Sunnyvale, United States: innovation profile

Sunnyvale is number 158 in the 311 Innovation Cities Index, with an innovation score of 35. It is home to 6 R&D labs, 9 startups, 6 investors and 4 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

• Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (#744)
• Synopsys, Inc. (#980)
• Fortinet, Inc. (#1020)
• Juniper Networks, Inc. (#1266)

Startups

• Anaflash
• Applied Intuition
• BlueFlag Security
• Cambridge Terahertz
• ColigoMed
• Figure AI
• FirstHive Tech
• Illumio
• Prisma Labs

Investors

• Catalight Capital Us
• Pa Capital
• Plug and Play Tech Center
• PNP Scale
• Rocketship.vc
• SV Tech Ventures

R&D labs

Amazon, Baidu, Mercedes-Benz, NTT, Panorama Research (United States), Target.