The companies building the physical world.

A curated guide to companies worth knowing, from emerging startups to established industry leaders.

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Companies to Watch

Emerging businesses that deserve attention.

Energy & Power

Fervo Energy

Enhanced geothermal power plants using oil-and-gas drilling techniques.

Houston, TX

6 open roles

Energy & Power

Base Power

Home batteries run as one distributed power network.

Austin, TX

1 open role

Energy & Power

Redwood Materials

Recycles batteries, makes cathode materials, and builds grid storage from used EV packs.

Sparks, NV

Energy & Power

Form Energy

Iron-air batteries that store electricity for about 100 hours.

Somerville, MA

Construction

Monumental

Robots that lay bricks on real job sites, priced like a masonry subcontractor.

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Data Centers & Compute

Digital Realty

Global owner and operator of data centers, colocation facilities and interconnection infrastructure.

Austin, TX

3 open roles

Manufacturing

Re:Build Manufacturing

Buys and modernizes U.S. engineering and manufacturing companies.

Framingham, MA

The New Power Companies

Companies changing how electricity is generated, stored, financed, and delivered.

Energy & Power

Orenda

Develops, finances and operates community-scale battery storage projects in New York City's electricity market.

Brooklyn, NY

4 open roles

Energy & Power

NineDot Energy

Develops and operates community-scale battery energy storage projects, particularly in the New York City region.

Brooklyn, NY

1 open role

Energy & Power

Fervo Energy

Enhanced geothermal power plants using oil-and-gas drilling techniques.

Houston, TX

6 open roles

Energy & Power

Base Power

Home batteries run as one distributed power network.

Austin, TX

1 open role

Energy & Power

Form Energy

Iron-air batteries that store electricity for about 100 hours.

Somerville, MA

Energy & Power

Antora Energy

Carbon-block thermal batteries delivering 24/7 heat and power.

San Jose, CA

Energy & Power

Grid United

Develops long-distance high-voltage transmission lines across the U.S.

Houston, TX

Energy & Power

Exowatt

Modules that store solar as heat and dispatch power on demand for data centers.

Miami, FL

Energy & Power

Camus Energy

Grid software that helps utilities connect data centers and large loads faster.

San Francisco, CA

Energy & Power

Kairos Power

Salt-cooled advanced nuclear reactors; demo plants under construction in Oak Ridge, TN.

Alameda, CA

Building the AI Economy

The physical infrastructure underneath AI: land, power, cooling, compute and the machines that maintain it.

Data Centers & Compute

Crusoe

Energy-first AI data centers and the Crusoe Cloud GPU platform.

Denver, CO

5 open roles

Data Centers & Compute

Digital Realty

Global owner and operator of data centers, colocation facilities and interconnection infrastructure.

Austin, TX

3 open roles

Data Centers & Compute

QTS Data Centers

Develops and operates large-scale data center campuses for cloud and enterprise customers.

Sterling, VA

1 open role

Data Centers & Compute

Lancium

Develops gigawatt-scale powered land campuses for AI data centers in Texas.

Texas

Data Centers & Compute

Watney

Dual-arm robots that maintain hyperscale data centers.

San Francisco, CA

Data Centers & Compute

fal

GPU-backed inference and deployment platform for generative image, video, audio and other AI models.

San Francisco, CA

1 open role

Data Centers & Compute

Modal

Serverless cloud platform for running AI inference, training and compute-intensive applications.

New York, NY

1 open role

Data Centers & Compute

CoreWeave

AI cloud provider renting GPU compute from its own data centers.

Livingston, NJ

Data Centers & Compute

Emerald AI

Flexible AI computing workloads that respond to grid conditions

Washington, DC

Energy & Power

Cleanview

Market intelligence tracking U.S. power projects and data center development.

Boulder, CO

The Next Industrial Generation

Robotics, advanced manufacturing, and industrial automation businesses.

Manufacturing

Hadrian

Highly automated factories making precision parts for aerospace and defense.

Torrance, CA

Robotics & Automation

Standard Bots

Builds AI-enabled industrial robot arms and software designed to make factory automation easier to deploy.

Glen Cove, NY

1 open role

Manufacturing

Machina Labs

AI-guided robots that form metal parts without custom tooling.

Chatsworth (Los Angeles), CA

Robotics & Automation

Bedrock Robotics

Retrofits excavators, dozers, and loaders to run as autonomous job-site fleets.

San Francisco, CA

Robotics & Automation

Gravis Robotics

Retrofit kits that let excavators and earthmoving machines dig on their own.

Zürich, Switzerland

Robotics & Automation

Formic

Factory robots for a monthly fee, with no upfront capital cost.

Chicago, IL

Construction

Monumental

Robots that lay bricks on real job sites, priced like a masonry subcontractor.

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Robotics & Automation

Voyant Photonics

Develops chip-scale lidar sensors for machine perception and industrial applications.

New York, NY

1 open role

Manufacturing

Re:Build Manufacturing

Buys and modernizes U.S. engineering and manufacturing companies.

Framingham, MA

Manufacturing

Divergent Technologies

3D-printed metal structures for aerospace, defense, and cars.

Torrance, CA

Browse all companies building the physical world

Energy & Power

Fervo Energy

Enhanced geothermal power plants using oil-and-gas drilling techniques.

Houston, TX

6 open roles

Energy & Power

Orenda

Develops, finances and operates community-scale battery storage projects in New York City's electricity market.

Brooklyn, NY

4 open roles

Energy & Power

Base Power

Home batteries run as one distributed power network.

Austin, TX

1 open role

Energy & Power

Convergent Energy and Power

Develops, owns and operates battery storage projects that lower energy costs and support grid reliability.

New York, NY

1 open role

Energy & Power

Madison Energy Infrastructure

Develops, finances and operates distributed energy infrastructure for commercial customers.

New York, NY

1 open role

Energy & Power

NineDot Energy

Develops and operates community-scale battery energy storage projects, particularly in the New York City region.

Brooklyn, NY

1 open role

Energy & Power

Palmetto

Platform for residential solar, home electrification and clean-energy financing.

Charlotte, NC

1 open role

Energy & Power

Planted Solar

Automated solar installation and development technology

Oakland, CA

1 open role

Energy & Power

1st Avenue Power

Always-on solar-plus-storage power plants for data centers and industry.

Mountain View, CA

Energy & Power

Antora Energy

Carbon-block thermal batteries delivering 24/7 heat and power.

San Jose, CA

Energy & Power

Bedrock Energy

Geothermal heating and cooling for commercial buildings

Austin, TX

Energy & Power

Camus Energy

Grid software that helps utilities connect data centers and large loads faster.

San Francisco, CA

Energy & Power

Cleanview

Market intelligence tracking U.S. power projects and data center development.

Boulder, CO

Energy & Power

Commonwealth Fusion Systems

MIT spinout building tokamak fusion power plants.

Devens, MA

Energy & Power

Dandelion Energy

Residential geothermal heating and cooling systems

Arlington, VA

Energy & Power

Dexter Energy

AI-powered renewable power forecasting and trading optimization

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Energy & Power

Dig Energy

Geothermal heat pump drilling and installation technology

Energy & Power

Euclid Power

Software and services for renewable project development

Bloomington, MN

Energy & Power

Exowatt

Modules that store solar as heat and dispatch power on demand for data centers.

Miami, FL

Energy & Power

Form Energy

Iron-air batteries that store electricity for about 100 hours.

Somerville, MA

Energy & Power

Fuse Energy

Electricity supply and clean-energy development

United Kingdom

Energy & Power

Grid United

Develops long-distance high-voltage transmission lines across the U.S.

Houston, TX

Energy & Power

Heimdall Power

Power line monitoring and dynamic line rating technology

Oslo, Norway

Energy & Power

Kairos Power

Salt-cooled advanced nuclear reactors; demo plants under construction in Oak Ridge, TN.

Alameda, CA

Energy & Power

King Energy

Owns and operates solar and batteries for multi-tenant commercial properties

San Luis Obispo, Durango & Philadelphia

Energy & Power

Modo Energy

Energy storage analytics and power-market intelligence

London, UK

Energy & Power

Oklo

Small advanced nuclear powerhouses it builds, owns, and operates.

Santa Clara, CA

Energy & Power

Quaise Energy

Deep geothermal drilling technology

Cambridge, MA

Energy & Power

Redwood Materials

Recycles batteries, makes cathode materials, and builds grid storage from used EV packs.

Sparks, NV

Energy & Power

Renew Home

Residential virtual power plant and flexible demand platform

Energy & Power

Sage Geosystems

Geopressured geothermal energy and storage technology

Houston, TX

Energy & Power

tem

Technology-enabled electricity procurement and energy market platform

London, UK

Energy & Power

TerraPower

Advanced nuclear reactor and power technology developer

Bellevue, WA

Energy & Power

VoltaGrid

Mobile and distributed power generation systems

Houston, TX

Energy & Power

X-energy

Advanced modular nuclear reactor and fuel technology

Rockville, MD

Energy & Power

XGS Energy

Closed-loop next-generation geothermal power technology

Palo Alto, CA & Houston, TX

Energy & Power

Zanskar

AI-enabled geothermal exploration and power development

Salt Lake City, UT

Data Centers & Compute

Crusoe

Energy-first AI data centers and the Crusoe Cloud GPU platform.

Denver, CO

5 open roles

Data Centers & Compute

Digital Realty

Global owner and operator of data centers, colocation facilities and interconnection infrastructure.

Austin, TX

3 open roles

Data Centers & Compute

fal

GPU-backed inference and deployment platform for generative image, video, audio and other AI models.

San Francisco, CA

1 open role

Data Centers & Compute

Modal

Serverless cloud platform for running AI inference, training and compute-intensive applications.

New York, NY

1 open role

Data Centers & Compute

QTS Data Centers

Develops and operates large-scale data center campuses for cloud and enterprise customers.

Sterling, VA

1 open role

Data Centers & Compute

Aligned Data Centers

Builds and operates data center campuses for cloud and AI tenants.

Dallas, TX

Data Centers & Compute

Applied Digital

Builds and operates AI data center campuses leased to hyperscalers.

Dallas, TX

Data Centers & Compute

CoreWeave

AI cloud provider renting GPU compute from its own data centers.

Livingston, NJ

Data Centers & Compute

Emerald AI

Flexible AI computing workloads that respond to grid conditions

Washington, DC

Data Centers & Compute

Hut 8

Develops power and data center infrastructure for AI compute and bitcoin mining.

Miami, FL

Data Centers & Compute

Lancium

Develops gigawatt-scale powered land campuses for AI data centers in Texas.

Texas

Data Centers & Compute

LiquidStack

Liquid cooling systems for AI data centers.

Carrollton, TX

Data Centers & Compute

Phaidra

AI control systems for industrial facilities and data center cooling

Seattle, WA

Data Centers & Compute

Prime Data Centers

Develops and operates large custom data center campuses in North America and Europe.

Dallas, TX

Data Centers & Compute

Vantage Data Centers

Develops and operates hyperscale data center campuses on five continents.

Denver, CO

Data Centers & Compute

Watney

Dual-arm robots that maintain hyperscale data centers.

San Francisco, CA

Robotics & Automation

Rendezvous Robotics

Develops modular spacecraft tiles designed to self-assemble in orbit.

Golden, CO

1 open role

Robotics & Automation

Standard Bots

Builds AI-enabled industrial robot arms and software designed to make factory automation easier to deploy.

Glen Cove, NY

1 open role

Robotics & Automation

Voyant Photonics

Develops chip-scale lidar sensors for machine perception and industrial applications.

New York, NY

1 open role

Robotics & Automation

Bedrock Robotics

Retrofits excavators, dozers, and loaders to run as autonomous job-site fleets.

San Francisco, CA

Robotics & Automation

Built Robotics

Autonomous pile-driving robots for utility-scale solar farms.

San Francisco, CA

Robotics & Automation

Canvas

Robot that sprays and sands drywall to a finished surface.

San Francisco, CA

Robotics & Automation

Charge Robotics

Robotic systems for solar farm construction

San Leandro, CA

Robotics & Automation

Civ Robotics

Autonomous surveying robots that stake layout points on solar and civil sites.

San Francisco, CA

Robotics & Automation

Dusty Robotics

Robots that print building layouts directly onto job-site floors.

Mountain View, CA

Robotics & Automation

Formic

Factory robots for a monthly fee, with no upfront capital cost.

Chicago, IL

Robotics & Automation

Gecko Robotics

Industrial inspection robotics and asset intelligence

Pittsburgh, PA

Robotics & Automation

Gravis Robotics

Retrofit kits that let excavators and earthmoving machines dig on their own.

Zürich, Switzerland

Manufacturing

Anduril Industries

Autonomous defense systems and drones, built at industrial scale.

Costa Mesa, CA

Manufacturing

AtmosZero

Industrial heat pumps producing process steam

Loveland, CO

Manufacturing

Divergent Technologies

3D-printed metal structures for aerospace, defense, and cars.

Torrance, CA

Manufacturing

Hadrian

Highly automated factories making precision parts for aerospace and defense.

Torrance, CA

Manufacturing

LuxWall

Vacuum-insulating energy-efficient window products

Ypsilanti, MI

Manufacturing

Machina Labs

AI-guided robots that form metal parts without custom tooling.

Chatsworth (Los Angeles), CA

Manufacturing

Re:Build Manufacturing

Buys and modernizes U.S. engineering and manufacturing companies.

Framingham, MA

Construction

Buildots

AI construction progress monitoring and site analytics

Chicago, London & Tel Aviv

Construction

Gritt

Retrofits construction equipment with robotics and AI, starting with utility-scale solar.

San Francisco Bay Area, CA

Construction

Monumental

Robots that lay bricks on real job sites, priced like a masonry subcontractor.

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Construction

NavigateAI

AI copilot on phones and Meta glasses that coaches construction and field crews.

San Francisco, CA

Construction

OpenSpace

360° job-site capture with AI progress tracking.

San Francisco, CA

Construction

Trunk Tools

AI agents that read construction documents and automate RFIs and submittals.

New York, NY

Housing & Real Estate

Abodu

Prefab backyard ADUs with pre-approved plans and fixed pricing.

Redwood City, CA

Housing & Real Estate

Bilt

Rewards network and credit cards that earn points on rent.

New York, NY

Housing & Real Estate

Cover

Factory-built steel-panel homes, ADUs, and wildfire rebuilds in Southern California.

Los Angeles, CA

Housing & Real Estate

Cuby Technologies

Mobile microfactories that make home components near job sites.

New York, NY

Housing & Real Estate

Higharc

Design-to-construction software that turns homebuilders' plans into data.

Durham, NC

Housing & Real Estate

ICON

3D-prints homes and now sells its printing robots to builders.

Austin, TX

Housing & Real Estate

Reframe Systems

Builds homes in small robotic microfactories as a design-build homebuilder.

Boston, MA area

Housing & Real Estate

Villa

Offsite-built ADUs, homes, and small infill communities in CA and CO.

San Francisco, CA

Building Operations

BrainBox AI

AI that runs commercial HVAC on its own to cut energy use.

Montreal, QC, Canada

Building Operations

EliseAI

AI agents that run leasing, resident communication, and operations for housing.

New York, NY

Building Operations

Funnel

AI-powered CRM and leasing platform for apartment operators.

Tampa, FL

Building Operations

Lula

AI maintenance coordination connecting property managers with vetted contractors.

Overland Park, KS

Permitting & Entitlements

PermitFlow

AI that automates construction permitting and pre-construction compliance.

New York, NY

Permitting & Entitlements

Symbium

Turns zoning and building codes into software for instant parcel and permit answers.

San Francisco, CA

Mobility

Archer Aviation

Electric air taxis (Midnight) and autonomous aviation systems.

San Jose, CA

Mobility

Joby Aviation

Electric air taxis that take off and land vertically.

Santa Cruz, CA

Mobility

Metropolis

Computer vision for checkout-free parking across thousands of locations.

Los Angeles, CA

Mobility

Moove

Finances, owns, and operates vehicle fleets for ride-hailing and robotaxis.

Dubai, UAE

Mobility

Revel

Public EV fast-charging hubs in NYC and the Bay Area.

Brooklyn, NY

Mobility

Waymo

Fully driverless robotaxi service.

Mountain View, CA

Mobility

Zipline

Autonomous drone delivery for retail, restaurants, and healthcare.

South San Francisco, CA

Capital

Blackstone

Largest alternative asset manager; owns QTS, a top hyperscale data center developer.

New York, NY

Capital

Brookfield

Global asset manager owning infrastructure, power, real estate, and data centers.

New York, NY / Toronto, ON

Capital

Energy Impact Partners

Utility-backed investor in energy transition and grid technology.

New York, NY

Capital

Fifth Wall

Venture firm investing in built-environment tech, backed by real estate owners.

Los Angeles, CA

Capital

G2VP

Venture firm backing climate, energy, mobility, and industrial technology.

Portola Valley, CA

Capital

Generate Capital

Finances, owns, and operates sustainable infrastructure like solar, storage, and fleets.

San Francisco, CA

Capital

Lowercarbon Capital

Climate tech venture firm backing energy, fusion, and hardware startups.

Montana, Wyoming & New York