Top California Digital Media Startups (421)

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...

Philo is a streaming television service that's reimagining the TV experience for the modern viewer. Founded by a group of technology and product enthusiasts, we set out to build the future of television by combining the best of modern technology with the most compelling medium ever invented—delivering the TV experience we've always wanted for ourselves. At our core, Philo provides an...

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...

Golden Pet Brands is leading America’s pet health revolution by making longevity-focused nutrition simple for pet parents, and rewarding for pets, through product excellence, education, and storytelling.

Optimal is a performance marketing agency on a mission, to bring together the best data, technology, and people to achieve our clients’ marketing goals. Brand, campaign, or cause: we maximize performance at every moment. We are not only digital media strategists – we’re award-winning industry leaders, with deep knowledge spanning all things digital: from advertising and paid media to marketing and...

As the trusted choice for digital agencies, SaaS platforms, and web professionals, Duda powers over 1 million websites worldwide. Our platform offers a comprehensive suite of tools that enable users to efficiently create pixel-perfect, feature-rich websites at scale.

Cie is a venture studio that serves as an innovation lab and accelerator for bold entrepreneurs who want to transform disruptive ideas into thriving ventures. Cie blends Silicon Valley DNA with the business maturity of serial entrepreneurs, seasoned venture capitalists, and Fortune 500 executives. Combined with the team’s strategic and operational expertise in technology, product development, brand building, and customer acquisition,...

VSCO is on a mission to champion photographers so they can make it. We place human creativity at the heart of new technology. Our editing and business tools honor and elevate the timelessness of the creative process while enabling our members to find community and success in exciting and innovative ways. VSCO maintains a rich and authentic creative environment that serves...

Proto is the leader for inclusive multilingual contact centre automation. Governments and businesses use Proto's AI Customer Experience (AICX) platform to ensure local language service, long-term operational efficiency, and citizen protection. Proto deployments are powered by its HermesAI™ engine for local and mixed languages.

Genies is the world’s largest avatar technology company, bringing the power of NFTs and crypto to culture through its mission to own the “virtual being identity layer.” The company has set the foundation for swift, widespread adaptation of avatars as virtual beings in society through its consumer-first future vision coined “Decentralized Disney of the metaverse.” Genies provides consumers and celebrities with...

Bamboo is a team of paid social, paid search, and creative experts who are all focused on helping clients efficiently acquire, monetize, and retain their customers for the long term. We have teams in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle, and our team has successfully managed over $650MM in advertising spend for clients like Headspace and the NY times.

Since 1985, Surfline\Wavetrak, Inc. has connected people with the ocean. Starting with surfers and since expanding to offshore cruisers, anglers and a myriad of other ocean-goers, we're constantly seeking out ways to deliver the peak ocean experience to our global audience. Our brands serve a wide swath of ocean-goers. Surfline is the leading surf report, forecast and media product, used by...

Z1 Tech is a technology-first company that aims to revolutionize digital content consumption experiences. Our quest started in 2015 to provide future-proof solutions to businesses and empower them in a technologically-dominated environment. Through collaborative efforts of more than 200 innovators spread over 4 countries, we have successfully created revolutionary brands like VDO.AI and Plunic. Our products and services stream over...

A.N. Publishing is a beacon of intellectualism with well-researched topics and in-depth features in an otherwise vacuous environment of sensationalized headlines and specious information. Committed to delivering thoughtful and engaging content for the sophisticated contemporary reader, A.N. Publishing’s brands reflect a diverse array of voices. A.N. Publishing’s lifestyle brands target young professionals through generationally focused content. Man of the Hour...

Weeklys is a regional media company based at 380 S 1st St., San Jose, California, United States.

OpusClip is the #1 AI video clipping and editing tool that turns a long video into social-ready shorts with one click. Trusted by over 12 million creators and businesses, we envision a world where everyone can authentically share their story through video, with no expertise needed.

Mob Inspire, inc is one of the fastest growing digital transformation, mobile platform development, growth marketing technology company. The company leverages unique processes to build and control world class mobile platforms. Through cutting-edge development processes we get bunch of data intelligence and predictive traffic technologies, Mob Inspire helps leading Enterprises, Brands, governments and news startups make it easier to solve...

DSTLRY is a next-generation comics publisher and physical-digital collectibles company that redefines creator-owned comic books for consumers worldwide. Created by comiXology veterans David Steinberger and Chip Mosher, DSTLRY gives customers premium stories by top creators in premium physical and digital formats, including resellable digital editions with no crypto or NFT-hassle.

Emmy-nominated studio embodying the pioneering ingenuity, daring creativity, & freewheeling spirit of the first aviators

We’re building AI agents that can reliably do everyday digital tasks for you on the web, towards an AI chief-of-staff for everyone. Be it simple tasks like ordering groceries or tracking campground reservations, to more complex scenarios like planning and co-ordinating a group trip. We’re reimagining how people interact with the web -- building the entire stack to be agent-first,...