Top 20 Computer Vision startups in USA

Oct 15, 2025 | By Siddhant Patel

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Funding: $50M
RealSense develops and manufactures 3D computer vision cameras and systems that specialize in AI-powered perception technology.
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Funding: $1.9B
Metropolis is an AI and computer vision start-up built to modernize parking and empower the future of mobility.
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Funding: $1.3B
Shield AI works with the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, and other federal, state, and local departments and agencies to deliver next generation intelligence, reconnaissance, and surveillance systems. Shield AI’s first product, Nova, is a Hivemind-powered drone that searches buildings while simultaneously streaming video and generating maps.
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Funding: $444.3M
Verkada is an IoT platform that combines plug-and-play security cameras with intelligent, cloud-based software.
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Funding: $364.1M
AEye develops adaptive, high performance lidar systems for automotive, trucking, smart infrastructure and logistics applications.
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Funding: $239.4M
Standard Cognition is an artificial intelligence platform that allows buyers to grab what they want without having to go to a cashier.
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Funding: $176.1M
Developer of a visual perception platform designed for autonomous driving.
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Funding: $173.9M
Nauto is an intelligent camera that protects commercial fleets and keeps drivers safe by preventing collisions before they occur.
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Funding: $148.9M
Slingshot Aerospace applies advanced analytics, machine learning, computer vision, and collaborative tools to data from earth and space, providing customers with clarity in complex situations.
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Funding: $143.9M
Carbon Robotics makes advanced robotics dramatically more accessible to help solve some of society's most intractable problems. Carbon Robotics’ revolutionary, high-precision CV approach improves crop yield
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Funding: $130.2M
Orbital Insight’s mission is to source, process, and analyze images generated by satellites and make it actionable for businesses, governments, and NGOs. By applying machine learning and computer vision technologies, we build software that interprets data at petabyte scale to drive better business and policy decisions.
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Funding: $100M
Clarifai is an artificial intelligence company that excels in visual recognition, solving real-world problems for businesses.
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Funding: $97.6M
Bossa Nova produces robots for retail stores. They scan shelves to help employees with restocking, keep track of where items are located, so you can find your favorite items at any time.
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Funding: $96.4M
Plus One Robotics builds robot perception software and solutions.
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Funding: $90.3M
RealityEngines.AI is an AI research company that is focused on hard problems that enterprises have. Today, most North American organizations haven’t managed to deploy AI in production yet. The key reasons behind this include incomplete and noisy datasets, the exorbitant cost of finding, hiring and retaining esoteric talent required to put an AI/ML system in production, and the black box nature of neural-net based AI/ML models that sometimes result in predictions that can’t be explained easily and may introduce bias.
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Funding: $86.5M
Movidius is a fabless semiconductor company and the leader in mobile vision processor technology for connected devices.
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Funding: $85.1M
Proprio uses machine learning, computer vision, and augmented reality user interfaces to improve the accuracy and efficiency of surgery.
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Funding: $82.6M
VergeSense uses machine vision to help businesses better understand how their office spaces are being utilized
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Funding: $80.3M
Instrumental uses vision-powered AI to detect manufacturing anomalies
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Funding: $68.8M
AiCure's intelligent medical assistant, IMA, visually controls that medication is taken.
Editor: Siddhant Patel
Siddhant Patel is a senior editor for AI-Startups. He is based out of India and has previously worked at publications including Huffington Post and The Next Web. Siddhant has a special interest in artificial intelligence and has spent a decade covering the rapidly-evolving business and technology of the industry. Siddhant graduated from the Indian Institute of Science (Bengaluru). When he’s not writing, Siddhant is also a developer and has a deep historical knowledge of the computer industry for the past 50 years. You can contact Siddhant at sidpatel(at)ai-startups(dot)pro