United States Startups Directory
All 69 tracked United States startups ranked by GitHub engineering acceleration (Q3 2026), sorted by commit-velocity change. Every company links to its full signal profile.
This directory lists every startup VC Deal Flow Signal tracks in Q3 2026, ranked by GitHub engineering acceleration. It contains 69 companies spread across 3 pages; this is page 1. Each card links to a company's full signal profile with its complete commit history, contributor data, and sector ranking.
StanfordSpezi
Deploy frequency spikeFree and open-source ecosystem of modules enabling digital health systems
- Stage
- Pre-seed
- Geography
- US
- Commits (14d)
- 5
- Velocity change
- +999%
- Contributors
- 5
- New repos (30d)
- 0
tuva-health
Infrastructure buildoutThe community building the future of healthcare analytics
- Stage
- Series A/B
- Geography
- US
- Commits (14d)
- 3
- Velocity change
- +999%
- Contributors
- 48
- New repos (30d)
- 3
swellstores
Engineering hiring burstSell creatively
- Stage
- Series A/B
- Geography
- US
- Commits (14d)
- 2
- Velocity change
- +999%
- Contributors
- 29
- New repos (30d)
- 2
hyperledger-labs
Deploy frequency spikeHyperledger Labs provides a space where work can easily be started without the creation of an official Hyperledger proje
- Stage
- Seed
- Geography
- US
- Commits (14d)
- 2
- Velocity change
- +999%
- Contributors
- 15
- New repos (30d)
- 0
Open-Cap-Stack
Deploy frequency spikeHeadless Fund Management & Predictive Analytics
- Stage
- Seed
- Geography
- US
- Commits (14d)
- 4
- Velocity change
- +999%
- Contributors
- 10
- New repos (30d)
- 0
ever-co
Deploy frequency spikeThe Everything Platform for Businesses™
- Stage
- Series A/B
- Geography
- US
- Commits (14d)
- 5
- Velocity change
- +999%
- Contributors
- 34
- New repos (30d)
- 0
laudspeaker
Deploy frequency spikeOpen Source User Onboarding Tools and Cross-Channel Messaging.
- Stage
- Seed
- Geography
- US
- Commits (14d)
- 1
- Velocity change
- +999%
- Contributors
- 13
- New repos (30d)
- 0
exyte
Deploy frequency spikeexyte is ahr tech seed startup based in US, shipping product updates at an accelerated pace.
- Stage
- Seed
- Geography
- US
- Commits (14d)
- 3
- Velocity change
- +999%
- Contributors
- 15
- New repos (30d)
- 0
mit-spatial-action
Engineering hiring burstMIT DUSP's Spatial Analysis & Action Research Group aligns spatial data science and mapping with social movements.
- Stage
- Pre-seed
- Geography
- US
- Commits (14d)
- 5
- Velocity change
- +999%
- Contributors
- 3
- New repos (30d)
- 0
sapic
Deploy frequency spikeWe started as a simple website to crop backgrounds to showcases for Steam profiles, and we now do many projects that per
- Stage
- Seed
- Geography
- US
- Commits (14d)
- 5
- Velocity change
- +999%
- Contributors
- 8
- New repos (30d)
- 0
stereolabs
Deploy frequency spikeStereolabs is the leading provider of vision-based AI perception for autonomy and 3D sensing.
- Stage
- Pre-seed
- Geography
- US
- Commits (14d)
- 1
- Velocity change
- +999%
- Contributors
- 3
- New repos (30d)
- 0
OpenCircuits
Engineering hiring burstOnline, free circuit designer
- Stage
- Growth
- Geography
- US
- Commits (14d)
- 34
- Velocity change
- +386%
- Contributors
- 71
- New repos (30d)
- 0
XCO-Agency
Deploy frequency spikeXCO Agency
- Stage
- Pre-seed
- Geography
- US
- Commits (14d)
- 30
- Velocity change
- +200%
- Contributors
- 6
- New repos (30d)
- 0
bevyengine
Deploy frequency spikeA modular game engine built in Rust, with a focus on developer productivity and performance
- Stage
- Growth
- Geography
- US
- Commits (14d)
- 147
- Velocity change
- +167%
- Contributors
- 100
- New repos (30d)
- 0
chickensoft-games
Framework migrationOpen source tools for C# and Godot.
- Stage
- Pre-seed
- Geography
- US
- Commits (14d)
- 2
- Velocity change
- +100%
- Contributors
- 4
- New repos (30d)
- 0
DiligentGraphics
Framework migration- Stage
- Seed
- Geography
- US
- Commits (14d)
- 84
- Velocity change
- +95%
- Contributors
- 8
- New repos (30d)
- 0
elodin-sys
Framework migration- Stage
- Series A/B
- Geography
- US
- Commits (14d)
- 16
- Velocity change
- +33%
- Contributors
- 20
- New repos (30d)
- 2
endless-sky
Framework migrationSpace exploration, trading, and combat game.
- Stage
- Growth
- Geography
- US
- Commits (14d)
- 25
- Velocity change
- +32%
- Contributors
- 54
- New repos (30d)
- 0
ClickHouse
Engineering hiring burstThe leading database for AI
- Stage
- Growth
- Geography
- US
- Commits (14d)
- 27
- Velocity change
- +17%
- Contributors
- 100
- New repos (30d)
- 2
OpenSCvx
Framework migrationOpen SCvx is arobotics pre-seed startup based in US, modernizing their technology stack for scale.
- Stage
- Pre-seed
- Geography
- US
- Commits (14d)
- 7
- Velocity change
- +17%
- Contributors
- 6
- New repos (30d)
- 0
OpenByteInc
Framework migrationEmpowering everyone to understand and shape the financial future.
- Stage
- Seed
- Geography
- US
- Commits (14d)
- 26
- Velocity change
- +13%
- Contributors
- 18
- New repos (30d)
- 1
airbytehq
Engineering hiring burstOpen source data replication platform and context layer for AI agents.
- Stage
- Growth
- Geography
- US
- Commits (14d)
- 1,031
- Velocity change
- +9%
- Contributors
- 100
- New repos (30d)
- 0
ros-navigation
Framework migrationROS Navigation Stack
- Stage
- Growth
- Geography
- US
- Commits (14d)
- 10
- Velocity change
- +0%
- Contributors
- 100
- New repos (30d)
- 0
opengeos
Engineering hiring burstA collection of open-source software packages for the geospatial community
- Stage
- Seed
- Geography
- US
- Commits (14d)
- 176
- Velocity change
- -4%
- Contributors
- 12
- New repos (30d)
- 0
How to read these rankings
We rank each company on public GitHub activity, never on press releases or fundraise announcements. The primary signal is commit velocity change: the percentage change in total commits to a company's most active public repository over a rolling 14-day window, measured against its own trailing baseline. Sustained acceleration has historically preceded fundraise announcements by three to six weeks.
We surface three supporting primitives alongside velocity. Contributor influx counts new committers in the trailing four weeks; a hiring burst often follows a fresh round. Repository creation pulse counts new public repositories shipped in the trailing eight weeks, a leading indicator of platform expansion. Language bias drift flags when a new primary language appears in production code, which often marks a pivot or scale-up.
Use this directory to source and to validate. For sourcing, scan the top of each page for the fastest-accelerating teams, then open their profiles to read the full signal. For validation, look up a company you already know and compare its trajectory against the broader sector distribution. No single metric is a buy signal; always cross-reference with Crunchbase, hiring activity, and community mentions before acting.
Signal types
- Engineering hiring burst marks rapid team expansion, often following a funding round.
- Infrastructure buildout marks new repository creation, indicating platform investment and product expansion.
- Deploy frequency spike marks an accelerated shipping cadence, often seen before a public launch.
- Framework migration marks a technology stack transition, which often precedes a pivot or platform upgrade.
Data source and methodology
Every number links back to public GitHub activity and refreshes weekly. The full methodology, including the six-signal panel and its empirical tie to fundraise probability, is published on the methodology page. The underlying SSRN preprint is 6606558, and a CC BY 4.0 machine-readable dataset is available on the dataset page. We track only self-published public GitHub organizations, never private repositories or inferred profiles.
About this signal
VC Deal Flow Signal is a free public dataset that treats GitHub engineering acceleration as a leading indicator of startup momentum. It exists for Corp Dev teams, PE operating partners, and emerging managers who want to see momentum before a round is announced rather than after. Every company in this directory has a self-published public GitHub organization, and every ranking number links back to the public repository behind it. The dataset is updated weekly and is independent of any incumbent venture platform.