Startups of The Year: Meet the Emerging Tech Industry

The emerging tech industry reflects our natural drive to learn, adapt, and push boundaries. It includes both fresh takes on existing technologies and entirely new ones that have the potential to change how we live and work. While these technologies are still in their early stages of adoption, they hold significant promise for creating new solutions or improving existing processes.

A large portion of the funding in this industry typically goes toward R&D. This trend is evident across various sub-industries like quantum computing, AR/VR, Climate Tech, and space technology. Whether it’s dramatically lowering the cost of space travel, creating more immersive VR experiences and improving the hardware for experiencing them or enhancing gene editing, startups in this space are always asking: What's next? How much further can we go?

Startups of The Year 2024 & Emerging Tech

The Emerging Tech category in Startups of The Year covers various sectors including:

• AR/VR
• Quantum Computing
• Cloud Computing
• Nanotechnology
• IoT
• Biotechnology
• ClimateTech
• Renewable Energy
• Space Technology
• Energy Solutions

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Emerging Tech on HackerNoon

The Emerging Tech industry has expanded HackerNoon’s coverage into many verticals, including Tech categories like Futurism and Cloud, as well as in-demand tags such as IoT, Space Tech, Biotechnology, and Quantum Computing.

HackerNoon continues to be at the forefront of emerging tech thanks to our amazing readers and writers. By participating in our writing contests that touch on these subjects, they make sure to spread awareness about emerging tech to the rest of the internet with interesting and insightful articles. Some of the contests that focused on emerging tech include the Future of AI Contest, the Enter The Metaverse Contest, and the Zero Knowledge Proofs Contest.

Meet Our Current Top Emerging Tech Writers

1. Shirley H.: A data engineering and big data expert, Shirley has gained recognition for stories like: How We Increased Database Query Concurrency by 20 Times, and Streamlining Data Operations: How a Grocery Chain Optimizes Workloads with Apache Doris.

2. Suyambukani Lakshmanan: A rising star since July 2024, Suyambukani holds second place as the best Cloud writer. Check out her article, How to Host Your React JS App with AWS Amplify.

3. Allan Grain: Nominated for Internet Contributor of The Year in 2022, Allan shares futurist insights in articles like How ChatGPT-5 Will Change the World, and Apple Customers Return Vision Pro By The Droves.

   
   

Explore Emerging Tech on HackerNoon

1. From AI to VR: Recent Trends in Social Discovery and Dating by Alexandra Luzan

Recently, there has been a slight decline in dating app downloads. To regain the audience's interest, many apps are adding “social discovery” features.

2. The Complex Road From P to NP: The Magic of the Solution Space by Antică Vlad

P (polinomyal time) vs NP (non-polynomial time) is a question that tackles the underlying complexity roots of specific problem spaces. For example, a P problem is one for which the solution time increases in polynomial time. When it comes to NP problems, the complexity of the problem is far greater.

3. Supercavitating 'Em Steered Starship: Riding in Plasma Bubble by Ladislav Nevery

Can starship weight drag and safety be improved via invisible Argon plasma shield for both cooling and trust vectoring?

4. What The IoT Video Revolution Means For Security by Carsten Rhod Gregersen

Video is no longer a primary feature but rather a secondary attribute that permeates the Internet of Things (IoT) The security industry must adapt to a landscape where surveillance cameras are distributed across devices with various functions. In 2026, the global surveillance market is estimated to grow to $54B, more than double the size of 2019.

5. Green Computing: Why It Matters and How It’s Changing the Tech Landscape by Jon Stojan Media

Data center power demand is projected to surge by 160% by 2030, with AI expected to account for about 19% of this demand by 2028. Renewable energy sources, such as wind, solar, and hydro, are increasingly being used to power data centers. Companies are also investing in advanced cooling technologies that reduce energy consumption.

That’s all for today!

About HackerNoon’s Startups of The Year

Startups of The Year 2024 is HackerNoon’s flagship community-driven event celebrating startups, technology, and the spirit of innovation. Currently in its third iteration, the prestigious Internet award recognizes and celebrates tech startups of all shapes and sizes. This year, over 150,000 entities across 4200+ cities, 6 continents, and 100+ industries will participate in a bid to be crowned the best startup of the year! Millions of votes have been cast over the past few years, and many stories have been written about these daring and rising startups.

The winners will get a free interview on HackerNoon and an Evergreen Tech Company News page.

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