The TrueUpDeep Tech Report
Jul 2026
TrueUp Deep Tech and Tech Moonshots 50
50 Hottest Deep Tech and Tech Moonshots Companies
1X•
ABL Space Systems•
Altos Labs•
Anthropic•
Aurora•
Axiom Math•
Boring Company•
Chai Discovery•
Cohere•
Commonwealth Fusion•
Cowboy Space•
DeepSeek•
Figure•
Fuse Energy•
Genki Robotics•
Hadrian•
Hark•
Harmonic•
Helion•
Imbue•
Impulse•
Ineffable Intelligence•
IonQ•
Krutrim•
Lila Sciences•
Liquid AI•
Merge Labs•
Mistral AI•
Neura Robotics•
Neuralink•
NewLimit•
OpenAI•
Pacific Fusion•
Periodic Labs•
PhysicsX•
PsiQuantum•
Recursive Superintelligence•
Retro Bio•
Safe Superintelligence•
Sakana AI•
Science•
Skild•
SpaceX•
Standard Intelligence•
Starcloud•
Thinking Machines Lab•
Thyme Care•
Unconventional•
Valar Atomics•
Varda
Jul 2026
Top Deep Tech and Tech Moonshots Co's by Trajectory
Factors incl. fundraising history, hiring trends, industry factors, layoff data, TrueUp member interest & more
| company | all‑tech rank | |
|---|---|---|
1. |  Safe Superintelligence | #1 |
2. |  Anthropic | #4 |
3. |  Periodic Labs | #5 |
4. |  Mistral AI | #6 |
5. |  Ineffable Intelligence | #7 |
6. |  DeepSeek | #8 |
7. |  Unconventional | #11 |
8. |  Skild | #16 |
9. |  Thinking Machines Lab | #19 |
10. |  Lila Sciences | #28 |
Jul 2026
Top Deep Tech and Tech Moonshots co's by valuation
| company | valuation | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1. |  SpaceX ($SPCX) | $2248B | |
2. | Anthropic | $965B | |
3. |  OpenAI | $852B | |
4. |  Waymo | $126B | |
5. | DeepSeek | $50B | |
6. |  Figure | $39B | |
7. | Safe Superintelligence | $32B | |
8. |  Quantinuum ($QNT) | $21B | |
9. |  IonQ ($IONQ) | $20B | |
10. |  Helion | $16B |
Jul 2026
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11,351 open Deep Tech and Tech Moonshots jobs
↑168.0% from low (4,236)
Jul 2026
Remote Index
5.9
% of Deep Tech and Tech Moonshots jobs with a remote option
Jul 2026
Bay Area Index
27.8
% of Deep Tech and Tech Moonshots jobs listed in the Bay Area
Jul 2026
Deep Tech and Tech Moonshots Co's w/ Most Open Jobs
| company | jobs | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1. | SpaceX | 1,857 | |
2. |  Blue Origin | 1,259 | |
3. | OpenAI | 714 | |
4. | Anthropic | 400 | |
5. | Waymo | 377 | |
6. |  Neura Robotics | 346 | |
7. |  Relativity Space | 336 | |
8. |  Joby Aviation | 241 | |
9. |  xAI | 210 | |
10. |  Archer | 174 | |
11. | Mistral AI | 172 | |
12. |  Impulse | 163 | |
13. |  Vast | 159 | |
14. |  Woven Planet | 151 | |
15. |  Aurora | 141 | |
16. |  Hadrian | 132 | |
17. |  Cohere | 130 | |
18. | Lila Sciences | 119 | |
19. | Figure | 110 | |
20. | Helion | 109 |
Jul 2026
Top Deep Tech and Tech Moonshots Job Categories
jobs | |||
|---|---|---|---|
1. | Engineering (Software) | 3285 | |
2. | Engineering (Hardware) | 1536 | |
3. | Business Operations & Program Management | 700 | |
4. | Artificial Intelligence | 481 | |
5. | Marketing & Growth | 310 | |
6. | Data & Analytics | 304 | |
7. | Finance | 281 | |
8. | People | 260 | |
9. | Supply Chain | 260 | |
10. | Research | 221 |
Jul 2026
Top Deep Tech and Tech Moonshots Job Locations
jobs | |||
|---|---|---|---|
1. | 🇺🇸 United States | 8892 | |
2. | 🇺🇸 San Francisco Bay Area | 2880 | |
3. | 🇺🇸 Los Angeles | 1740 | |
4. | 🇺🇸 Seattle | 1082 | |
5. | 🇺🇸 Austin | 792 | |
6. | 🇺🇸 New York City | 528 | |
7. | 🇺🇸 Boston | 365 | |
8. | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 340 | |
9. | 🇺🇸 Remote (United States) | 291 | |
10. | 🇩🇪 Germany | 272 |
Jul 2026
Deep Tech and Tech Moonshots Jobs by Company Stage
jobs | |||
|---|---|---|---|
🌱 Early-Stage Startup | 1302 | ||
🦄 Unicorn | 4295 | ||
📈 Public Tech | 3606 | ||
🐳 FAANG+ | 237 | ||
Other | 2168 |
Jul 2026
Most Common Tech/Tools
From Deep Tech and Tech Moonshots job descriptions
1. | Python | |
2. | C++ | |
3. | OpenAI | |
4. | AWS | |
5. | LLM | |
6. | SQL | |
7. | Linux | |
8. | GPT | |
9. | Anthropic | |
10. | Kubernetes |
Jul 2026
Biggest Deep Tech and Tech Moonshots Layoffs
Past 12 months
| company | ppl let go | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | xAI | 500 | Sep 2025 | |
2. |  Krutrim | 100 | Jul 2025 | |
3. | Krutrim | 50 | Sep 2025 | |
4. | xAI | 10 | May 2026 | |
5. | xAI | Feb 2026 |
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