Hardware Startups

OpenDroids designs, manufactures, and integrates custom robotics solutions, including autonomous mobile robots deployed across restaurants, hotels, hospitals, warehouses, airports, manufacturing, and retail. It also develops lab hardware such as dexterous hands and motion-capture gloves for human-level control and data collection, offered on a robotics-as-a-service model.

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Open Dutch Fiber builds and operates an open-access fiber-optic (glasvezel) network in the Netherlands, allowing households to choose among multiple internet service providers. It works with municipalities, housing corporations, and partners to connect homes, and has already connected over 1.5 million residences across more than 56 municipalities.

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Open Motors (formerly OSVehicle) develops open, modular electric vehicle platforms that let new and existing car manufacturers build their own models while reducing R&D time and cost, and serves as a reference platform for mobility startups to build their technology on. The company is a B2B business in the electric and autonomous vehicle space.

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Sofar Ocean develops marine technology, including the Spotter ocean-sensing buoy platform and the Bristlemouth open hardware interface, a marine connectivity standard for underwater and ocean devices. It previously produced the Trident underwater drone, which was discontinued at the end of 2020.

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OpenNeuro (COSMIIC System) provides an open, FDA-tested neuromodulation hardware platform — including implantable devices, PCB designs, firmware, and regulatory documentation — that takes therapies from benchtop kits to animal-grade and human-grade implants for first-in-human studies. It serves neuromodulation researchers, biomedical engineers, and startups developing implantable therapies for conditions such as paralysis, chronic pain, incontinence, and autonomic disorders, with deployments across the US and Europe.

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Ophelia Sensors develops GNSS-based high-precision displacement sensors for real-time and long-term monitoring of structural and ground movement across industrial applications such as dams, bridges, landslides, mines, and vehicle fleets. Its systems are deployed in Asia, Europe, Africa, and North America.

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Ophena designs and sells magnetic safety stirrups and equestrian performance products that combine functionality with design aesthetics. Based in Sweden, the company serves ambitious riders across competitive levels and has partnered with luxury brands on limited editions.

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OPIA Technologies develops ophthalmic medical devices for diagnosing and treating ocular diseases, including tools for sampling ocular surface components (conjunctiva, tear film) and non-invasive ocular drug delivery based on proprietary patents. The company covers the full device life cycle — design, manufacturing, and regulatory/quality compliance — and also offers R&D and regulatory services to other medical device companies.

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OPIRIS develops multimodal optical imaging systems that sense across multiple spectral ranges (UV through LWIR) for applications including target detection in degraded visual environments, metrology for semiconductor and metasurface manufacturing, and non-invasive medical imaging for rheumatology and oncology.

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Opsydia develops optical and photonic technologies for precision manufacturing, emerging from research in adaptive optics and laser processing at the University of Oxford. The company applies advanced laser machining and optical fabrication techniques to enable high-resolution processing in transparent materials for industrial and scientific applications.

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Optalert is a medtech company that detects drowsiness and cognitive impairment using its proprietary Johns Drowsiness Scale algorithm based on eyelid movement measurement. The company serves mining, transport, and automotive sectors with fleet management and driver monitoring solutions, and is developing early screening methods for sleep apnea and neurodegenerative conditions.

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Optect develops optical flame detection technology for long-range fire identification in wildfire-prone areas and asset protection. The company's IR3 detector uses infrared wavelength recognition to detect flames at distances exceeding 1000m and operates reliably in smoke-filled conditions.

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Optelec makes video magnifiers, readers, and text-to-speech devices for people with low vision or blindness. Its products aim to help visually impaired users read and maintain independence.

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Optical Waters manufactures UV-C optical fibers that emit germicidal light along their entire length for disinfection applications. The fibers are flexible and customizable, designed to be integrated into various surfaces and equipment to deliver ultraviolet sterilization where contamination is a concern.

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Opticis provides optical connectivity products, including fiber optic cables and extenders categorized by interface, resolution, distance, form factor, and fiber type. The page presents a product catalog for signal transmission hardware.

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OptiCore designs, develops, and manufactures optical solutions—including optical transceivers and WDM passive devices—for wireless and transport networks, data centers, and edge/cloud computing. Founded in 2016, its products serve wireless fronthaul and backhaul applications for major mobile network operators in South Korea.

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Hamamatsu Photonics makes the L10711-26 open-type microfocus X-ray source, offering a minimum resolution of 0.2 μm, selectable W or LaB₆ cathodes, a 20–160 kV tube voltage range, and four focus modes. The product targets non-destructive testing (NDT) and industrial CT imaging workflows.

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Optics11 Life develops optical fiber-sensing instruments and software platforms that measure mechanical properties of cells, tissues, and biomaterials to accelerate medical research and drug development. The company partners with life science researchers and laboratories to enable non-destructive characterization of biological samples for applications in drug discovery, tissue engineering, and disease modeling.

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Optimal Solar offers a solar energy product for communities and commercial entities with large rooftops (over 40,000 sq. ft.) or land plots. Its VIA solution targets markets in the US, Latin America, the Caribbean, and West Africa.

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Optimar supplies automated factory solutions, machines, and systems to the seafood industry for trawlers and aquaculture facilities. The company designs equipment and complete processing systems to increase efficiency, worker safety, and sustainability in fish processing.

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Optimist builds smart inverter split air conditioners designed for Indian climate conditions, using a micro-channel heat exchanger for faster cooling and offering a gas-level indicator, self-diagnostics, and app-based energy and bill tracking. The company sells its ACs direct to consumers across India, claiming cooling performance even at 50°C and lower electricity bills.

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Optiple develops optical products and lens technologies, including eyewear, bike visors, and AR optics. The company holds patents related to curved lens bonding technology (GHLC).

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Optobio makes the Xpress ELISA, a 48-channel automated ELISA instrument with an integrated chemiluminescence detector that delivers results in under an hour using small sample volumes. The device supports multiplexed or single-plexed assays with 18 validated tests for laboratory immunoassay applications.

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Metamaterials develops advanced materials and functional surfaces using nanofabrication technologies such as lithography, holography, and metamaterial coatings. Its products serve markets including brand protection, banknote and government ID security, aerospace and defense, automotive, consumer electronics, energy, and medical imaging.

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