Top California Consumer Web Startups (199)

Product.ai (formerly Demand.io) is the truth layer for commerce. Built on Axiomatic Intelligence — a proprietary adversarial reasoning methodology that stress-tests product claims against physics, economics, and engineering constraints — Product.ai delivers verified purchase verdicts, not summaries. Product.ai tells consumers when NOT to buy. Product.ai emerges from Demand.io, a profitable, bootstrapped AI commerce company whose SimplyCodes platform processes over $1B...

Academia.edu is the world’s leading platform for researchers and scholars to share their work, discover research and connect with fellow academics globally. Our bold vision: to democratize and accelerate the world's research, enhancing the speed of scientific discovery and technological progress for the benefit of everyone. We imagine a world where accessing academic papers is effortless, keeping track of cutting-edge...

Hedra is an AI native platform for multimodal creation. The platform is built around their own cutting-edge proprietary video model, Character-3, which is the first multimodal model in production. Alongside Character-3, the platform also brings other leading foundation models into one ecosystem spanning generative images, video, and audio. Prosumer and enterprise users leverage Hedra to generate content ranging from viral...

Blink UX is a global product design consulting firm creating products and experiences people use, love, and remember. Blink has over two decades of experience in UX research, strategy, and design, partnering with innovative industry leaders, including Amazon, JPMorgan Chase, Google, Meta, The New York Times, and NASA.

Founded in 2021, Wispr is building a more natural interface to interact with technology and bring it to every human on the planet. Wispr is a frontier-tech consumer electronics company building neural interfaces. Wispr is headquartered in San Francisco and has raised $14.6M to date.

Watch news from hundreds of local and global news channels. Haystack News is your go-to for news, from local coverage to global current events. It’s the best way to watch a variety of coverage, all in one place, and absolutely free. Choose the categories, sources and topics that matter most to you to customize your newscast. Explore channels like Business...

The proactive AI assistant built for high-velocity teams.

At Mawari we believe the next iteration of the internet will be delivered to XR devices. It represents a fundamental and pivotal change in how we work, socialize, and learn today. To power the next generation of the internet and drive mainstream adoption, we need to meet or surpass the scale and quality of service available in today’s internet. In...

Slickdeals is a community of millions of real people working together to save, so consumers can be confident they’re getting the best deal. Twelve million shoppers help other shoppers by vetting and voting up the very best products at the best prices from all the top retailers. Through the power of human intelligence, the community at Slickdeals has saved its...

Netomi is an AI-first customer service platform that enables companies to deliver the highest quality customer experiences while significantly reducing cost. Netomi's Relationship Operating System automatically resolves up to 80% of routine customer service inquiries, decreasing resolution time, and increasing customer satisfaction and support quality. The patented, no-code platform works across messaging, chat, email and voice, and understands 100+ languages....

Forerunner is a venture capital firm dedicated to the modern consumer and the ambitious teams reshaping categories. ‍ Since our inception in 2012, the consumer has been our North Star. We commit ourselves to having a constant pulse on what people are doing and why, and we closely observe how world events shape the way we live. We study subtle changes...

Turning Point Brands, Inc. (NYSE: TPB) is a leading, manufacturer, marketer and distributor of branded consumer products with active ingredients. We sell a wide range of products exclusively to adult consumers, from our iconic brands to our next generation products to fulfill evolving consumer preferences. Our three focus segments are led by our core, proprietary brands including Zig-Zag® (rolling papers...

Skylight is a touch-screen photo frame you can update instantly by email from anywhere.

Fellow is on a mission to help people brew ridiculously good coffee at home. Inspired by the need for high quality equipment to properly brew high quality coffee, Fellow brings the confidence of the specialty coffee world into the lives of everyday coffee lovers, from the curious to the prosumer. Fellow’s products and services include: kettles, grinders, French presses,...

@MediaLab we build, acquire & grows internet brands. Driven by our mission to build community among our social media and mobile platforms, we invest in shared services and programmatic monetization through our social media exchange to connect purposeful brands with our vast audience of 95M+ Monthly Users (& growing). Assembly Exchange is our owned and operated social media exchange providing programmatic...

Companies today are looking for high level performers they can trust, who are diligent, hungry and willing to work, learn and become masters in their trade. At times it feels like finding this domestically is becoming increasingly more difficult, and oftentimes as business owners we find ourselves stuck with employees taking our hard earned gains and not appreciating their compensation....

As one of the fastest growing companies in the United States with consecutive spots on the prestigious Inc. 5000 list, we provide award-winning services to our members across multiple brands. With the IdentityIQ®, MyScoreIQ® and Resident-Link℠ brands, we deliver credit information, education and protection that benefits consumers and businesses with 100% U.S.-based customer service and support. Partner with IDIQ to...

Peerspace is the leading marketplace for hourly venue rentals for meetings, productions, and events. The company opens doors to the most inspiring spaces around the world, from lofts and mansions to storefronts and studios. Peerspace welcomes guests to over 40,000 spaces where they can bring their creative ideas to life, and empowers hosts to earn additional income simply by opening...

Video editing is the final frontier of software tools moving to the cloud. We're making the next generation of modern creators tools to enable everyone to share their story online. Join us at Kapwing on our mission to make content creation fast, accessible, and collaborative. Everyone is a creator. The problem, however, is that today's tools get in the way of...

Huckberry is a lifestyle brand for active and adventurous guys. We're a team of 150+ based in Austin, TX with additional offices in San Francisco, CA and Columbus, OH. Over a million and a half young, active professionals trust us as their leading resource for emerging brands, gear, and lifestyle inspiration. We're independent (read our story here: Bit.ly/TheHuckberryStory), and have been...