Databricks is a data, analytics, and AI company founded in 2013 in San Francisco. It pioneered the data lakehouse architecture and offers cloud-based tools for unified data analytics.
Hadrian builds vertically integrated, semi‑autonomous precision factories for aerospace and defense, enabling on‑demand production of high‑mix, low‑volume parts.
Aalo Atomics develops factory-manufactured small-scale nuclear reactors. Founded in 2022 in Austin, Texas, the startup aims to deliver 50 MWe modular Aalo Pod reactors for data centers and microgrids, targeting 3¢ per kWh.
Cerebras Systems develops wafer-scale AI accelerator chips and compute systems. Founded in 2015 by Andrew Feldman and cofounders, the Sunnyvale company builds Wafer Scale Engine chips powering AI supercomputers.
Syntiant designs ultra-low-power neural network processors for always-on voice and sensor inference. Founded in 2017 and based in Irvine, CA, it has raised funding from Intel, Microsoft and Amazon to enable edge AI.
Armis develops agentless security platforms that enable enterprises to safely adopt IoT and unmanaged devices. Founded in 2015 by Yevgeny Dibrov and Nadir Izrael, the company is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.
X‑energy develops advanced high‑temperature gas‑cooled pebble‑bed reactors (Xe‑100) and TRISO fuel. Founded in 2009 by Kam Ghaffarian and led by CEO Clay Sell, the Rockville, MD company has secured DOE and DoD funding for its modular reactors.
Groq builds application-specific AI accelerators called Language Processing Units to deliver fast inference. Founded in 2016 by former Google engineer Jonathan Ross, the Mountain View company became a unicorn after raising a $300M Series C.
Snorkel AI commercializes programmatic data labeling and data-centric AI. Founded in 2019 by Stanford researchers, Redwood City-based Snorkel helps enterprises quickly create training data and has raised ~$135M.
