Best Embedded Systems Companies in California, United States
The 76 best Embedded Systems companies in California, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Celestial AI.
Ranked: Best Embedded Systems companies in California
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Web popularity | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
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| 1 | 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 | Top 5M | 190 patents Patents concentrated in electrical & electronics | — |
| 2 | 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 | Top 5M | — | 2 launchs · 2 partnerships |
| 3 | 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 cryptographic modules using PUFs, RRAM memory, and blockchain interfaces | — |
| 4 | Achronix Manufacturer of AI-based field-programmable gate arrays and IPs | $132M | 158 mo ago | 26 | Virantha Ekanayake Co-Founder & CTO | DrupalMariaDBPHP+25 | Top 10M | — | 1 launch |
| 5 | Particle Developer of a prototype to production connectivity platform for IoT 55Tech top 23%Funding top 24%Customers top 24%News top 30% All 12 signals ▾Techtop 23% Fundingtop 24% Customerstop 24% Newstop 30% Moattop 35% Growthtop 40% Producttop 47% Talentbottom 49% Marketbottom 47% Patentsbottom 39% Globalbottom 39% Innovationbottom 35% Tech: 67 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon S3 Funding: Raised $130M across 8 rounds · 8 rounds over 12 yrs (0.7/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 55/100 | $130M | 15 mo ago | 109 109 → 110 (+1%) | Zach Supalla Co-Founder & CEO | Cart FunctionalityShopifyApple iCloud Mail+31 | Top 5M | 5 patents Digital design tools and pharmaceutical formulations for skin treatment and immersive audio/VR devices. | 1 launch |
| 6 | Tilera Scalable multicore embedded processor design company | $127M | 167 mo ago | 137 | — | — | — | 76 patents On-chip mesh interconnects and cache-coherence for manycore processors | — |
| 7 | Mocana IoT device and application security platform | $118M | 87 mo ago | 28 | — | — | — | 140 patents Secure IoT device authentication, firmware/package integrity, and blockchain-based lifecycle management | — |
| 8 | T-RAM Semiconductor Provider of thyristor random access memory | $86M | 254 mo ago | — | Homan Igehy Founder | — | — | — | — |
| 9 | Flex Logix Provider of a reconfigurable computing company that provides embedded FPGA (eFPGA) IP, architecture, and… | $82M | 63 mo ago | 67 | Dejan Markovic Co-Founder | — | — | 155 patents High‑throughput AI/ML hardware accelerators for MAC and FFT tensor processing | — |
| 10 | Alif Semiconductor Provider of processors and microcontrollers for AI computing | $72M | 78 mo ago | 141 | Syed Ali Co-Founder & CEO | Cart FunctionalityWordPressApple iCloud Mail+32 | Top 5M | — | — |
| 11 | Triscend Provider of configurable SoCs and micro-controllers | $67M | 302 mo ago | — | Moshe Gavrielov CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 12 | Edge Impulse Platform offering AI-powered chat automation and intelligent business solutions | $53M | 54 mo ago | 102 | Zach Shelby Co-Founder & CEO | WebflowSentryApple iCloud Mail+29 | Top 500k | — | — |
| 13 | Analog Inference Analog Inference is a provider of AI inference accelerators | $50M | 36 mo ago | 45 | Carey Kloss CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 14 | NGD Systems Developer of SSD storage systems | $45M | 76 mo ago | 34 | — | WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+16 | Top 5M | — | — |
| 15 | Expedera Provider of AI accelerators | $38M | 27 mo ago | 13 | Sharad Chole Co-Founder | WordPressMySQLPHP+27 | Top 50M | 48 patents Hardware-accelerated neural network and matrix processing for image warping and scalable ML. | — |
| 16 | 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 | Top 50M | 63 patents High‑performance hardware accelerators for matrix multiplication and ring‑based network‑on‑chip architectures | — |
| 17 | Xilinx Provider of processors, graphics, adaptive SoCs, FPGAs, software, and tools | $37M | 161 mo ago | 2,069 | Bernie Vonderschmitt Co-Founder | — | — | 6,893 patents Programmable logic devices, FPGA architectures, high-speed I/O, and hardware acceleration. | — |
| 18 | Smart Modular Technologies Provider of end-to-end data center solutions for AI and HPC | $35M | 254 mo ago | 3,000 | — | Orchard CorePleskWindows Server+22 | Top 5M | 105 patents Secure, reliable memory modules and snapshot/backup technologies for volatile and non‑volatile storage | — |
| 19 | Eta Compute Manufacturer of the SoCs for edge computing and embedded systems | $32M | 66 mo ago | 16 16 → 8 (-50%) | — | — | — | — | — |
| 20 | VaST Systems Developer of virtual prototyping platform for automotive and consumer application space | $24M | 227 mo ago | — | Graham Hellestrand Founder & CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 21 | Akash Systems Developer of thermal management solutions integrating diamonds with semiconductor technology | $18M | 83 mo ago | 16 | Ty Mitchell Founder and Managing Director | WebflowGSAPLenis+14 | Top 50M | — | 8 job openings |
| 22 | Ambarella Manufacturer of AI-enabled image processors | $15M | 47 mo ago | 244 | Fermi Wang CEO | DrupalPHPAmazon Web Services+19 | Top 5M | 193 patents Advanced video/image processing and sensor‑fusion for automotive ADAS and security cameras | 1 partnership · 1 award |
| 23 | NovuMind Develops hardware for training and running AI models | $15M | 114 mo ago | 21 | — | — | — | 3 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 24 | Eridan Provider of a wireless transceiver 32Funding top 35%Tech top 43%Talent bottom 49%Growth bottom 42% All 8 signals ▾Fundingtop 35% Techtop 43% Talentbottom 49% Growthbottom 42% Moatbottom 38% Marketbottom 37% Globalbottom 32% Newsbottom 18% Funding: Raised $15.1M across 5 rounds · 5 rounds over 13 yrs (0.4/yr) Tech: 29 technologies across 4/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 32/100 | $15M | 17 mo ago | 43 | Earl McCune Co-Founder & CTO | WordPressMySQLPHP+26 | Top 10M | — | 1 job opening · 1 partnership · 1 expansion |
| 25 | e-con Systems Manufacturer of cameras, camera modules, vision kits, and embedded platforms | $13M | 37 mo ago | 529 529 → 652 (+23%) | Maharajan Veerabahu Co-Founder | Cart FunctionalityApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+19 | Top 1M | — | — |
| 26 | JITX Provider of AI-powered software to design PCBs | $12M | 45 mo ago | 15 15 → 14 (-7%) | Patrick Li Co-Founder | Webflow EcommerceWebflowApple iCloud Mail+25 | Top 10M | — | — |
| 27 | AlphaICs Provider of processors for datacenters and multiple AI based applications | $10M | 76 mo ago | 19 | Basoor Basavaraju ex-Co-Founder | — | — | 14 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 28 | QuickLogic Developer of low power field programmable gate arrays | $9M | 92 mo ago | 54 | Brian C Faith CEO & President | WordPressMySQLPHP+19 | Top 10M | 47 patents Low-power programmable logic devices with integrated memory and test/configuration features | — |
| 29 | S2C Provider of SoC FPGA-based rapid prototyping solutions | $5M | 140 mo ago | — | — | PHPAnimate.cssApache HTTP Server+5 | Top 10M | 18 patents High‑capacity FPGA verification/emulation and battery regeneration efficiency optimization | — |
| 30 | thistle technologies Developer of security infrastructure for IoT and embedded device applications | $2M | 62 mo ago | 8 | — | Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+16 | Top 5M | — | — |
| 31 | Atmel Provider of core processors for embedded systems | $2M | 133 mo ago | 5,474 | Steve Sanghi CEO & President | — | — | 4,271 patents Capacitive touch sensing and integrated knob UI technologies for embedded devices | — |
| 32 | Spark Thermionics Developer of embedded systems for energy applications | $1M | 88 mo ago | 6 | Jared Schwede Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | 77 patents Thermionic converters turning heat into electricity for combined heat‑power systems | — |
| 33 | ZutaCore Provider of waterless liquid cooling solutions for artificial intelligence and computing | $397K | 16 mo ago | 48 | Erez Freibach Co-Founder & CEO | HubSpot CMS HubApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+20 | Top 5M | — | 2 job openings |
| 34 | CPU Technology Developer of System-on-a-Chip based embedded systems | $250K | 257 mo ago | 49 | — | — | — | 5 patents On-chip testing, signal routing, and accelerated simulation for integrated circuit design | — |
| 35 | Krtkl Provider of embedded hardware and software for robotics | $150K | 55 mo ago | 9 | Russell Bush Co-Founder | — | — | — | — |
Top 12 Embedded Systems companies in California
#1
Series C · San Jose, California · founded 2018 · 161 employees$330Mraised▾
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.
- Apr 2026Series C—
- Aug 2025Series C$85M
- Apr 2024Series B$70M
- Jun 2023Series B$13M
#2
Acquired · Santa Clara, California · founded 2020 · 100 employees$370Mraised▾
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.
- Feb 2025Series C$250M
- Mar 2024Series C$175M
- Jun 2023Series B$100M
- Dec 2021Series A$56M
#3
Acquired · San Francisco, California · founded 2011 · 109 employees$129.9Mraised▾
Developer of a prototype to production connectivity platform for IoT. Its Photon Wi-Fi and the Electron 2G3G cellular are primary prototyping platforms for integrating connectivity into devices. The product is primarily aimed at designers and developers rather than at enterprises.
- Mar 2025Series C$5M
- Dec 2022Series C$12.2M
- Nov 2021Series C$30M
- Nov 2019Series C$40M
#4
Series A · Santa Clara, California · founded 2017$37.2Mraised▾
Developer of an AI platform, software, and hardware acceleration solutions. The company provides tools for building, deploying, and scaling edge artificial intelligence applications. It offers a Python software development kit for running inference across supported hardware. The platform includes cloud model management, deployment workflows, and a cloud compiler for model optimization. Application packages deliver ready-to-run solutions.
- Jul 2025Series A$5M
- Apr 2024Series A$6M
- Jul 2023Series A$7M
- Apr 2023Seed—
#5
Series B · Santa Clara, California · founded 2013 · 43 employees$15.1Mraised▾
Provider of a wireless transceiver. It offers wireless transceivers for IoT, satellite, small cells, defense, massive MIMO, and other applications. The device has 5G networking capability and is claimed to have the capability to operate at normal power efficiencies.
- Jan 2025Grant (prize money)$36.8M
- Dec 2024Grant (prize money)$36.8M
- Aug 2024Series B$3.1M
- May 2022Series B—
#6
Series D · Santa Clara, California · founded 2010 · 57 employees$135.8Mraised▾
Non-volatile RRAM memory technology. It develops a class of non-volatile resistive random-access memory system. It allows the delivery of high storage on small chips with low power, high performance, and compatibility with standard CMOS semiconductor manufacturing processes.
- Nov 2023Series D$5.2M
- Aug 2019Series D$20.1M
- Nov 2018Series D$15.4M
- Oct 2017Series D$14.5M
#7
Series B · Santa Clara, California · founded 2018 · 13 employees$38Mraised▾
Provider of AI accelerators. It is based on a compute pipeline architecture and provides hardware scheduling and memory management solutions for neural network executions and AI applications. It has use cases in consumer electronics, automotive, industrial, and mobile applications.
- Mar 2024Series B$20M
- Dec 2021Series A$18M
#8
Series A · Santa Clara, California · founded 2018 · 45 employees$50.5Mraised▾
Developer of deep sub-threshold analog in-memory computation designed to run complex networks at full resolution with low latency and no active cooling. The company's computation performs data-center-grade artificial intelligence workloads at orders of lower power, enabling users to deploy server-class networks in cost-effective devices.
#9
Acquired · San Francisco, California · founded 2002 · 28 employees$117.6Mraised▾
Mocana provides IoT security solution to mitigate IoT vulnerabilities like authorization, secure boot, firmware validation, and data leak prevention during cloud connectivity. Claims to be compatible with several OS/CPU or no OS and code can be embedded into any IoT environment. It is OS independent and provides a common API for various device architecture. Notable clientele includes GE, Schneider Electric, and Avaya. Pivoted from MAM solution provider to IoT security in 2015.
- Mar 2019Series F$15M
- May 2017Series F$11M
- Jul 2015Series E$14.8M
- Dec 2014Series D$4.5M
#10
Acquired · Mountain View, California · founded 2014 · 67 employees$82Mraised▾
Provider of a reconfigurable computing company that provides embedded FPGA (eFPGA) IP, architecture, and software to enable flexible and efficient computing solutions for a wide range of industries.. The company's EFLX embedded FPGA technology enables system-on-chip (SoC) designers to embed field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) into complex chip designs. With its innovative solutions, Flex Logix aims to accelerate the development of AI-powered applications and provide a cost-effective alternative to traditional FPGA solutions.
- Mar 2021Series D$55M
- May 2017Series B$5M
- Oct 2015Series A$7.5M
- May 2014Series A$600.8K
#11
Seed · San Jose, California · founded 2016 · 48 employees$396.6Kraised▾
Provider of waterless liquid cooling solutions for artificial intelligence and computing. The company’s technology removes heat directly at the processor through a closed-loop system. This approach eliminates water use and reduces energy consumption. It helps data centers scale performance and advance sustainability across digital infrastructure. The company offers end-of-row cooling units that deliver centralized, multi-rack cooling with rack-level monitoring.
- Feb 2025Seed—
- Jun 2024Seed—
- Jan 2024Grant (prize money)$396.6K
- Sep 2023Seed—
#12
Series C · Santa Clara, California · founded 2004 · 26 employees$132.2Mraised▾
Manufacturer of field-programmable gate arrays and IPs. Its features include 2D network-on-chip, high-speed interfaces, and machine learning processors. It also offers FPGA design tools and embedded FPGA IPs. It has use cases in multiple applications including networking, telecom, high-performance computing, military, and security.
- Apr 2013Conventional Debt$5.8M
- Feb 2013Conventional Debt$3.5M
- Aug 2012Series C$9.8M
- Mar 2011Series C$45M
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