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 18 Q&A 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 Q&A Companies & Startups (California, United States)
Quora
Quora is a Q&A platform with a mission to share and grow the world’s knowledge.
Founder(s): Adam D’Angelo, Charlie Cheever
Location: Mountain View, California, United States
Industries: Information Services, Internet, Product Design, Q&A, Social Media
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Got It AI
Democratizing Conversational AI: TrueNLP™ based Self Discovering, Self Training & Self Maintaining AI in the cloud
Founder(s): Hung Tran, James Cremer, Peter Relan
Location: Burlingame, California, United States
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Knowledge Management, Machine Learning, Mobile, Q&A, SaaS
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Pulse
Pulse is a social research platform and interactive community reimagining innovation decision-making for the fast-changing business world.
Founder(s): Anand Thaker, Mayank Mehta
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Crowdsourcing, IT Management, Market Research, Q&A
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Beezy
Enterprise Collaboration for Office365 and SharePoint. On Enterprise Terms.
Founder(s): Jordi Plana, Ritse Klink
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Blogging Platforms, Cloud Computing, Collaboration, Enterprise Software, Gamification, Knowledge Management, Q&A, SaaS, Software
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justanswer.com
JustAnswer.com, the largest Q&A website that connects people to real, qualified experts.
Founder(s): Andy Kurtzig
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Advice, Customer Service, Q&A
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Rewarder
Rewarder is a marketplace for knowledge and expertise. It’s the best way to get fast, trusted solutions to solve your needs.
Founder(s): Graham Rasmussen, Kendall Fargo
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: E-Commerce, Marketplace, Q&A
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Wiselike
The Q&A Platform For Professionals
Founder(s): Darius Salehipour, David Oliveros, Kyu Lee
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Career Planning, Content, Education, Professional Networking, Q&A, Universities
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Quryon, Inc.
Quryon provides a real-time search and analysis service for consumer queries that result in meaningful answers.
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Location: Los Altos, California, United States
Industries: Analytics, Predictive Analytics, Q&A, Real Time
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Whale
Whale is an online question and answer (Q&A) community that connects users with influencers, experts, and celebrities.
Founder(s): James Zhang, Justin Kan, Ranidu Lankage, Vicc Alexander
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Communities, Mobile Apps, Q&A, Video
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List Bloc
List Bloc is a Q&A platform that is connecting the world to find answers!
Founder(s): Akin Coker
Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
Industries: Information Services, Internet, Product Design, Q&A, Social Media
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CloudBase3
CloudBase3 offers an advisory network that enables individuals to get their questions answered by subject experts.
Founder(s): Andre Bertrand, Patrick Houston
Location: San Mateo, California, United States
Industries: Cloud Computing, Consulting, Information Technology, Internet, Location Based Services, Q&A
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Sponge
Sponge is a question and answer platform for brands, media outlets, and topical sites.
Founder(s): Krutal Desai
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Communities, Q&A, Social
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What If? HQ
What If? HQ is an Question and Answer Platform
Founder(s): Steven Joe
Location: San Jose, California, United States
Industries: Digital Media, Internet, Media and Entertainment, Online Forums, Q&A
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Qoop
Marketplace for opinions
Founder(s): Youmee Cha, Young-hu Kim
Location: Torrance, California, United States
Industries: Apps, Marketplace, Mobile, Mobile Apps, Q&A, Social Media, Software
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Blyve
Blyve is a Live Q&A Platform. We started our business in 2007 with the mission of changing how the world markets to their customers.
Founder(s):
Location: Livermore, California, United States
Industries: Lead Generation, Q&A, Social Media Marketing
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The Project for Women
TPFW (The Project For Women) is a creative forum bringing together women as a community to teach, share, inspire and grow.
Founder(s): Lauri Levenfeld
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Communities, Q&A, Women’s
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LocalHero Inc.
LocalHero – Connecting Heroes Everywhere LocalHero is a location-based mobile application that helps you find the heroes in your friends
Founder(s): Ana Baltodano, Sebastien Fernandes
Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
Industries: iOS, Local, Location Based Services, Mobile Apps, Q&A, Search Engine
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PICKISTA
Visual Polls to solve shopping dilemmas
Founder(s): Christian Orta
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: E-Commerce, Information Services, Q&A
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