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Corvic AI develops data-centric artificial intelligence infrastructure to convert raw enterprise data into AI-ready intelligence. The company provides an advanced enterprise data platform designed to deliver explainable analysis by applying AI to multi-modal and multi-structured data sources. The platform integrates with existing data environments to extract actionable insights and generate adaptive workflows, helping organizations make strategic decisions. By emphasizing transparency and interpretability, Corvic AI enables enterprises to leverage diverse data types to drive decision making and optimize operations across departments.

ChainOpera is a technology company that specializes in developing a decentralized AI platform and ecosystem. This platform aims to democratize AI development by enabling users to collaboratively create and own decentralized AI applications and agents. It operates on a secure blockchain infrastructure, offering a decentralized exchange for trading cryptocurrencies and digital assets with enhanced privacy and security. Users have full control over their funds and can co-create and co-own AI agents and applications within this ecosystem.

Cartken develops delivery robots designed for transporting items over short distances within neighborhoods. Their robots are equipped with advanced sensors and cameras for collision avoidance and hazard detection, ensuring safe navigation in urban environments.

Synadia Communications develops and maintains NATS.io, an open-source messaging system designed for cloud-native applications, microservices architectures, IoT, and other distributed systems. Founded in 2017, the company offers commercial support, consulting services, and training around its technology.

ZEDEDA, Inc. is a developer of cloud-native edge virtualization software that provides visibility, control, and security for IoT edge gateways, applications, and networks at the enterprise edge. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, with additional offices in Bengaluru and Pune, India, the company offers solutions such as Edge Quick Connect for Azure IoT Edge. This software-as-a-service enables customers to manage and secure their IoT deployments through virtualization and facilitates the use of cloud-managed gateways for remote administration. ZEDEDA's platform supports a variety of applications, including predictive analytics in renewable energy and industrial automation, allowing organizations to monitor and manage real-time edge applications while avoiding vendor lock-in.

Elemind Technologies is a neurotechnology company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, founded in 2017. The company specializes in developing wearable devices that utilize innovative neuromodulation techniques to process and compute brainwave activity. By precisely timing audio output, Elemind's technology aims to shape brainwaves and alter brain states, enabling users to enhance attention and improve sleep. Through its cutting-edge approach, Elemind seeks to advance the understanding and manipulation of brain functions for better cognitive health and performance.

TileDB, Inc. is a technology company specializing in the management of multi-dimensional array data, primarily for scientific applications. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with an additional location in Athens, Greece, TileDB offers a cloud-based storage platform and embedded storage engine. Its innovative software is designed to handle diverse data types, including unstructured and multimodal data, making it suitable for complex scientific inquiries such as genomic research and biomedical imaging. TileDB enables users to access, analyze, and share intricate datasets effectively, supporting scientific teams in pharmaceutical and biotechnology sectors to advance drug discovery and other research initiatives. Through its robust platform, TileDB facilitates parallel data analytics and integrates various dimensions and attributes within data arrays, positioning itself as a critical tool for scientific breakthroughs.

Genemod Corporation, based in Seattle, Washington, develops a unified inventory management platform specifically designed for life scientists. Founded in 2018, the company offers a suite of tools that includes project management software, sequence editing capabilities, and an intuitive dashboard for laboratory operations. Genemod's proprietary technology integrates both scientific and administrative functionalities, facilitating real-time communication, scheduling, and knowledge sharing among researchers. The platform effectively manages laboratory inventory, including consumables, reagents, and equipment, while employing artificial intelligence to enhance data analysis, report generation, and experimental design. This user-centered and scalable solution aims to improve efficiency, collaboration, and productivity in research environments.

Venti Technologies is an autonomous vehicle company that develops autonomous logistics systems to move goods and people. It has built a proprietary set of autonomy technologies, including logistics-focused algorithms, supported by deep learning and rigorous mathematical modeling, to enable safer, faster transportation and greater cost and energy efficiency. Founded in 2018 with operations in Suzhou, China and Weston, Massachusetts, the company aims to help create global supply chains and industrial hubs for future transportation. Its solutions include logistics infrastructure and automation capabilities such as port-automation systems that navigate complex environments and heavy traffic, enabling customers to pursue zero-carbon operations and new knowledge-based jobs.

FEDML Nexus AI® (https://nexus.fedml.ai) is a next-generation cloud platform that enables developers and enterprises to easily, economically, and securely build, deploy, and monetize their large language models (LLMs) and other generative AI models. It provides holistic support with a large-scale distributed GPU cloud (multi-cloud and multi-provider), high-performance ML libraries, user-friendly AIOps, and LLM and AI Agent studios.

Artly Coffee, founded in 2020 and based in Seattle, Washington, operates hybrid coffee stores that feature a robot barista. This innovative approach combines artificial intelligence and computer vision to create specialty coffee. The robot barista learns various coffee-making techniques from expert human baristas, ensuring high-quality beverages. Customers can customize and place their orders through an application, which the robots process, thereby reducing the risks associated with human contact and enhancing public health safety. Artly Coffee's unique blend of technology and coffee craftsmanship sets it apart in the specialty coffee market.

Alcatraz AI, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in developing a facial authentication platform aimed at enhancing security for physical access to government buildings and corporate campuses. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Redwood City, California, the company leverages advanced technologies such as machine learning, computer vision, and 3D sensing to facilitate secure and seamless entry processes. Their solution utilizes real-time 3D facial mapping and deep neural networks to automate the enrollment of individuals based on existing access control methods. This innovative system replaces traditional badging with a hardware device equipped with sensors, which recognizes individuals as they approach and grants access by unlocking doors. Alcatraz AI's platform is designed to provide high security while minimizing friction in the entry process, ensuring a streamlined experience for users.

KiwiDrop is an online retail outlet that provides a wide range of products including home decor, fashion accessories, and kid products. The company's platform offers both wholesale and community buying services, ensuring quality and variety at affordable prices. KiwiDrop supports its users with online customer service, standard shipping, and hassle-free returns, enabling individuals to curate product selections for broader audiences.

Appaegis simplifies enterprise data access while enforcing strong zero-trust security for remote access. Its patent-pending solution protects data access and gives administrators full control over how enterprise data is used. The company was founded by security veterans with successful security track records.

Walkie-talkie allows communicating quickly and easily with friends. Walkie-talkie hosts audio rooms called “frequencies,” which can either be public or private.

Blue J develops a legal research platform that uses machine learning and artificial intelligence to analyze historic judicial decisions and identify patterns that may predict the outcomes of future cases. The solution is designed to improve productivity for legal professionals by enabling them to leverage data alongside relevant case law, helping to save time and reduce costs while focusing on higher-value tasks.

Venti Technologies is an autonomous vehicle company that develops autonomous logistics systems to move goods and people. It has built a proprietary set of autonomy technologies, including logistics-focused algorithms, supported by deep learning and rigorous mathematical modeling, to enable safer, faster transportation and greater cost and energy efficiency. Founded in 2018 with operations in Suzhou, China and Weston, Massachusetts, the company aims to help create global supply chains and industrial hubs for future transportation. Its solutions include logistics infrastructure and automation capabilities such as port-automation systems that navigate complex environments and heavy traffic, enabling customers to pursue zero-carbon operations and new knowledge-based jobs.

Alcatraz AI, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in developing a facial authentication platform aimed at enhancing security for physical access to government buildings and corporate campuses. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Redwood City, California, the company leverages advanced technologies such as machine learning, computer vision, and 3D sensing to facilitate secure and seamless entry processes. Their solution utilizes real-time 3D facial mapping and deep neural networks to automate the enrollment of individuals based on existing access control methods. This innovative system replaces traditional badging with a hardware device equipped with sensors, which recognizes individuals as they approach and grants access by unlocking doors. Alcatraz AI's platform is designed to provide high security while minimizing friction in the entry process, ensuring a streamlined experience for users.

Mammoth Cyber specializes in computer and network security. It develops an agentless zero-trust access system that safeguards remote, data, and web access while providing full visibility and control over user interactions with applications.

Newomics Inc. is a biotechnology company based in Berkeley, California, established in 2011. The company specializes in developing innovative platforms for personalized healthcare, utilizing proprietary technology based on silicon-microfluidic chips for liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS). This technology provides exceptional robustness, sensitivity, specificity, and throughput for analyzing biomolecules from small volumes of biospecimens, such as blood and urine. Newomics focuses on creating multi-omics diagnostic assays, particularly for conditions like diabetes and Alzheimer's. Its platform facilitates analyses in proteomics, metabolomics, and lipidomics, allowing for the effective examination of biological samples, including human plasma and mammalian cells. Through its advancements, Newomics aims to enhance the capabilities of mass spectrometry by integrating and miniaturizing diagnostic processes.

Caption Health, Inc. is a technology company specializing in artificial intelligence software designed to enhance the acquisition and interpretation of ultrasound exams. Its flagship product, Caption AI, serves as an AI-guided medical imaging acquisition system that assists healthcare providers by offering real-time guidance, automating quality assessments, and interpreting ultrasound images to ensure diagnostic accuracy. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Brisbane, California, Caption Health was previously known as Bay Labs, Inc. The company aims to scale its commercial operations and further develop its AI technology platform, intending to broaden the application of Caption AI across various clinical settings as adoption increases among healthcare practitioners.

BaseBit Technologies is a prominent technology company based in Shanghai, China, specializing in blockchain and artificial intelligence to create a privacy computing platform for the analysis and exchange of medical and insurance information. Founded in 2015, the company focuses on Big Data and AI technologies, offering innovative solutions that prioritize data collaboration and security. BaseBit operates across various industries, including finance, healthcare, and the public sector, and has established a reputation as an industry leader. With a global presence, it maintains offices in multiple Chinese cities and is expanding into markets such as Singapore, Taiwan, Australia, and the Asia Pacific region. The company is dedicated to helping clients achieve their business objectives by harnessing the power of data to generate valuable insights for informed decision-making.

MemVerge specializes in memory storage convergence software designed to optimize cloud infrastructure. Its proprietary Distributed Memory Objects (DMO) technology leverages Intel's Optane DC persistent memory, enabling data-intensive workloads like AI/ML and big data analytics to run at memory speed with consistent data across systems.

Alcatraz AI, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in developing a facial authentication platform aimed at enhancing security for physical access to government buildings and corporate campuses. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Redwood City, California, the company leverages advanced technologies such as machine learning, computer vision, and 3D sensing to facilitate secure and seamless entry processes. Their solution utilizes real-time 3D facial mapping and deep neural networks to automate the enrollment of individuals based on existing access control methods. This innovative system replaces traditional badging with a hardware device equipped with sensors, which recognizes individuals as they approach and grants access by unlocking doors. Alcatraz AI's platform is designed to provide high security while minimizing friction in the entry process, ensuring a streamlined experience for users.

MemVerge specializes in memory storage convergence software designed to optimize cloud infrastructure. Its proprietary Distributed Memory Objects (DMO) technology leverages Intel's Optane DC persistent memory, enabling data-intensive workloads like AI/ML and big data analytics to run at memory speed with consistent data across systems.

Blue J develops a legal research platform that uses machine learning and artificial intelligence to analyze historic judicial decisions and identify patterns that may predict the outcomes of future cases. The solution is designed to improve productivity for legal professionals by enabling them to leverage data alongside relevant case law, helping to save time and reduce costs while focusing on higher-value tasks.

Ubiquity6 develops a platform that enables users to create and interact in shared augmented reality spaces mapped onto the real world using computer vision technology. Incorporated in 2017, it is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

CNEX Labs, Inc. specializes in the development of storage semiconductor and software solutions, primarily focusing on NVMe PCIe SSD controller ASICs. These controllers support LightNVM/Open-Channel operations, offering high performance, low and predictable latency, and scalability tailored for software-defined storage environments. By partnering with solid-state storage manufacturers and data center customers, CNEX creates innovative solutions that enhance big data computing and analytics capabilities in cloud, hyperscale, and enterprise data centers. The company's products are designed to provide flexibility and efficiency across various form factors, including M.2, U.2, U.3, HHHL, and EDSFF. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Jose, California, CNEX Labs also has offices in Copenhagen, Shanghai, Hangzhou, and Tokyo.

Ubiquity6 develops a platform that enables users to create and interact in shared augmented reality spaces mapped onto the real world using computer vision technology. Incorporated in 2017, it is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Founded in 2015 by Maureen Fan (ex-Zynga) and Eric Darnell (DreamWorks animator), Baobab Studios is a Redwood City, California-based company specializing in creating story-driven cinematic experiences for virtual reality.

Felix & Paul Studios, founded in 2013 and based in Montreal, Canada, specializes in the production of cinematic virtual reality experiences. The studio, led by directors and visual artists Félix Lajeunesse and Paul Raphaël, has established a reputation for its pioneering approach to virtual reality storytelling. It has developed a proprietary 3D 360º camera and corresponding software that set industry standards for quality in VR filmmaking. The studio creates both original content and collaborates with existing intellectual properties, offering audiences deeply immersive experiences that evoke strong emotional responses. Notable projects include collaborations with Oculus, Universal Studios, and Cirque du Soleil Media, showcasing the studio's commitment to high-quality, innovative storytelling in virtual reality. With a dedicated team of artists, software developers, and engineers, Felix & Paul Studios continues to lead the evolution of this emerging medium.

Fabric Genomics is making genomics-driven precision medicine a reality. We provide clinical decision support software that enables clinical labs, hospital systems and country-sequencing programs to gain actionable genomic insights, resulting in faster and more accurate diagnoses and reduced turnaround time. Fabric’s end-to-end genomic analysis platform incorporates proven AI algorithms, and has applications in both hereditary disease and oncology. Headquartered in Oakland, California, Fabric Genomics was founded by industry veterans and innovators with a deep understanding of bioinformatics, large-scale genomics and clinical diagnostics.

Voxeet, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in developing advanced conference call solutions through its real-time collaboration platform. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Sausalito, California, with additional offices in Silicon Valley and Bordeaux, Voxeet offers an application that employs TrueVoice technology to deliver a 3D surround-sound experience for audio and video communications. This platform is optimized for mobile users and supports a range of functionalities, including Web conferencing, messaging, file sharing, call recording, and presentation modes. Voxeet's services cater to various industries, such as technology, advertising, insurance, legal, healthcare, and utilities, and its application is compatible with multiple devices, including iPhones, Android devices, Macs, and PCs. The company also has operational presence in India and New York, positioning itself as a leader in the collaboration as a service (cPaaS) space.

Cypherpath, Inc. is a technology company based in Mountain View, California, that specializes in providing software solutions for managing IT infrastructure at scale using environment virtualization. The company's flagship offering, the Cypherpath Virtual Platform, emphasizes speed, security, and agility for software-defined data center solutions. It is specifically designed to create virtual environments for various applications, including DevOps, training, and IT security risk management. Cypherpath aims to enhance cyber resilience for organizations, particularly in the financial services and government sectors, which are frequently targeted by advanced cyberattacks. By integrating networking, computing, and storage, its platform facilitates a user-friendly drag-and-drop experience that allows cybersecurity teams to efficiently create and manage diverse virtual environments, thereby reducing vulnerability to cyber threats and ensuring continuous operational resilience.

Kilopass Technology Inc specializes in the development and marketing of advanced embedded non-volatile memory (NVM) technology. This technology is manufactured using standard logic CMOS processes and is designed for system-on-chip (SoC) applications. Kilopass' flagship product, XPM or Extra Permanent Memory, offers solutions for firmware storage, security IDs and keys, analog circuit calibration, yield enhancement, self-repair, and IC configuration information. The company's technology integrates seamlessly with advanced Customer Owned Tooling (COT) and Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) markets, providing reliable, secure, and cost-effective NVM solutions for various industries. Kilopass' innovations address long-standing challenges in NVM integration and are compatible with leading foundries and process geometries.

Vidder is a cybersecurity company based in Campbell, California, that specializes in providing advanced access control solutions to protect high-value networked assets. Founded in 2009, Vidder has developed a unique approach centered around the Software-Defined Perimeter (SDP) standard, which aims to mitigate network-based attacks by rendering servers invisible to unauthorized users. The company's custom enterprise software offers pre-authenticated, context-aware secure access to applications, thereby significantly reducing security risks associated with connectivity from unknown devices. Through its managed services, Vidder enables organizations to safeguard their digital environments against evolving cyber threats.

CNEX Labs, Inc. specializes in the development of storage semiconductor and software solutions, primarily focusing on NVMe PCIe SSD controller ASICs. These controllers support LightNVM/Open-Channel operations, offering high performance, low and predictable latency, and scalability tailored for software-defined storage environments. By partnering with solid-state storage manufacturers and data center customers, CNEX creates innovative solutions that enhance big data computing and analytics capabilities in cloud, hyperscale, and enterprise data centers. The company's products are designed to provide flexibility and efficiency across various form factors, including M.2, U.2, U.3, HHHL, and EDSFF. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Jose, California, CNEX Labs also has offices in Copenhagen, Shanghai, Hangzhou, and Tokyo.

Cypherpath, Inc. is a technology company based in Mountain View, California, that specializes in providing software solutions for managing IT infrastructure at scale using environment virtualization. The company's flagship offering, the Cypherpath Virtual Platform, emphasizes speed, security, and agility for software-defined data center solutions. It is specifically designed to create virtual environments for various applications, including DevOps, training, and IT security risk management. Cypherpath aims to enhance cyber resilience for organizations, particularly in the financial services and government sectors, which are frequently targeted by advanced cyberattacks. By integrating networking, computing, and storage, its platform facilitates a user-friendly drag-and-drop experience that allows cybersecurity teams to efficiently create and manage diverse virtual environments, thereby reducing vulnerability to cyber threats and ensuring continuous operational resilience.

CNEX Labs, Inc. specializes in the development of storage semiconductor and software solutions, primarily focusing on NVMe PCIe SSD controller ASICs. These controllers support LightNVM/Open-Channel operations, offering high performance, low and predictable latency, and scalability tailored for software-defined storage environments. By partnering with solid-state storage manufacturers and data center customers, CNEX creates innovative solutions that enhance big data computing and analytics capabilities in cloud, hyperscale, and enterprise data centers. The company's products are designed to provide flexibility and efficiency across various form factors, including M.2, U.2, U.3, HHHL, and EDSFF. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Jose, California, CNEX Labs also has offices in Copenhagen, Shanghai, Hangzhou, and Tokyo.