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"Design" Startups in San Francisco

Every active San Francisco startup we index that carries the "Design" tag.

All startups in San Francisco → "Design" startups nationwide →
Last updated
2026-09-02
Hiring right now 6% 1 of 17
Open roles 31
City San Francisco

About "Design" startups in San Francisco

Our index currently lists 17 tech startups in San Francisco tagged "Design" — a city×tag slice of the live directory, not every "Design" company nationwide and not every San Francisco startup regardless of tag. 6% of this slice is hiring right now (1 of 17). Apply links on each profile go to the company's own site; we don't act as a middleman. "Design" startups in San Francisco include Webflow, a0.dev, Adam, Awesomic, and Creative Market. Categories represented here: AI / ML, Dev Tools, and Marketing. YC batches in this slice: F25, W25, S26, and S23, among others. Widen the view anytime: all San Francisco startups at /startups/location/san-francisco, or every "Design" company nationwide at /startups/tag/design.

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Webflow
Webflow
Professional website design and publishing platform.
SaaSDesignMarketing
Open Jobs 31
Team 600
Founded 2013
a0.dev
a0.dev
We make mobile apps using AI.
Artificial IntelligenceDeveloper ToolsGenerative AI
Open Jobs —
Team 3
Founded 2025
Adam
Adam
AI Powered CAD
HardwareDesignAI
Open Jobs —
Team 4
Founded 2025
Awesomic
Awesomic
Get matched with top 1% of talents in 24h
MarketplaceB2BRecruiting
Open Jobs —
Team 150
Founded 2021
Creative Market
Creative Market
Marketplace for graphic design assets
MarketplaceDesign
Open Jobs —
Team —
Founded 2012
Design Arena
Design Arena
World's largest crowdsourced benchmark for AI-generated design
Artificial IntelligenceDesignCrowdsourcing
Open Jobs —
Team 3
Founded 2025
HERA
HERA
We make sure every factory in the world builds without mistakes.
B2BDesignDesign Tools
Open Jobs —
Team 2
Founded 2026
Inspector
Inspector
AI IDE for front-end development
Artificial IntelligenceDeveloper ToolsDesign
Open Jobs —
Team 2
Founded 2025
Lightberry
Lightberry
Robots with soul
Hard TechHardwareRobotics
Open Jobs —
Team 3
Founded 2025
Marengo
Marengo
AI-Native Engineering Firm designing Data Centers
Artificial IntelligenceDesignEnergy
Open Jobs —
Team 5
Founded 2026
Midrender
Midrender
Turn product features into launch videos
DesignDesign ToolsVideo
Open Jobs —
Team 1
Founded 2023
Onlook
Onlook
Cursor for Designers
Artificial IntelligenceDeveloper ToolsDesign
Open Jobs —
Team 4
Founded 2025
Pixate
Pixate
Mobile application prototyping. Now part of Google.
Design
Open Jobs —
Team 10
Founded 2012
Repaint
Repaint
Build a website by chatting with AI
SaaSChatbotDesign
Open Jobs —
Team 2
Founded 2023
Rivet
Rivet
Visual editor to design in production code
Artificial IntelligenceDesignDesign Tools
Open Jobs —
Team —
Founded 2025
Sol
Sol
Code and browse in the same place
Artificial IntelligenceDeveloper ToolsDesign
Open Jobs —
Team 2
Founded 2025
stratify
stratify
AI agents that help you understand your customers' needs
B2BDesignConsumer Products
Open Jobs —
Team 2
Founded 2025
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Frequently asked questions

How many "Design" startups are in San Francisco?

Our index currently tracks 17 active tech startups in San Francisco tagged "Design". Counts move as scrapers discover new companies and flag shutdowns inactive.

Which "Design" startups are based in San Francisco?

Companies on this page include Webflow, a0.dev, and Adam, plus 14 more below. Each profile links to the company's site and any open roles we scrape.

How is this different from the San Francisco startups page or the "Design" tag page?

/startups/location/san-francisco lists every indexed startup in San Francisco across tags. /startups/tag/design lists every "Design" startup nationwide. This page is the intersection — only companies that resolve to both San Francisco and "Design".

Are these San Francisco "Design" startups hiring?

1 of the 17 companies on this page currently have open roles in our jobs index.

How often is this list updated?

Automated scrapers refresh on the same daily cadence as the rest of the directory. The last index update was 2026-09-02.