Best Manufacturing Tech Companies in Austin, United States
The 40 best Manufacturing Tech companies in Austin, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: SparkCognition.
Our analysis of 50 Manufacturing Tech companies
$5.6b in tracked funding; 95% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
Ranked: Best Manufacturing Tech companies in Austin
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SparkCognition 🦄 AI based platform offering predictive analytics solution | $300M | 55 mo ago | Series D | Amir Husain Founder & CEO | 2013 | — | 232 patents AI-driven predictive analytics and anomaly detection for industrial IoT and battery systems | 2 awards |
| 2 | Monogram Developer of robotic surgical systems and personalized 3D-printed orthopedic implants | $30M | 54 mo ago | Acquired | Douglas Unis Founder | 2016 | — | — | — |
| 3 | Veros Systems Provides machine-learning based asset monitoring software solution | $20M | 74 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2001 | — | — | — |
| 4 | LeanDNA AI supply chain software optimizing inventory and production for discrete manufacturers 50Product top 30%Innovation top 34%Funding top 34%Moat top 39% All 10 signals ▾Producttop 30% Innovationtop 34% Fundingtop 34% Moattop 39% Techtop 42% Talenttop 45% Growthbottom 46% Marketbottom 44% Globalbottom 32% Newsbottom 26% Product: 7 distinct product lines · Company stage: Series B Innovation: 7 product lines rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 50/100 | $20M | 10 mo ago | Series B | Richard Lebowitz Founder & Chief Strategy Officer | 2014 | WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+33 | — | 3 awards |
| 5 | Sustainment Provider of web-enabled supplier relationship management solutions | $14M | 48 mo ago | Series A | Bret Boyd Co-Founder & CEO | 2020 | — | — | — |
| 6 | Nascentric electronic design automation | $13M | 227 mo ago | Acqui-Hired | Lip-Bu Tan CEO | 2003 | — | 7 patents Advanced electronic circuit simulation and timing/power analysis tools for IC design | — |
| 7 | Axzon Provider of cloud and IoT-enabled asset tracking solutions for multiple industries 45Innovation top 27%Growth top 28%Funding top 40%Product top 48% All 8 signals ▾Innovationtop 27% Growthtop 28% Fundingtop 40% Producttop 48% Talentbottom 49% Techbottom 41% Globalbottom 29% Marketbottom 20% Innovation: 3 product lines · Deep-tech classification: Tech Hardware Growth: Web rank 10,000,000 → 5,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 45/100 | $6M | 5 mo ago | Seed | Bruno Salvador Leano CEO | 2006 | YouTubeBootstrapAmazon Web Services+8 | — | — |
| 8 | Sandbox Semiconductor Developer of software for nanofabrication process development | $560K | 86 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | 2016 | — | — | — |
| 9 | Clairvoyant Networks Provider of cloud-based data analytics platform for IoT applications | $505K | 62 mo ago | Seed | — | 2015 | — | — | — |
| 10 | Hlabs Developer of robotics manufacturing infrastructure and hardware components for automated systems | $500K | 8 mo ago | Seed | Paul Hetherington Founder & CEO | 1991 | — | — | — |
| 11 | Xitronix Develops non-contact technology for electronic transport properties of semiconductor materials | $200K | 195 mo ago | Seed | Judd Chism Co-Founder & CEO | 2006 | — | 14 patents Non‑destructive optical photoreflectance/Z‑scan metrology for semiconductor strain and dopant analysis | — |
Top 12 Manufacturing Tech companies in Austin
#1
Seed · Austin, Texas · founded 2006 · 3 employees$5.8Mraised▾
Provider of cloud and IoT-enabled asset tracking solutions for multiple industries. The product line includes a series of connected sensors for measuring multiple parameters including temperature, moisture, and intrusion, and a system solution that collects the relevant sensor data while managing the RF communication process. The company also provides an industrial IoT sensor platform that handles the sensor and reader details and provides an interface to connect with the internal business processes. In addition, the company provides evaluation systems comprising sensors paired with either a handheld reader or a fixed reader. It caters to automotive, electric power distribution, data centers, cold chains, and factories.
- Mar 2026Seed$500K
- Jul 2025Seed$1M
- Sep 2014Seed$2.2M
- May 2012Seed$2M
#2
Series B · Austin, Texas · founded 2014 · 74 employees$19.5Mraised▾
AI supply chain software optimizing inventory and production for discrete manufacturers. They empower manufacturers to thrive amidst supply chain disruptions. Their platform optimizes inventory, reduces waste, and uncovers growth opportunities. They solve challenges like inventory shortages and inefficient processes, enabling faster, smarter decisions. With actionable insights and automated workflows, they drive meaningful results, keeping supply chains running smoothly. They offer AI-enabled supply planning and inventory optimization solutions. Their capabilities include reliable inventory data, actionable supply insights, agile response planning, automated task management, and materials orchestration. They serve industries like aerospace, automotive, industrial, and medical devices. They are a SaaS based company offering software solutions.
- Oct 2025PE—
- Dec 2019Series B$15M
- Apr 2017Series A$4.5M
- Angel—
#3
Seed · Austin, Texas · founded 1991$500Kraised▾
Developer of robotics manufacturing infrastructure and hardware components for automated systems. The platform focuses on localized manufacturing processes, providing standardized hardware and integrated components. This eliminates the need for engineering teams to develop foundational motion systems and basic mechanical structures in-house. Robotics startups and industrial developers can accelerate deployment timelines and reduce technical overhead. They can also focus resources on proprietary software.
- Jan 2026Seed$500K
#4
Series D · Austin, Texas · founded 2013 · 129 employees$300Mraised▾
Developer of AI-based machine learning software designed to help organizations solve their critical problems and run a sustainable, safe and profitable business. The company's platform offers a suite of AI services that use machine learning, natural language processing and knowledge graphs to address a wide range of challenges including predictive analytics, risk mitigation and process optimization, enabling business professionals and corporate clients to optimize operations, predict future events, protect assets and accelerate growth.
#5
Acquired · Austin, Texas · founded 2016 · 20 employees$29.6Mraised▾
Developer of robotic surgical systems and personalized 3D-printed orthopedic implants. It combines AI-driven robotics, 3D imaging, and custom implants to improve accuracy, reduce surgery time, and follow a razor-blade model—selling hardware with recurring implant revenue. It streamlines clinical workflows to optimize individual workflows and automate implant position and alignment.
- Feb 2022Series C$16M
- Jan 2022Grant (prize money)$256K
- Aug 2021Series B$9M
- Mar 2020Series A$14.6M
#6
Series A · Austin, Texas · founded 2020 · 34 employees$14.1Mraised▾
Provider of web-enabled supplier relationship management solutions. The company offers a platform to manage risk in supplier relationships. It helps in managing NDAs, certifications, quotations, project collaborations, and more.
- Aug 2022Series A$12M
- Jan 2021Seed$2.1M
#7
Acquired · Austin, Texas · founded 2001 · 13 employees$19.6Mraised▾
Veros Systems is a provider of machine-learning-based asset monitoring software solution. The product offerings include Continuous Equipment Monitoring, a real-time equipment monitoring, and data collection and data analyzing solution; Operating Performance Measurements, a real-time equipment performance management solution; Process Abnormality Analysis, a machine abnormality, and electrical failures management solution; Machine Health Prediction, an AI-based equipment failure prediction solution to predict mechanical and electrical failures.
- Jun 2020Series C$2.2M
- Apr 2018Series A$3M
- Jul 2014Series A$2.8M
- Sep 2013Series A$3M
#8
Acqui-Hired · Austin, Texas · founded 2003$13.4Mraised▾
Nascentric, an electronic design automation company, develops and markets a family of next generation SPICE and Fast- SPICE simulators (OmegaSim, OmegaSim AMS and OmegaSim GX) for analysis and functional verification of complex nanometer designs. Nascentric claims that its products allow designers to quickly simulate, analyze, and verify larger and more complex circuits, improve design quality, and facilitate higher yields. The company was acquired by Cadence Design Systems in 2009.
- Sep 2007Series C$7.2M
- Jun 2006Series B$6.2M
#9
Seed · Austin, Texas · founded 2015 · 15 employees$504.8Kraised▾
Provider of cloud-based data analytics platform for IoT applications. Its data analytics platform enables developers to aggregate, store, and process data collected from multiple sources. Furthermore, it offers a remote monitoring platform that integrates wearables and analytics to enable organisations to track GPS location, movement and activity. It has its use cases in monitoring solutions for manufacturing, healthcare, and other large employers for employee kiosk pre-screening, tracking of personnel at work, and monitoring while at home.
- Jun 2021Seed$504.8K
#10
Funding Raised · Austin, Texas · founded 2016 · 10 employees$559.5Kraised▾
Sandbox Semiconductor develops software for nanofabrication process development. Its software tool RODEo enables process engineers to identify optimal etch and deposition recipes with one-third the experiments which make the process three times faster and less expensive than current methods.
- 2019Grant (prize money)$100K
- 2018Grant (prize money)$224.7K
- 2018Grant (prize money)$224.8K
- Dec 2016Grant (prize money)$10K
#11
Seed · Austin, Texas · founded 2006 · 11 employees$200Kraised▾
Develops non-contact technology for electronic transport properties of semiconductor materials. It uses machine learning algorithms to enable semiconductor process control applications and process tool monitoring to forecast prediction in manufacturing. It works on photo modulated reflectance and precision pump-probe technology that allows the evaluation of carrier transport properties, including carrier lifeline, diffusion length, and mobility, directly on product wafers.
- Jun 2010Seed$200K
- 2009Seed—
#12
Funding Raised · Austin, Texas · founded 2013 · 2 employees—raised▾
CSS Worldwide is a provider of workforce safety monitoring solutions. The Workplace Safety Monitoring System (WSMS) is capable of sensing and capturing data regarding slips, falls, trips, interactions among people and between people & mobile equipment to identify actual problems, analyse safety issues and improve workplace safety.
- Jun 2020Grant (prize money)—
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How research on Additive Manufacturing in Austin is moving
A read on the academic research around Additive Manufacturing in Austin — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 73 papers.
- The University of Texas at Austin68
- Austin Health4
- Austin College1
- Austin Hospital1
- 3D printing25
- Nanotechnology9
- Visible spectrum8
- Digital Light Processing7
- Optoelectronics6
- 3d printed1→4
- 3D printing5
- 3d printed3
- Rapid prototyping2
- Variety (cybernetics)2
- Polylactic acid1
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