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Recently Funded California Startups 2026

California startups whose latest recorded funding round was announced in the last 90 days, across the Bay Area, Los Angeles and San Diego.

Known total funding for 100 of 100 ranked companies: $63.9B.

Showing top 100 matching companies · Ranked by most recent funding · Latest company record update Sep 29, 2026

Methodology: up to 100 active companies matching this list's filters are ordered by most recent announced round. Companies whose latest round is one of: Grant, Private Equity, Debt Financing are excluded. Totals include recorded grants and other qualifying funding, not just equity. Open a company profile for its funding summary and available detail. How this data is built.

76
Nile

Nile delivers Secure NaaS, combining a foundational zero-trust network with autonomous operations...

San Jose, United States201–500SaaS
Series DTotal funding$475.0MAug 2026
77
Valar Atomics

Nuclear energy startup building hundreds of reactors at one Gigasite for heavy industrial power a...

El Segundo, United States11–50Climate Tech, Defense Tech
Series BTotal funding$1.7BAug 2026
78
Revoy

Make diesel semi trucks hybrid-electric

San Mateo, United States1–10Climate Tech, Electric Vehicles
Series ATotal funding$42.5MAug 2026
79
Crystalys Therapeutics

Clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on advancing innovative therapies to address the...

San Diego, United States11–50Biotech, Healthcare
Series BTotal funding$335.0MJul 2026
80
Horizon3.ai

Horizon3.ai is a leading provider of autonomous security solutions and the creator of NodeZero, a...

San Francisco, United States201–500Cybersecurity, Artificial Intelligence
Series ETotal funding$510.0MJul 2026
81
Inworld AI

AI character engine for games and virtual worlds, enabling developers to create interactive NPCs ...

San Francisco, United States51–200Artificial Intelligence, Generative AI
Venture RoundTotal funding$100.0MJul 2026
82
K2 Space

Satellite manufacturing company founded by former SpaceX engineers, developing high-power, mega-c...

Torrance, United States51–200Space Tech, Defense Tech
Series DTotal funding$944.5MJul 2026
83
Vector Legal

AI-native law firm pairing experienced startup attorneys with proprietary technology to serve fou...

San Francisco, United States1–10Artificial Intelligence, Legal Tech
SeedTotal funding$5.2MJul 2026
84
Copysight

Unlock the Power of Generative AI Content for Your business.

Los Angeles, United States1–10Artificial Intelligence, Legal Tech
SeedTotal funding$3.5MJul 2026
85
Eliyan

Semiconductor IP company developing the industry's highest-performance chiplet interconnect techn...

Santa Clara, United States51–200Artificial Intelligence, Hardware
Series CTotal funding$295.0MJul 2026
86
P-1 AI

Builds 'Archie', an engineering AI that assists industrial OEMs with quantitative and spatial des...

San Francisco, United States1–10Artificial Intelligence, Data & Analytics
Series ATotal funding$23.0MJul 2026
87
Weave

AI to understand and then route engineering work

San Francisco, United States11–50Artificial Intelligence, Developer Tools
Series ATotal funding$17.7MJul 2026
88
Antares Industries

Antares Nuclear builds factory-produced fission microreactors that supply 100kWe to 1MWe of strat...

Los Angeles, United States51–200Defense Tech, Energy
Series CTotal funding$675.0MJul 2026
89
Safe Superintelligence

The world’s first straight-shot SSI lab, with one goal and one product: a safe superintelligence.

Palo Alto, United States11–50Artificial Intelligence
Growth EquityTotal funding$8.0BJul 2026
90
Self Inspection

AI-powered vehicle inspection platform using computer vision to automate condition reporting, dam...

San Diego, United States11–50Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
Venture RoundTotal funding$15.8MJul 2026
91
Assured

Provides an AI-driven claims intelligence platform that helps property-and-casualty insurers inge...

Palo Alto, United States51–200Artificial Intelligence, Insurtech
Series ATotal funding$48.3MJul 2026
92
Spectro Cloud

Spectro Cloud is a cloud-native infrastructure company that makes Kubernetes manageable at scale ...

San Jose, United States51–200Developer Tools, SaaS
Series DTotal funding$242.5MJul 2026
93
Candid Health

The revenue cycle automation platform.

San Francisco, United States51–200Healthcare
Series DTotal funding$217.5MJul 2026
94
Meshy

AI-powered tool that generates 3D models from text and images, supporting multiple art styles wit...

Sunnyvale, United States51–200Artificial Intelligence
Series BTotal funding$400.0MJul 2026
95
Sent

Sent is a unified messaging API that routes SMS, WhatsApp, and RCS messages through one integrati...

Los Angeles, United States1–10Adtech, Developer Tools
Series ATotal funding$15.6MJul 2026
96
SkyPilot

Open-source framework for running, managing, and scaling AI workloads across any cloud or Kuberne...

San Francisco, United States1–10Artificial Intelligence, Developer Tools
SeedTotal funding$49.0MJul 2026
97
Blue Cedar Networks

R&D company with 5 SBIR/STTR awards from Department of Defense.

San Francisco, United States11–50Cybersecurity, Developer Tools
Series ATotal funding$40.7MJul 2026
98
Databricks

Databricks provides a unified data and AI platform that helps enterprises build and run applicati...

San Francisco, United States10001+Analytics, Artificial Intelligence
Series G+Total funding$20.0BJul 2026
99
Final Boss Sour

The final boss of sour snacks

Los Angeles, United States1–10E-Commerce
SeedTotal funding$11.0MJul 2026
100
REO

AI-powered GTM platform that helps technical sales teams win deals using agentic workflows built ...

San Francisco, United States11–50Artificial Intelligence, Developer Tools
Series ATotal funding$16.5MJul 2026