50 Best Hardware Companies to Watch in 2026

The most prominent hardware companies ranked by global prominence, funding activity, and market position. Showing the top 50 out of 12,737 companies tracked on Fsome.

12,737
Total Companies
$338.8B
Total Funding
$26.6M
Avg Funding
San Francisco
Top Location
# Company Location Employees Total Funding Last Round Last Funded
1
NVIDIA
NVIDIA is a computing platform company operating at the intersection of graphics…
Santa Clara $4.1B Grant 2023-05-09
2
Figure
Figure is an AI robotics company that develops autonomous general-purpose humano…
San Jose $1.9B Series C 2025-09-16
3
Meta
Meta is a social technology company that enables people to connect, find communi…
Menlo Park $54.6B Post Ipo Debt 2025-08-08
4
Rigetti Computing
Rigetti Computing is a quantum computing company that builds and deploys full-st…
Berkeley 101 - 250 $783.5M Post Ipo Equity 2025-06-11
5
Photonic
Photonic is a quantum technology company that builds scalable quantum computing …
Vancouver 101 - 250 $247.5M Series Unknown 2026-01-06
6
Accelsius
Accelsius specializes in direct-to-chip liquid cooling solutions, providing effi…
Austin 101 - 250 $154.6M Series B 2026-01-12
7
Neurophos
Neurophos develops photonic AI processing technology that focuses on hardware so…
Austin 11 - 50 $126.1M Series A 2026-01-22
8
Etched.ai
Etched.ai is an AI chip startup that develops Sohu, a chip designed specifically…
Cupertino 101 - 250 $625.4M Series Unknown 2026-01-14
9
BrainCo
BrainCo develops brain-computer interface technologies for wellness and educatio…
Somerville 101 - 250 $1.2B Series Unknown 2026-01-06
10
Quadric
Quadric develops semiconductor intellectual property and tools for on-device art…
Burlingame 101 - 250 $73.8M Series C 2026-01-14
11
Labs
Labs is a superintelligence human-enhancement technology supercompany on a missi…
Santa Monica 1 - 10 $65.0M Debt Financing 2025-08-22
12
SEALSQ
SEALSQ is a provider of semiconductors that develops secure chips, embedded firm…
Cointrin 251 - 500 $439.6M Post Ipo Equity 2026-03-16
13
Tools For Humanity
Tools for Humanity is a technology company building for humans in the age of AI.…
San Francisco 101 - 250 $244.0M Series C 2023-05-25
14
Biren Technology
Biren Technology is an AI chip startup that develops intelligent processors for …
Minhang 101 - 250 $785.2M Series Unknown 2025-06-26
15
Xanadu
Xanadu provides hardware, software, applications, and simulators for quantum com…
Toronto 251 - 500 $546.1M Post Ipo Equity 2026-03-27
16
Lenovo
Lenovo Group is a computer technology company that manufactures personal compute…
Beijing c 10001 max $3.4B Post Ipo Debt 2025-01-08
17
Ayar Labs
Ayar Labs develops optical I/O solutions for large-scale AI workloads to acceler…
San Jose 101 - 250 $874.6M Series E 2026-02-28
18
Mira
The first FDA and CE registered comprehensive women’s health and chronic disease…
Pleasanton 101 - 250 $4.3M Series Unknown 2017-09-01
19
Haiqu
Haiqu is a quantum computing software firm focusing on the development.
Stanford 1 - 10 $16.8M Seed 2026-01-13
20
IQM Quantum Computers
IQM Quantum Computers builds superconducting full-stack quantum computer systems…
Espoo 251 - 500 $626.6M Debt Financing 2026-03-30
21
Yubico
Yubico protects logins with hardware devices like YubiKey, which offer secure an…
Santa Clara 251 - 500 $292.2M Post Ipo Equity 2023-10-03
22
Moore Threads
Moore Threads providing graphics processing unit technology and services to corp…
Haidian 501 - 1K $528.7M Undisclosed 2025-11-26
23
FuriosaAI
FuriosaAI designs and develops data center accelerators for the most advanced AI…
Seoul 101 - 250 $266.4M Series C 2025-07-22
24
Humane
Humane is a platform that creates and sells consumer hardware, software, and ser…
San Francisco 51 - 100 $230.0M Series C 2023-03-08
25
equal1
equal1 is a hardware development laboratories company.
San Carlos 11 - 50 $73.2M Series Unknown 2026-01-15
26
Cerebras Systems
Cerebras Systems is an AI computing system company that provides deep learning a…
Sunnyvale 501 - 1K $2.8B Angel 2026-02-25
27
LG Electronics
LG Electronics manufactures a wide range of products including televisions, smar…
Seoul c 10001 max $800.0M Post Ipo Debt 2024-04-18
28
Ampere Computing
Ampere Computing is a fabless semiconductor company that develops processors for…
Santa Clara 1K - 5K $813.8M Convertible Note 2022-04-01
29
Rebellions
Rebellions develops AI accelerator chips and data center systems designed for ef…
Seongnam 251 - 500 $857.7M Series Unknown 2026-03-30
30
PsiQuantum
PsiQuantum focuses on developing a scalable quantum computer using photonic qubi…
Palo Alto 501 - 1K $2.3B Series Unknown 2026-01-21
31
Park Place Technologies
Park Place Technologies is an IT company that provided organizations around the …
Cleveland 1K - 5K $2.0B Debt Financing 2024-04-13
32
Carbon
Carbon is a company that provides high-tech, waste reducing 3D printing services…
Redwood City 251 - 500 $743.4M Series Unknown 2025-11-12
33
Shift5
Shift5 is a cybersecurity company that provides hardware and software solutions …
Arlington 101 - 250 $180.5M Series C 2025-09-03
34
SwitchBot
SwitchBot helps to create a comfortable home with smart home products.
Shenzhen 251 - 500 $469K Series B 2022-03-24
35
Vast
Vast develops commercial space stations and plans crewed missions with SpaceX, s…
Long Beach 501 - 1K $650.0M Debt Financing 2026-03-05
36
HP
HP is a manufacturer and seller of personal computers, printers, computer hardwa…
Palo Alto c 10001 max $5.2B Post Ipo Debt 2025-04-14
37
EeroQ
EeroQ designs quantum-computing hardware using a novel approach based on single …
New York 11 - 50 $7.2M Corporate Round 2025-12-04
38
Oxide Computer Company
Oxide Computer Company is a maker of server racks for on-premises compute infras…
Emeryville 51 - 100 $578.0M Series C 2026-02-05
39
Axiado Corporation Inc
Axiado is a security processor company redefining hardware root of trust with ha…
San Jose 101 - 250 $205.0M Series C 2025-12-02
40
Optalysys
Optalysys solves the fundamental limitations of conventional computing.
Leeds 11 - 50 $63.5M Series A 2026-01-22
41
Span
Span develops residential energy storage devices that provide renewable electric…
San Francisco 101 - 250 $304.8M Corporate Round 2026-03-09
42
Diffraqtion
Diffraqtion is a tech company that develops quantum imaging technology with low-…
Somerville 1 - 10 $5.4M Pre Seed 2026-01-12
43
Rivos
Rivos is a high-performance RISC-V system startup targeting integrated system so…
Santa Clara 101 - 250 $250.0M Series A 2024-04-16
44
QpiAI
QpiAI is a quantum computing and generative AI.
Bangalore 51 - 100 $38.5M Series A 2025-07-16
45
Micron Technology
Micron Technology is a semiconductor company that produces DRAM, SDRAM, flash me…
Boise c 10001 max $8.9B Post Ipo Debt 2025-04-24
46
Tractian
Fine tuning heavy machinery via AI
Atlanta 251 - 500 $183.7M Series C 2024-12-05
47
AEye
AEye develops adaptive, high performance lidar systems for automotive, trucking,…
Pleasanton 51 - 100 $364.1M Post Ipo Equity 2024-07-29
48
Swift Navigation
Swift Navigation is a technology company that provides precise positioning solut…
San Francisco 101 - 250 $248.8M Series E 2025-07-23
49
Trailhead Biosystems
Trailhead Biosystems is a biotechnology company that develops human iPSC-derived…
Beachwood 11 - 50 $61.7M Series Unknown 2026-01-12
50
Intel
Intel designs, manufactures and sells computer components and related products f…
Santa Clara c 10001 max $30.0B Post Ipo Equity 2025-09-15