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"Generative AI" Startups in San Francisco

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

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Last updated

2026-09-02

Hiring right now 1% 2 of 137

Open roles 26

City San Francisco

Our index currently lists 137 tech startups in San Francisco tagged "Generative AI" — a city×tag slice of the live directory, not every "Generative AI" company nationwide and not every San Francisco startup regardless of tag. 1% of this slice is hiring right now (2 of 137). Apply links on each profile go to the company's own site; we don't act as a middleman. "Generative AI" startups in San Francisco include a0.dev, Activeloop, Affogato AI, Akon Labs, and Allowance. Categories represented here: AI / ML, Healthcare, and Fintech. YC batches in this slice: W23, S24, Sp26, and S23, among others. Widen the view anytime: all San Francisco startups at /startups/location/san-francisco, or every "Generative AI" company nationwide at /startups/tag/generative-ai.

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Artificial IntelligenceDeveloper ToolsGenerative AI

Database for AI

Computational StorageDeep LearningGenerative AI

Affogato AI — Your Agent for instant TikToks, Reels, and ads.

Artificial IntelligenceGenerative AIAI

The Github For Coding Agents

Artificial IntelligenceGenerative AISaaS

The spend control layer for AI agents

FintechGenerative AIPayments

The AI that knows you

Artificial IntelligenceGenerative AIAI Assistant

Discover new opportunities (jobs, deals, investors)

Generative AIFinanceEnterprise

AI Native Shopify

Generative AIB2BE-commerce

Anto Biosciences

A Foundation Model for Microbial Communities.

Artificial IntelligenceGenerative AIBiotech

Aquarium Learning

We help ML teams improve their models by improving their datasets

Deep LearningDeveloper ToolsGenerative AI

Lab working on long-horizon autonomous research and coding agents

Deep LearningGenerative AIMachine Learning

AI workers for the logistics industry.

Artificial IntelligenceGenerative AIB2B

Open Source React.js Library for AI Chat

Developer ToolsGenerative AIChat

AI Agents for Analog Circuit Design

Generative AIReinforcement LearningB2B

AI-Native Restaurant POS

FintechGenerative AIRestaurant Tech

Scale customer success and onboarding with AI

Artificial IntelligenceGenerative AICustomer Success

Agentic harness for financial markets

FintechGenerative AIConsumer

Restaurant Loyalty Using Quiz

Generative AIMachine LearningHuman Resources

Generative AI Photographer for E-Commerce

Artificial IntelligenceGenerative AIE-commerce

Using generative AI to 10x outbound sales, all on autopilot!

Generative AISalesSales Enablement

The AI Labor Company

Artificial IntelligenceGenerative AISaaS

The Open Source Agentic Browser

Generative AIConsumerB2B

Enterprise-grade AI support reps for call centers

Generative AISaaSB2B

Building the world’s first AI mechanical engineer.

Generative AIHardwareProductivity

Building infrastructure tools to help large companies customize their…

Artificial IntelligenceDeveloper ToolsGenerative AI

Find the best leads with custom intent signals

Artificial IntelligenceGenerative AISaaS

The LLM Eval and Observability Platform for AI Quality

Developer ToolsGenerative AIOpen Source

Open source tools & services for reliable AI Agents & AI Applications

AIOpsArtificial IntelligenceDeveloper Tools

The only truly AI-native project management tool

Artificial IntelligenceGenerative AIB2B

AI Employees for the Enterprise

Generative AIEnterprise SoftwareAI

Deep Interactions

Collaborative AI app builder for teams

Artificial IntelligenceDeveloper ToolsGenerative AI

Generative AI for administrative automation in healthcare

Generative AIMachine LearningHealth Tech

Generative AI for protein design

AI-powered Drug DiscoveryDeep LearningGenerative AI

The boring stuff, handled. Everything else, supercharged.

Artificial IntelligenceGenerative AISaaS

Tech and platforms for human creators and the entertainment industry

Artificial IntelligenceGenerative AIConsumer

Build AI Support Agents in Minutes

Artificial IntelligenceGenerative AICustomer Support

AI app builder that turns your ideas into monetizable software.

Generative AIConsumerNo-code

Real-time speech translation

Generative AIAPITelecommunications

Hire the best AI Sales employees | AI SDR | AI RevOps | AI EA

Generative AIProductivitySales

Build games at the speed of thought

Generative AIConsumerEntertainment

Institutional Learning Layer for Every Agent in Your Company

Generative AIB2BAI

GenAI Interactive story. Creator write fictions 10x faster.

Generative AIConsumerEntertainment

All-in-one app for internal communication and HR

Artificial IntelligenceGenerative AISaaS

Humanloop is the LLM evals platform for enterprises.

Generative AIMachine LearningSaaS

AI-native actuary enabling self-insurance for corporations

Generative AIInsuranceCustomization

AI-native Operating System for Enterprise Ecommerce Companies

Generative AIMachine LearningE-commerce

24/7 Personal Health & Longevity Companion

Artificial IntelligenceGenerative AIHealth Tech

Your junior AI product manager

Artificial IntelligenceGenerative AIB2B

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Frequently asked questions

How many "Generative AI" startups are in San Francisco?

Our index currently tracks 137 active tech startups in San Francisco tagged "Generative AI". Counts move as scrapers discover new companies and flag shutdowns inactive.

Which "Generative AI" startups are based in San Francisco?

Companies on this page include a0.dev, Activeloop, and Affogato AI, plus 134 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 "Generative AI" tag page?

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

Are these San Francisco "Generative AI" startups hiring?

2 of the 137 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.