The list covers foundation models, AI infrastructure, robotics, healthcare, cybersecurity, autonomous systems, enterprise AI, and creative technologies.
Companies headquartered across the United States, China, Europe, Canada, Australia, and other regions demonstrate AI’s international growth.
Several startups have reached multi-billion-dollar valuations and attracted major technology companies, venture capital firms, and institutional investors.
The global AI startup ecosystem is expanding rapidly, with companies spanning foundation models, AI infrastructure, robotics, healthcare, cybersecurity, enterprise software, and autonomous systems. The 2026 landscape features both established private companies and startups that have recently entered public markets. The ranking also highlights the scale of investor interest, with several companies reaching multi-billion-dollar valuations.
OpenAI, xAI, Anduril, Databricks, Zhipu AI, and other major players demonstrate the growing commercial importance of artificial intelligence across industries. From generative AI and coding tools to physical AI and specialised enterprise applications, these 100 startups reflect the breadth and changing structure of the global AI economy.
| Sl No | Company Name | Company Status | AI Category | Headquarters | Establishment Year | Website | Employee Count | Latest Annual Revenue /ARR ($B) | Latest Valuation ($B) | Major Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zhipu AI | Went Public - Jan 2026 | Foundation Models & LLMs | Beijing, China | 2019 | z.ai | ~158.00 | ~0.17 | ~55.00 | Alibaba, Tencent, Meituan, IDG Capital, HongShan, China Mobile, Beijing State-owned Capital, Taikang Life Insurance |
| 2 | Crusoe | Private | AI Cloud Infrastructure | Denver, US | 2018 | crusoe.ai | ~1,720.00 | ~0.29 | ~30.90 | TPG, NVIDIA, Valor Equity Partners, Radical Ventures, Spark Capital |
| 3 | VAST Data | Private | AI Data Infrastructure | New York City, US | 2016 | vastdata.com | ~1,263.00 | ~2.00 | ~30.00 | Fidelity Management & Research, Nvidia, NEA, Drive Capital, Access Industries, Dell Technologies Capital, Goldman Sachs, Tiger Global, BOND Capital, CapitalG |
| 4 | Anduril Industries | Private | Defense AI & Autonomous Systems | Costa Mesa, US | 2017 | anduril.com | ~9,687.00 | ~2.20 | ~61.00 | Andreessen Horowitz, Valor Equity Partners, General Catalyst, 8VC, Spark Capital |
| 5 | Thinking Machines Lab | Private | Foundation Models & Multimodal AI | San Francisco, US | 2025 | thinkingmachines.ai | ~234.00 | N/D | ~40.00 | Andreessen Horowitz, NVIDIA, Accel, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Conviction |
| 6 | xAI | Private | Foundation Models & LLMs | Palo Alto, US | 2023 | x.ai | ~33.00 | ~3.20 | ~230.00 | Andreessen Horowitz, NVIDIA, Valor Equity Partners, Sequoia Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners |
| 7 | OpenAI | Private | Foundation Models & LLMs | San Francisco, US | 2015 | openai.com | ~11,000.00 | ~20.00 | ~852.00 | SoftBank, Andreessen Horowitz, D.E. Shaw Ventures, MGX, TPG, T. Rowe Price, Amazon, NVIDIA, Microsoft, Thrive Capital |
| 8 | Scale AI | Private | AI Data Infrastructure | San Francisco, US | 2016 | scale.com | ~7,288.00 | ~2.00 | ~29.00 | Meta Platforms, Accel, Founders Fund, Index Ventures, Tiger Global, Y Combinator |
| 9 | Moonshot AI | Private | Foundation Models & LLMs | Beijing, China | 2023 | moonshot.ai | ~223.00 | ~0.24 | ~35.00 | Alibaba, Tencent, Meituan (Long-Z Investments), IDG Capital, HongShan, China Mobile, Tsinghua Capital |
| 10 | Anysphere | Recently Acquired - Aug 2026 (Space X) | AI Coding & Developer Tools | San Francisco, US | 2022 | cursor.com | ~1,402.00 | ~0.50 | ~60.00 | Andreessen Horowitz, NVIDIA, Accel, Neo, Coatue |
| 11 | Reflection AI | Private | Foundation Models & AI Research | New York City, US | 2019 | reflection.ai | ~1.00 | ~0.02 | ~25.00 | NVIDIA, Sequoia Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Citi, Endeavor Catalyst |
| 12 | Cognition | Private | AI Coding & Software Agents | San Francisco, US | 2023 | cognition.com | ~593.00 | ~0.08 | ~48.00 | Andreessen Horowitz, NVIDIA, Valor Equity Partners, BoxGroup, Accel |
| 13 | MiniMax | Went Public - Jan 2026 | Foundation Models & Multimodal AI | Shanghai, China | 2021 | minimaxi.com | ~319.00 | ~0.07 | ~32.10 | Alibaba, Tencent, MiHoYo, Sequoia China, Hillhouse Capital, IDG Capital, Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) |
| 14 | Databricks | Private | Enterprise AI & Data Platforms | San Francisco, US | 2013 | databricks.com | ~17,629.00 | ~5.40 | ~175.00 | Andreessen Horowitz, NVIDIA, Temasek, Wellington Management, TPG |
| 15 | Figure AI | Private | Humanoid Robotics & Physical AI | San Jose, US | 2022 | figure.ai | ~897.00 | ~0.06 | ~39.00 | Parkway Venture Capital, Brookfield Asset Management, NVIDIA, Intel Capital, Microsoft, OpenAI Startup Fund, Jeff Bezos (Bezos Expeditions), Qualcomm Ventures, Salesforce |
| 16 | Cerebras Systems | Recently Went Public - May 2026 | AI Semiconductors & Compute Hardware | Sunnyvale, US | 2015 | cerebras.ai | ~1,031.00 | ~0.51 | ~40.00 | OpenAI, Valor Equity Partners, Sequoia Capital, Eclipse, Alpha Wave Global |
| 17 | Fireworks AI | Private | AI Inference Infrastructure | Redwood City, US | 2022 | fireworks.ai | ~403.00 | ~0.35 | ~26.00 | NVIDIA, Menlo Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Insight Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners |
| 18 | Safe Superintelligence (SSI) | Private | AGI & AI Research | Palo Alto, US | 2024 | ssi.inc | ~50.00 | ~0.00 | ~32.00 | Nvidia, Greenoaks Capital, Alphabet, Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, DST Global, SV Angel |
| 19 | Canva | Private | AI-Powered Creative Software | Sydney, Australia | 2012 | canva.com | ~19,652.00 | ~4.00 | ~34.90 | General Catalyst, HSG, Bessemer Venture Partners, Founders Fund, J.P. Morgan Asset Management |
| 20 | Project Prometheus | Private | Physical AI & Autonomous Systems | San Francisco, US | 2025 | prometheus.ai | ~192.00 | ~7.00 | ~38.00 | Jeff Bezos / Bezos Expeditions, Arch Venture Partners, BlackRock (lead Series B), JPMorgan Chase (lead), Goldman Sachs, DST Global |
| 21 | Mercor | Private | AI Data Infrastructure | San Francisco, US | 2023 | mercor.com | ~10,984.00 | ~0.50 | ~20.00 | Menlo Ventures, General Catalyst, Alumni Ventures, SV Angel, Emergence Capital |
| 22 | Poolside | Private | AI Coding & Software Agents | San Francisco, US | 2023 | poolside.ai | ~314.00 | ~0.05 | ~12.00 | NVIDIA, Bpifrance, Inovia Capital, Bain Capital Ventures, The Twenty Minute VC |
| 23 | Lovable | Private | AI Software Development | Stockholm, Sweden | 2023 | lovable.dev | ~1,088.00 | ~0.50 | ~13.30 | Menlo Ventures, CapitalG, Accel, EQT (Scaleup Europe Fund), Tencent, Balderton Capital, Salesforce Ventures, HubSpot Ventures |
| 24 | Nscale | Private | AI Cloud Infrastructure | London, UK | 2024 | nscale.com | ~984.00 | ~0.03 | ~14.60 | NVIDIA, Point72, PIMCO, Citadel, G Squared |
| 25 | Cohere | Private | Enterprise AI & LLMs | Toronto, Canada | 2019 | cohere.com | ~1,189.00 | ~0.24 | ~20.00 | NVIDIA, Alumni Ventures, Radical Ventures, Index Ventures, S32 |
| 26 | SambaNova Systems | Private | AI Semiconductors & Compute Hardware | San Jose, US | 2017 | sambanova.ai | ~405.00 | ~0.10 | ~11.00 | General Atlantic, Intel Capital, T. Rowe Price, Capital Group, SoftBank Vision Fund, BlackRock, Qatar Investment Authority |
| 27 | Skild AI | Private | Robotics & Physical AI | Pittsburgh, US | 2023 | skild.ai | ~167.00 | ~0.10 | ~14.00 | Menlo Ventures, NVIDIA, General Catalyst, Sequoia Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners |
| 28 | ElevenLabs | Private | Generative Audio & Voice AI | New York City, US | 2022 | elevenlabs.io | ~1,353.00 | ~0.33 | ~11.00 | Andreessen Horowitz, NVIDIA, Wellington Management, Sequoia Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners |
| 29 | Mistral AI | Private | Foundation Models & LLMs | Paris, France | 2023 | mistral.ai | ~1,616.00 | ~0.31 | ~24.40 | Samsung Electronics, ASML, General Catalyst, Andreessen Horowitz, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Nvidia, DST Global |
| 30 | Hugging Face | Private | AI/ML Platforms & Model Infrastructure | Brooklyn, US | 2016 | huggingface.co | ~1,115.00 | ~0.15 | ~13.00 | Nvidia, Salesforce Ventures, Google, Amazon, Intel, IBM, Qualcomm, Lux Capital, Sequoia |
| 31 | Baseten | Private | AI Inference Infrastructure | San Francisco, US | 2019 | baseten.co | ~441.00 | ~0.02 | ~13.00 | Wellington Management, NVIDIA, BoxGroup, Spark Capital, South Park Commons |
| 32 | Shield AI | Private | Defense AI & Autonomous Systems | San Diego, US | 2015 | shield.ai | ~1,918.00 | ~0.30 | ~12.70 | Advent International, JPMorganChase, Blackstone, L3Harris, Hanwha, Andreessen Horowitz |
| 33 | Cyera | Private | AI-Powered Data Security | New York City, US | 2021 | cyera.com | ~1,708.00 | ~0.15 | ~12.00 | Temasek, Accel, Sequoia Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Spark Capital |
| 34 | Helsing | Private | Defense AI & Autonomous Systems | Munich, Germany | 2021 | helsing.ai | ~893.00 | ~0.03 | ~18.00 | Accel, General Catalyst, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Dragoneer Investment Group, Greenoaks |
| 35 | Harvey | Private | Legal AI | San Francisco, US | 2022 | harvey.ai | ~1,840.00 | ~0.40 | ~15.50 | Sequoia, Kleiner Perkins, a16z, Coatue, Conviction, Elad Gil, GIC, Goldman Sachs Alternatives, Diffusion, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Sapphire Ventures, Whale Rock Capital |
| 36 | Perplexity AI | Private | AI Search & Answer Engines | San Francisco, US | 2022 | perplexity.ai | ~1,369.00 | ~0.20 | ~20.00 | IVP, Accel, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Nvidia, Jeff Bezos, NEA, Databricks, Bessemer Venture Partners |
| 37 | OpenEvidence | Private | Healthcare AI | Miami, Florida, US | 2021 | openevidence.com | ~143.00 | ~0.05 | ~20.00 | Thrive Capital, DST Global, Sequoia Capital, Google Ventures (GV), Nvidia, Kleiner Perkins, Blackstone, Coatue, Craft Ventures, Mayo Clinic |
| 38 | Applied Intuition | Private | Autonomous Systems & Physical AI | Sunnyvale, US | 2017 | appliedintuition.com | ~1,625.00 | ~0.83 | ~15.00 | Andreessen Horowitz, General Catalyst, Tribe Capital, Neo, Coatue |
| 39 | Physical Intelligence | Private | Robotics & Physical AI | San Francisco, US | 2024 | pi.website | ~351.00 | ~0.00 | ~11.00 | Founders Fund, CapitalG (Alphabet), Jeff Bezos, Thrive Capital, Lux Capital, T. Rowe Price, OpenAI Startup Fund |
| 40 | ClickHouse | Private | AI Data Infrastructure | Mountain View, US | 2021 | clickhouse.com | ~717.00 | ~0.08 | ~15.00 | Nebius, Bessemer Venture Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Insight Partners, Khosla Ventures |
| 41 | Yuanfudao | Private | AI Education Technology | Beijing, China | 2012 | yuanfudao.com | ~1,793.00 | ~0.56 | ~15.50 | Tencent, DST Global, Hillhouse Capital, Boyu Capital, IDG Capital, GIC, Temasek, Yunfeng Capital |
| 42 | Celonis | Private | AI-Powered Process Intelligence | Munich, Germany | 2011 | celonis.com | ~4,293.00 | ~0.68 | ~13.00 | Accel, Cisco Investments, TCV, Franklin Templeton, Deutsche Bank |
| 43 | Zuoyebang | Private | AI Education Technology | Beijing, China | 2015 | zuoyebang.com | ~1,454.00 | ~0.07 | ~10.00 | Alibaba Group, Tiger Global Management, SoftBank Vision Fund, Sequoia Capital China, FountainVest Partners, Qatar Investment Authority, Goldman Sachs Investment Partners |
| 44 | Tabby | Private | AI-Powered FinTech | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | 2019 | tabby.ai | ~4,680.00 | ~0.38 | ~6.50 | Wellington Management, HSG, Peak XV Partners, Endeavor Catalyst, HOF Capital |
| 45 | AlphaSense | Private | AI Market & Competitive Intelligence | New York, US | 2011 | alpha-sense.com | ~3,406.00 | ~0.50 | ~7.50 | J.P. Morgan Asset Management, Citi, BlackRock, Bond, Bank of America |
| 46 | Together AI | Private | AI Cloud Infrastructure | San Mateo, US | 2022 | together.ai | ~436.00 | ~0.62 | ~8.30 | NVIDIA, Alumni Ventures, Factory, General Catalyst, Vista Equity Partners |
| 47 | Neko Health | Private | AI Healthcare & Diagnostics | Stockholm, Sweden | 2018 | nekohealth.com | ~767.00 | ~0.02 | ~7.00 | Lightspeed Venture Partners, O.G. Venture Partners, Atomico, General Catalyst, Lakestar, Liberty City Ventures, Positive Sum, BDT & MSD Partners |
| 48 | Wayve | Private | Autonomous Driving & Physical AI | London, UK | 2017 | wayve.ai | ~1,028.00 | ~0.21 | ~8.60 | SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Eclipse, Balderton, Microsoft, Nvidia, Uber |
| 49 | Midjourney | Private | Generative Image & Creative AI | San Francisco, US | 2021 | midjourney.com | ~208.00 | ~0.50 | ~10.00 | None — fully self-funded by founder David Holz |
| 50 | Replit | Private | AI Coding & Software Development | Foster City, US | 2016 | replit.com | ~709.00 | ~0.30 | ~9.00 | Georgian Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, Coatue Management, Prysm Capital, Amex Ventures, Google AI Futures Fund |
| 51 | Clay | Private | AI Sales & GTM Automation | New York City, US | 2017 | clay.com | ~1,554.00 | ~0.10 | ~7.00 | Andreessen Horowitz, Wellington Management, BoxGroup, Sequoia Capital, Conviction |
| 52 | Clio | Private | Legal Technology & AI | Vancouver, Canada | 2008 | clio.com | ~2,750.00 | ~0.50 | ~5.00 | Bessemer Venture Partners, New Enterprise Associates, TCV, T. Rowe Price, Blackstone |
| 53 | World Labs | Private | Spatial Intelligence & World Models | San Francisco, US | 2023 | worldlabs.ai | ~105.00 | ~0.05 | ~5.00 | Andreessen Horowitz, NEA, Radical Ventures, Nvidia Ventures, Autodesk, Fidelity Investments, AMD, Sanabil Investments, Temasek |
| 54 | Lambda | Private | AI Cloud Infrastructure | San Jose, US | 2012 | lambda.ai | ~803.00 | ~0.76 | ~5.90 | TWG Global, US Innovative Technology Fund (USIT), Nvidia, B Capital, SK Telecom |
| 55 | Metropolis | Private | Computer Vision & Physical AI | New York, US | 2017 | metropolis.io | ~1,989.00 | ~0.58 | ~5.94 | Temasek, Fin Capital, Dragoneer Investment Group, Karman Ventures, UP Partners |
| 56 | Yinwang Smart Technology | Private | Autonomous Driving & Intelligent Vehicles | Shenzhen, China | 2024 | yinwang.com | N/D | N/D | ~17.00 | Avatr, Seres Group |
| 57 | Suno | Private | Generative Music & Audio AI | Cambridge, US | 2022 | suno.com | ~490.00 | ~0.20 | ~5.40 | Menlo Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Union Square Ventures, Bond, Founder Collective |
| 58 | Abridge | Private | Healthcare AI | San Francisco, US | 2018 | abridge.com | ~677.00 | ~0.10 | ~5.30 | Andreessen Horowitz, Bessemer Venture Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Spark Capital, Khosla Ventures |
| 59 | Vercel | Private | AI Developer Infrastructure | San Francisco, US | 2015 | vercel.com | ~1,013.00 | ~0.20 | ~9.30 | Accel, GIC, BlackRock, StepStone, Khosla Ventures, Schroders, Adams Street Partners, General Catalyst, GV, Salesforce Ventures, Tiger Global |
| 60 | Automation Anywhere | Private | Intelligent Automation & AI Agents | San Francisco, US | 2003 | automationanywhere.com | ~2,423.00 | ~2.70 | ~6.80 | General Atlantic, Salesforce Ventures, New Enterprise Associates, Goldman Sachs, Hercules Capital |
| 61 | Runway (Runway AI, Inc.) | Private | Generative Video & World Models | New York City, US | 2018 | runway.com | ~581.00 | ~0.30 | ~5.30 | General Atlantic, Nvidia, Fidelity, AllianceBernstein, Adobe Ventures, AMD Ventures, Mirae Asset |
| 62 | Ayar Labs | Private | AI Compute & Optical Interconnects | San Jose, US | 2015 | ayarlabs.com | ~259.00 | ~0.09 | ~5.00 | Neuberger Berman, Advent, AMD Ventures, Intel Capital, Nvidia, Sequoia |
| 63 | Legora | Private | Legal AI | Stockholm, Sweden | 2023 | legora.com | ~856.00 | ~0.10 | ~5.60 | Accel, Benchmark, Bessemer Venture Partners, General Catalyst, ICONIQ Capital, Redpoint Ventures, Y Combinator, Atlassian, NVentures (Nvidia) |
| 64 | Glean | Private | Enterprise AI Search & Assistants | San Francisco, US | 2019 | glean.com | ~1,768.00 | ~0.30 | ~7.20 | Sequoia Capital, Kleiner Perkins, Lightspeed Venture Partners, ICONIQ Capital, General Catalyst, Wellington Management, Altimeter Capital, Coatue, DST Global |
| 65 | Contentsquare | Private | AI-Powered Digital Experience Analytics | Paris, France | 2012 | contentsquare.com | ~1,675.00 | ~0.35 | ~5.60 | Bpifrance, BlackRock, Highland Europe, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., Goldman Sachs |
| 66 | SandboxAQ | Private | AI & Quantum Computing | Palo Alto, US | 2021 | sandboxaq.com | ~375.00 | ~0.13 | ~5.75 | NVIDIA, S32, T. Rowe Price, BNP Paribas, Google |
| 67 | OneTrust | Private | AI Governance & Compliance | Atlanta, Georgia, US | 2016 | onetrust.com | ~2,250.00 | ~0.55 | ~5.10 | Insight Partners, Endeavor Catalyst, Coatue, Franklin Templeton, TCV |
| 68 | Neuralink | Private | Brain-Computer Interfaces & AI | Austin, Texas, US | 2016 | neuralink.com | ~697.00 | N/D | ~9.00 | ARK Invest, Sequoia, Founders Fund, Thrive Capital, Vy Capital, G42 |
| 69 | Apptronik | Private | Humanoid Robotics & Physical AI | Austin, Texas, US | 2016 | apptronik.com | ~521.00 | ~0.03 | ~5.00 | B Capital, Google, Mercedes-Benz Group, PEAK6, AT&T Ventures, John Deere, Qatar Investment Authority |
| 70 | Nuro | Private | Autonomous Driving & Physical AI | Mountain View, US | 2016 | nuro.ai | ~1,251.00 | ~0.19 | ~6.00 | NVIDIA, Gaorong Capital, Woven Capital, Icehouse Ventures, Tiger Global Management |
| 71 | Abnormal AI | Private | AI Cybersecurity | San Francisco, US | 2018 | abnormal.ai | ~1,613.00 | ~0.20 | ~5.10 | Wellington Management, Greylock Partners, Menlo Ventures, Insight Partners, CrowdStrike |
| 72 | Dataminr | Private | AI Risk & Event Intelligence | New York City, US | 2009 | dataminr.com | ~881.00 | ~0.19 | ~4.10 | Wellington Management, BoxGroup, Valor Equity Partners, Alumni Ventures, HSBC |
| 73 | Luma AI | Private | Generative Video & 3D AI | San Francisco, US | 2021 | lumalabs.ai | ~476.00 | ~0.02 | ~4.00 | HUMAIN (Saudi PIF), Andreessen Horowitz, Amplify Partners, Matrix Partners, AMD Ventures, Amazon, General Catalyst, Nvidia Ventures |
| 74 | Hippocratic AI | Private | Healthcare AI & Clinical Agents | Palo Alto, US | 2023 | hippocraticai.com | ~354.00 | ~0.02 | ~3.50 | Avenir Growth Capital, CapitalG, General Catalyst, Andreessen Horowitz, Kleiner Perkins, Premji Invest, NVIDIA NVentures, John Doerr |
| 75 | Sierra | Private | AI Customer Service Agents | San Francisco, US | 2023 | sierra.com | ~1,066.00 | ~0.10 | ~4.50 | Sequoia Capital, Conviction, SV Angel, Thrive Capital, Tiger Global Management |
| 76 | Tenstorrent | Private | AI Semiconductors & Compute Hardware | Toronto, Canada | 2016 | tenstorrent.com | ~1,292.00 | ~0.50 | ~2.60 | Plug and Play, Eclipse, LG Electronics, Fidelity, Export Development Canada |
| 77 | Lightmatter | Private | Photonic Computing & AI Infrastructure | Mountain View, US | 2017 | lightmatter.co | ~372.00 | ~0.12 | ~4.40 | T. Rowe Price, Fidelity, Google Ventures, Lockheed Martin, HPE |
| 78 | Anaconda | Private | AI/ML Data Science Platforms | Austin, Texas, US | 2012 | anaconda.com | ~587.00 | ~0.15 | ~1.50 | Insight Partners, Mubadala Capital, General Catalyst, Snowflake |
| 79 | Invisible Technologies | Private | AI Data Infrastructure | New York City, US | 2015 | invisibletech.ai | ~4,956.00 | ~0.13 | ~2.00 | Vanara Capital, Acrew Capital, Greycroft, Deepwater Asset Mgmt |
| 80 | Synthesia | Private | Generative Video AI | London, UK | 2017 | synthesia.io | ~872.00 | ~0.10 | ~4.00 | Google Ventures (GV), Evantic, Hedosophia, NVentures (NVIDIA), Accel, Kleiner Perkins, NEA, PSP Growth, Air Street Capital, MMC Ventures |
| 81 | Skydio | Private | Autonomous Drones & Robotics | San Mateo, US | 2014 | skydio.com | ~1,077.00 | ~0.30 | ~4.40 | Andreessen Horowitz, NVIDIA, Accel, Gaingels, Playground Global |
| 82 | Fal | Private | AI Inference Infrastructure | San Francisco, US | 2021 | fal.ai | ~198.00 | ~0.10 | ~4.00 | Andreessen Horowitz, Bessemer Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital, Salesforce Ventures, Kleiner Perkins |
| 83 | Decart | Private | Generative Video & World Models | San Francisco, US | 2023 | decart.ai | ~142.00 | ~0.00 | ~3.10 | NVIDIA, Valor Equity Partners, Sequoia Capital, Radical Ventures, Quiet Capital |
| 84 | EvenUp | Private | Legal AI | San Francisco, US | 2019 | evenuplaw.com | ~852.00 | ~0.11 | ~2.00 | Bessemer Venture Partners, REV (RELX), B Capital, SignalFire, Bain Capital |
| 85 | Cohesity | Private | AI Data Security & Infrastructure | Santa Clara, US | 2013 | cohesity.com | ~7,794.00 | ~1.50 | ~4.69 | NVIDIA, Accel, Sequoia Capital, Coatue, Madrona |
| 86 | Ambience Healthcare | Private | Healthcare AI | San Francisco, US | 2020 | ambiencehealthcare.com | ~266.00 | ~0.06 | ~1.25 | Oak HC/FT, Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Kleiner Perkins, OpenAI Startup Fund, Optum Ventures, Town Hall Ventures |
| 87 | Rebellions | Private | AI Semiconductors & Compute Hardware | Seongnam, South Korea | 2020 | rebellions.ai | ~322.00 | ~0.53 | ~2.50 | Samsung Electronics, Kakao Ventures, IMM Investment, Korea Development Bank, Mirae Asset Venture Investment |
| 88 | Feedzai | Private | AI FinTech & Fraud Detection | San Mateo, California | 2011 | feedzai.com | ~904.00 | ~0.03 | ~2.00 | KKR, Sapphire Ventures, Citi Ventures, Capital One Growth Ventures, Oak HC/FT, DCVC, Explorer Investments, Lince Capital, Iberis Capital, Oxy Capital, Buenavista Equity Partners |
| 89 | Relativity Space | Private | AI Aerospace & Autonomous Systems | Long Beach, US | 2016 | relativityspace.com | ~2,002.00 | ~0.30 | ~3.90 | General Catalyst, Tribe Capital, BlackRock, Coatue, Y Combinator |
| 90 | Decagon | Private | AI Customer Service Agents | New York City, US | 2023 | decagon.ai | ~606.00 | ~0.01 | ~4.50 | Andreessen Horowitz, Accel, A*, Neo, Index Ventures |
| 91 | EliseAI | Private | Conversational AI & Automation | New York, US | 2017 | eliseai.com | ~671.00 | ~0.20 | ~2.20 | Andreessen Horowitz, Sapphire Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Navitas Capital, Point72 Private Investments |
| 92 | Speak | Private | AI Education & Language Learning | San Francisco, US | 2016 | speak.com | ~316.00 | ~0.10 | ~1.00 | Accel (lead Series C), OpenAI Startup Fund, Khosla Ventures, Y Combinator, Buckley Ventures, Kleiner Perkins |
| 93 | Miro | Private | AI Productivity & Collaboration | San Francisco, US | 2011 | miro.com | ~3,222.00 | ~0.29 | ~1.36 | Accel, Dragoneer Investment Group, Salesforce Ventures, TCV, ICONIQ Growth |
| 94 | You.com | Private | AI Search & Enterprise Agents | San Francisco, US | 2020 | you.com | ~344.00 | ~0.09 | ~1.50 | Cox Enterprises, Georgian, Norwest, Salesforce Ventures |
| 95 | o9 Solutions | Private | AI Business Planning & Decision Intelligence | Dallas, US | 2009 | o9solutions.com | ~2,921.00 | ~0.16 | ~3.70 | General Atlantic, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., Generation Investment Management, Beyond Net Zero |
| 96 | Tricentis | Private | AI Software Testing & Automation | Austin, US | 2007 | tricentis.com | ~1,654.00 | ~0.50 | ~4.50 | Insight Partners, Claret Capital Partners, GTCR, Wipro Ventures, ViewPoint Capital Partners |
| 97 | KoBold Metals | Private | AI-Powered Mineral Exploration | Berkeley, US | 2018 | koboldmetals.com | ~366.00 | ~0.09 | ~3.00 | T. Rowe Price, Andreessen Horowitz, Breakthrough Energy Ventures (Bill Gates), BOND & July Fund (Jeff Bezos), Equinor, Durable Capital Partners, Mitsubishi Corporation, StepStone Group |
| 98 | Gong | Private | AI Sales & Revenue Intelligence | San Francisco, US | 2015 | gong.io | ~2,132.00 | ~0.50 | ~4.50 | Sequoia Capital, Coatue Management, Battery Ventures, Thrive Capital, Franklin Templeton, Salesforce Ventures, Tiger Global, Norwest Venture Partners |
| 99 | Character.AI | Private | Consumer AI & Conversational AI | Menlo Park, US | 2021 | character.ai | ~324.00 | ~0.03 | ~1.00 | Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Nat Friedman, Elad Gil, SV Angel, A Capital |
| 100 | Baichuan Intelligence | Private | Foundation Models & LLMs | Beijing, China | 2023 | baichuan-ai.com | ~127.00 | ~0.02 | ~2.98 | Alibaba Group, Tencent, Xiaomi, CICC (China International Capital Corp), Shenzhen Capital Group, Shunwei Capital |
The 2026 list of the top 100 global AI startups shows how quickly artificial intelligence is moving beyond traditional software and into infrastructure, robotics, healthcare, defence, finance, education, and autonomous systems. Foundation-model companies continue to command substantial valuations, while infrastructure and application-focused startups are also attracting significant investment. The presence of companies from the United States, China, Europe, Canada, Australia, India-related markets, and other regions underscores the global nature of AI development.
The data also reveals varied business models, revenue levels, employee sizes, and funding profiles. Together, these companies illustrate the diverse commercial opportunities emerging as AI becomes increasingly integrated across the technology and business landscape.