Top California Consumer Web Startups (199)

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...

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...

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...

hello82, wherever you are! Since 2019, hello82 is a platform deeply rooted in the vibrant world of K-pop. We specialize in creating connections between fans and their favorite K-pop artists through a fusion of innovative marketing strategies, immersive music distribution, and providing unparalleled experiences that resonate with fans worldwide. As an independent music label and distribution arm, hello82 is rapidly expanding...

@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...

Inhouse.ai is the #1 AI lawyer for small to midsize businesses. We combine AI, lawyers from our own law firm, and an expert feedback loop to deliver fast, compliant, high-quality legal work at a fraction of the cost and turnaround time of traditional firms. Business owners, founders, and entrepreneurs turn to the Inhouse.ai legal platform to draft legal agreements and get...

Base allows you to tap into your company’s most powerful growth engine - your customers. As pioneers of the Customer-Led Growth (CLG) evolution, we deliver a designated customer marketing platform helping B2B organizations create an ongoing and personalized lifecycle engagement with their customer base at scale. By analyzing each customer/user's individual journey in all touchpoints and leveraging insights for engagement...

Building one of the world's biggest YouTube channels

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...

Indent enables team members to perform mission-critical operations faster and more securely.

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

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...

AllTrails is the most trusted and used outdoors platform in the world. We help people explore the outdoors with hand-curated trail maps along with photos, reviews, and user recordings crowdsourced from our community of millions of registered hikers, mountain bikers and trail runners in 150 countries. AllTrails is frequently ranked as a top-5 Health and Fitness app and has been...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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.