Deep Tech Startups

FORT provides a distributed control platform that enables autonomous systems and robots to operate safely and securely alongside people across industries including warehousing, construction, defense, agriculture, and transportation. The platform combines hardware, software, and ecosystem integrations to reduce risk and maintain control while maximizing machine productivity.

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Fractile designs processors for AI acceleration, offering the next generation of computing hardware. The company serves AI infrastructure teams and cloud providers requiring specialized silicon for inference workloads.

6 investors

GalaxEye builds Mission Drishti, a satellite carrying both synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and multispectral imaging (MSI) sensors on a single platform to produce aligned, all-weather, analysis-ready Earth observation imagery. Its OptoSAR data serves developers, enterprises, and resellers across defence, infrastructure monitoring, and agriculture applications.

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General Galactic is a space infrastructure company focused on building orbital and extraterrestrial infrastructure, drawing inspiration from science fiction concepts like propellant generation for off-Earth settlement. The company frames its mission around enabling human expansion beyond Earth in the "Second Space Age."

6 investors

General Matter develops nuclear energy technology focused on domestic U.S. energy production. The company aims to reduce foreign energy reliance and support economic growth through nuclear power expansion.

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Gradiant designs and builds water and wastewater treatment plants using its proprietary technology stack, helping industrial customers reduce freshwater withdrawal, reuse wastewater, and return clean water to the environment. It serves sectors including semiconductors/microelectronics, pharmaceuticals, food and beverage, power, mining, and renewables, and operates globally.

6 investors

Great Sky develops physics-based computational intelligence and AI systems built from foundational research. The company targets applications requiring powerful, adaptive, and resource-efficient AI unconstrained by legacy computing infrastructure.

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Halo Industries produces silicon carbide (SiC) wafers using a laser-cutting process that reduces bow, warp, and subsurface damage, offering multiple quality grades for MOSFET production, diode production, R&D, and mechanical use. It also provides laser wafering as a service, including slicing, grinding, chemical mechanical polishing, and metrology, plus custom wafering solutions for specific materials and geometries.

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Harmonic builds an advanced reasoning engine, a mathematical and computational tool for solving complex problems across scientific and technical domains.

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Helm.ai develops AI software for autonomous driving systems that enables automakers and Tier 1 suppliers to develop L2 through L4 autonomous vehicles. The company provides foundation models and AI-based development and validation tools for the automotive industry.

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Illumix builds infrastructure for spatial AI, combining computer vision, multimodal AI, and edge deployment technologies for both consumer and enterprise applications.

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Ineffable is an AI research lab focused on building superintelligence through the reinforcement learning paradigm, emphasizing learning from experience in the environment rather than from human data. It aims to advance fundamental AI research toward beneficial superintelligence applicable to any digital or physical machine.

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Ingonyama develops cryptography acceleration technology, including ICICLE, a library that speeds up algorithms and protocols such as zero-knowledge proofs across compute backends like CPUs, GPUs, Apple Silicon, and its ZPU hardware. It also offers IMP1, a mobile-first proving framework for iOS and Android that generates privacy-preserving zero-knowledge proofs on-device, aimed at developers building cryptographic and blockchain applications.

6 investors

IntuiCell develops software based on how living organisms learn instinctively, aiming to replicate natural intelligence rather than relying on data sets and training. The company works in artificial intelligence, drawing on principles of biological learning.

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iPronics develops programmable silicon photonic switches for AI data center networks, offering real-time reconfiguration, built-in telemetry, and a rack-ready design. The technology targets AI infrastructure operators seeking to reduce wasted GPU capacity, power, and networking costs.

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JetZero designs and builds a blended-wing-body commercial jetliner for commercial aviation; the company is developing a full-scale demonstrator airplane slated to fly in 2027 with funding and support from the U.S. Air Force.

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Kakarot builds a zero-knowledge (ZK) proving engine for the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM), aimed at verifying digital data. The project is joining Zama.

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KaloCyte develops ErythroMer, a dried, shelf-stable artificial red blood cell for use in emergency and trauma care when stored blood is unavailable or in short supply. The pre-clinical stage biotech company is supported by federal grants and investor funding.

6 investors

Kano Therapeutics develops circular single-stranded DNA (cssDNA) as a genetic payload for gene-editing and other DNA-based therapies, offering an alternative to viral vectors and double-stranded DNA. It manufactures cssDNA via industrial fermentation and licenses and supplies the payload to therapeutic developers through integrated partnerships spanning discovery to GMP.

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Lace develops chip patterning technology for semiconductor manufacturing. Founded in 2023, the company bridges theoretical physics and industrial application with operations across Norway, Spain, the UK, and the Netherlands.

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LGND builds Earth intelligence software that converts satellite and aerial imagery into insights using AI models that can detect features across the globe from a few examples. It offers an API and a no-code studio app aimed at analysts and non-technical teams, scaling from pilots to enterprise deployments.

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Ligo develops computational tools for enzyme design by combining large language models with specialized neural networks to enable scientists and AI agents to discover new enzymes and biological functions.

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Lunasonde develops aerial georadiotomography (aGRT) technology that uses low-frequency radar to create 3D compositional images of the subsurface from aircraft, helicopters, drones, and balloons. The company serves mining and resource exploration industries seeking to locate critical minerals and clean energy deposits with minimal environmental impact.

6 investors