At Best Startup California we track over 300,000 Californian startups and over 1,500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and organisations we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
We’ve ranked the top 46 Simulation companies in California, United States. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow. We have included links to their websites, socials and CrunchBase (if you’re interested in their financials).
We selected the organisations listed in this article based on:
- Track record
- Executive leadership
- Market share
- Innovation
- ESG rating
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Top Simulation Companies & Startups (California, United States)
Rescale
Rescale is a cloud simulation platform that enables research scientists and engineers to build, compute, analyze, and scale simulations.
Founder(s): Adam McKenzie, Joris Poort
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Enterprise Software, Machine Learning, Simulation, Software, Software Engineering
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Parallel Domain
Parallel Domain is a synthetic data platform designed to facilitate autonomous vehicle simulation.
Founder(s): Kevin McNamara
Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
Industries: 3D Technology, Autonomous Vehicles, Big Data, Computer Vision, Information Technology, Machine Learning, Simulation, Software
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DeepMotion
DeepMotion is building a motion intelligence platform for digital humans and virtual creatures powered by deep learning in the cloud.
Founder(s): Kevin He
Location: Redwood City, California, United States
Industries: Animation, Artificial Intelligence, Augmented Reality, Cloud Computing, Digital Entertainment, Machine Learning, Robotics, SaaS, Simulation, Video Games, Virtual Reality
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Bleximo
Bleximo is aimed at building quantum accelerators to revolutionize the way complex business problems are solved.
Founder(s): Alexei Marchenkov, Richard Maydra
Location: Berkeley, California, United States
Industries: Computer, Hardware, Quantum Computing, Simulation
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MSBAI
MSBAI (Techstars ’20) develops GURU — a cognitive AI assistant that enables untrained users to run specialized simulation software.
Founder(s): Allan Grosvenor, Martin J. Conlon
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Computing, Machine Learning, Simulation, Software
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SimX
SimX is a medical device manufacturing company that develops medical simulation software for virtual and augmented reality.
Founder(s): Karthik V. Sarma, Ryan Ribeira
Location: Mountain View, California, United States
Industries: Medical, Simulation, Software, Training, Virtual Reality
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EquitySim
Equitysim is unlocking human potential through simulation
Founder(s): Ali Basij, Justin Ling, Raymond Mieszaniec
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Recruiting, Simulation
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Metamoto
Simulation as a Service for Autonomous Systems
Founder(s): Chad Partridge, Daniel Schambach, Misha Savchenko, Paul Scott
Location: Redwood City, California, United States
Industries: Autonomous Vehicles, Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Robotics, Simulation, Software, Software Engineering
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AlphaClone
AlphaClone enables users to access alpha-generating stock ideas and investment strategies.
Founder(s): Mebane Faber
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Finance, FinTech, Internet, Simulation, Stock Exchanges
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Retalent
Retalent builds predictive hiring models to help companies and candidates find a better match
Founder(s): Danny Gilliland
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Recruiting, Simulation, Staffing Agency
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Change My Path
Change My Path enables companies to create 3D simulations for employee training.
Founder(s): David Mandel
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Information Technology, Simulation, Training
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BioflightVR
BioflightVR team of passionate doctors, content developers and programmers dedicated to advancing immersive medical platforms.
Founder(s): Jim Reeves, Randy Osborn, Rik Shorten
Location: Santa Monica, California, United States
Industries: Education, Simulation, Virtual Reality
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BehaviorMe
BehaviorMe combines Virtual Reality technologies with Behavior Analysis to provide human resource solutions.
Founder(s): Andy Chavez, Annie Escalante
Location: San Mateo, California, United States
Industries: Analytics, Human Resources, Simulation, Software, Training
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Volt Health
Volt is an electrostimulation wearable to treat diseases like incontinence.
Founder(s): Scott J. Wolf
Location: Mountain View, California, United States
Industries: Health Care, Medical, Medical Device, Simulation
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Nucleal
AI-powered “always on” brand strategist to help marketers find new positioning opportunities, build creative briefs, and test new concepts.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Enterprise Software, Machine Learning, Marketing, Simulation
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Simularge Inc.
Engineering App and Digital Twin Development Platform (SaaS) for more profitable manufacturing operations. No Big Data required.
Founder(s): Buryan Turan, Erhan Turan
Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Automotive, Business Intelligence, Industrial Automation, Industrial Manufacturing, Machine Learning, Mechanical Engineering, SaaS, Simulation, Web Apps
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Feel VR
Gaming hardware products, particularly for VR
Founder(s): Alex Gnatienko, Denys Krutko
Location: Walnut, California, United States
Industries: Gaming, Simulation, Virtual Reality
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Steady
The simulation platform for design engineers.
Founder(s): Ben Magolan, Daniel Kwak
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: CAD, Collaboration, Enterprise Software, Product Design, Productivity Tools, Simulation, Software, Web Apps
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Infinite Flight
Infinite Flight is a fully featured flight simulator, offering a comprehensive experience on mobile devices.
Founder(s): Laura Laban
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Aerospace, Android, Apps, iOS, Mobile, Simulation, Software
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Gazebo Simulator
Gazebo is a leader in robot simulation, capable of simulating populations of robots in outdoor and indoor environments.
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Location: California City, California, United States
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Sensor, Simulation
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ForgeFX Simulations
ForgeFX Training Simulations is a 3D job-training simulation development company.
Founder(s): Adam Kane, David Vaillancourt, Greg Meyers
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Simulation, Software, Training
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Virtonomics: Startup simulator
MMO business simulation game for entrepreneurs and startups training.
Founder(s): Sergey Menshikov, Sergey Morgalev
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Education, Internet, Simulation
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ReqStudio
ReqStudio is the online requirements management solution for companies to gather easily requirements and continuously drive team performance
Founder(s): Gerardo E. Saborío Molina
Location: San Diego, California, United States
Industries: Compliance, Enterprise Applications, Enterprise Software, Private Cloud, Project Management, SaaS, Simulation, Software
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Alanax
Alanax develops software and cloud services to design and control complex wireless networks.
Founder(s): Bob Glitch, Brian Barritt, Matt Sommer
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Aerospace, Geospatial, Simulation, Software
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Really-Virtual
Manufacturer of the most cost-effective and scalable virtual reality forklift simulator solution on the market. Real-Forklift.
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Location: Yorba Linda, California, United States
Industries: Continuing Education, Corporate Training, Education, Logistics, Simulation, Software, Training, Virtual Reality, Vocational Education
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Pixelactive
PixelActive develops tools and technology for interactive 3D visualization, physical simulation, geometric modeling, and video games.
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Location: Carlsbad, California, United States
Industries: Simulation, Software, Video Games
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Tharas Systems
Tharas develops and markets high performance verification systems to designers of complex integrated circuits and electronic systems.
Founder(s):
Location: Santa Clara, California, United States
Industries: Computer, Hardware, Simulation
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Corona Aerospace
Corona Aero specializes in cloud-based aerospace, defence and eXtended Reality operational and simulation solutions.
Founder(s): John Nicol
Location: Ontario, California, United States
Industries: Aerospace, Simulation
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Redwood Design
Redwood Design combines a simulator and synthesis tool based on a proprietary language.
Founder(s): Doug Fairbairn
Location: San Jose, California, United States
Industries: Electronic Design Automation (EDA), Electronics, Simulation
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Applied Simulation Technology
Applied Simulation Technology offers leading-edge signal integrity, EMI, and power integrity modeling and simulation solutions.
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Location: San Jose, California, United States
Industries: Simulation, Software
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American System Group
American System Group specializes in administrative services, IT support, modeling & simulation as well as project management.
Founder(s):
Location: San Diego, California, United States
Industries: Information Technology, Office Administration, Simulation, Software, Software Engineering, Technical Support
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CyDesign Labs
CyDesign Labs develops a cloud-based software platform for the design of complex systems.
Founder(s): Serdar Uckun
Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
Industries: Enterprise Software, Simulation, Software
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ILIVEvr
ILIVEvr designs and develops platforms of experience in virtual reality to allow users to envision what houses that they want should appear.
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Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Augmented Reality, Real Estate, Simulation, Software, Virtual Reality
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JASR Systems
JASR Systems develops remote sensing and autonomous navigation systems.
Founder(s):
Location: Solana Beach, California, United States
Industries: Information Technology, Product Research, Simulation
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konsantre
Prescriptive analytics company that makes it as easy and cost-effective as possible for companies to allocate their marketing spend.
Founder(s): Craigile Brumfield
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Analytics, Marketing, Predictive Analytics, SaaS, Simulation, Software
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Streamsim Technologies
Streamsim Technologies is an IT firm that deals with streamlined simulation, reservoir surveillance, history matching & sweep optimization.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Oil and Gas, Simulation, Software
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LOFT
LOFT is a jet pilot flight training center, career aviators and instructors firm.
Founder(s):
Location: Carlsbad, California, United States
Industries: Advice, Simulation, Training
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Artistic Engineering
Artistic Engineering specializes in 3D visualization covering photo simulations, 3D renderings, project animation, and illustrations.
Founder(s):
Location: Orange, California, United States
Industries: 3D Technology, Animation, CAD, Data Visualization, Simulation
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Real Options Valuation
Real Options Valuation provides software, training & consulting services in real options analysis, simulation & forecasting through tools.
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Location: Dublin, California, United States
Industries: Analytics, Business Development, Consulting, Simulation, Software, Training
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Dictacube, Inc.
Dictacube is a spatial temporal logic puzzle formed from 25 identical components.
Founder(s):
Location: Laguna Niguel, California, United States
Industries: Children, Simulation
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DS Interpretation
DS-Interpretation provides conference simultaneous interpretation project management for multi-lingual events.
Founder(s):
Location: South San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Simulation, Translation Service
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Atc Flight Simulator
ATC Flight Simulator Company is manufacturing FAA-approved, realistic and affordable flight simulators.
Founder(s):
Location: Sun Valley, California, United States
Industries: Aerospace, Manufacturing, Simulation
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Sustainable Productivity Solutions
Sustainable Productivity Solutions specializes in simulation modeling, simulation software and training services.
Founder(s):
Location: Watsonville, California, United States
Industries: Management Consulting, Mechanical Engineering, Simulation, Training
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METROSAGE
METROSAGE provides inspection analysis and simulation software services.
Founder(s):
Location: Volcano, California, United States
Industries: Simulation, Software
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Simunetics
A third-generation FEM-based full wave simulation suite that allows users to design virtual high-frequency electronic products
Founder(s): Jian Peng
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Internet, Semiconductor, Simulation, Software
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Dauger Research
Dauger Research provides cluster computing, scientific visualization, and simulation software.
Founder(s): Dean E. Dauger
Location: Huntington Beach, California, United States
Industries: Simulation, Software
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