirum Provider of a cloud-based edge solution for processing AI applications | $6M | 26 mo ago | 22 22 → 28 (+27%) | Shashi Kiran Chilappagari Co-Founder | Three.jsReactCaddy+10 | 63 patents High‑performance matrix‑multiply accelerators and ring‑network interconnects for AI hardware | — |
| 48 | MemComputing Reinventing computing with innovative solutions for complex problems and AI | $3M | 6 mo ago | 9 | Massimiliano Di Ventra Co-Founder | WordPress Block EditorElementorWordPress+23 | 19 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 49 | ANAFLASH Provider of nonvolatile reflex computing enabler | $3M | 19 mo ago | 11 | Seung-Hwan Song Co-Founder & CEO | Webflowcore-jsjQuery+9 | 88 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 50 | CyberSwarm Provider of solutions for cyberattack 37AI top 25%Moat top 25%Patents top 28%Innovation top 32% All 10 signals ▾AItop 25% Moattop 25% Patentstop 28% Innovationtop 32% Producttop 36% Talentbottom 49% Fundingbottom 45% Techbottom 45% Globalbottom 43% Marketbottom 16% AI: Classified as an AI company · Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC) Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 7/10 · IP moat: 29 patents rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 37/100 | $1M | 1 mo ago | 6 | Raneti Mihai Founder & CEO | — | 29 patents Neuromorphic hardware and training methods for AI pattern recognition systems | — |
Top 12 Digital ICs companies in California
#1
Cerebras 🦄Public · Sunnyvale, California · founded 2015$750Mraised▾
Cerebras 🦄
Public · Sunnyvale, California · founded 2015
Provider of high-performance AI infrastructure and wafer-scale computing solutions. It leverages proprietary wafer-scale processor technology to power generative AI, real-time reasoning, conversational AI, and intelligent agent workflows with significantly higher speed and efficiency than traditional GPU-based systems. Its offerings support cloud, on-premise, and private deployment environments, enabling organizations to build, fine-tune, and serve large AI models at scale while optimizing performance, latency, and infrastructure costs.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 96how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 10%Tech
top 17%News
top 18%Growth
top 20%Talent
top 23%Moat
top 26%Funding: Raised $750M across 9 rounds · 9 rounds over 10 yrs (0.9/yr) · Last round Conventional Debt (Apr 2026)
Tech: 44 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare, Vercel · Observability: Microsoft Clarity
News: 10 BI events in 12 mo (of 16 tracked, 6 types) · +67% YoY · 9 high-value events (IPO/M&A/funding/contracts) in 12 mo
Audience (LinkedIn): 120k LinkedIn followers
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Apr 2026Conventional Debt$850M
- Feb 2026Series H$1B
- Sep 2025Series G$1.1B
- Jan 2025Grant (prize money)$1.6M
Founders & team
Investors
Benchmark, Foundation Capital, Eclipse, Open Field Capital, Qualcomm Ventures, Coatue
Tech stack
CdnjsCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCloudflare Browser InsightsCookieyesGodaddy
#2
Series E · Palo Alto, California · founded 2017 · 497 employees$1.1Braised▾
Series E · Palo Alto, California · founded 2017 · 497 employees
Provider of AI-powered software and hardware. The platform offers a suite of generative AI systems for enterprises and government organizations. Its suite includes ChatGPT chatbots designed for banks, law firms, healthcare providers, and other sectors.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 93how this company ranks against its industry peers
Innovation
top 13%Patents
top 13%Funding
top 14%Tech
top 19%AI
top 22%Moat
top 22%Innovation: 589 patents (top 2% of patent-holders) · 511 filings since 2022 vs 78 in 2017-21 · Deep-tech classification: Artificial Intelligence, Tech Hardware
Patents: 589 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 511 filings since 2022 vs 78 in 2017-21 · Latest publication 2026
Funding: Raised $1.1B across 5 rounds · 5 rounds over 8 yrs (0.6/yr) · Last round Series E (Feb 2026)
Audience (LinkedIn): 96k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
- Feb 2026Series E$350M
- Apr 2021Series D$676M
- Feb 2020Series C$250M
- Apr 2019Series B$150M
Founders & team
Investors
BlackRock, Google Ventures, Walden International, Redline Capital Management, Intel Capital, Celesta Capital
Tech stack
6SenseApple Icloud MailAtlassian StatuspageCdnjsCloudflareCloudflare Bot Management
#3
Series C · San Jose, California · founded 2018 · 161 employees$330Mraised▾
Series C · San Jose, California · founded 2018 · 161 employees
Developer of hardware and software platform for physical artificial intelligence. The company offers a machine learning system-on-chip, boards, and development kits. The hardware and software are designed for robotics, automotive, industrial, government, retail, and healthcare sectors. The company's platform supports computer vision, large language models, and multimodal models.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 69how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 15%AI
top 22%Moat
top 31%Partners
top 32%Talent
top 38%Tech
top 41%Funding: Raised $330M across 7 rounds · 7 rounds over 6 yrs (1.2/yr) · Last round Series C (Apr 2026)
AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: artificial intelligence, computer vision, machine learning
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 8/10 · Soonicorn · 9 curated direct competitors tracked
Audience (LinkedIn): 25k LinkedIn followers
Activity (LinkedIn): 2 product launches · 2 partnerships (incl. Mistral Solutions (a subsidiary of AXISCADES)) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Apr 2026Series C—
- Aug 2025Series C$85M
- Apr 2024Series B$70M
- Jun 2023Series B$13M
Founders & team
Investors
Dell Technologies Capital, Amplify Partners, Wing Venture Capital, ND Capital, Fidelity Investments, Alter Venture Partners
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesAmerican ExpressApple Icloud MailAuth0Cart FunctionalityCdnjs
#4
Groq 🦄Series E · San Jose, California · founded 2016 · 165 employees$1Braised▾
Groq 🦄
Series E · San Jose, California · founded 2016 · 165 employees
Provider of AI inference platforms and on-premise AI inference clusters. It develops inference-specific LPUs and offers GroqCloud, a platform for AI inference. It also provides GroqRack, an on-premise AI inference cluster for data centers. The company focuses on delivering consistent performance at scale with its custom-built LPU architecture.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 96how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 15%Patents
top 16%Innovation
top 17%Tech
top 18%AI
top 18%Partners
top 21%Funding: Raised $1.0B across 5 rounds · 5 rounds over 10 yrs (0.5/yr) · Last round Series E (Sep 2025)
Patents: 240 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 157 filings since 2022 vs 83 in 2017-21 · Latest publication 2026
Innovation: 240 patents (top 4% of patent-holders) · 157 filings since 2022 vs 83 in 2017-21 · Deep-tech classification: Artificial Intelligence, Tech Hardware
Audience (LinkedIn): 197k LinkedIn followers — 3.0% of this cohort's audience
Activity (LinkedIn): 2 product launches · 2 partnerships (incl. Equinix) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Sep 2025Series E$750M
- Aug 2024Series D$640M
- Apr 2021Series C$300M
- Aug 2020Series B—
Founders & team
Investors
Tiger Global Management, Spruce House Investment Management, GCM Grosvenor, Firebolt Ventures, TDK Ventures, Infinitum Partners
Tech stack
AlgoliaAmazon CloudfrontAmazon S3Amazon Web ServicesCloudflareCloudflare Bot Management
#5
Series A · Saratoga, California · founded 2023$230Mraised▾
Series A · Saratoga, California · founded 2023
Developer of data center infrastructure technology for artificial intelligence acceleration. The company focuses on overcoming infrastructure barriers that limit compute performance. It aims to deliver new levels of intelligence with reduced power consumption and cost. The company innovates at artificial intelligence scale.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 67how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 18%Growth
top 20%Talent
top 28%Tech
top 45%AI
top 45%Patents
top 46%Funding: Raised $230M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 1 yrs (2.0/yr) · Last round Series A (Mar 2026)
Growth: Web rank 50,000,000 → 5,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Audience (LinkedIn): 4k LinkedIn followers
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Mar 2026Series A$200M
- Seed$30M
Founders & team
Investors
Socratic Partners, HRT, Capricorn, Matter Venture Partners, MediaTek, VentureTech Alliance
Tech stack
AddtoanyAddtoany Share ButtonsCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementContact Form 7Godaddy
#6
Seed · San Diego, California · founded 2025$475Mraised▾
Seed · San Diego, California · founded 2025
Developer of computer systems optimizing energy efficiency for artificial intelligence. The company focuses on rethinking computer foundations to manage the optimization. It combines solutions in artificial intelligence systems, analog circuits, computing theory, and neuroscience. The company aims to bring biology-scale efficiency to artificial intelligence.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 69how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 22%Talent
top 28%Moat
top 32%Market
top 44%AI
top 45%Tech
bottom 46%Funding: Raised $475M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) · Last round Seed (Dec 2025)
Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Moat: Unicorn · 10 curated direct competitors tracked
Audience (LinkedIn): 11k LinkedIn followers
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 product launches · 2 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Dec 2025Seed$475M
Founders & team
Investors
Lightspeed Venture Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, Lux Capital, DCVC, Databricks, Future Ventures
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailBootstrapCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Tag Manager
#7
d-Matrix 🦄Series C · Los Altos, California · founded 2019 · 66 employees$154Mraised▾
d-Matrix 🦄
Series C · Los Altos, California · founded 2019 · 66 employees
Developers of digital-in memory compute engine for efficient AI processing. It overcomes the memory wall and improves performance and efficiency. D-matrix has a holistic platform for AI compute. They target datacenters for deploying machine learning models.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 89how this company ranks against its industry peers
Patents
top 12%Innovation
top 17%Growth
top 19%Funding
top 20%Moat
top 22%News
top 25%Patents: 271 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 95 filings since 2022 vs 45 in 2017-21 · Latest publication 2026
Innovation: 271 patents (top 20% of patent-holders) · 95 filings since 2022 vs 45 in 2017-21 · Deep-tech classification: Artificial Intelligence, Tech Hardware
Growth: Headcount 18 → 66 (+267%) across vintages · Web rank 5,000,000 → 1,000,000 YoY · 1 acquisition/expansion move in 24 mo
Audience (LinkedIn): 19k LinkedIn followers
Activity (LinkedIn): 2 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Nov 2025Series C$275M
- Sep 2023Series B$110M
- Apr 2022Series A$44M
Founders & team
Investors
M12, SK hynix, Playground Global, Nautilus Venture Partners, Marvell, Entrada Ventures
Tech stack
Alpine.JsAzureCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementDocusignDraftpress Hfcm
#8
Series C · Burlingame, California · founded 2016 · 20 employees$46Mraised▾
Series C · Burlingame, California · founded 2016 · 20 employees
Developer of AI processor IP and related software development tools. The company provides licensable processor IP designed for end-to-end inference applications. Its unified toolchain supports various chip lines, offering flexibility for new operators and model architectures. The software simplifies code streams without partitioning across accelerators.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 57how this company ranks against its industry peers
AI
top 20%Product
top 25%Funding
top 26%Moat
top 32%News
top 33%Talent
top 35%AI: Classified as an AI company
Product: 12 distinct product lines · Company stage: Series C
Funding: Raised $46.0M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 7 yrs (0.6/yr) · Last round Series C (Jan 2026)
Audience (LinkedIn): 18k LinkedIn followers
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 expansions announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Jan 2026Series C$30M
- Dec 2022Conventional Debt—
- Dec 2022Series B$10M
- Mar 2022Series B$21M
Founders & team
Investors
Cota Capital, Trucks Venture Capital, SV Angel, Uncork Capital, Pear VC, NSI-TEXE
Tech stack
WordpressMysqlPhpCivicthemeOxygenApache Http Server
#9
Series D · Santa Clara, California · founded 2012 · 36 employees$132.9Mraised▾
Series D · Santa Clara, California · founded 2012 · 36 employees
Provider of AI-powered microprocessors for parallel computing applications. Its multi-core technology uses heterogeneous cores in highly concurrent and parallel manners. It accelerates the performance using its TruStream computing as a fabric on its ultra-high core density, ultra-high memory bandwidth data centre chip and reduces latency and power slashing operational costs. It finds applications in fields like big data, machine learning, and finance applications.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 76how this company ranks against its industry peers
Growth
top 13%Funding
top 19%AI
top 26%Moat
top 28%Innovation
top 30%Patents
top 30%Growth: Headcount 15 → 36 (+140%) across vintages · Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Funding: Raised $133M across 15 rounds · 15 rounds over 14 yrs (1.1/yr) · Last round Series D (Jul 2025)
AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: ai-powered, machine learning
Audience (LinkedIn): 2k LinkedIn followers
Hiring (LinkedIn): 3 hiring posts in 12 mo (public) · momentum -3 · hiring: High-Speed I/O (HSIO) Post-Silicon Validation Engineer, HSIO Post-Silicon Validation Engineer
Funding rounds
- Jul 2025Series D$1.4M
- Dec 2024Series D$59.9M
- Jul 2024Series C$8.4M
- Apr 2023Series C$13.3M
Investors
Impact Venture Capital, SoftBank Vision Fund, Applied Materials, Octave Ventures, U First Capital, Audacy Ventures
Tech stack
WordpressMysqlPhpAnimate.CssWpbakeryOptinmonster Plugin
#10
Acquired · Santa Clara, California · founded 2020 · 100 employees$370Mraised▾
Acquired · Santa Clara, California · founded 2020 · 100 employees
Developer of optical interconnect technology for artificial intelligence infrastructure systems. The company’s technology aims to improve artificial intelligence system performance through optical interconnectivity. It focuses on enabling efficient scaling of artificial intelligence to advance progress in various fields. The company’s platform is designed for integration into next-generation artificial intelligence systems.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 83how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 21%Innovation
top 25%Growth
top 25%Patents
top 25%Moat
top 26%News
top 27%Funding: Raised $370M across 6 rounds · 6 rounds over 5 yrs (1.2/yr) · Last round Series C (Feb 2025)
Innovation: 190 patents (top 25% of patent-holders) · 190 filings since 2022 vs 0 in 2017-21 · Deep-tech classification: Artificial Intelligence, Tech Hardware
Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Audience (LinkedIn): 20k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
- Feb 2025Series C$250M
- Mar 2024Series C$175M
- Jun 2023Series B$100M
- Dec 2021Series A$56M
Founders & team
Investors
Koch Disruptive Technologies, Xora Innovation, Engine, Tyche Partners, M Ventures, Fitz Gate Ventures
Tech stack
AngularApple Icloud MailCart FunctionalityCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-Js
#11
Public · Berkeley, California · founded 2013 · 145 employees$198Mraised▾
Public · Berkeley, California · founded 2013 · 145 employees
Developer of an AI-powered full-stack quantum computing solution based on superconducting qubits. It designs and fabricates quantum chips, integrate them with a controlling architecture, and develops software for programmers to use to build algorithms for the chips. Its product portfolio includes a cloud-computing platform and a fabrication lab to create 3D-integrated quantum circuits.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 78how this company ranks against its industry peers
Product
top 14%Partners
top 15%Tech
top 21%Innovation
top 25%Funding
top 25%Talent
top 28%Product: 5 distinct product lines · Company stage: Public
Partners: 7 contract events in 12 mo · Named contractor/client in 7 deals · Marquee-customer mentions: top 17% of tracked companies
Tech: 58 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Ses, Amazon Web Services · Devops: Nginx
Audience (LinkedIn): 50k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
- Apr 2025Post IPO$35M
- Mar 2025Grant (prize money)$2M
- Feb 2024Grant (prize money)—
- Jun 2022Grant (prize money)—
Investors
Vy Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Y Combinator, DCVC, Founders Fund, AME Cloud Ventures
Tech stack
Acquia Cloud PlatformAcquia Cloud Site FactoryActivecampaignAdobe AnalyticsAdobe Experience Platform Identity ServiceAdobe Experience Platform Launch
#12
Acquired · San Francisco, California · founded 2014 · 42 employees$75Mraised▾
Acquired · San Francisco, California · founded 2014 · 42 employees
Developer of novel on-chip power management architecture. It enables the design of integrated voltage regulators in SoCs. It claims that the new architecture would improve the cost, size, and energy efficiency of voltage regulators for various applications from low-power mobile devices to high-end servers.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 60how this company ranks against its industry peers
Patents
top 19%Innovation
top 22%Funding
top 25%Moat
top 35%Talent
top 35%News
top 40%Patents: 153 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 111 filings since 2022 vs 41 in 2017-21 · Latest publication 2026
Innovation: 153 patents (top 30% of patent-holders) · 111 filings since 2022 vs 41 in 2017-21 · Deep-tech classification: Tech Hardware
Funding: Raised $75.0M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 5 yrs (0.6/yr) · Last round Series D (Sep 2025)
Audience (LinkedIn): 13k LinkedIn followers
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Sep 2025Series D$140M
- Mar 2023Series C$30M
- Oct 2021Series C$45M
Founders & team
Investors
Mesh Ventures, Samsung Catalyst Fund, Fidelity Investments, Maverick Silicon, CapitalG, Atreides Management
Tech stack
WordpressMysqlPhpKinstaCloudflareHttp/3
Funding & investor landscape
$12.2Btotal disclosed funding
128companies funded
345disclosed rounds
3rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Sequoia Capital8 rounds
Notable founders
Michael James
Co-Founder · Cerebras
Jean-Philippe Fricker
Co-Founder · Cerebras
Christopher Re
Co-Founder · SambaNova Systems
Krishna Rangasayee
Founder and CEO · SiMa.ai
Niki Sami
Managing Director · SiMa.ai
Jonathan Ross
CEO · Groq
Chelsey Kantor
Chief Marketing Officer · Groq
Mike Capuano
Co-Founder · Eridu AI
Omar Hassen
Co-Founder · Eridu AI
Sara Achour
Co-Founder · Unconventional AI
Michael Carbin
Co-Founder · Unconventional AI
Sudeep Bhoja
Founder and CTO · d-Matrix
Prism market signals · United States · country-scoped Prism corpus, 17,947,218 docs
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Digital ICs coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
RESEARCH IN CALIFORNIA · Hardware
How research on Semiconductors in California is moving
A read on the academic research around Semiconductors in California — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 860 papers.
UC Santa Barbara, UCLA, and UC Berkeley lead California's semiconductor research, optimistically advancing photonic devices, semiconductor materials, and 3D IC technologies with breakthroughs outpacing concerns.
860 papers · stance +0.56 · 49% breakthrough · 12% concern
top institutions
- University of California, Santa Barbara162
- University of California, Los Angeles113
- University of California, Berkeley100
- California Institute of Technology92
- University of California, San Diego67
leading researchers
John E. Bowers · Chung‐Kuan Cheng · Sheldon X.-D. Tan · Andrew B. Kahng · Miodrag Potkonjak · S. J. Ben Yoo
prism intelligence · tone & topics
94% positive · 1% critical tone
ElectronicsComputer ScienceTelecommunicationsManufacturingMaterials ScienceArtificial Intelligence
▲
Breakthroughs379 · 44%
▲ 40%→51% share
▲1.3× share momentum4 median citations32% since 2021mostly methods-led
Detector research doubled (4→8 papers), signaling intensifying focus on sensing within California semiconductor breakthroughs.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Detector4→8
- Node (physics)1→5
- Artificial neural network1→5
- Electronic design automation1→4
- Electronic packaging1→4
Newly emergingIntegrated circuit packaging 0→4 · Field (mathematics) 0→3 · Tensor (intrinsic definition) 0→3
Landmark Memristor Applications for Programmable Analog ICs · 380 cites
◆
Advancements301 · 35%
▼ 39%→27% share
▼0.7× share momentum3 median citations22% since 2021mostly methods-led
Reliability (semiconductor) concerns tripled (1→6) as Hardware security module newly emerged with 6 papers, signaling rising supply-chain scrutiny.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Miniaturization2→5
- Superheterodyne receiver1→3
- Scaling2→4
- Field-programmable gate array3→4
Newly emergingGallium nitride 0→4 · Neuromorphic engineering 0→4 · Hardware Trojan 0→3
Landmark Hybrid Silicon Photonic Integrated Circuit Technology · 417 cites
▼
Concerns92 · 11%
▲ 10%→15% share
▲1.5× share momentum6 median citations39% since 2021mostly empirical
Hardware security module newly emerged at 6 papers while Electrostatic discharge rose 1→5, intensifying semiconductor reliability concerns.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Reliability (semiconductor)1→6
- Electrostatic discharge1→5
- Noise (video)1→3
- Reliability engineering1→3
Newly emergingHardware security module 0→6 · Power (physics) 0→3
Landmark Silicon nitride passive and active photonic integrated circuits: trends and prospects · 311 cites
Common questions
How many Digital ICs companies are there in California, United States?
Radar tracks 192 indexable Digital ICs companies headquartered in California, United States that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Digital ICs companies in California, United States?
The Digital ICs companies in California, United States on this list have raised a combined $12.2B in disclosed equity funding across 128 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Digital ICs company in California, United States?
SambaNova Systems is the highest-funded Digital ICs company in California, United States, with $1.1B in disclosed equity funding.
How many Digital ICs companies in California, United States are funded?
128 of the 192 Digital ICs companies in California, United States on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Digital ICs unicorns are there in California, United States?
6 Digital ICs companies in California, United States on this list are valued at $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in California, United States Digital ICs companies?
The most active investors in California, United States Digital ICs companies on this list include VentureTech Alliance, Western Technology Investment, Mayfield, National Science Foundation, Sequoia Capital.
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