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Alloy Enterprises Inc., founded in 2020 and headquartered in Somerville, Massachusetts, specializes in the development of 3D printing technologies aimed at addressing inefficiencies in traditional manufacturing processes. The company positions itself as an industry disruptor, utilizing innovative solutions to enhance manufacturing efficiency and effectiveness.

Invoice reconciliation for overworked finance teams. OpenEnvoy audits every invoice for duplicate billings, excess charges, and supplier fraud and has audited over $2 billion in spend to-date through automation.

Shield AI Inc is an artificial intelligence robotics company focused on creating advanced systems for the national security sector and first responders. Founded in May 2015 and based in San Diego, California, with research offices in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Shield AI develops AI-driven technologies for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) operations. Its key offerings include Hivemind, an AI framework that enables various unmanned vehicles—such as ground vehicles, aerial drones, and underwater systems—to learn from both real and simulated experiences. Additionally, the company provides Nova, an AI-powered aerial robot designed for autonomous reconnaissance in challenging environments, including buildings and urban areas where GPS may be unavailable. The company's mission is to enhance the safety of service members and civilians through innovative AI systems.

Rugged Robotics Inc. designs and develops robotic platforms for commercial construction industries. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Houston, Texas.

Route elevates the online customer journey by providing a simple way to protect and track all of the user's orders. Route App automatically connects to everything ordered from all retailers while allowing the user to visually track its packages, anytime, anywhere.

Parallel Systems is a company that specializes in designing autonomous, zero-emissions freight transportation systems. Founded in 2020 and based in Los Angeles, California, the company aims to revolutionize freight transport by creating solutions that are fast, cost-effective, and environmentally friendly. By focusing on reducing highway congestion, Parallel Systems seeks to contribute to a more efficient and sustainable transportation infrastructure.

Elementary Robotics, Inc. manufactures robots for human assistance. It offers robots to automate QA and traceability for AI-assisted manufacturing. The company’s robots are also used to track the stages of assembly across production lines. It serves electronics, automotive, medical, and consumer packaged goods and logistics industries. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Pasadena, California with additional offices in Mexico and Chicago.

Duro provides cloud-based SaaS software to help hardware companies manage the design and manufacturing of their custom hardware products. Duro’s workflow management solution is as simple to use as a spreadsheet, but integrates automated data entry and validation to enforce hardware product development best practices.

LynkState is a technology company founded in 2021 and based in Walnut, California. It specializes in developing a digital experience monitoring application aimed at infrastructure operators and management. This application enhances the understanding of real user experiences by integrating monitoring capabilities with data center operations. By doing so, LynkState enables its clients to generate actionable insights and meaningful data that support effective marketing campaigns. The company's focus is on bridging the gap between user experience and infrastructure management, providing tools that help organizations improve their digital strategies.

Quaestor Technologies, Inc. develops automated financial tools. It offers Quaestor, an automated data platform that enables financial transparency between startups and investors, empowering founders to make better decisions in scaling their companies. The company’s Quaestor fosters a collaborative relationship between founders and investors by automatically collecting, standardizing, and synthesizing startup data enabling both parties to make metrics-driven decisions. The company was incorporated in 2020 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Oxide Computer is a developer of cloud hyperscale technology intended to build a new kind of server. The company's technology brings cloud hyperscale innovations around density, efficiency, cost, reliability, manageability and security, enabling clients to use better computer infrastructure.

Toast, Inc. is a Boston-based technology company that specializes in developing an all-in-one point-of-sale and restaurant management software tailored for the foodservice and hospitality industries. Founded in 2011, Toast's cloud-based platform provides a comprehensive suite of features, including tableside ordering, online ordering, labor management, and real-time reporting, designed to enhance operational efficiency for restaurants, cafes, bars, and other food establishments. The software facilitates quick menu updates and integrates front-of-house and back-of-house operations, enabling restaurants to streamline their processes and improve guest experiences. With additional offices in Portland, Omaha, and Dublin, Toast aims to support restaurateurs in delivering exceptional service and achieving business success.

Desktop Metal, Inc. specializes in additive manufacturing solutions tailored for engineers, designers, and manufacturers across various industries, including automotive, aerospace, healthcare, and consumer products. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts, the company offers several products, such as the Production System for industrial manufacturing, the Shop System for machine and job shops, the Studio System for office environments, and Fiber, a desktop 3D printer. By focusing on the entire production process from prototyping to mass production, Desktop Metal aims to transform how metal parts are designed and manufactured. The company has secured significant equity funding from notable investors, which has helped build a team of experts in materials science, hardware and software engineering, and design.

Rugged Robotics Inc. designs and develops robotic platforms for commercial construction industries. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Houston, Texas.

System1 Biosciences, Inc., is a San Francisco-based neurotherapeutics company that employs phenotypic screening to discover novel drugs for complex neurological and psychiatric diseases such as epilepsy, autism, and schizophrenia, disorders for which current discovery techniques have proved least successful. System1 combines cerebral organoid science, systems neuroscience, robotic automation, and advanced data analytics to discover characterizations of disease never before achievable. These “deep phenotypes” are exploited to identify novel therapeutic targets and drug treatments.

Sentenai is cloud service that connects intelligent systems to the data they need to make better decisions in real-time. Sentenai’s product combines distributed systems and applied machine learning to automatically organize sensor data streams, making them searchable in real-time. Sentenai is an early-stage startup building data infrastructure for machine learning and predictive applications.

Simbe Robotics automates the most mundane, repetitive tasks in retail execution. It's first product, Tally, performs the repetitive and laborious tasks of auditing shelves for out-of-stock items, low stock items, misplaced items, and pricing errors. Tally operates safely during normal store hours alongside shoppers and employees.

Simbe Robotics automates the most mundane, repetitive tasks in retail execution. It's first product, Tally, performs the repetitive and laborious tasks of auditing shelves for out-of-stock items, low stock items, misplaced items, and pricing errors. Tally operates safely during normal store hours alongside shoppers and employees.