San Jose, United States: innovation profile

San Jose is number 51 in the 311 Innovation Cities Index, with an innovation score of 82. It is home to 7 R&D labs, 23 startups, 6 investors and 20 of the world's largest companies in the 311 Institute directories.

Part of the 311 Innovation Cities Index (311institute.com). Last updated 7 October 2026.

Largest companies

• Cisco (#138)
• PayPal Holdings, Inc. (#243)
• Adobe Inc. (#343)
• Super Micro Computer, Inc. (#373)
• eBay (#688)
• Western Digital Corporation (#774)
• Sanmina Corporation (#883)
• NetApp, Inc. (#1005)
• Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (#1228)
• Zoom Communications, Inc. (#1310)
• Logitech International S.a. (#1320)
• Roku, Inc. (#1333)
• Lumentum Holdings Inc. (#1754)
• Zscaler (#1894)
• Legence Corp. (#1935)
• Nutanix (#1937)
• Bloom Energy Corp. (#2176)
• Bill.com Holdings, Inc. (#2564)
• Synaptics (#2867)
• Calix, Inc. (#3050)

Startups

• Barreleye US
• Boon Technologies
• BridgeTek
• Cavli
• Climatecrete
• CloudWerx
• Config Intelligence
• Forescout Parent
• G Cards
• Guickly
• Hark Labs
• Hosted AI
• Incognia Holdings
• Lalitha
• Legence Parent
• LiveKit
• Mixx Technologies
• Saturn Fintech
• SpecTrust
• Sphere Technology Holdings
• Tabular Technologies
• Vasona Technologies
• mQOL Data

Investors

• Mavinex
• Oriza Ventures
• Pacific Peak Capital Partners
• Pegasus Tech Ventures
• Restive Investment
• Xnova VC

R&D labs

Adobe, Broadcom, California Institute for Medical Research, Cisco, IBM Research - Thomas J. Watson Research Center, ITRI International, State Grid Corporation of China (China).