The OpenAI Mafia — Dealroom

65 OpenAI alumni startups. $1.3T combined value across 9 countries. Alumni-founded startups ranked by Dealroom enterprise value.

• 65 companies
• 11 unicorns ($1B+)
• $1.3T combined enterprise value
• 9 countries
• Founded 2016-2026

Companies

1. Anthropic

   Founder: Jack Clark · Valuation: $965B · Founded 2021 · Sector: Enterprise Software · HQ: San Francisco, United States

2. xAI

   Founder: Igor Babuschkin · Valuation: $250B · Founded 2023 · Sector: Enterprise Software · HQ: Palo Alto, United States

3. Safe Superintelligence

   Founder: Daniel Levy · Valuation: $32B · Founded 2024 · Sector: Enterprise Software · HQ: Palo Alto, United States

4. Perplexity

   Founder: Aravind Srinivas · Valuation: $20B · Founded 2022 · Sector: Enterprise Software · HQ: San Francisco, United States

5. Thinking Machines Lab

   Founder: Andrew Tulloch · Valuation: $12B · Founded 2024 · Sector: Enterprise Software · HQ: San Francisco, United States

6. Recursive Superintelligence

   Founder: Jeff Clune · Valuation: $4.7B · Founded 2026 · Sector: Enterprise Software · HQ: London, United Kingdom

7. Chai Discovery

   Founder: Joshua Meier · Valuation: $3.8B · Founded 2024 · Sector: Health · HQ: San Francisco, United States

8. Cresta

   Founder: Tim Shi · Valuation: $1.6B · Founded 2017 · Sector: Enterprise Software · HQ: Palo Alto, United States

9. Pilot

   Founder: Jeff Arnold · Valuation: $1.2B · Founded 2016 · Sector: Enterprise Software · HQ: San Francisco, United States

10. Periodic Labs

    Founder: William Liam Fedus · Valuation: $1B · Founded 2025 · Sector: Enterprise Software · HQ: San Francisco, United States

11. Adept

    Founder: David Luan · Valuation: $1B · Founded 2021 · Sector: Enterprise Software · HQ: San Francisco, United States

12. Covariant

    Founder: Peter Xi Chen · Valuation: $400M · Founded 2017 · Sector: Chips & Infra · HQ: Emeryville, United States

13. Dust

    Founder: Stanislas Polu · Valuation: $160M · Founded 2023 · Sector: Enterprise Software · HQ: Paris, France

14. Gantry

    Founder: Vicki Cheung · Valuation: $96M · Founded 2020 · Sector: Enterprise Software · HQ: San Francisco, United States

15. Daedalus

    Founder: Jonas Schneider · Valuation: $84M · Founded 2019 · Sector: Chips & Infra · HQ: Karlsruhe, Germany

16. Conception

    Founder: Matt Krisiloff · Valuation: $80M · Founded 2018 · Sector: Health · HQ: Berkeley, United States

17. Blackstar

    Founder: Daniel Edrisian · Valuation: $48M · Founded 2026 · Sector: Chips & Infra · HQ: San Francisco, United States

18. Cartwheel

    Founder: Andrew Carr · Valuation: $40M · Founded 2023 · Sector: Media · HQ: New York City, United States

19. Atero AI

    Founder: Ben Chess · Valuation: $40M · Founded 2024 · Sector: Enterprise Software · HQ: Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel

Data by Dealroom.co