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The small teams whose talent made the biggest impact in 2026
Mistral AI
AI models, applications, developer tools, and European GPU compute.
9GitHub
Home for developers and AI agents to build, collaborate, and ship software safely.
9Linear
Plan, build, and ship software in one focused system for product teams and AI agents.
8OpenAI
Frontier AI that helps a billion weekly users think, create, code, and get work done.
8Thinking Machines
Customizable AI models and training tools that put more control in builders' hands.
8Safe Superintelligence
Building safe superintelligence by advancing AI capability and safety in one mission.
SpaceX
Reusable rockets, Starlink, and AI infrastructure to make human life multiplanetary.
8Slack
Where work gets done, with all your people and tools.
8Figma
A shared canvas where teams and AI agents turn ideas into products, from WIP to ship.
7Atoms
Gainfully employed robots for industry’s toughest physical work.
6Stripe
Economic infrastructure for internet businesses, powering $1.9T in payments in 2025.
6Temporal
Durable execution for production AI agents at trillion-action scale.
6Fivetran
The open, secure data foundation for AI innovation.
6Databricks
Unify your data, analytics, and AI on a governed lakehouse to build apps and agents.
5Replit
Build and deploy apps by describing what you want to an AI app development agent.
5Anyscale
Open compute for AI workloads that refuse to stand still.
5Convex
The reactive backend where TypeScript and agents just work.
4Okta
Identity for humans, machines, and the AI agents between.
4Runway
World models to understand, simulate, and act, powering creative tools and robotics.
3Cursor
AI coding agents for building, reviewing, and shipping software.
3Periodic
AI scientists and autonomous labs for faster physical discovery.
3ElevenLabs
Bringing technology to life through expressive AI voices, creative tools, and agents.
3Robinhood
Open financial markets to more people, from everyday investing to prediction markets.
3Palantir
AI grounded in an operational model of your business, connecting decisions to action.
2Anduril
Autonomous defense systems for air, land, and sea, connected by Lattice software.
1Waymo
Driverless rides across 15 U.S. cities, built on years of research into safer travel.
1Coinbase
The Everything Exchange: crypto, stocks, and more, building a new financial system.
1Persona
A personal AI assistant that gets things done on iMessage and from a wearable band.
1Revel
Software platform for hardware development, testing, and command. From prototype to production—accelerate timelines across aerospace, energy
1Medra
Scientists automate protocols with Medra’s autonomous robotic system.
1Doppel
Stop digital deception before it reaches your customers.
1Anthropic
AI research and Claude models for coding and knowledge work, with safety at the core.
0Asana
One plan for humans and AI agents to run critical work.