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XTraffic is a technology company specializing in embedded software solutions for traffic management. It focuses on enhancing traffic light systems, aiming to improve road safety and reduce traffic congestion. The company's core product is a sensor technology that enables autonomous control and coordination of traffic signals, transforming existing infrastructure into a self-optimizing network. This innovation helps commuters, including working professionals and daily travelers, save time and avoid traffic.

Maven Robotics specializes in developing advanced, AI-driven robotic systems for diverse industries. Their platform combines artificial intelligence and sophisticated hardware to deliver high performance, adaptability, and user-friendly solutions, enabling businesses to enhance operational efficiency and explore new automation opportunities.

Timeback is a stealth-mode startup that manufactures humanoid robots designed to assist with various tasks.

Gridware is focused on enhancing and safeguarding the electrical grid, a critical infrastructure that, when compromised, can lead to severe consequences such as wildfires, property damage, and loss of life. The company has developed an advanced monitoring system that employs high-precision sensor arrays, including microphones and other sensing technologies, to continuously analyze the electrical and mechanical behavior of grid assets. This system incorporates an artificial intelligence processing unit that detects anomalies in the environment around power poles, enabling utilities to proactively address potential faults. By facilitating timely repairs and rapid responses to climatic anomalies, Gridware's technology improves safety, reliability, and reduces outage durations for utility companies. Headquartered in the Bay Area of Northern California, Gridware is privately held and supported by notable climate-tech and Silicon Valley investors, positioning itself to meet the growing demand for power while contributing to the future resilience of the electrical grid.

Carbon Robotics is a robotics company dedicated to advancing agricultural practices through innovative technology. The company's flagship product, the Autonomous Weeder, employs artificial intelligence and computer vision to autonomously identify and eliminate weeds in crop fields. By distinguishing between crops and unwanted plants, the Autonomous Weeder effectively removes weeds without the need for herbicides or manual labor, presenting a sustainable and efficient solution for weed management. This technology not only enhances farming methods but also aims to optimize crop yields, thereby revolutionizing traditional agricultural tasks and promoting more sustainable farming practices.

Chaos Industries is a technology company focused on defense and critical industries, developing advanced sensing, detection, and communication capabilities. It leverages Coherent Distributed Networks to enhance sensing, detection, and communication across platforms and emphasizes time synchronization to enable highly mobile, scalable, and cost-efficient systems. The company delivers integrated, software-defined solutions for defense, government, and industrial applications in challenging environments.

Salient Motion develops advanced motion control and actuation components tailored for diverse industrial applications. Their modular hardware and software integrate seamlessly, supporting precise servo control even in harsh environments.

JITX Inc. is a technology company based in Berkeley, California, that specializes in providing electronic design as a service. Founded in 2016, JITX focuses on circuit board design, utilizing its proprietary technology to automate routine, error-prone tasks in the design process. This approach leverages artificial intelligence, optimization, compiler, and programming language techniques to enhance the quality and efficiency of custom circuit board designs. By streamlining the design workflow, JITX enables businesses to develop high-quality electronics more quickly and at a lower cost compared to traditional methods.

Evoly specializes in transforming traditional energy and water meters into smart devices, significantly reducing costs for energy providers. The company develops technology that facilitates the collection and analysis of consumption data, offering a comprehensive software-as-a-service solution. This includes a combination of hardware and software that allows for plug-and-play meter installations. Evoly's offerings provide real-time insights into the electric grid, gateway management services, and live data tracking. By automating essential tasks, the technology enables energy providers to detect fraud, perform remote readings, implement automatic billing, and adjust pricing dynamically, ultimately enhancing operational efficiency and customer engagement.

Polymath Robotics develops a plug-and-play software platform that automates industrial vehicles operating in closed environments. Its core autonomy and safety platform integrates with various sensors for customization, supports any off-highway machine, minimizes networking costs, and offers modular autonomy features.

AIM = AI autonomy platform for heavy machinery Scalable earthmoving is not optional. It’s required for our civilization to flourish. Critical materials like copper, iron ore, lithium are in short supply and dangerous to mine. One billion people live less than 10 meters above rising oceans, 1 in 6 people live in areas with significant wildfire risk, 43% of critical infrastructure is in disrepair and will cost $2.6T to fix, and pollution from the Manhattan Project is still being cleaned up with a $300B invoice, food production must increase 60% to feed 2050 population, it will take 757 years to remove mines in Ukraine with traditional methods. What do these problems have in common? One, our civilization does not have a feasible way to address challenges of this magnitude. Two, earthmoving is a key part of the solution. Our commercially deployed autonomy product runs a wide range of existing earthmoving machinery (new, older, large, small, any brand). As a result, our customers run their operations at maximum throughput and safety. The AIM platform unlocks tremendous value across mining, construction, and defense. AIM has been built by world-class engineers who developed cutting-edge products Google, Waymo, Tesla & SpaceX. We bring deep expertise in autonomy, robotics, hardware, and advanced AI deployed at scale.

Carbon Robotics is a robotics company dedicated to advancing agricultural practices through innovative technology. The company's flagship product, the Autonomous Weeder, employs artificial intelligence and computer vision to autonomously identify and eliminate weeds in crop fields. By distinguishing between crops and unwanted plants, the Autonomous Weeder effectively removes weeds without the need for herbicides or manual labor, presenting a sustainable and efficient solution for weed management. This technology not only enhances farming methods but also aims to optimize crop yields, thereby revolutionizing traditional agricultural tasks and promoting more sustainable farming practices.

Mach9 Robotics specializes in integrated hardware and software solutions aimed at enhancing the accuracy and cost-effectiveness of utility infrastructure inspection. The company has developed a digital surveyor platform that creates multi-scale, real-time models of subsurface environments, utilizing advanced technologies such as sensors, underground penetrating radar, thermal cameras, and multi-dimensional scanners. This platform, combined with machine-learning-based mobile mapping, enables the clear mapping of underground mines, voids, pipes, and other critical infrastructure. By providing intelligent analysis software, Mach9 Robotics assists clients in simplifying infrastructure inspections and effectively planning for large construction and utility projects, as well as maintenance activities in urban settings.

Copia Automation is a technology company that specializes in providing modern developer tools tailored for industrial automation engineers. Their primary product offers Git-based source control for Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) programming, enhancing version control, change visibility, and collaboration. This streamlines machinery commissioning and operation, leading to faster delivery times and maximized uptime for clients across various industries.

Gridware is focused on enhancing and safeguarding the electrical grid, a critical infrastructure that, when compromised, can lead to severe consequences such as wildfires, property damage, and loss of life. The company has developed an advanced monitoring system that employs high-precision sensor arrays, including microphones and other sensing technologies, to continuously analyze the electrical and mechanical behavior of grid assets. This system incorporates an artificial intelligence processing unit that detects anomalies in the environment around power poles, enabling utilities to proactively address potential faults. By facilitating timely repairs and rapid responses to climatic anomalies, Gridware's technology improves safety, reliability, and reduces outage durations for utility companies. Headquartered in the Bay Area of Northern California, Gridware is privately held and supported by notable climate-tech and Silicon Valley investors, positioning itself to meet the growing demand for power while contributing to the future resilience of the electrical grid.

Gridware is focused on enhancing and safeguarding the electrical grid, a critical infrastructure that, when compromised, can lead to severe consequences such as wildfires, property damage, and loss of life. The company has developed an advanced monitoring system that employs high-precision sensor arrays, including microphones and other sensing technologies, to continuously analyze the electrical and mechanical behavior of grid assets. This system incorporates an artificial intelligence processing unit that detects anomalies in the environment around power poles, enabling utilities to proactively address potential faults. By facilitating timely repairs and rapid responses to climatic anomalies, Gridware's technology improves safety, reliability, and reduces outage durations for utility companies. Headquartered in the Bay Area of Northern California, Gridware is privately held and supported by notable climate-tech and Silicon Valley investors, positioning itself to meet the growing demand for power while contributing to the future resilience of the electrical grid.

Tractian offers asset management and monitoring solutions. It provides tools for data collection and analysis to track asset performance and condition, integrating with sensors and devices for predictive maintenance. The company serves industries such as manufacturing, logistics, and energy.

Copia Automation is a technology company that specializes in providing modern developer tools tailored for industrial automation engineers. Their primary product offers Git-based source control for Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) programming, enhancing version control, change visibility, and collaboration. This streamlines machinery commissioning and operation, leading to faster delivery times and maximized uptime for clients across various industries.

Dexterity Inc develops robot dexterity solutions for logistics, warehousing, and supply chain applications. The company offers a robotics as a service model that enables businesses to integrate robotics into their operations. Its flagship DexR is a two-armed robot designed for tasks such as truck loading and material handling, equipped with machine vision and force sensing. The company combines artificial intelligence, software, and hardware in a platform to deliver high productivity, precision, and safety in industrial environments, allowing clients to delegate repetitive tasks to robots and augment human potential.

WorkClout, Inc. is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) company that focuses on enhancing operational efficiency for manufacturers across various industries, including commercial printing, packaging, and automotive. Incorporated in 2018 and based in Newark, Delaware, WorkClout's software provides comprehensive solutions for business intelligence, job scheduling, order management, and quality control. It enables manufacturers to track activities on the factory floor, facilitating the logging of idle time and downtime, as well as streamlining processes such as document control and visual inspections. By leveraging data analytics, WorkClout offers actionable insights aimed at improving productivity and accelerating product-to-market timelines for its clients.

Freedom Robotics, founded in 2018 by Dimitri Onistsuk, Hans Lee, and Joshua Wilson, develops software infrastructure for modern robotics companies. Headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company creates powerful control and monitoring software designed for out-of-the-box operation, enabling businesses to customize offerings using its API. Freedom Robotics' platform allows operators to orchestrate fleets of machines from desktops, smartphones, or via an API, providing essential building blocks for operating, prototyping, scaling, and building robot fleets efficiently across complex environments.

Robust.AI develops autonomous mobile robots and AI-powered software for warehouse and manufacturing operations. The company combines artificial intelligence, robotics, and human-centered design through its Grace software suite and Carter hardware concept, enabling rapid deployment with minimal infrastructure changes, scalable operations, and support for dynamic material handling tasks. Its solutions target warehousing environments where automation is still limited and labor shortages affect supply chains, aiming to improve interaction between people and robots and to streamline workflows.

WorkClout, Inc. is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) company that focuses on enhancing operational efficiency for manufacturers across various industries, including commercial printing, packaging, and automotive. Incorporated in 2018 and based in Newark, Delaware, WorkClout's software provides comprehensive solutions for business intelligence, job scheduling, order management, and quality control. It enables manufacturers to track activities on the factory floor, facilitating the logging of idle time and downtime, as well as streamlining processes such as document control and visual inspections. By leveraging data analytics, WorkClout offers actionable insights aimed at improving productivity and accelerating product-to-market timelines for its clients.

Freedom Robotics, founded in 2018 by Dimitri Onistsuk, Hans Lee, and Joshua Wilson, develops software infrastructure for modern robotics companies. Headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company creates powerful control and monitoring software designed for out-of-the-box operation, enabling businesses to customize offerings using its API. Freedom Robotics' platform allows operators to orchestrate fleets of machines from desktops, smartphones, or via an API, providing essential building blocks for operating, prototyping, scaling, and building robot fleets efficiently across complex environments.

Bear Flag Robotics, Inc. is an agricultural technology company that specializes in developing autonomous technology for farm tractors. Founded in 2017 and based in Sunnyvale, California, the company designs software that enables users to plan routes, schedule jobs, and monitor equipment in real-time. Its self-driving technology incorporates perception sensors and robotic actuators, allowing tractors to navigate fields autonomously. The system also provides features such as remote emergency stops and obstacle avoidance. By gathering data on field patterns, Bear Flag Robotics offers predictive analytics that assist farmers in optimizing their operations, thereby increasing productivity, reducing costs, and enhancing safety in agricultural practices.

Radix Labs is a software development company based in the United States, specializing in solutions for laboratories. The company's software enables biologists to automate their laboratory processes and experimentation, enhancing efficiency and productivity. Radix Labs positions itself as the operating system for laboratories, facilitating seamless integration with existing on-premise hardware and supporting equipment from various manufacturers. This flexibility allows laboratories to optimize their operations while leveraging current technology.

Root AI, Inc. is a Woburn, Massachusetts-based company that develops artificial intelligence-powered robots specifically designed for indoor farming. Founded in 2018 by Joshua Lessing and Ryan Knopf, Root AI focuses on creating intelligent robotics that assist growers in building advanced agricultural systems. The company’s flagship product, the Virgo 1, is an autonomous robot capable of harvesting tomatoes without causing bruising and is equipped with advanced vision systems to better assess ripeness than human workers. Root AI aims to enhance efficiency in indoor farming, enabling growers to produce high-quality, chemical-free produce while optimizing operational processes.

Shone Automation is a company focused on transforming the shipping industry through the development of autonomous retrofitted ships. Its innovative platform utilizes artificial intelligence to provide a digital co-pilot for container vessels, enhancing safety and environmental sustainability in ocean trade. By minimizing risks and reducing fuel consumption, Shone Automation aims to support shipowners in protecting their crew and the marine ecosystem. Through its advanced technology, the company seeks to make maritime operations more efficient and eco-friendly.

Root AI, Inc. is a Woburn, Massachusetts-based company that develops artificial intelligence-powered robots specifically designed for indoor farming. Founded in 2018 by Joshua Lessing and Ryan Knopf, Root AI focuses on creating intelligent robotics that assist growers in building advanced agricultural systems. The company’s flagship product, the Virgo 1, is an autonomous robot capable of harvesting tomatoes without causing bruising and is equipped with advanced vision systems to better assess ripeness than human workers. Root AI aims to enhance efficiency in indoor farming, enabling growers to produce high-quality, chemical-free produce while optimizing operational processes.

Dexterity Inc develops robot dexterity solutions for logistics, warehousing, and supply chain applications. The company offers a robotics as a service model that enables businesses to integrate robotics into their operations. Its flagship DexR is a two-armed robot designed for tasks such as truck loading and material handling, equipped with machine vision and force sensing. The company combines artificial intelligence, software, and hardware in a platform to deliver high productivity, precision, and safety in industrial environments, allowing clients to delegate repetitive tasks to robots and augment human potential.

Culture Biosciences, Inc. is a biotechnology company based in South San Francisco, California, that offers an innovative biomanufacturing platform designed for scientists to efficiently run, monitor, and analyze bioreactor experiments through the cloud. Founded in 2016, the company specializes in developing automated bioreactors and fermentation tools that enable biotech companies to optimize their manufacturing processes. By leveraging robotic sample handling and cloud-based data monitoring and analysis, Culture Biosciences significantly accelerates the ability of scientists to manage bioreactor operations compared to traditional methods. This allows for faster product development and market readiness, streamlining the biomanufacturing workflow for its clients.

IUNU develops an agricultural AI and computer vision platform that supports greenhouse management through a SaaS solution. Its platform provides growers with actionable insights and granular production management capabilities, enabling precise monitoring of crop growth. The LUNA greenhouse AI platform uses computer vision to track plants in real time, identify growing maladies before they affect yields, and promote accountability of growing practices. Founded in 2013 and based in Seattle, the company connects plants, facilities, and people through a single interface, helping commercial greenhouses become precise, predictable, demand-based manufacturers and enabling global access to its technology.

Validere Technologies Inc. is a Toronto-based company that specializes in providing critical information about liquids through innovative measurement, reporting, and verification solutions. Founded in 2015, Validere develops portable devices, including the Validere Identifier, which assesses the hazardous nature of liquids by referencing a comprehensive library. Additionally, the company offers EDGE Connect, a platform that facilitates secure connections between buyers and sellers, enabling the discovery of arbitrage opportunities. Validere's main focus is on liquid fingerprinting, industrial process monitoring, and optimizing logistics within the energy sector. By delivering accessible and verifiable testing data, Validere aids organizations in making informed business decisions and enhances the accuracy of crude oil testing, ensuring accountability and quality across operations. The company's expertise in emissions management and tracking further positions it as a valuable partner for energy companies seeking to improve their financial and environmental performance.

PreNav develops autonomous drone-based inspection systems for infrastructure. Its solution combines a commercial drone, a ground-based guidance robot, and mission planning and data analysis software to assess complex assets such as cell towers, wind turbines, bridges, and buildings with centimeter-level precision. The platform enables automated capture of photos and measurements from targeted locations to create accurate 3D models and identify structural damage, wear, and key components like nuts, bolts, and cables. Founded in 2013 and based in San Carlos, California, PreNav has expanded its offerings to perform inspections on large industrial sites, including wind turbines, and uses computer vision and machine learning to automate localization, planning, and analysis, reducing the need for manual rope-access inspections and enabling data-driven asset management.

Starsky Robotics, Inc. is an autonomous trucking company founded in 2015 and based in San Francisco, California. The company focuses on developing technology to automate vehicles, specifically targeting the trucking industry, which is vital to the American economy, transporting 70% of all freight. Starsky Robotics aims to enhance safety on the roads by creating trucks that can operate autonomously on highways while allowing drivers to remotely control the vehicles during the first and last miles of delivery. This innovative approach not only seeks to improve road safety but also strives to provide drivers with more meaningful work opportunities closer to their homes, addressing the challenges faced by long-haul truck drivers who often spend extended periods away from their families.