Startup list · United States
AI startups in United States
Below are the top US AI startups, ranked by total funding. Together the 50 companies on this list have raised a combined $638B, and include 47 unicorns. The strongest hubs are San Francisco, New York City, Palo Alto.
$638Bcombined funding · 50 companies
San Franciscotop hub
50companies shown
47unicorns
AI-tagged companies founded since 1990 and headquartered in the United States. Total funding in USD; includes acquired, publicly listed and inactive companies.
Ranked by total funding · Updated 2026-10-13 · Source: Dealroom
| # | Company | Founded | HQ | Funding |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 O
OpenAIUnicorn
Maker of ChatGPT. AI research and deployment focused on AGI and generative models
|
2015 | San Francisco, United States | $222B |
| 2 |
 A
AnthropicUnicorn
AI safety and research company that’s working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems
|
2021 | San Francisco, United States | $166B |
| 3 |
 X
xAIUnicorn
Maker of Grok. AI development to accelerate human scientific discovery
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2023 | Palo Alto, United States | $37B |
| 4 |
 W
Waymo
Improves transportation for people around the world, building on software and sensor technology developed in Google’s labs
|
2009 | Mountain View, United States | $27B |
| 5 |
 D
DatabricksUnicorn
Unified lakehouse platform powering enterprise data-AI convergence
|
2013 | San Francisco, United States | $25B |
| 6 |
 P
PrometheusUnicorn
Physical AI lab applying machine learning to engineering, manufacturing, aerospace, and drug discovery
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2025 | San Francisco, United States | $18B |
| 7 |
 A
AndurilUnicorn
AI-powered autonomous systems for modern military defense.
|
2017 | Costa Mesa, United States | $12B |
| 8 |
 C
CruiseUnicorn
Building self-driving vehicles to safely connect people with the places, things, and experiences they care about
|
2013 | San Francisco, United States | $9.1B |
| 9 |
 S
Safe SuperintelligenceUnicorn
Developing safe superintelligent AI
|
2024 | Palo Alto, United States | $8.0B |
| 10 |
 C
CrusoeUnicorn
Vertically integrated AI factories and clean-power cloud infrastructure
|
2018 | Denver, United States | $6.4B |
| 11 |
 L
LambdaUnicorn
AI Developer Cloud: on-demand and reserved GPU infrastructure for training and inference
|
2012 | San Jose, United States | $6.4B |
| 12 |
 A
Anysphere | CursorUnicorn
Applied research lab building human-AI system, starting from Cursor, an AI coding assistant
|
2022 | San Francisco, United States | $5.4B |
| 13 |
 R
Reflection AIUnicorn
AI agents automating advanced software development tasks
|
2024 | New York City, United States | $4.6B |
| 14 |
 V
VerilyUnicorn
Develops tools and devices to collect, organize and activate health data
|
2015 | Dallas, United States | $3.8B |
| 15 |
 C
Cognition | Devin AIUnicorn
Applied AI lab behind Devin, the autonomous software engineering agent
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2023 | San Francisco, United States | $3.7B |
| 16 |
 A
Argo AI
A self-driving technology platform company building self-driving technology to improve the way the world moves
|
2016 | Pittsburgh, United States | $3.6B |
| 17 |
 N
Napster | Infinite RealityUnicorn
Immersive 3D, interactive AI, and spatial computing tools for businesses and creators
|
2014 | Norwalk, United States | $3.4B |
| 18 |
 A
AcrisureUnicorn
A Fintech leader that operates the world’s fastest-growing, top-10 insurance brokerage
|
2006 | Grand Rapids, United States | $3.3B |
| 19 |
 Z
ZiplineUnicorn
Autonomous electric drone delivery for multiple industries
|
2011 | South San Francisco, United States | $3.1B |
| 20 |
 S
Shield AIUnicorn
AI pilot software for autonomous military aircraft.
|
2015 | San Diego, United States | $3.0B |
| 21 |
 T
Thinking Machines LabUnicorn
Artificial intelligence research and product company
|
2025 | San Francisco, United States | $3.0B |
| 22 |
 R
RampUnicorn
All-in-one corporate card, spend management & finance automation platform for businesses
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2019 | New York City, United States | $2.9B |
| 23 |
 C
Cerebras SystemsUnicorn
AI company specializing in building computer systems for complex deep learning applications
|
2015 | Sunnyvale, United States | $2.8B |
| 24 |
 G
GroqUnicorn
Building easy to use, high TOPS/Watt accelerators with sub-millisecond latency
|
2016 | Mountain View, United States | $2.8B |
| 25 |
 R
Redwood MaterialsUnicorn
Recycled battery materials for sustainable energy production.
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2017 | Carson City, United States | $2.8B |
| 26 |
 P
PalantirUnicorn
Offers software applications designed for integrating, visualizing, analyzing data and fighting fraud
|
2003 | Aventura, United States | $2.7B |
| 27 |
 C
CyeraUnicorn
Data and identity trust layer for the agentic enterprise
|
2021 | New York City, United States | $2.7B |
| 28 |
 A
AuroraUnicorn
Self-driving vehicle technology company
|
2017 | Pittsburgh, United States | $2.7B |
| 29 |
 S
Saronic TechnologiesUnicorn
Surface vehicles integrating cutting-edge hardware, software, and artificial intelligence into a single, scalable, fully integrated platform to enhance maritime security and domain awareness
|
2022 | Austin, United States | $2.6B |
| 30 |
 S
SambaNova SystemsUnicorn
Building machine learning and big data analytics platforms
|
2017 | Palo Alto, United States | $2.5B |
| 31 |
 F
FluidStackUnicorn
High-performance cloud computing infrastructure for artificial intelligence workloads
|
2017 | New York City, United States | $2.4B |
| 32 |
 N
NuroUnicorn
Autonomy for all. All roads, all rides.
|
2016 | Mountain View, United States | $2.3B |
| 33 |
 T
TenstorrentUnicorn
Building a new processor engineered to power machine learning and smart hardware
|
2016 | Santa Clara, United States | $2.3B |
| 34 |
 M
MetaUnicorn
The world's leading social network
|
2004 | Menlo Park, United States | $2.3B |
| 35 |
 B
BaseTenUnicorn
Scalable infrastructure for production-grade AI model inference
|
2019 | San Francisco, United States | $2.1B |
| 36 |
 G
Genesys Telecommunication LabsUnicorn
Powering the world’s best customer experiences, across every channel, on-premise and in the cloud. #MomentsConnected
|
1991 | Menlo Park, United States | $2.1B |
| 37 |
 P
Physical IntelligenceUnicorn
Developing advanced AI models and learning algorithms to enable robots and physical devices to perform diverse real-world tasks
|
2024 | San Francisco, United States | $2.1B |
| 38 |
 T
Thrive HoldingsUnicorn
AI-powered transformation of established accounting and IT service firms
|
2025 | New York City, United States | $2.0B |
| 39 |
 U
UiPathUnicorn
Designs and develops robotic process automation software
|
2005 | New York City, United States | $2.0B |
| 40 |
 M
MotiveUnicorn
Builds technology to improve the safety, productivity and profitability of businesses that power the physical economy
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2013 | San Francisco, United States | $1.9B |
| 41 |
 H
HadrianUnicorn
Builds highly automated, software-driven factories that manufacture precision metal components for the aerospace and defense industries
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2020 | Torrance, United States | $1.9B |
| 42 |
 F
FigureUnicorn
AI Robotics company building the world's first commercially viable autonomous humanoid robot
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2022 | San Jose, United States | $1.9B |
| 43 |
 P
PerplexityUnicorn
AI powered search tools
|
2022 | San Francisco, United States | $1.8B |
| 44 |
 S
SkildUnicorn
General-purpose AI foundation models for robotics
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2023 | Pittsburgh, United States | $1.8B |
| 45 |
 F
Fireworks AIUnicorn
AI inference platform enabling rapid deployment and fine-tuning of state-of-the-art models at blazing fast speeds and reduced costs
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2022 | Redwood City, United States | $1.8B |
| 46 |
 C
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Non-profit medical research organization started by priscilla chan and mark zuckerberg
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2016 | San Francisco, United States | $1.8B |
| 47 |
 M
Metropolis TechnologiesUnicorn
AI and computer vision start-up built to modernize parking and empower the future of mobility
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2017 | Santa Monica, United States | $1.8B |
| 48 |
 H
HarveyUnicorn
AI platform for law firms and in-house legal teams
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2022 | San Francisco, United States | $1.8B |
| 49 |
 A
AtomsUnicorn
Industrial robots automating logistics and physical operations
|
2026 | Los Angeles, United States | $1.7B |
| 50 |
 C
CoreWeaveUnicorn
A specialized cloud provider, delivering a massive range of GPU compute resources on demand and at scale
|
2017 | Livingston, United States | $1.7B |
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