The TrueUpTech Hardware Report
Jul 2026
TrueUp Tech Hardware 50
50 Hottest Tech Hardware Companies
1X•
Allen Control Systems•
Also•
Amca•
Anduril•
Apex•
Apple•
Bedrock Robotics•
Castelion•
Cerebras•
CHAOS Industries•
Cowboy Space•
Dyna Robotics•
Etched•
FieldAI•
Figure•
Flock Safety•
Fractile•
Genki Robotics•
Harmattan AI•
Hygon•
Iluvatar CoreX•
K2 Space•
Lightmatter•
Linkerbot•
Merge Labs•
MetaX•
Moore Threads•
Olix•
Pacific Fusion•
Physical Intelligence•
Positron•
Rebellions•
Ricursive•
SambaNova•
Samsara•
Saronic•
Silicon Box•
Skild•
Slate Auto•
SpaceX•
Starcloud•
Substrate•
Sunday Robotics•
Tesla•
The Bot Company•
True Anomaly•
Upscale AI•
Wiwynn•
X Square Robot
Jul 2026
Top Tech Hardware Co's by Trajectory
Factors incl. fundraising history, hiring trends, industry factors, layoff data, TrueUp member interest & more
| company | all‑tech rank | |
|---|---|---|
1. |  Physical Intelligence | #9 |
2. |  Ricursive | #14 |
3. |  Skild | #16 |
4. |  Upscale AI | #33 |
5. |  Moore Threads | #39 |
6. |  Positron | #40 |
7. |  MetaX | #43 |
8. |  Saronic | #48 |
9. |  Starcloud | #54 |
10. |  Anduril | #58 |
Jul 2026
Top Tech Hardware co's by valuation
| company | valuation | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1. |  Apple ($AAPL) | $4250B | |
2. |  SpaceX ($SPCX) | $2248B | |
3. |  Tesla ($TSLA) | $1318B | |
4. |  Samsung ($005930) | $1312B | |
5. |  SK Hynix ($000660) | $1205B | |
6. |  Cisco ($CSCO) | $463B | |
7. |  Sandisk ($SNDK) | $337B | |
8. |  Kioxia ($285A) | $302B | |
9. |  Dell ($DELL) | $279B | |
10. |  Tokyo Electron ($8035) | $210B |
Jul 2026
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33,644 open Tech Hardware jobs
↑147.5% from low (13,592)
Jul 2026
Remote Index
3.7
% of Tech Hardware jobs with a remote option
Jul 2026
Bay Area Index
22.1
% of Tech Hardware jobs listed in the Bay Area
Jul 2026
Tech Hardware Co's w/ Most Open Jobs
| company | jobs | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1. | Tesla | 7,125 | |
2. | Apple | 4,843 | |
3. | Anduril | 2,165 | |
4. | SpaceX | 1,857 | |
5. |  Celestica | 1,019 | |
6. |  HP | 710 | |
7. |  Rivian | 595 | |
8. | Samsung | 535 | |
9. |  Keysight | 533 | |
10. |  Axon | 514 | |
11. |  Teradyne | 422 | |
12. |  Stone | 400 | |
13. |  Qnity | 367 | |
14. |  ASM International | 342 | |
15. |  Samsara | 326 | |
16. |  Garmin | 317 | |
17. | Sandisk | 307 | |
18. |  Agilent | 298 | |
19. |  Toast | 295 | |
20. |  Verkada | 294 |
Jul 2026
Top Tech Hardware Job Categories
jobs | |||
|---|---|---|---|
1. | Engineering (Software) | 8189 | |
2. | Engineering (Hardware) | 3988 | |
3. | Business Operations & Program Management | 2318 | |
4. | Sales | 1565 | |
5. | Artificial Intelligence | 1138 | |
6. | Marketing & Growth | 1001 | |
7. | Finance | 947 | |
8. | Data & Analytics | 810 | |
9. | Customer Success | 728 | |
10. | People | 718 |
Jul 2026
Top Tech Hardware Job Locations
jobs | |||
|---|---|---|---|
1. | 🇺🇸 United States | 22283 | |
2. | 🇺🇸 San Francisco Bay Area | 6819 | |
3. | 🇺🇸 Los Angeles | 3792 | |
4. | 🇺🇸 Austin | 2460 | |
5. | 🇩🇪 Germany | 1086 | |
6. | 🇺🇸 Seattle | 1040 | |
7. | 🇺🇸 Boston | 850 | |
8. | 🇨🇳 China | 733 | |
9. | 🇮🇳 India | 733 | |
10. | 🇨🇦 Canada | 670 |
Jul 2026
Tech Hardware Jobs by Company Stage
jobs | |||
|---|---|---|---|
🌱 Early-Stage Startup | 2160 | ||
🦄 Unicorn | 5924 | ||
📈 Public Tech | 23923 | ||
🐳 FAANG+ | 12019 | ||
Other | 1564 |
Jul 2026
Most Common Tech/Tools
From Tech Hardware job descriptions
1. | Python | |
2. | C++ | |
3. | Linux | |
4. | SQL | |
5. | AWS | |
6. | Salesforce | |
7. | MATLAB | |
8. | Jira | |
9. | Rust | |
10. | Kubernetes |
Jul 2026
Biggest Tech Hardware Layoffs
Past 12 months
| company | ppl let go | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Dell | 11000 | Mar 2026 | |
2. | HP | 6000 | Nov 2025 | |
3. |  Block | 4000 | Feb 2026 | |
3. | Cisco | 4000 | May 2026 | |
5. |  Lucid Motors | 1500 | Jun 2026 | |
6. | Block | 1100 | Feb 2026 | |
7. | Lucid Motors | 800 | Feb 2026 | |
8. | Rivian | 600 | Oct 2025 | |
9. | Stone | 370 | Mar 2026 | |
10. | Rivian | 300 | Jun 2026 |
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