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Best High Tech Companies in Palo Alto, United States

The 462 best High Tech companies in Palo Alto, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: xAI.

462companies tracked
$23.6Bdisclosed funding
27unicorns
256have raised
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Our analysis of 306 High Tech companies

$95.7b in tracked funding; 95% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.

306companies analysed
95%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
75unicorns
2017median founding year
1.5Mcombined LinkedIn audience
39%of audience held by top 3
3companies hiring publicly (12 mo)

Ranked: Best High Tech companies in Palo Alto

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFounderTech stackWeb popularityPatents & IP focusRecent signals
1xAI 🦄
Platform providing AI-powered assistant for image generation and trend analysis
96Funding top 10%Partners top 17%Innovation top 20%Moat top 20%
All 12 signals ▾
Fundingtop 10%
Partnerstop 17%
Innovationtop 20%
Moattop 20%
Markettop 21%
Talenttop 21%
Newstop 24%
Growthtop 25%
AItop 26%
Producttop 26%
Techtop 27%
Globalbottom 46%
Funding: Raised $6.1B across 9 rounds · 9 rounds over 3 yrs (3.0/yr)
Partners: 4 partnership announcements in 12 mo (5 in 24 mo) · 13 contract events in 12 mo
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 96/100
$6.1B5 mo agoAcquiredElon Musk
Co-Founder & CEO
TurbopackNode.jsRadix UI+21Top 10k6 launchs
2PsiQuantum 🦄
Developer of photon-based universal quantum computers
92Patents top 9%Funding top 13%Innovation top 16%Moat top 22%
All 12 signals ▾
Patentstop 9%
Fundingtop 13%
Innovationtop 16%
Moattop 22%
Newstop 26%
Growthtop 27%
AItop 28%
Talenttop 30%
Markettop 35%
Partnerstop 41%
Techtop 45%
Globaltop 50%
Patents: 889 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 691 filings since 2022 vs 198 in 2017-21
Funding: Raised $1.3B across 6 rounds · 6 rounds over 7 yrs (0.9/yr)
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 92/100
$1.3B9 mo agoSeries EMark Thompson
Co-Founder & CTO
Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+22Top 5M889 patents
Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation
1 launch
3SambaNova 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
$1.1B3 mo agoSeries EChristopher Re
Co-Founder
Apple iCloud MailGoogle WorkspaceNode.js+32Top 1M589 patents
Reconfigurable AI accelerator hardware for high‑bandwidth, dataflow‑optimized neural network processing
4Mind 🦄
Developer of robotic platform designed for industrial deployment and manufacturing tasks
50Funding top 13%Market top 47%Talent bottom 49%Global bottom 48%
All 5 signals ▾
Fundingtop 13%
Markettop 47%
Talentbottom 49%
Globalbottom 48%
Techbottom 34%
Funding: Raised $1.0B across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 1 yrs (3.0/yr)
Market: Top-10,000,000 web property · Unicorn
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 50/100
$1.0B1 mo agoSeries ARJ Scaringe
Founder & CEO
Framer SitesReactPriority Hints+3Top 10M
5SSI 🦄
Platform offering security solutions for AI models
80Funding top 17%AI top 20%Moat top 25%Innovation top 27%
All 10 signals ▾
Fundingtop 17%
AItop 20%
Moattop 25%
Innovationtop 27%
Talenttop 28%
Patentstop 32%
Growthtop 35%
Markettop 43%
Globaltop 50%
Techbottom 29%
Funding: Raised $1.0B across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 2 yrs (1.0/yr)
AI: Classified as an AI company
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 80/100
$1.0B11 mo agoSeries AIlya Sutskever
Co-Founder & CEO
Apple iCloud MailVercelHSTS+2Top 5M45 patents
Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation
6Uniphore 🦄
Provider of a business artificial intelligence platform with agentic and model layers
72Moat top 15%Market top 25%Innovation top 29%Funding top 30%
All 11 signals ▾
Moattop 15%
Markettop 25%
Innovationtop 29%
Fundingtop 30%
Techtop 34%
Newstop 36%
Globaltop 37%
Talenttop 38%
Productbottom 49%
Fin. healthbottom 45%
Growthbottom 40%
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 9/10 · Unicorn
Market: 355 employees (top 6% of High Tech) · Revenue ~$24.9M
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 72/100
$657M7 mo agoSeries FUmesh Sachdev
Co-Founder & CEO
WordPressSentryApple iCloud Mail+39Top 5M
7Glean 🦄
Cloud-based platform for enterprise search
$560M12 mo agoSeries FTony Gentilcore
Co-Founder & Head of Product Eng
WebflowSentryZendesk+31Top 500k
8SandboxAQ 🦄
Developer of quantitative artificial intelligence models for various industry applications
69Funding top 17%Moat top 26%AI top 30%Market top 36%
All 11 signals ▾
Fundingtop 17%
Moattop 26%
AItop 30%
Markettop 36%
Producttop 41%
Growthtop 42%
Techtop 47%
Talentbottom 49%
Innovationbottom 47%
Globalbottom 39%
Newsbottom 24%
Funding: Raised $500M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 4 yrs (0.8/yr)
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 8/10 · Unicorn
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 69/100
$500M14 mo agoSeries EJack Hidary
Chief Executive Officer
WebflowVimeoReact+12Top 500k1 launch
9Rhoda 🦄
Developer of robotic systems utilizing video pre-training for industrial automation
64Funding top 18%Talent top 23%Moat top 32%Market top 44%
All 6 signals ▾
Fundingtop 18%
Talenttop 23%
Moattop 32%
Markettop 44%
Globaltop 45%
Techbottom 39%
Funding: Raised $450M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr)
Talent: 5 named leaders on record · 5 C-suite/founder profiles curated
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 64/100
$450M3 mo agoSeries AChangan Chen
Co-Founder & Chief Research Officer
Apple iCloud MailVimeoYouTube+13Top 5M
10Globality 🦄
Provider of AI-driven platform for sourcing and procurement process automation
69Funding top 20%AI top 23%Moat top 32%Tech top 33%
All 12 signals ▾
Fundingtop 20%
AItop 23%
Moattop 32%
Techtop 33%
Markettop 37%
Producttop 41%
Talenttop 42%
Growthtop 43%
Globalbottom 48%
Patentsbottom 32%
Newsbottom 32%
Innovationbottom 30%
Funding: Raised $368M across 7 rounds · 7 rounds over 11 yrs (0.6/yr)
AI: Classified as an agentic-AI company · Product described with: ai-driven
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 69/100
$368M19 mo agoSeries ELior Delgo
Co-Founder & President
HubSpot CMS HubApple iCloud MailZoho+25Top 5M3 patents
AI-driven ontology-based entity matching for data integration
1 award
11Aptos 🦄
Provider of protocols for building blockchain-based solutions
76Funding top 20%Tech top 21%Customers top 24%Moat top 28%
All 12 signals ▾
Fundingtop 20%
Techtop 21%
Customerstop 24%
Moattop 28%
Producttop 29%
Markettop 32%
Globaltop 34%
Talenttop 38%
Innovationtop 47%
Growthtop 50%
Patentsbottom 48%
Newsbottom 24%
Funding: Raised $350M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 4 yrs (0.5/yr)
Tech: 38 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare, Netlify
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 76/100
$350M20 mo agoSeries DAvery Ching
Co-Founder & CTO
DatoCMSNode.jsThree.js+22Top 1M11 patents
Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation
1 launch · 2 partnerships
12Ricursive
Developer of self-improving artificial intelligence systems focused on chip design
53Funding top 16%Talent top 38%AI top 45%Global top 45%
All 6 signals ▾
Fundingtop 16%
Talenttop 38%
AItop 45%
Globaltop 45%
Marketbottom 37%
Techbottom 35%
Funding: Raised $335M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 1 yrs (2.0/yr)
Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 53/100
$335M4 mo agoSeries AAzalia Mirhoseini
Co-Founder & CTO
Framer SitesReactPriority Hints+4Top 5M1 launch · 1 award
13Augment
Provider of AI-powered coding assistant and productivity tools for developers and development teams
$252M19 mo agoSeries BGuy Ari
Co-Founder
TurbopackNode.jsSalesforce+26Top 500k2 patents
Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation
2 launchs
14Parallel Web Systems 🦄
Developer of an API providing web search for AI applications
84Funding top 15%Growth top 20%AI top 20%Moat top 32%
All 8 signals ▾
Fundingtop 15%
Growthtop 20%
AItop 20%
Moattop 32%
Talenttop 38%
Markettop 44%
Techtop 44%
Globalbottom 45%
Funding: Raised $230M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 2 yrs (1.5/yr)
Growth: Web rank 50,000,000 → 5,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 84/100
$230M1 mo agoSeries BTravers Nisbet
Co-Founder
SanityTurbopackNode.js+15Top 5M2 partnerships
15Story
Provider of AI-native Layer-1 blockchain infrastructure
60Tech top 20%Funding top 25%Moat top 31%Growth top 45%
All 9 signals ▾
Techtop 20%
Fundingtop 25%
Moattop 31%
Growthtop 45%
AItop 45%
Talentbottom 49%
Globalbottom 38%
Marketbottom 36%
Newsbottom 21%
Tech: 56 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon S3
Funding: Raised $140M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 3 yrs (1.0/yr)
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 60/100
$140M21 mo agoSeries BSeung Lee
Co-Founder & CEO
ContentfulNode.jsThree.js+20Top 5M
16Snorkel AI 🦄
AI development processes offering programmatic solutions
$138M10 mo agoSeries DChris Re
Co-Founder
WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+27Top 1M12 patents
Automated data labeling and preprocessing pipelines for machine learning model training
1 launch
17Hippocratic AI 🦄
Developer of safety-focused generative AI for healthcare
78Funding top 13%AI top 23%Moat top 26%Talent top 32%
All 9 signals ▾
Fundingtop 13%
AItop 23%
Moattop 26%
Talenttop 32%
Newstop 33%
Growthtop 40%
Techtop 42%
Markettop 47%
Globalbottom 37%
Funding: Raised $137M across 6 rounds · 6 rounds over 3 yrs (2.0/yr)
AI: Classified as an agentic-AI company · Product described with: generative ai
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 78/100
$137M7 mo agoSeries CDebajyoti Datta
Co-Founder
WordPressApple iCloud MailMySQL+28Top 5M
18Genesis AI
Global physical AI lab and full-stack robotics company
$105M11 mo agoSeedTsun-Hsuan Wang
Co-Founder
21 patents
Cellulose-based biomedical scaffolds, sutures, and 3D drug assay platforms for tissue engineering
19Simile
Provider of an AI-driven simulation platform for understanding human behavior
60Funding top 20%AI top 25%Talent top 28%Innovation top 45%
All 9 signals ▾
Fundingtop 20%
AItop 25%
Talenttop 28%
Innovationtop 45%
Moattop 46%
Patentstop 47%
Techbottom 47%
Globalbottom 40%
Marketbottom 36%
Funding: Raised $100M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr)
AI: Classified as an AI company · Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC)
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 60/100
$100M4 mo agoSeries APercy Liang
Co-Founder
TurbopackNode.jsTailwind CSS+8Top 5M13 patents
Mixed-reality content creation platforms for AR/VR environments
1 award
20Lilt
Provider of cloud-based machine translation tools and services
$93M19 mo agoSeries CSpence Green
Co-Founder & CEO
SanitySentryZendesk+34Top 500k14 patents
AI-powered machine translation workflow with neural word alignment and in-browser collaborative editing
1 partnership
21Xage Security
Provider of a blockchain based security platform for IoT applications
55Talent top 22%Funding top 23%Moat top 28%Growth top 41%
All 10 signals ▾
Talenttop 22%
Fundingtop 23%
Moattop 28%
Growthtop 41%
Innovationtop 49%
Patentstop 50%
Techbottom 49%
Marketbottom 40%
Globalbottom 39%
Newsbottom 28%
Talent: Analyst team rating 5/5 · 3 named leaders on record
Funding: Raised $80.0M across 6 rounds · 6 rounds over 8 yrs (0.8/yr)
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 55/100
$80M6 mo agoSeries BSusanto Irwan
Co-founder
WordPress Block EditorwpBakeryWordPress+23Top 10M37 patents
Identity-centric zero-trust security using distributed ledgers for OT and data protection
22Harmonic 🦄
Developer of state-of-the-art mathematics AI models
$75M6 mo agoSeries CTudor Achim
Co-Founder & CEO
TurbopackSentryNode.js+11Top 5M214 patents
Cable broadband hardware: DOCSIS processing, HFC power management, RF couplers, serviceable network modules
3 job openings
23Luma AI 🦄
Developer of artificial intelligence models for image and video generation
$73M6 mo agoSeries CAmit Jain
Co-Founder & CEO
SanityApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+26Top 50k10 patents
AI-driven media recommendation algorithms and ambient environment management systems
1 launch
24Ambient AI
Provider of AI-powered computer vision solutions for physical security
82Patents top 21%Tech top 22%Funding top 24%Innovation top 25%
All 12 signals ▾
Patentstop 21%
Techtop 22%
Fundingtop 24%
Innovationtop 25%
AItop 26%
Moattop 26%
Producttop 36%
Growthtop 37%
Talenttop 38%
Globalbottom 47%
Marketbottom 45%
Newsbottom 21%
Patents: 238 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 17 filings since 2022 vs 15 in 2017-21
Tech: 54 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon S3, Amazon Web Services
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 82/100
$72M14 mo agoSeries BVikesh Khanna
Co-Founder & CTO
Apple iCloud MailGoogle WorkspaceNode.js+25Top 5M238 patents
AI-powered medical imaging diagnostics and intelligent security/threat detection for buildings.
1 launch
25Fiddler Labs
Developer of AI observability platform for monitoring, explainability, and responsible AI
64Funding top 20%AI top 25%Growth top 35%Talent top 38%
All 11 signals ▾
Fundingtop 20%
AItop 25%
Growthtop 35%
Talenttop 38%
Moattop 41%
Techtop 43%
Newstop 49%
Patentsbottom 49%
Innovationbottom 47%
Marketbottom 40%
Globalbottom 39%
Funding: Raised $65.6M across 6 rounds · 6 rounds over 8 yrs (0.8/yr)
AI: Classified as an AI company · Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC)
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 64/100
$66M4 mo agoSeries CKrishna Gade
Founder & CEO
WebflowThree.jsMathJax+25Top 5M3 patents
Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation
1 launch
26Sycamore
Developer of an operating system for building and deploying AI agents
29Funding top 25%Tech top 50%Talent bottom 49%Global bottom 33%
All 5 signals ▾
Fundingtop 25%
Techtop 50%
Talentbottom 49%
Globalbottom 33%
Marketbottom 31%
Funding: Raised $65.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr)
Tech: 18 technologies across 4/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 29/100
$65M2 mo agoSeedSri Viswanath
Founder & CEO
Apple iCloud MailGoogle WorkspaceAstro+15Top 10M
27Sanas
AI powered accent translation software
$56M15 mo agoSeries BAnant S
Co-Founder & Head of Revenue
SentryNode.jsReact+22Top 5M29 patents
Neural speech processing: real-time accent conversion, voice enhancement, and noise suppression
28Elorian
Developer of artificial intelligence models for visual reasoning and perception
53Funding top 26%Talent top 35%AI top 45%Global bottom 33%
All 5 signals ▾
Fundingtop 26%
Talenttop 35%
AItop 45%
Globalbottom 33%
Techbottom 30%
Funding: Raised $55.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr)
Talent: 3 named leaders on record
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 53/100
$55M2 mo agoSeedYinfei Yang
Co-Founder & Chief Multimodal Architect
Apple iCloud MailYouTubeGSAP+5Top 10M
29Alcatraz AI
Provider of AI-powered facial authentication access control and security systems
67Growth top 20%News top 21%Funding top 25%AI top 28%
All 12 signals ▾
Growthtop 20%
Newstop 21%
Fundingtop 25%
AItop 28%
Moattop 31%
Talenttop 31%
Techtop 40%
Partnerstop 45%
Patentsbottom 47%
Innovationbottom 45%
Globalbottom 39%
Marketbottom 33%
Growth: Web rank 10,000,000 → 5,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo
News: 8 BI events in 12 mo (of 28 tracked, 2 types) · +167% YoY
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 67/100
$51M2 mo agoSeries BVince Gaydarzhiev
President & Founder
WebflowAmazon Web ServicesGSAP+21Top 5M6 patents
Biometric facial recognition access control systems for secure building entry
1 job opening
30Inception Labs
Developer of unified framework for generative AI platform
$50M7 mo agoSeedAditya Grover
Co-Founder
Apple iCloud MailGoogle WorkspaceNode.js+15Top 5M78 patents
Patents concentrated in chemistry & materials
2 job openings · 1 launch · 1 partnership
31Here Not There Labs
Provider of a blockchain protocol for building and managing digital communities
14Funding top 36%Talent bottom 49%Tech bottom 29%Global bottom 29%
All 5 signals ▾
Fundingtop 36%
Talentbottom 49%
Techbottom 29%
Globalbottom 29%
Marketbottom 27%
Funding: Raised $49.0M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 4 yrs (0.8/yr)
Talent: 1 named leader on record · 1 C-suite/founder profile curated
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 14/100
$49M15 mo agoSeries ABen Rubin
Co-Founder & CEO
Three.jsGoogle WorkspaceGoDaddy+4Top 50M
32TinyFish
Provider of enterprise web agent platform for automating web-based workflows
$47M9 mo agoSeries ASudheesh Nair
CoFounder & CEO
SanityTurbopackNode.js+17Top 5M1 launch
33Fastino
Provider of task-specific language models for developer workflows
$31M13 mo agoSeedGeorge Hurn-Maloney
Co-Founder & COO
Framer SitesReactPriority Hints+7Top 5M1 launch
34Lumana
Provider of AI and cloud-based smart security cameras for video surveillance
$24M12 mo agoSeries ASagi Moshe
CEO
WebflowSalesforceVimeo+23Top 5M7 patents
Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation
35Snowcap Compute
Developer of a superconducting computing platform utilizing cryogenic cooling technology
$23M11 mo agoSeedRick Hyman
Co-Founder & Member Board of Directors
Webflowcore-jsSwiper+12Top 50M
36CUBE3
Provider of real-time fraud prevention solutions for financial systems and platforms
69AI top 20%Funding top 24%Tech top 33%Growth top 35%
All 8 signals ▾
AItop 20%
Fundingtop 24%
Techtop 33%
Growthtop 35%
Talenttop 38%
Marketbottom 36%
Globalbottom 36%
Newsbottom 27%
AI: Classified as an AI company
Funding: Raised $22.5M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 3 yrs (1.3/yr)
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 69/100
$22M5 mo agoSeries AAttila Marosi-Bauer
Founder and Chief Research Officer
WebflowAmazon Web ServicesGSAP+21Top 50M1 award
37Clockwork
Workforce scheduling solution
$21M9 mo agoSeries AWordPressMySQLPHP+22Top 10M3 patents
Pricing and sales platform software for home repair and service marketplaces
38Mega Matrix
Online platform offering cryptocurrency staking solutions
7Funding top 32%News top 49%Growth bottom 33%Global bottom 30%
All 6 signals ▾
Fundingtop 32%
Newstop 49%
Growthbottom 33%
Globalbottom 30%
Fin. healthbottom 18%
Marketbottom 17%
Funding: Raised $17.5M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 2 yrs (1.0/yr)
News: 3 BI events in 12 mo (of 22 tracked, 7 types) · -62% YoY
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 7/100
$18M10 mo agoPublic
39Babylon Labs
Blockchain-based platform offering security-sharing protocols
55Tech top 27%Funding top 36%Talent top 38%Growth top 45%
All 8 signals ▾
Techtop 27%
Fundingtop 36%
Talenttop 38%
Growthtop 45%
Marketbottom 47%
Globalbottom 46%
Innovationbottom 44%
Patentsbottom 26%
Tech: 37 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon S3
Funding: Raised $15.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr)
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 55/100
$15M5 mo agoSeries BMingchao Yu
Co-Founder & CTO
WebflowAmazon Web ServicesGSAP+15Top 1M2 patents
Patents concentrated in health & consumer products
40Atomicwork
AI based platform to streamline the IT service management and employee experience processes
$14M9 mo agoSeries AVijay Rayapati
Co-Founder & CEO
WebflowGSAPAmazon Web Services+22Top 5M
41Archetype AI
Platform developing physical AI
$13M6 mo agoSeries ANick Gillian
Co-Founder
WebflowGSAPFancyBox+20Top 10M9 patents
AI-powered multimodal content generation, sensor data compression, and IoT device detection/control
2 launchs · 1 award
42Bone
Developer of autonomous drones and integrated AI systems for deployment
69Innovation top 16%Patents top 20%Funding top 43%Talent bottom 49%
All 5 signals ▾
Innovationtop 16%
Patentstop 20%
Fundingtop 43%
Talentbottom 49%
Globalbottom 42%
Innovation: 294 patents (top 8% of patent-holders) · 146 filings since 2022 vs 74 in 2017-21
Patents: 294 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 146 filings since 2022 vs 74 in 2017-21
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 69/100
$12M7 mo agoSeedD Lee
Founder & CEO
294 patents
Orthopedic fixation implants and bone preparation/augmentation devices for spine and pelvis
43Deep Infra
Provider of machine learning models and infrastructure for deep learning models
$8M1 mo agoSeries BYessenzhar Kanapin
Co-Founder
SentryApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+15Top 1M7 launchs
44Uplift
AI based online platform for body movement analytics
53AI top 20%Growth top 28%Talent top 28%Moat top 38%
All 12 signals ▾
AItop 20%
Growthtop 28%
Talenttop 28%
Moattop 38%
Fundingtop 44%
Techtop 50%
Patentstop 50%
Innovationbottom 49%
Productbottom 40%
Globalbottom 39%
Newsbottom 22%
Marketbottom 20%
AI: Classified as an AI company · Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC)
Growth: Web rank 50,000,000 → 10,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 53/100
$8M9 mo agoSeedRahul Rajan
Co-Founder
WebflowAmazon Web ServicesGSAP+23Top 10M10 patents
AI-powered motion analysis and personalized musculoskeletal coaching for fitness and rehab
1 launch
45Autolane
Developer of infrastructure for autonomous vehicle coordination, authentication, and access
$7M6 mo agoSeedBen Seidl
Co-Founder & CEO
WebflowGSAPSwiper+12Top 50M
46Liberate
Provider of home, property, auto, renters, business & specialty insurance services
$7M8 mo agoSeries BAmrish Singh
Co-founder and CEO
WebflowAmazon Web Servicescore-js+23Top 5M13 patents
Content delivery and streaming media management, including adaptive distribution and network resource allocation.
47Anvil Robotics
Developer of a composable platform for building physical artificial intelligence
$6M2 mo agoSeries AHaomiao Huang
Co-Founder
TurbopackNode.jsTailwind CSS+17Top 10M
48Simular
Developer of computer use agents and workflow automation software platforms
$5M6 mo agoSeries AAng Li
Co-Founder & CEO
WebflowVimeoYouTube+16Top 1M2 patents
Autonomous personal AI agents executing tasks on consumer computing devices
1 partnership
49Palo
Provider of AI-powered tools for short-form social media creators
$4M6 mo agoSeries ACaden Moskowitz
Co-Founder
SentryZendeskRecharts+13Top 10M
50K-Dense
Developer of autonomous AI platform for scientific research and analysis
$2M3 mo agoSeedDavid Zhang
Co-Founder
TurbopackNode.jsTailwind CSS+17Top 5M1 launch

Top 12 High Tech companies in Palo Alto

#1
xAI 🦄
Acquired · Palo Alto, California · founded 2023
$6.1Braised

Platform providing AI-powered assistant for image generation and trend analysis. It is an artificial intelligence (AI) company focused on advancing scientific discovery and fostering a deeper understanding of the universe through its AI model, Grok. Grok is a powerful AI assistant designed to provide truthful, useful, and curious insights by leveraging real-time search, image generation, and trend analysis capabilities. Through its developer API, xAI enables seamless integration of Grok's intelligence into various projects and applications.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 96how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 10%
Partners
top 17%
Innovation
top 20%
Moat
top 20%
Market
top 21%
Talent
top 21%
Funding: Raised $6.1B across 9 rounds · 9 rounds over 3 yrs (3.0/yr) · Last round Series E (Jan 2026)
Partners: 4 partnership announcements in 12 mo (5 in 24 mo) · 13 contract events in 12 mo · Named contractor/client in 13 deals
Innovation: 8 new-product events in 24 mo · 12 product lines · Deep-tech classification: Artificial Intelligence
Audience (LinkedIn): 252k LinkedIn followers — 16.6% of this cohort's audience
Activity (LinkedIn): 6 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jan 2026Series E$20B
  • Oct 2025Series C$7.5B
  • Oct 2025Conventional Debt$12.5B
  • Jul 2025Conventional Debt$5B
Founders & team
Elon MuskCo-Founder & CEOYuhuai WuCo-FounderGreg YangCo-Founder
Investors
Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Valor Equity Partners, Fidelity Investments, Kingdom Holding Company, Vy Capital
Tech stack
Amazon S3Amazon Web ServicesBase UiCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCloudflare Browser Insights
#2
Mind 🦄
Series A · Palo Alto, California · founded 2025
$1Braised

Developer of robotic platform designed for industrial deployment and manufacturing tasks. The platform leverages advancements in Physical AI to generalize across core tasks. It scales across manufacturing domains, designed to work alongside humans. The platform is initially focused on mastering automotive manufacturing environments.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 50how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 13%
Market
top 47%
Talent
bottom 49%
Global
bottom 48%
Tech
bottom 34%
Funding: Raised $1.0B across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 1 yrs (3.0/yr) · Last round Series A (May 2026)
Market: Top-10,000,000 web property · Unicorn
Talent: 1 named leader on record · 1 C-suite/founder profile curated
Funding rounds
  • May 2026Series A$400M
  • Mar 2026Series A$500M
  • Nov 2025Seed$115M
Founders & team
RJ ScaringeFounder & CEO
Investors
Eclipse, Bessemer Venture Partners, Accel, Andreessen Horowitz, Meritech, Redpoint Ventures
Tech stack
Framer SitesHstsHttp/3Open GraphPriority HintsReact
#3
Series E · Palo Alto, California · founded 2017 · 497 employees
$1.1Braised

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 — 6.3% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Feb 2026Series E$350M
  • Apr 2021Series D$676M
  • Feb 2020Series C$250M
  • Apr 2019Series B$150M
Founders & team
Christopher ReCo-Founder
Investors
BlackRock, Google Ventures, Walden International, Redline Capital Management, Intel Capital, Celesta Capital
Tech stack
6SenseApple Icloud MailAtlassian StatuspageCdnjsCloudflareCloudflare Bot Management
#4
Series B · Palo Alto, California · founded 2023
$230Mraised

Developer of an API providing web search for AI applications. The API delivers outputs built on cross-referenced facts, designed to minimize hallucination. It offers predictable costs based on task complexity, charging per query. The API provides verifiability and provenance.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 84how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 15%
Growth
top 20%
AI
top 20%
Moat
top 32%
Talent
top 38%
Market
top 44%
Funding: Raised $230M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 2 yrs (1.5/yr) · Last round Series B (Apr 2026)
Growth: Web rank 50,000,000 → 5,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo
AI: Classified as an AI company
Audience (LinkedIn): 32k LinkedIn followers — 2.1% of this cohort's audience
Activity (LinkedIn): 2 partnerships (incl. Standard Metrics) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Apr 2026Series B$100M
  • Nov 2025Series A$100M
  • Jan 2024Seed$30M
Founders & team
Travers NisbetCo-FounderParag AgrawalFounder
Investors
Khosla Ventures, Index Ventures, First Round Capital, Kleiner Perkins, Terrain, Spark Capital
Tech stack
Amazon S3Amazon Web ServicesBase UiCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCloudflare Browser Insights
#5
Rhoda 🦄
Series A · Palo Alto, California · founded 2024
$450Mraised

Developer of robotic systems utilizing video pre-training for industrial automation. The company builds foundation models adapting to commercial and industrial environments. These models handle real-world industrial tasks autonomously, generalizing beyond conventional pipelines. The company's approach combines web-scale video pre-training with action data post-training. This creates generalist robot policies adapting in dynamic environments, applicable in factories, warehouses, and production settings.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 64how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 18%
Talent
top 23%
Moat
top 32%
Market
top 44%
Global
top 45%
Tech
bottom 39%
Funding: Raised $450M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) · Last round Series A (Mar 2026)
Talent: 5 named leaders on record · 5 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Moat: Unicorn · 9 curated direct competitors tracked
Funding rounds
  • Mar 2026Series A$450M
Founders & team
Changan ChenCo-Founder & Chief Research OfficerAndrew WootenCo-Founder & Chief Product OfficerGordon WetzsteinCo-Founder
Investors
Capricorn, Khosla Ventures, Leitmotif, Matter Venture Partners, Mayfield, Premji Invest
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailBootstrapCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementGoogle AnalyticsGsap
#6
Series E · Palo Alto, California · founded 2015 · 213 employees
$1.3Braised

Developer of photon-based universal quantum computers. It uses photonic technology to develop error-corrected general-purpose quantum computers. It has applications in drug discovery, personalized medicine, artificial intelligence, and materials sciences.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 92how this company ranks against its industry peers
Patents
top 9%
Funding
top 13%
Innovation
top 16%
Moat
top 22%
News
top 26%
Growth
top 27%
Patents: 889 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 691 filings since 2022 vs 198 in 2017-21 · Latest publication 2026
Funding: Raised $1.3B across 6 rounds · 6 rounds over 7 yrs (0.9/yr) · Last round Series E (Sep 2025)
Innovation: 889 patents (top 1% of patent-holders) · 691 filings since 2022 vs 198 in 2017-21 · Deep-tech classification: Tech Hardware
Audience (LinkedIn): 85k LinkedIn followers — 5.6% of this cohort's audience
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Sep 2025Series E$1B
  • May 2025Series E$22M
  • Apr 2024Series E$614.1M
  • Apr 2024Conventional Debt
Founders & team
Mark ThompsonCo-Founder & CTOTerry RudolphCo-FounderPete ShadboltCo-Founder
Investors
M12, Atomico, Founders Fund, Redpoint Ventures, BlackRock, Playground Global
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesAngularApple Icloud MailCart FunctionalityCdnjsCloudflare
#7
Series F · Palo Alto, California · founded 2008 · 355 employees
$656.7Mraised

Provider of a business artificial intelligence platform with agentic and model layers. Business AI company that unlocks the agentic enterprise with a complete, composable AI platform spanning agents, models, knowledge, and data. Its platform, the Business AI Cloud, bridges the AI divide between consumer AI and enterprise AI combining the simplicity of consumer AI with the rigor, security and scalability required for the enterprise. It allows business users to effortlessly harness AI and deliver results immediately, while providing CIOs the foundation to deliver powerful AI applications that are embedded into workflows, trained on enterprise data. It delivers on the promise of AI as a transformative force for business. Customers include leaders across industries, like Skechers, LastPass, Atlassian, HP, Allstate, Sony, and more. Through strategic collaborations with industry leaders like KPMG, Cognizant, Rackspace, Databricks and Snowflake, it helps organizations move beyond experimental AI pilots to production-grade deployment operationalizing AI agents across internal and client-facing workflows at scale. Sectors includes Native AI, High Tech, Artificial Intelligence, Agentic AI, M

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 72how this company ranks against its industry peers
Moat
top 15%
Market
top 25%
Innovation
top 29%
Funding
top 30%
Tech
top 34%
News
top 36%
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 9/10 · Unicorn
Market: 355 employees (top 6% of High Tech) · Revenue ~$24.9M · Top-5,000,000 web property
Innovation: 4 new-product events in 24 mo · 6 product lines
Audience (LinkedIn): 86k LinkedIn followers — 5.7% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Oct 2025Series F$260M
  • Jan 2022Series E$400M
  • Mar 2021Series D$140M
  • Dec 2020Conventional Debt$17.1M
Founders & team
Umesh SachdevCo-Founder & CEORavi SaraogiCo-Founder & COO
Investors
March Capital, National Grid Partners, Sistema Asia Capital, The CXO Fund, Chiratae Ventures, Winterfield Ventures International
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesAnimate.CssApple Icloud MailBabelCloudflareCloudflare Bot Management
#8
Series A · Palo Alto, California · founded 2025
$335Mraised

Developer of self-improving artificial intelligence systems focused on chip design. The company aims to reinvent chip development by creating a recursive loop between AI and hardware. This approach is intended to accelerate the progress toward artificial superintelligence.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 53how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 16%
Talent
top 38%
AI
top 45%
Global
top 45%
Market
bottom 37%
Tech
bottom 35%
Funding: Raised $335M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 1 yrs (2.0/yr) · Last round Series A (Jan 2026)
Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated
AI: Product described with: artificial intelligence
Audience (LinkedIn): 6k LinkedIn followers
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 product launches · 1 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jan 2026Series A$300M
  • Dec 2025Seed$35M
Founders & team
Azalia MirhoseiniCo-Founder & CTOAnna GoldieCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Lightspeed Venture Partners, DST Global, NVentures, Felicis Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Radical Ventures
Tech stack
Framer SitesGoogle Font ApiHstsHttp/3Open GraphPriority Hints
#9
Series B · Palo Alto, California · founded 2016 · 21 employees
$51.1Mraised

Provider of AI-powered facial authentication access control and security systems. The company offers solutions for biometric turnstiles, multi-factor authentication, and perimeter security. It serves industries including aviation, critical infrastructure, data centers, and financial services. The company's technology provides features such as tailgating detection, video at the door, and supports SIP based intercom. The systems integrate with existing access control infrastructure.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 67how this company ranks against its industry peers
Growth
top 20%
News
top 21%
Funding
top 25%
AI
top 28%
Moat
top 31%
Talent
top 31%
Growth: Web rank 10,000,000 → 5,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo
News: 8 BI events in 12 mo (of 28 tracked, 2 types) · +167% YoY · 5 high-value events (IPO/M&A/funding/contracts) in 12 mo
Funding: Raised $51.1M across 5 rounds · 5 rounds over 7 yrs (0.7/yr) · Last round Series B (Apr 2026)
Audience (LinkedIn): 12k LinkedIn followers
Hiring (LinkedIn): 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Internal Legal Counsel
Funding rounds
  • Apr 2026Series B$50M
  • Sep 2022Series A$25M
  • Apr 2021Series A$6.1M
  • Apr 2020Series A$14M
Founders & team
Vince GaydarzhievPresident & FounderTina D'agostinChief Executive Officer
Investors
Mucker, Johnson Controls, LDV Partners, HCVC, Ruvento Ventures, Hemi Ventures
Tech stack
Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesAnt DesignCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCloudflare Stream
#10
Seed · Palo Alto, California · founded 2017
$65Mraised

Developer of an operating system for building and deploying AI agents. The system governs agent actions, orchestrates across teams, and learns from outcomes. It generates production-ready systems from natural language, tailored to enterprise environments. The operating system enables agents to earn autonomy through demonstrated reliability. It provides security, compliance, and auditability.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 29how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 25%
Tech
top 50%
Talent
bottom 49%
Global
bottom 33%
Market
bottom 31%
Funding: Raised $65.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) · Last round Seed (Mar 2026)
Tech: 18 technologies across 4/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare · Security: Cloudflare Bot Management, Hsts
Talent: 1 named leader on record · 1 C-suite/founder profile curated
Audience (LinkedIn): 1k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Mar 2026Seed$65M
Founders & team
Sri ViswanathFounder & CEO
Investors
Coatue, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Dell Technologies Capital, 8VC, Fellows Fund, E14 Fund
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailAstroCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCloudflare Browser InsightsCookiebot
#11
Seed · Palo Alto, California · founded 2026
$55Mraised

Developer of artificial intelligence models for visual reasoning and perception. These systems interpret spatial relationships, physical constraints, and structural complexity within visual data. The technology enables machines to process and analyze images to perform tasks requiring understanding of the physical world. Applications include robotics, scientific research, medical analysis, and environmental monitoring. The models utilize multimodal training architectures to move beyond text-based processing toward direct visual interpretation.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 53how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 26%
Talent
top 35%
AI
top 45%
Global
bottom 33%
Tech
bottom 30%
Funding: Raised $55.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) · Last round Seed (Apr 2026)
Talent: 3 named leaders on record
AI: Product described with: artificial intelligence
Audience (LinkedIn): 2k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Apr 2026Seed$55M
Founders & team
Yinfei YangCo-Founder & Chief Multimodal ArchitectSeth NeelCo-Founder & Founding ResearcherAndrew DaiCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Striker, Menlo Ventures, Altimeter Capital, Palms, Nvidia
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailCloudflareCloudflare Browser InsightsGoogle Font ApiGsapHttp/3
#12
SSI 🦄
Series A · Palo Alto, California · founded 2024
$1Braised

Platform offering security solutions for AI models. The platform develops AI systems safe for human use. It aligns AI capabilities with human values for AI systems to not pose risks to society. Its safety measures are integrated from the outset.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 80how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 17%
AI
top 20%
Moat
top 25%
Innovation
top 27%
Talent
top 28%
Patents
top 32%
Funding: Raised $1.0B across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 2 yrs (1.0/yr) · Last round Series A (Jul 2025)
AI: Classified as an AI company
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 9/10 · IP moat: 51 patents · Unicorn
Audience (LinkedIn): 5k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Jul 2025Series A
  • Apr 2025Series A$2B
  • Sep 2024Seed$1B
Founders & team
Ilya SutskeverCo-Founder & CEODaniel Grossex-Co-FounderDaniel LevyCo-Founder & President
Investors
NFDG, Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital, DST Global, SV Angel, Greenoaks
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailCloudflareHstsOpen GraphVercel

Funding & investor landscape

$23.6Btotal disclosed funding
239companies funded
591disclosed rounds
7rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Y Combinator20 rounds
Plug and Play Tech Center15 rounds
Lightspeed Venture Partners14 rounds
Andreessen Horowitz13 rounds
Khosla Ventures13 rounds
SV Angel12 rounds
In-Q-Tel11 rounds
Sequoia Capital11 rounds
Redpoint Ventures10 rounds
Samsung NEXT10 rounds

Notable founders

Elon Musk
Co-Founder & CEO · xAI
Yuhuai Wu
Co-Founder · xAI
RJ Scaringe
Founder & CEO · Mind
Christopher Re
Co-Founder · SambaNova Systems
Travers Nisbet
Co-Founder · Parallel Web Systems
Parag Agrawal
Founder · Parallel Web Systems
Changan Chen
Co-Founder & Chief Research Officer · Rhoda
Andrew Wooten
Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer · Rhoda
Mark Thompson
Co-Founder & CTO · PsiQuantum
Terry Rudolph
Co-Founder · PsiQuantum
Umesh Sachdev
Co-Founder & CEO · Uniphore
Ravi Saraogi
Co-Founder & COO · Uniphore
Prism market signals · United States · country-scoped Prism corpus, 3,636,199 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of High Tech coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

RESEARCH SIGNALS · United States

How research on Semiconductors is moving in the United States

A read on the academic research around Semiconductors — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 8,739 United States-affiliated papers.

research sentiment over time
200820172026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and intensifying — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 42% → 60% across 2008–2026.
top research entities
  • Georgia Institute of Technology489
  • IMEC343
  • Intel325
  • Purdue University West Lafayette218
  • Industrial Technology Research Institute177
leading researchers
Sung Kyu Lim · Krishnendu Chakrabarty · John H. Lau · David Z. Pan · Pradeep Lall · Muhannad S. Bakir · Philip G. Neudeck · Dae Hyun Kim
Breakthroughs3,231 · 37%
▲ 32%→44% share
▲1.4× share momentum3 median citations38% since 2021mostly methods-led
Artificial neural network research is surging in breakthroughs — papers jumped from 3 to 29, with convolutional neural networks newly emerging.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Photonics56→121
  • Photonic integrated circuit49→81
  • Artificial neural network3→29
  • Detector25→48
  • Scalability53→73
Newly emergingLithium niobate 0→8 · Convolutional neural network 0→8 · Adaptability 0→6
Landmark Stretchable and Foldable Silicon Integrated Circuits · 1,653 cites
Advancements3,498 · 40%
▼ 43%→36% share
▼0.8× share momentum3 median citations28% since 2021mostly methods-led
Rapid single flux quantum research is intensifying in advancements — papers rose from 2 to 12 across U.S. semiconductor institutions.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Photonics45→59
  • Artificial neural network2→14
  • Rapid single flux quantum2→12
  • Detector20→29
  • Image sensor2→11
Newly emergingReinforcement learning 0→7 · Reconfigurability 0→6 · Photocathode 0→6
Landmark A Review of GaN on SiC High Electron-Mobility Power Transistors and MMICs · 965 cites
Concerns1,032 · 12%
▼ 13%→11% share
▼0.8× share momentum2 median citations30% since 2021mostly empirical
Hardware security module concerns are rising — papers doubled from 6 to 13, with exploit vulnerabilities newly emerging at 9 papers.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Photonics10→28
  • Hardware security module6→13
  • Thermal10→16
  • Automotive industry2→8
  • Photonic integrated circuit9→14
Newly emergingExploit 0→9 · Software deployment 0→5
Landmark A Survey of Hardware Trojan Taxonomy and Detection · 1,365 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · United States

Where semiconductors is researched across United States

Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.

Atlanta491 · +0.54
Hot · Three-dimensional integrated circuitAdvancing · InterposerOpportunity · Circuit designConcern · Through-silicon via
SF Bay Area314 · +0.57
Hot · TemplateAdvancing · GermaniumOpportunity · Thermal conductivityConcern · Scaling
Boston284 · +0.65
Hot · Photonic integrated circuitAdvancing · Operational amplifierOpportunity · Common emitterConcern · Photonics
Los Angeles274 · +0.57
Hot · Monolithic microwave integrated circuitAdvancing · PlacementOpportunity · Artificial neural networkConcern · Electromigration
New York195 · +0.58
Hot · Intellectual propertyAdvancing · Test compressionOpportunity · MetrologyConcern · Hardware security module
Austin146 · +0.52
Hot · IC layout editorAdvancing · Multiple patterningOpportunity · Code (set theory)Concern · Finite element method
Pittsburgh123 · +0.64
Hot · Design for manufacturabilityAdvancing · Data miningOpportunity · Field-programmable gate arrayConcern · Integrated circuit layout
San Diego108 · +0.54
Hot · Standard cellAdvancing · Scan chainOpportunity · CMOSConcern · Dielectric
Ann Arbor87 · +0.68
Hot · MultiplexerAdvancing · Negative-bias temperature instabilityOpportunity · PhotonicsConcern · CMOS
Chicago71 · +0.63
Hot · Semiconductor detectorAdvancing · DiffusionOpportunity · Detector
PATENT SIGNAL · United States

Who's filing semiconductors patents in the United States

United States semiconductors patent filing is cooling — 112,775 filings from 8,000 assignees (2016–2025), led by IBM, Applied Materials, Intel; annual filings 11572→7675.

112,775 filings8,000 assigneespeak 13822/yr2016–2025
filing momentum (YoY 2016–2025)
top patent filers
  • IBM19691
  • Applied Materials13119
  • Intel11689
  • Micron Technology10011
  • Texas Instruments4804
  • LAM RES4667
  • Sandisk Technologies3051
  • Qualcomm2897

Common questions

How many High Tech companies are there in Palo Alto, United States?
Radar tracks 462 indexable High Tech companies headquartered in Palo Alto, United States that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by High Tech companies in Palo Alto, United States?
The High Tech companies in Palo Alto, United States on this list have raised a combined $23.6B in disclosed equity funding across 239 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded High Tech company in Palo Alto, United States?
xAI is the highest-funded High Tech company in Palo Alto, United States, with $6.1B in disclosed equity funding.
How many High Tech companies in Palo Alto, United States are funded?
239 of the 462 High Tech companies in Palo Alto, United States on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many High Tech unicorns are there in Palo Alto, United States?
27 High Tech companies in Palo Alto, United States on this list are valued at $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Palo Alto, United States High Tech companies?
The most active investors in Palo Alto, United States High Tech companies on this list include Y Combinator, Plug and Play Tech Center, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, Khosla Ventures.
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