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Radar · High Tech in Sunnyvale

Best High Tech Companies in Sunnyvale, United States

The 208 best High Tech companies in Sunnyvale, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Cerebras.

208companies tracked
$4.1Bdisclosed funding
2unicorns
103have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · HIGH TECH × SUNNYVALE

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
418kcombined LinkedIn audience
59%of audience held by top 3
2companies hiring publicly (12 mo)

Ranked: Best High Tech companies in Sunnyvale

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundEmployeesFounderTech stackPatents & IP focusRecent signals
1Cerebras 🦄
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
$750M2 mo agoMichael James
Co-Founder
SanityTurbopackNode.js+251 launch
2Rambus
Provider of AI-based silicon IP and chip solutions
$500M196 mo ago690WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+306,327 patents
Advanced multi‑channel DRAM interfaces, timing, and persistent memory technologies
3NextNav
Provider of an indoor positioning solution for enterprises
50Product top 14%Funding top 23%Patents top 25%Innovation top 27%
All 12 signals ▾
Producttop 14%
Fundingtop 23%
Patentstop 25%
Innovationtop 27%
Newstop 30%
Growthtop 41%
Moattop 42%
Partnerstop 45%
Globalbottom 47%
Techbottom 46%
Marketbottom 40%
Fin. healthbottom 30%
Product: 9 distinct product lines · Company stage: Public
Funding: Raised $284M across 10 rounds · 10 rounds over 18 yrs (0.6/yr)
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 50/100
$284M14 mo ago60
60 → 113 (+88%)
WordPressPleskApple iCloud Mail+17483 patents
Pressure‑based altitude and floor‑level indoor positioning for mobile devices
1 launch
4DigiLens
Designs optical waveguide technology for HUD, AR and biometric applications
$249M50 mo ago109Chris Pickett
CEO & Board Member
WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+37470 patents
Holographic waveguide display technology for AR/VR head‑mounted optics
5Jumio
Provider of AI-powered identity verification solutions
$196M62 mo ago103Daniel Mattes
Founder
WordPressSentryAtlassian Statuspage+47201 patents
AI-driven identity document verification and fraud detection using multimodal biometric analysis
1 launch · 2 partnerships
6Matterport
Provider of 3D digital twin solutions for various industry applications
89AI top 15%Tech top 22%Market top 24%Patents top 25%
All 14 signals ▾
AItop 15%
Techtop 22%
Markettop 24%
Patentstop 25%
Innovationtop 26%
Fundingtop 28%
Talenttop 28%
Globaltop 30%
Moattop 35%
Producttop 44%
Customerstop 44%
Fin. healthtop 45%
Growthbottom 47%
Newsbottom 26%
AI: Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC)
Tech: 61 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Web Services, Cloudflare
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 89/100
$163M70 mo ago497
497 → 531 (+7%)
Dave Gausebeck
Co-Founder & CTO
Amazon WebstoreContentfulSentry+33229 patents
3D spatial capture and modeling for digital twins and indoor navigation
7Glo-USA
Nanotechnology based LED technology provider
$161M105 mo ago18
8Quanergy Com
Provider of AI-driven LiDAR sensing solutions
$160M74 mo ago126Enzo Signore
Co-Founder & CEO
WordPressMySQLPHP+24
9Scout AI
AI-powered robotic systems for defense and related applications
53Funding top 19%AI top 25%Growth top 35%Moat top 48%
All 10 signals ▾
Fundingtop 19%
AItop 25%
Growthtop 35%
Moattop 48%
Techbottom 49%
Talentbottom 49%
Globalbottom 44%
Innovationbottom 38%
Patentsbottom 37%
Marketbottom 35%
Funding: Raised $115M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 1 yrs (2.0/yr)
AI: Classified as an AI company · Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC)
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 53/100
$115M1 mo agoCollin Otis
Co-Founder & CTO
SanityNode.jsThree.js+133 patents
Advanced hyperspectral imaging sensors and adjustable hitch mechanisms for vehicles
10Adesto
Low power CBRAM for IoT, health
$87M81 mo ago230James Jolly
CEO / Senior Partner
222 patents
Nonvolatile memory (FRAM) technologies and low‑power RF front‑end/receiver modules.
11Enlighted
Space and workplace management solutions for efficient, healthy buildings
$83M94 mo ago51WordPress Block EditorWordPressApple iCloud Mail+23205 patents
Intelligent building automation IoT: lighting control, occupancy sensing, and asset tracking
12Liquid Robotics
Developer of unmanned surface vehicles propelled by wave energy
$82M119 mo ago83WordPressMySQLSalesforce+26167 patents
Autonomous ocean surface robots powered by wave energy and solar navigation systems
1 expansion
13Sensity Systems
Light sensory network solutions
$74M128 mo ago95
14FogHorn
Provider of an edge AI platform offering analytics solutions
$70M75 mo ago50
15SiTime
Provider of RF MEMS-based oscillators and resonators
$67M140 mo ago382
382 → 509 (+33%)
Cart FunctionalityDrupalApple iCloud Mail+26224 patents
High‑precision MEMS resonators and timing oscillators for frequency control and sensing
1 launch · 1 expansion
16Cambrios
Silver nanowire solutions to enable electronic devices and transparent conductor development
$63M144 mo ago59353 patents
Transparent conductive nanowire films and related manufacturing for optoelectronic devices
17Arcot Systems
Authentication and fraud prevention solution for payments
$62M216 mo ago165Ram Varadarajan
Founder & CEO
Apache HTTP ServerMicrosoft 365HSTS+1
18Canesta
Electronic perception technology using 3D CMOS image sensors using ToF principle
$59M194 mo ago1474 patents
3D time‑of‑flight imaging sensors and depth‑based gesture recognition systems
19Silicon Storage Technology
Innovator of SuperFlash® and memBrain™ memory technology for diverse applications
$58M194 mo ago1,712Windows ServerMicrosoft ASP.NETBootstrap+72,809 patents
Non‑volatile memory devices and neuromorphic/analog neural computing hardware
20Reka 🦄
AI research and product company to develop models
$58M10 mo agoMikel Artetxe
Co-Founder
TurbopackSentryApple iCloud Mail+264 launchs
21ThunderCore
Decentralized platform for the deployment of dApps
$50M85 mo ago5Chris Wang
Co-Founder
Node.jsTailwind CSSMUI+15
22Knightscope
Developer of cloud and AI-based robotic patrolling systems
$47M53 mo ago27William Li
Chairman and CEO
HubSpot CMS HubApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+2014 patents
Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation
4 launchs
23Cylake
Developer of an AI-native cybersecurity platform for on-premises or private cloud
50Funding top 34%Talent top 35%AI top 45%Tech bottom 37%
All 5 signals ▾
Fundingtop 34%
Talenttop 35%
AItop 45%
Techbottom 37%
Globalbottom 25%
Funding: Raised $45.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr)
Talent: 3 named leaders on record
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 50/100
$45M3 mo agoEhud Shamir
Co-Founder & Chief Architect
WordPress Block EditorWordPress Site EditorWordPress+17
24InnoPath Software
OTA software management solutions
$38M240 mo ago14John Fazio
President and CEO
80 patents
Over-the-air software/firmware distribution and policy enforcement for mobile devices
25Insight M
Technology solution for methane emission detection
$30M12 mo ago19Craft CMSApple iCloud MailPHP+1867 patents
Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation
1 partnership
26DoubleMe
Developer of extended reality solutions integrating virtual, augmented, and mixed realities
$26M50 mo ago2Heeyoung Kim
Co-Founder & CAO
Wix eCommerceWixSentry+1720 patents
Enabling real-time mixed-reality holographic capture, transport, and shared visualization of physical objects
27MagicCube
Device security solutions for IoT applications
37Talent top 28%Funding top 31%Growth top 35%Moat top 37%
All 11 signals ▾
Talenttop 28%
Fundingtop 31%
Growthtop 35%
Moattop 37%
Producttop 49%
Innovationbottom 44%
Patentsbottom 44%
Newsbottom 42%
Globalbottom 39%
Techbottom 32%
Marketbottom 23%
Talent: Analyst team rating 5/5 · 2 named leaders on record
Funding: Raised $25.7M across 5 rounds · 5 rounds over 11 yrs (0.5/yr)
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 37/100
$26M1 mo ago15Nancy Zayed
Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer
PrismicYouTubeAmazon Web Services+1311 patents
Patents concentrated in electrical & electronics
28Amaze
Provider of a virtual reality enabled live music concert streaming solution
$25M62 mo agoSteve
Co-Founder
29TBCASoft
Blockchain solutions provider for telecom, payments, fintech, identity, and IoT
$25M58 mo ago14Ling Wu
Founder & CEO
WordPressMySQLPHP+18121 patents
Physical-to-digital transaction bridging via QR/RFID and blockchain-enabled payment/credential services
30A4Vision
Provider of AI-based user identification and access control solutions
$25M255 mo agoGrant Evans
CEO
3 patents
Biometric enrollment systems and 3D object detection/recognition for surveillance applications
31VaST Systems
Developer of virtual prototyping platform for automotive and consumer application space
$24M226 mo agoGraham Hellestrand
Founder & CEO
32TeleSense
Agricultural commodity monitoring solutions using wireless sensors and advanced analytics
$21M67 mo ago2619 patents
IoT-enabled smart grain storage monitoring and predictive analytics using machine learning
33Blendid
Operator of autonomous kiosks offering blended beverages and digital ordering
$20M17 mo ago17
17 → 37 (+118%)
Venki Ayalur
Founder
Wix eCommerceWixSentry+201 partnership · 1 expansion
34ORA
Blockchain-based AI oracle platform
$20M23 mo agoKartin Wong
Co-Founder
SentryThree.jsTailwind CSS+11
35Glassbeam
AI and cloud-based medical equipment’s machine data management tool for providers
$18M54 mo ago21Richard Jones
President and CEO
WordPressMySQLPHP+208 patents
Predictive maintenance for medical devices via operational log analytics and real-time streaming processing
364Home
Provider of a cloud-based home automation controller platform
$16M189 mo ago222 patents
Dynamic load balancing and resource management for cloud computing systems
37Drive Train
Provider of AI-native business planning platform
$15M44 mo ago47
47 → 100 (+113%)
Tarkeshwar Thakur
CTO & Co-Founder
WebflowAmazon Web ServicesVWO+232 partnerships
38LifeLabs
Internet first brand offering performance apparel wear for women and men
32Growth top 35%Moat top 39%Tech top 50%Funding bottom 49%
All 7 signals ▾
Growthtop 35%
Moattop 39%
Techtop 50%
Fundingbottom 49%
Talentbottom 49%
Globalbottom 37%
Marketbottom 26%
Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 7/10 · 9 curated direct competitors tracked
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 32/100
$14M9 mo ago19Yi Cui
Founder
WordPressMySQLPHP+12
39Shyld
Provider of an AI-powered UVC disinfection robot
$13M1 mo ago18Node.jsTailwind CSSReact+78 patents
Patents concentrated in health & consumer products
1 expansion
40Bear Flag Robotics
Revolutionizing farming through autonomous technology and advanced agricultural solutions
$12M64 mo ago24Igino Cafiero
Co-Founder & CEO
WordPressMySQLPHP+5
41Numem
Developer of resistive RAMs for the semiconductor industry
$10M41 mo ago24Nilesh Gharia
Co-Founder
38 patents
Adaptive compute-in-memory systems with dynamic power, endurance, and performance management
5 job openings · 1 launch
42BREVIAN
No-code platform for building custom AI agents
$9M27 mo agoVinay Wagh
Co-founder and CEO
43Coram
Provider of AI-based video surveillance analytics platform
$5M17 mo ago15Ashesh Jain
Co-Founder
WebflowGSAPAtlassian Statuspage+235 patents
AI-powered real-time analysis of security video and audio for event detection and search
2 launchs
44ANAFLASH
Provider of nonvolatile reflex computing enabler
$3M19 mo ago11Seung-Hwan Song
Co-Founder & CEO
Webflowcore-jsjQuery+988 patents
Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation
45CognifiSense
Developer of virtual reality therapy for chronic pain management
13Moat top 32%Talent top 35%Patents top 44%Funding bottom 49%
All 8 signals ▾
Moattop 32%
Talenttop 35%
Patentstop 44%
Fundingbottom 49%
Innovationbottom 41%
Globalbottom 35%
Techbottom 34%
Marketbottom 8%
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 5/10 · IP moat: 26 patents
Talent: 3 named leaders on record
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 13/100
$3M14 mo ago2Harald Stock
Co-Founder
26 patents
Integrated combinatorial analgesic therapies with physiological monitoring and symptom relief analytics
46Vectroid
Provider of a serverless vector database with fast indexing and powerful APIs
$2M18 mo agoZoltan Baranyi
Co-Founder
47AIxBlock
Provider of training data for speech and language artificial intelligence
$2M10 mo agoSwiss Dao
Co-Founder & CEO
PHPGSAPLenis+18
48Ondas Networks
Provider of autonomous systems and private wireless solutions for industries
53Funding top 35%Growth top 42%Tech top 45%AI top 45%
All 10 signals ▾
Fundingtop 35%
Growthtop 42%
Techtop 45%
AItop 45%
Moattop 48%
Markettop 49%
Talenttop 49%
Globalbottom 44%
Newsbottom 34%
Fin. healthbottom 32%
Funding: Raised $825k across 10 rounds · 10 rounds over 11 yrs (0.9/yr)
Growth: Headcount 74 → 116 (+57%) across vintages · Revenue -54% YoY
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 53/100
$825K5 mo ago116Eric Brock
CEO
Wix eCommerceWixSentry+15
49Relvy
Developer of AI-powered debugging notebooks designed to accelerate incident resolution
$500K24 mo agoBharath Bhat
Co-Founder & CEO
WebflowAmazon Web Servicescore-js+12
50G-SPACE
Provider of space design and technology services
$445K21 mo ago9Ioana Cozmuta
Founder & CEO

Top 12 High Tech companies in Sunnyvale

#1
Public · Sunnyvale, California · founded 2015
$750Mraised

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 — 28.6% of this cohort's audience
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
Michael JamesCo-FounderJean-Philippe FrickerCo-FounderSean LieCo-Founder & CTO
Investors
Benchmark, Foundation Capital, Eclipse, Open Field Capital, Qualcomm Ventures, Coatue
Tech stack
CdnjsCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCloudflare Browser InsightsCookieyesGodaddy
#2
Series A · Sunnyvale, California · founded 2024
$115Mraised

AI-powered robotic systems for defense and related applications. It enables natural language commands, robot-to-robot coordination, and mission-adaptive autonomy without cloud connectivity. Its technology enables unmanned platforms to perform tasks using vision, language, and action models. Its systems are designed for deployment across various domains. It focuses on creating adaptable and generalized decision-making capabilities for robotic systems.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 53how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 19%
AI
top 25%
Growth
top 35%
Moat
top 48%
Tech
bottom 49%
Talent
bottom 49%
Funding: Raised $115M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 1 yrs (2.0/yr) · Last round Series A (Apr 2026)
AI: Classified as an AI company · Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC) · Product described with: ai-powered
Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Funding rounds
  • Apr 2026Series A$100M
  • Apr 2025Seed$15M
Founders & team
Collin OtisCo-Founder & CTO
Investors
Align Ventures, Booz Allen Hamilton, Draper, Decisive Point, Perot Jain, Habitat Partners
Tech stack
GodaddyGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Tag ManagerGoogle WorkspaceGsapHsts
#3
Series B · Sunnyvale, California · founded 2014 · 15 employees
$25.7Mraised

Device security solutions for IoT applications. It provides IoT security solutions for digital transactions on mobile devices which run locally on the device. Secures digital transactions on mobile devices using a patented software-only platform, which is hardware and OS agnostic. Sensitive data exchange is performed via creating a self-contained, secure environment between devices or the cloud. For every transaction processed, the software runs a device integrity check, creates a secure link between secure container and cloud, then performs remote attestation captures screen input and finally sends the encrypted payload to the secure cloud.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 37how this company ranks against its industry peers
Talent
top 28%
Funding
top 31%
Growth
top 35%
Moat
top 37%
Product
top 49%
Innovation
bottom 44%
Talent: Analyst team rating 5/5 · 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Funding: Raised $25.7M across 5 rounds · 5 rounds over 11 yrs (0.5/yr) · Last round Series B (Apr 2026)
Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Funding rounds
  • Apr 2026Series B$10M
  • Jan 2026Series B$10M
  • Oct 2021Series B$15M
  • May 2020Series A
Founders & team
Nancy ZayedCo-Founder & Chief Technology OfficerSam ShawkiCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Azure Capital, EPIC Ventures, Visa, Bialla Venture Partners, Bold Capital Partners, Social Starts
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon S3Amazon Web ServicesFancyboxHttp/3Jquery
#4
Seed · Sunnyvale, California · founded 2026
$45Mraised

Developer of an AI-native cybersecurity platform for on-premises or private cloud. The platform is built on a single data foundation, ensuring operational sovereignty. It combines hardware and software components to provide an end-to-end cybersecurity system. The system delivers deep analysis and agentic protection without relying on public cloud infrastructure.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 50how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 34%
Talent
top 35%
AI
top 45%
Tech
bottom 37%
Global
bottom 25%
Funding: Raised $45.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) · Last round Seed (Mar 2026)
Talent: 3 named leaders on record
AI: Product described with: ai-native
Funding rounds
  • Mar 2026Seed$45M
Founders & team
Ehud ShamirCo-Founder & Chief ArchitectWilson XuCo-Founder & Chief Development OfficerNir ZukCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Greylock Partners
Tech stack
CookiebotGodaddyGoogle WorkspaceGutenbergHstsHttp/3
#5
Seed · Sunnyvale, California · founded 2020 · 18 employees
$13.4Mraised

Provider of an AI-powered UVC disinfection robot

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 25k LinkedIn followers — 5.9% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 expansions announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • May 2026Seed$13.4M
Investors
Aulis Capital
#6
Public · Sunnyvale, California · founded 2008 · 60 employees
$284.1Mraised

Provider of an indoor positioning solution for enterprises. It has developed carrier-grade network antennas to support indoor location. It works alongside GPS in devices and requires no technology integration.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 50how this company ranks against its industry peers
Product
top 14%
Funding
top 23%
Patents
top 25%
Innovation
top 27%
News
top 30%
Growth
top 41%
Product: 9 distinct product lines · Company stage: Public
Funding: Raised $284M across 10 rounds · 10 rounds over 18 yrs (0.6/yr) · Last round Post IPO (Mar 2025)
Patents: 483 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 141 filings since 2022 vs 184 in 2017-21 · Latest publication 2026
Audience (LinkedIn): 12k LinkedIn followers — 2.9% of this cohort's audience
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Mar 2025Post IPO$190M
  • Sep 2020Grant (prize money)$2.5M
  • Jan 2020Conventional Debt
  • Jan 2020Series E$120M
Investors
Fortress, Future Fund, Oak Investment Partners, New Enterprise Associates, Goldman Sachs Asset Management, Columbia Capital
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCloudflare Browser InsightsCookieyesGoogle Analytics
#7
Reka 🦄
Series B · Sunnyvale, California · founded 2022
$58Mraised

AI research and product company to develop models. It offers solutions to create production models from its foundation models. It builds customized multi-modal LLM applications for the enterprise, combining data services with multimodal language models.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 10k LinkedIn followers — 2.4% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 4 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jul 2025Series B$110M
  • Jun 2023Series A$58M
Founders & team
Mikel ArtetxeCo-FounderQi LiuCo-FounderYi TayCo-Founder
Investors
DST Global, Radical Ventures, Snowflake, Nvidia
Tech stack
Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesApple Icloud MailChakra UiClerkCloudflare
#8
Acquired · Sunnyvale, California · founded 2013 · 19 employees
$30Mraised

Technology solution for methane emission detection. The LeakSurveyor technology uses a spectrometer to measure patterns of sunlight energy absorbed by methane emissions with an adjustable sensitivity. It combines spectrometer data with GPS/INS data and simultaneous optical imaging to provide data on exact location, heading, and real-time ground conditions around emission sources.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 6k LinkedIn followers
Activity: 1 partnerships (incl. GeoPark) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jun 2025Series E$30M
  • 2018Seed
Investors
Climate Investment, Morgan Stanley, DCVC, Energy Innovation Capital
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCraft CmsDocusignGoogle Analytics
#9
Seed · Sunnyvale, California · founded 2020 · 19 employees
$13.8Mraised

Internet first brand offering performance apparel wear for women and men. The product catalog includes t-shirts, joggers shorts, pants, tank tops, jackets, vests, sleepwear, and more. It also offers hats, backpacks, gloves, thongs, boxers, etc. The company claims its products are made of performance fabric and have features like cooler than normal clothing, warmer than normal clothing, odor resistance, rapid drying, etc.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 32how this company ranks against its industry peers
Growth
top 35%
Moat
top 39%
Tech
top 50%
Funding
bottom 49%
Talent
bottom 49%
Global
bottom 37%
Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 7/10 · 9 curated direct competitors tracked
Tech: 21 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare · Devops: Nginx
Audience (LinkedIn): 372 LinkedIn followers
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 partnerships (incl. Stanford University) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Sep 2025Seed
  • Apr 2022Seed$6M
Founders & team
Yi CuiFounder
Investors
Asia Green Fund
Tech stack
CloudflareCloudflare Browser InsightsGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Font ApiGoogle Tag ManagerHttp/3
#10
Public · Sunnyvale, California · founded 2006 · 116 employees
$825Kraised

Provider of autonomous systems and private wireless solutions for industries. The company delivers aerial intelligence and next-generation connectivity to enhance security and operational efficiency. It offers mission-critical networks, autonomous drones, counter-drone solutions, and artificial intelligence capabilities. The business units target industrial and government users with data and automation products.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 53how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 35%
Growth
top 42%
Tech
top 45%
AI
top 45%
Moat
top 48%
Market
top 49%
Funding: Raised $825k across 10 rounds · 10 rounds over 11 yrs (0.9/yr) · Last round Post IPO (Jan 2026)
Growth: Headcount 74 → 116 (+57%) across vintages · Revenue -54% YoY · Web rank 10,000,000 → 5,000,000 YoY
Tech: 23 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare, Google Cloud · Observability: Sentry
Funding rounds
  • Jan 2026Post IPO$8.4M
  • Dec 2024Post IPO$18.9M
  • Nov 2024Grant (prize money)$1M
  • Feb 2024Post IPO$4.5M
Founders & team
Eric BrockCEO
Investors
Innovation Israel, Checkmate Capital, Powers Island Capital, Charles & Potomac Capital, Stage 1 Ventures, SPLYCAP
Tech stack
Apache Http ServerBootstrapCloudflareCloudflare Browser InsightsFancyboxGoogle Analytics
#11
Series A · Sunnyvale, California · founded 2015 · 17 employees
$20Mraised

Operator of autonomous kiosks offering blended beverages and digital ordering. The kiosks provide fully automated service with minimal maintenance requirements. The system utilizes real ingredients, including whole fruits, vegetables, seeds, and nuts, to create nutritionally dense recipes. The beverages are plant-forward and offer vegan and gluten-free options. Customers can customize, schedule, and pay for orders through a mobile application. The kiosks are designed for operation across multiple industry verticals.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 4k LinkedIn followers
Activity: 1 partnerships · 1 expansions announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Dec 2024Seed$1.5M
  • Sep 2021Seed$2M
  • Nov 2020Seed$2.1M
  • Series A$13.5M
Founders & team
Venki AyalurFounderVijay DoddCo-founderVipin JainFounder & CEO
Investors
Tau Ventures, Benhamou Global Ventures, Plug and Play Tech Center, Hone Capital, Partech Partners, PAR Technology Corp
Tech stack
BootstrapCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsFacebook PixelGoogle Cloud
#12
Funding Raised · Sunnyvale, California · founded 2023
$1.7Mraised

Provider of training data for speech and language artificial intelligence. It delivers end-to-end data solutions for speech and language AI. It offers speech data services including collection, transcription, and annotation. Sound and environment audio services encompass real world sound and noise collection. Text and dialogue data services cover conversation annotation, intent and entity labeling, and datasets for language models

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 8k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Aug 2025Grant (prize money)$1.7M
Founders & team
Swiss DaoCo-Founder & CEOJackie LuCo-FounderTony DinhCo-Founder
Investors
Europa
Tech stack
BunnyCloudflareCloudflare Browser InsightsCore-JsFacebook PixelGoogle Analytics

Funding & investor landscape

$4.1Btotal disclosed funding
95companies funded
290disclosed rounds
4rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Plug and Play Tech Center18 rounds
Y Combinator6 rounds
In-Q-Tel5 rounds
Intel Capital4 rounds
National Science Foundation4 rounds
New Enterprise Associates4 rounds
Western Technology Investment4 rounds
ATEL Capital Group3 rounds
Amino Capital3 rounds
Berkeley SkyDeck3 rounds

Notable founders

Michael James
Co-Founder · Cerebras
Jean-Philippe Fricker
Co-Founder · Cerebras
Collin Otis
Co-Founder & CTO · Scout AI
Nancy Zayed
Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer · MagicCube
Sam Shawki
Co-Founder & CEO · MagicCube
Ehud Shamir
Co-Founder & Chief Architect · Cylake
Wilson Xu
Co-Founder & Chief Development Officer · Cylake
Mikel Artetxe
Co-Founder · Reka
Qi Liu
Co-Founder · Reka
Yi Cui
Founder · LifeLabs
Eric Brock
CEO · Ondas Networks
Venki Ayalur
Founder · Blendid
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 · MicrowaveConcern · 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 · OutsourcingOpportunity · 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 Sunnyvale, United States?
Radar tracks 208 indexable High Tech companies headquartered in Sunnyvale, United States that meet our profile-completeness bar.
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The High Tech companies in Sunnyvale, United States on this list have raised a combined $4.1B in disclosed equity funding across 95 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded High Tech company in Sunnyvale, United States?
Cerebras is the highest-funded High Tech company in Sunnyvale, United States, with $750M in disclosed equity funding.
How many High Tech companies in Sunnyvale, United States are funded?
95 of the 208 High Tech companies in Sunnyvale, United States on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
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2 High Tech companies in Sunnyvale, United States on this list are valued at $1B or more.
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