| Academy of Art University | private for-profit educational institution, art academy, university | 1929 |
| Adscape | business | 2006 |
| Airbnb | website, business, hotel booking website, enterprise, public company | 2008 |
| Airtable | spreadsheet, website, business | 2012 |
| American Zoetrope | production company, film production company | 1969 |
| Anchor Brewing Company | brewery, business | 1896 |
| Anthropic | technology company, business, benefit corporation | January 26, 2021 |
| Banana Republic | business, enterprise, clothing store chain | 1978 |
| Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation | shipbuilding company | 1905 |
| Block, Inc. | dot-com company, business, enterprise, public company | February 2009 |
| Bohemian Club | gentlemen's club, private press, club | April 1872 |
| Calico | business | September 18, 2013 |
| California Academy of Sciences | planetarium, nonprofit organization, natural history museum, public aquarium, academy of sciences, learned society | 1853 |
| California College of the Arts | private not-for-profit educational institution, art academy, university | 1907 |
| CouchSurfing | hospitality service, website, business | April 2, 2003 |
| Crunchbase | data set, website, business, online database | July 2007 |
| Crunchyroll | application software, video streaming service, Internet audio-visual programming service provider, mobile app, streaming service, Internet television | May 14, 2006 |
| Databricks | software company, business | 2013 |
| Dolby | business, enterprise, public company | 1965 |
| Falcon Entertainment | pornographic film distributor, pornography website, pornographic film studio | 1971 |
| Firebase | service on Internet, software framework, business | 2010 |
| Flagship Studios | video game developer | 2003 |
| Frogdesign | organization, business | 1969 |
| Gensler | architectural firm, business | 1965 |
| GitHub | crowdsourced project, repository hosting service, repository web interface, issue tracking system, service on Internet, code reviewing software, continuous integration software, technology company, web application, forge, social networking service, website +4 | October 19, 2007 |
| Glassdoor | review site, computing platform, business, employment website | June 2007 |
| Glu Mobile | video game publisher, video game developer, business, enterprise, public company | 2005 |
| Humble Bundle, Inc. | video game publisher, digital book and audiobook distribution platform, digital distribution platform | March 1, 2010 |
| IGN | online newspaper, online film database, business, video game news website | September 29, 1996 |
| Industrial Light & Magic | television production company, film studio, business | May 1975 |
| IShares | Product group, brand, business, public company | 2000 |
| Juul | business | July 2017 |
| Kongregate | video game publisher, website | 2006 |
| Kraken | bitcoin exchange, cryptocurrency exchange | 2011 |
| Landmark Worldwide | business, enterprise | 1991 |
| Levi Strauss & Co. | business, retail chain, enterprise, brick and mortar, public company | 1853 |
| Linden Lab | business | 1999 |
| Macromedia | business, enterprise | February 25, 1992 |
| MasterClass | e-learning, streaming media, business | 2015 |
| Minerva University | university | 2012 |
| Mondo Media | business | 1988 |
| OpenAI | enterprise | December 11, 2015 |
| OpenTable | business | 1998 |
| Padlet | business, enterprise | December 1, 2012 |
| Picsart | software company | January 1, 2011 |
| Razer Inc. | privately held company, business, public company | 1998 |
| RC4WD | business | 2001 |
| Rotten Tomatoes | online film database, review site, business | August 19, 1998 |