50 Best Software Engineering Companies to Watch in 2026

The most prominent software engineering companies ranked by global prominence, funding activity, and market position. Showing the top 50 out of 82,485 companies tracked on Fsome.

82,485
Total Companies
$27.4B
Total Funding
$332K
Avg Funding
New York
Top Location
# Company Location Employees Total Funding Last Round Last Funded
1
Baseten
Baseten is an AI infrastructure company that integrates machine learning into bu…
San Francisco 101 - 250 $585.0M Series Unknown 2026-01-20
2
Anysphere
Anysphere is an applied research lab focused on automating coding through innova…
San Francisco $3.4B Series Unknown 2025-12-08
3
Honeycomb
Honeycomb provides full-stack observability for engineering teams to understand,…
San Francisco 101 - 250 $146.9M Series D 2023-04-06
4
NinjaOne
NinjaOne serves as an IT platform for endpoint management that enhances producti…
Austin 1K - 5K $761.5M Series C 2025-02-24
5
Quantinuum
Quantinuum is a IT firm that accelerates quantum computing and the development o…
Broomfield 501 - 1K $2.8B Series Unknown 2025-11-13
6
Defense Unicorns
Defense Unicorns is a software startup that provides open-source software and AI…
Colorado Springs 101 - 250 $171.5M Series B 2026-01-13
7
Graphite
Graphite is an open source CLI and a code review dashboard.
New York 11 - 50 $72.0M Series B 2025-03-18
8
Retool
Retool is a software development company that offers solutions in AI apps, docum…
San Francisco 251 - 500 $141.0M Series C 2022-07-27
9
Mythic
Mythic develops analog matrix processors and key cards based on analog compute-i…
Austin 11 - 50 $289.6M Series Unknown 2025-12-17
10
Safe Superintelligence
Safe Superintelligence develops AI solutions prioritizing safety in artificial i…
Palo Alto 11 - 50 $3.0B Series Unknown 2025-07-07
11
Supio
Supio is an accurate and dependable AI that assists attorneys in finding crucial…
Seattle 11 - 50 $85.0M Series B 2025-04-30
12
Scale Computing
Scale Computing develops scale-out clustered IT infrastructure products for orga…
Indianapolis 101 - 250 $437.4M Series Unknown 2026-03-26
13
Datacurve
Datacurve specializes in high-volume data production and aims to redefine AI cap…
San Francisco 1 - 10 $18.2M Series A 2025-10-09
14
Filigran
Filigran provides an open-source cybersecurity solutions including threat intell…
Paris 251 - 500 $114.8M Series C 2025-10-06
15
Chaima.AI
Leveraging State-of-the-Art AI Agents to seamlessly plan luxurious dates and exp…
San Francisco 1 - 10 $500K Pre Seed 2025-05-06
16
Factory
Factory provides AI software agents automating complex development tasks and wor…
San Francisco 11 - 50 $70.0M Series C 2026-04-16
17
IRIS Software Group
IRIS Software Group is a UK-based enterprise software provider.
Datchet 251 - 500 $239.1M Private Equity 2018-05-23
18
Codegen
Codegen is a SAAS and artificial intelligence company that offers AI-assisted co…
San Francisco 11 - 50 $16.2M Seed 2023-11-16
19
Builder.ai
Builder.ai offers a no-code AI-powered app development platform designed to buil…
London 501 - 1K $445.0M Series D 2023-05-23
20
Q-CTRL
Q-CTRL is using AI-powered quantum infrastructure software to accelerate pathway…
Chippendale 101 - 250 $133.0M Series B 2024-10-08
21
PostHog
PostHog is an open source platform that helps build successful products by provi…
San Francisco 101 - 250 $182.2M Series E 2025-09-29
22
LANDR
LANDR is a platform where music makers can create, master, and distribute their …
Montréal 101 - 250 $41.7M Series B 2022-03-01
23
Autodesk
Autodesk develops 3D design software for use in the architecture, engineering, c…
San Francisco c 10001 max $1.5B Post Ipo Debt 2025-05-08
24
Archera
Archera provides a cloud cost optimization solution for companies to save time a…
Bellevue 11 - 50 $39.4M Series B 2024-07-25
25
Jeppesen ForeFlight
Jeppesen ForeFlight is redefining the future of aviation technology – equipping …
Englewood 1K - 5K $150.0M Secondary Market 2025-11-03
26
Momento
Momento focuses on helping developers build reliable applications via serverless…
Seattle 11 - 50 $30.0M Series A 2024-07-18
27
ScaleOps
ScaleOps is a platform that automates Kubernetes resource management in real-tim…
New York 51 - 100 $209.5M Series C 2026-03-30
28
Flatpay
Flatpay is a fintech company that offers Point of Service (POS) and payments pro…
Herlev 1K - 5K $293.5M Series D 2025-11-17
29
Motiv Electric Trucks
Motiv is a manufacturer of medium duty, zero-emission electric trucks and buses.
Foster City 101 - 250 $310.8M Undisclosed 2025-03-01
30
Lightning AI
Lightning AI is the first operating system for AI. Build AI models and Lightning…
New York 11 - 50 $108.5M Series Unknown 2024-11-21
31
Milestone
Boost ROI On Your GenAI Investment. Milestone gives you the tools to measure Gen…
Tel Aviv 11 - 50 $10.0M Seed 2025-11-13
32
Traversal
Traversal is building the AI SRE for the enterprise.
New York 11 - 50 $53.0M Seed 2026-03-04
33
Cline
Cline is a developer of an open-source AI coding agent that automates software c…
San Francisco 11 - 50 $32.0M Series A 2025-07-31
34
Quantum Machines
Quantum Machines is a leading provider of quantum control solutions, powering qu…
Claymont 101 - 250 $263.0M Series C 2025-02-25
35
Beacon Software
Beacon Software is a holding company that specializes in the acquisition of soft…
Toronto 11 - 50 $250.0M Series B 2025-11-04
36
Caldera
Caldera offers a no-code Web3 infrastructure platform to help developers spin up…
San Francisco 11 - 50 $24.0M Series A 2024-07-24
37
Solver
Solver is a machine-learning company that provides software development and arti…
San Jose 1 - 10 $9.3M Series Unknown 2025-09-03
38
Tara AI
Tara AI helps engineering leaders measure developer productivity and improve per…
San Jose 11 - 50 $13.0M Non Equity Assistance 2024-03-07
39
Cognizant
Cognizant is a professional services company that helps clients alter their busi…
Teaneck c 10001 max $241K Post Ipo Equity 2025-03-08
40
Opsin
Securely Enable AI Without the Risk of Oversharing
San Jose 11 - 50 $7.0M Seed 2024-10-07
41
Topaz Labs
Intelligent AI software for creatives. We help you create better images and vide…
Dallas 101 - 250 $200K Grant 2025-01-09
42
Parsed
Parsed is an AI lab training customer-specific frontier LLMs with continual lear…
San Francisco 1 - 10 $3.7M Seed 2025-04-10
43
Motorq
Motorq is a connected-car data ecosystem that enables enterprise users to collab…
Saratoga 101 - 250 $49.0M Series B 2022-02-16
44
Tessl
Tessl transforms software development for the AI era with its AI native developm…
London 11 - 50 $125.0M Series A 2024-11-14
45
Turing
Turing advances frontier AI and builds real-world systems for Fortune 500 compan…
Palo Alto 1K - 5K $270.2M Series E 2025-03-06
46
Console
Console is the AI platform for IT, built to help teams automate support and shif…
San Francisco 11 - 50 $29.2M Series A 2025-09-16
47
Gomboc.AI
Gomboc.AI is the first deterministic ACSA (AI Code Security Assistant). It fixes…
New York 11 - 50 $13.3M Non Equity Assistance 2025-02-24
48
Akka
Akka is a platform to build and run apps that are elastic, agile, and resilient.
San Francisco 51 - 100 $88.0M Series Unknown 2023-09-27
49
Toptal
Toptal is a network of talent in business, design, and technology that enables c…
San Francisco 1K - 5K Seed 2012-07-01
50
BlackBerry QNX
Middleware, development tools, realtime operating system software and services f…
Ottawa 101 - 250 $40.0M Grant 2019-02-15