Free, open, sourced AI-startup intelligence · 239 companies profiled · top 50 ranked below · updated 2026-08-21
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Tier 1 · foundation-model · llm · #1
Anthropic focuses on creating reliable and understandable AI systems, particularly large language models, with an emphasis on safety research.
Valuation $971.6B [consensus · high] 2026 range $65.0B–$1.0T · consensus $971.6B · as of 2026-08-19
ARR / revenue $47.0B [consensus · high] 2026
Latest round amount $65.0B [consensus · high] 2026
Total raised $65.0B [consensus · medium] 2026
Open roles 61 [reported · low] 2026
Valuation / ARR 21 [reported · low] 2026
sources & history → Tier 1 · foundation-model · llm · #2
OpenAI develops advanced AI models like GPT-4, offering them through APIs and products for developers and businesses to build AI-powered applications.
Valuation $852.0B [consensus · high] 2026
ARR / revenue $24.0B [reported · low] 2026
Latest round amount $122.0B [consensus · high] 2026
Valuation / ARR 36 [reported · low] 2026
sources & history → Tier 1 · foundation-model · llm · #3
xAI aims to build AI that can understand the universe, focusing on foundational models for scientific discovery and exploration.
Valuation $213.5B [consensus · medium] 2026
Total raised $20.0B [reported · low] 2026
Latest round amount $60.0B [reported · low] 2026
sources & history → Tier 1 · ai-infra · data-platform · #4
Databricks is a company that uses AI to create a data platform for businesses and organizations.
Total raised $5.0B [consensus · high] 2026
Valuation $190.0B [consensus · high] 2026 range $134.0B–$190.0B · consensus $190.0B · as of 2026-08-14
ARR / revenue $7.0B [consensus · high] 2026
Growth rate 80 in talks [reported · low] 2026
Valuation / ARR 27 [reported · low] 2026
sources & history → Tier 1 · defense-ai · autonomy · #5
Anduril creates autonomous systems for defense applications, using AI to enhance situational awareness and response times.
Valuation $100.0B in talks · $60.0B confirmed '26 [consensus · high] 2026
Latest round amount $5.0B [reported · low] 2026
sources & history → Tier 1 · foundation-model · llm · #6
DeepSeek is a company that uses AI to develop large language models for various applications.
Valuation ⚑ $72.4B in talks · $490.0B confirmed '26 [consensus · high] 2026 range $70.9B–$490.0B · consensus $72.4B · as of 2026-07-18
Latest round amount $7.3B [consensus · high] 2026 range $7.0B–$70.0B · consensus $7.3B · as of 2026-08-12
Total raised $7.4B [consensus · medium] 2026
sources & history → Tier 1 · defense-ai · autonomy · #7
Anduril Industries develops advanced AI-powered defense capabilities, including autonomous surveillance towers, drones, and other military systems. They aim to modernize national defense with cutting-edge technology and software.
Valuation ⚑ $61.0B [consensus · medium] 2026 range $28.0B–$61.0B · consensus $61.0B · as of 2026-05-14
Latest round amount $5.0B [reported · low] 2026
Latest round ⚑ 8 [reported · low] 2026 range 8–$5.0B · consensus 8 · as of 2026-05-14
Total raised $5.0B [reported · low] 2026
sources & history → Tier 1 · coding-agent · dev-environment · #8
Anysphere (Cursor) offers an AI-native code editor designed to enhance developer productivity through integrated AI assistance.
ARR / revenue $4.0B [reported · low] 2026
Valuation $57.5B [consensus · high] 2026 range $50.0B–$60.0B · consensus $57.5B · as of 2026-06-16
Open roles 8 [reported · low] 2026
Valuation / ARR 15 [reported · low] 2026
sources & history → Tier 1 · foundation-model · llm · #9
Thinking Machines Lab focuses on developing AI solutions, including large language models, to address complex societal and development challenges.
Valuation $50.0B in talks [consensus · medium] 2026
Latest round amount $50.0B in talks [reported · low] 2025
sources & history → Tier 1 · coding-agent · code-generation · #10
Cognition (Devin) is an autonomous AI software engineer capable of performing complex development tasks from planning to execution.
Valuation ⚑ $40.0B in talks · $26.0B confirmed '26 [consensus · medium] 2026 range $26.0B–$40.0B · consensus $40.0B · as of 2026-08-13
Latest round amount $1.0B [consensus · high] 2026
ARR / revenue $492.0M [reported · low] 2026
Valuation / ARR 53 [reported · low] 2026
sources & history → Tier 2 · vertical-app · finance · #11
Checkout.com provides a global payments solution for businesses, enabling them to accept payments online. Their platform offers technology and services to manage payment processing and fraud prevention.
Valuation $40.0B [reported · stale] 2022
Total raised $1.0B [reported · low] 2022
sources & history → Tier 2 · robotics · humanoid · #12
Figure is a company that uses AI to develop humanoid robots and robotic systems.
Valuation $39.0B [consensus · low] 2025
Latest round amount $700.0M [reported · low] 2026
Total raised $1.0B [reported · low] 2025
sources & history → Tier 2 · foundation-model · llm · #13
Project Prometheus Project Prometheus is a company that uses AI to develop large language models for various applications.
Total raised $10.0B in talks · $12.0B confirmed '26 [consensus · high] 2026 range $10.0B–$12.0B · consensus $10.0B · as of 2026-04-21
Valuation $38.8B in talks · $41.0B confirmed '26 [consensus · high] 2026 range $38.0B–$41.0B · consensus $38.8B · as of 2026-06-11
sources & history → Tier 2 · foundation-model · llm · #14
Moonshot is a company that uses AI to develop large language models for various applications.
Latest round 3,500,000,000 [consensus · high] 2026 range $2.0B–$3.5B · consensus $3.5B · as of 2026-08-07
Valuation $33.1B [consensus · high] 2026 range $20.0B–$50.0B · consensus $33.1B · as of 2026-08-07
ARR / revenue ⚑ $300.0M [reported · low] 2026
Total raised $3.5B [consensus · high] 2026 range $2.0B–$3.9B · consensus $3.5B · as of 2026-07-29
Latest round amount $3.5B [reported · low] 2026 range $2.0B–$3.5B · consensus $3.5B · as of 2026-07-29
Valuation / ARR 100 [reported · low] 2026
sources & history → Tier 2 · foundation-model · llm · #15
Safe Superintelligence Inc. is dedicated to researching and developing AI safety protocols to ensure the responsible development of superintelligent systems.
Latest round amount $1.0B in talks · $2.0B confirmed '25 [consensus · low] 2025
Valuation $31.8B [consensus · high] 2026
Employees 50 [reported · low] 2026
sources & history → Tier 2 · ai-infra · data-platform · #16
VAST Data offers a high-performance, unified data platform designed to handle the complex data needs of AI and machine learning workloads.
ARR / revenue $2.0B [consensus · low] 2026
Valuation $30.0B [consensus · high] 2026
Latest round 0 [reported · low] 2026
Open roles 100 [reported · low] 2026
Latest round amount $1.0B [consensus · medium] 2026
Valuation / ARR 15 [reported · low] 2026
sources & history → Tier 2 · data-eval · labeling · #17
Scale is a company that uses AI to help with data labeling and annotation for various applications.
ARR / revenue $1.5B [reported · low] 2026
Valuation $29.0B [consensus · low] 2025
Employees 1,000 [reported · low] 2026
Valuation / ARR 14 [reported · low] 2026
sources & history → Tier 2 · ai-infra · chips · #18
Cerebras Systems creates specialized wafer-scale processors and systems for accelerating AI and deep learning computation.
Valuation ⚑ $25.0B [consensus · low] 2026
Valuation / ARR 58 [reported · low] 2026
Total raised $1.0B [reported · low] 2026
ARR / revenue $200.0M [consensus · medium] 2026 range $180.1M–$210.0M · consensus $200.0M · as of 2026-08-12
Growth rate 98 [reported · medium] 2026 range 93–103 · consensus 98 · as of 2026-08-14
Latest round amount $1.0B [consensus · low] 2026
sources & history → Tier 2 · foundation-model · llm · #19
Reflection AI is a company that uses AI to develop large language models for various applications.
Valuation $25.0B [consensus · high] 2026
Latest round amount $2.5B in talks · $6.3B confirmed '26 [consensus · low] 2026
Total raised $2.0B [reported · low] 2025
sources & history → Tier 2 · foundation-model · open-source · #20
Mistral AI provides high-performance open-source large language models, enabling broader access and customization for the AI community.
Valuation $23.0B in talks · $13.7B confirmed '25 [consensus · medium] 2026
Latest round amount $830.0M [reported · low] 2026
Total raised $3.0B [reported · low] 2026
ARR / revenue $400.0M [consensus · low] 2026
Valuation / ARR 34 [reported · low] 2026
sources & history → Tier 2 · foundation-model · multimodal · #21
Aleph Alpha provides multimodal AI models, including large language and vision capabilities, for enterprise applications with a focus on sovereignty.
Latest round amount $600.0M [consensus · medium] 2026
Valuation $20.0B [consensus · high] 2026
sources & history → Tier 2 · enterprise-ai · search · #22
Perplexity is a company that uses AI to power a search engine for businesses and organizations.
Latest round amount $200.0M [reported · low] 2025
Valuation ⚑ $20.0B [consensus · low] 2026 range $9.0B–$20.0B · consensus $20.0B · as of 2026-04-15
ARR / revenue $500.0M [reported · low] 2026
Valuation / ARR 18 [reported · low] 2026
sources & history → Tier 2 · defense-ai · autonomy · #23
Helsing is a company that uses AI to develop autonomous systems for defense and security applications.
Valuation $18.0B [consensus · high] 2026
Total raised $1.8B [consensus · high] 2026 range $1.2B–$1.8B · consensus $1.8B · as of 2026-07-13
Latest round amount $1.8B [consensus · high] 2026
Latest round 5 [consensus · medium] 2026
sources & history → Tier 2 · ai-infra · inference · #24
Fireworks AI provides a platform for highly optimized inference of large language models, enabling fast and cost-effective AI deployment.
Total raised $1.5B [reported · low] 2026
Valuation $16.2B in talks · $17.0B confirmed '26 [consensus · high] 2026 range $17.0B–$17.5B · consensus $16.2B · as of 2026-07-20
Employees 200 [reported · low] 2026
ARR / revenue $1.0B [reported · low] 2026
Latest round 1,500,000,000 [reported · low] 2026
Latest round amount $250.0M [consensus · medium] 2025
Open roles 63 [reported · medium] 2026
Valuation / ARR 18 [reported · low] 2026
sources & history → Tier 2 · ai-agents · general · #25
Sierra AI develops autonomous agents designed to perform a wide range of tasks by interacting with digital environments.
Valuation $15.4B [consensus · high] 2026 range $15.0B–$16.0B · consensus $15.4B · as of 2026-07-04
Latest round amount $950.0M [consensus · high] 2026
Total raised $958.6M [consensus · high] 2026 range $950.0M–$1.5B · consensus $958.6M · as of 2026-05-05
ARR / revenue $150.0M [reported · low] 2026
Open roles 0 [reported · low] 2026
Valuation / ARR 67 [reported · low] 2026
sources & history → Tier 3 · robotics · autonomous-driving · #26
Applied Intuition is a company that uses AI to develop autonomous vehicles and driving systems.
Latest round 600,000,000 [reported · low] 2025
Valuation $15.0B [consensus · high] 2026
Employees 1,000 [reported · low] 2026
Latest round amount $600.0M [reported · low] 2025
sources & history → Tier 3 · ai-infra · gpu-cloud · #27
Nscale is a company that uses AI to create a cloud infrastructure for businesses and organizations.
Valuation $14.6B [consensus · medium] 2026
Latest round amount $2.0B [consensus · medium] 2026
Latest round 3 [reported · low] 2026
Total raised -1 [reported · low] 2026
sources & history → Tier 3 · vertical-app · insurance · #28
Bright Health connects consumers to personalized care navigation and health insurance plans through technology-enabled delivery systems.
Valuation $14.0B in talks [consensus · low] 2025
Latest round 924,000,000 [consensus · stale] 2021
Latest round amount $750.0M [reported · stale] 2021
Total raised $750.0M [consensus · low] 2021
sources & history → Tier 3 · robotics · autonomous-driving · #29
Skild is a company that uses AI to develop autonomous vehicles and driving systems.
Valuation $14.0B [consensus · high] 2026
Total raised $1.4B [consensus · medium] 2026
Latest round amount $300.0M [consensus · low] 2024
Latest round 1,400,000,000 [reported · low] 2026
sources & history → Tier 3 · coding-agent · code-generation · #30
Lovable provides AI-powered coding tools, including code generation and review capabilities.
Total raised $400.0M [consensus · high] 2026
Valuation $13.2B [consensus · high] 2026 range $12.0B–$13.3B · consensus $13.2B · as of 2026-08-18
ARR / revenue $500.0M [consensus · high] 2026
Latest round ⚑ 3 [consensus · medium] 2026 range 3–$400.0M · consensus 3 · as of 2026-08-12
Latest round amount $400.0M [reported · medium] 2026 range $330.0M–$400.0M · consensus $400.0M · as of 2026-08-12
Employees 200 [reported · low] 2026
Valuation / ARR 27 [reported · low] 2026
sources & history → Tier 3 · enterprise-ai · productivity · #31
Celonis offers a process mining and execution management software that uses AI to analyze and improve business processes. It helps companies optimize operations and achieve business goals.
Employees 3,000 [reported · low] 2026
Latest round amount $1.0B [reported · stale] 2021
Total raised $1.0B [consensus · low] 2022
Valuation $13.0B [consensus · stale] 2022
sources & history → Tier 3 · defense-ai · autonomy · #32
Shield AI develops autonomous systems for defense applications, focusing on AI-powered decision-making and control.
Valuation $12.7B [consensus · high] 2026
Latest round amount $2.0B [reported · medium] 2026 range $1.5B–$2.0B · consensus $2.0B · as of 2026-03-26
Latest round 7 [reported · low] 2026
sources & history → Tier 3 · vertical-app · security · #33
Cyera provides AI-powered security solutions for businesses, protecting against cyber threats and data breaches.
Valuation $12.0B [consensus · high] 2026
Valuation / ARR 80 in talks [reported · low] 2026
Total raised $600.0M [consensus · medium] 2026 range $300.0M–$600.0M · consensus $600.0M · as of 2026-06-10
Latest round 400,000,000 [reported · low] 2026
Employees 550 [reported · stale] 2025
ARR / revenue 80 in talks [reported · low] 2026
Latest round amount $600.0M [consensus · high] 2026 range $300.0M–$600.0M · consensus $600.0M · as of 2026-06-11
sources & history → Tier 3 · vertical-app · legal · #34
OpenEvidence is a company that uses AI to help with evidence analysis and legal research.
Total raised $100.0M [reported · low] 2026
Valuation $12.0B [consensus · medium] 2026
Latest round amount $250.0M [consensus · medium] 2026
Customers / users 40 in talks [reported · stale] 2025
sources & history → Tier 3 · coding-agent · code-generation · #35
Poolside develops AI tools that assist developers in generating, understanding, and debugging code more efficiently.
Valuation ⚑ $12.0B [consensus · low] 2025
Latest round amount $1.0B [consensus · medium] 2025
Latest round 2 [reported · low] 2024
ARR / revenue $50.0M [reported · stale] 2025
Valuation / ARR 60 [reported · stale] 2025
sources & history → Tier 3 · ai-infra · inference · #36
Baseten offers a serverless GPU platform that allows developers to easily deploy and scale AI models for inference.
Latest round amount $1.0B in talks · $1.5B confirmed '26 [consensus · medium] 2026
Valuation $11.9B in talks · $13.0B confirmed '26 [consensus · high] 2026
Latest round 6 [reported · low] 2026
Growth rate 30 [reported · low] 2026
sources & history → Tier 3 · vertical-app · finance · #37
Airwallex is a global fintech platform offering businesses cross-border payment solutions, expense management, and embedded finance. It helps companies operate and grow internationally with integrated financial tools.
Total raised $320.0M [reported · low] 2026
Latest round amount $321.9M [consensus · high] 2026
Valuation $11.0B [consensus · high] 2026
sources & history → Tier 3 · generative-media · voice · #38
ElevenLabs provides advanced AI-powered tools for realistic text-to-speech synthesis and voice cloning for various applications.
Valuation $11.0B [consensus · high] 2026
Latest round amount $500.0M [consensus · medium] 2026
Latest round 500,000,000 [reported · low] 2026
Open roles 254 [reported · low] 2026
ARR / revenue $500.0M [reported · low] 2026
Valuation / ARR 22 [reported · low] 2026
sources & history → Tier 3 · vertical-app · legal · #39
Harvey is a company that uses AI to help with legal research and document review.
Valuation $11.0B [consensus · high] 2026
Latest round amount $200.0M [consensus · medium] 2026
ARR / revenue $190.0M [reported · low] 2026
Valuation / ARR 58 [reported · low] 2026
sources & history → Tier 3 · robotics · industrial · #40
Physical Intelligence is a company that uses AI to create a platform for industrial robotics and automation.
Valuation ⚑ $11.0B [consensus · medium] 2026 range $3.0B–$11.0B · consensus $11.0B · as of 2026-03-31
Latest round amount $1.0B in talks · $400.0M confirmed '24 [reported · low] 2026
Latest round 1 [consensus · medium] 2026
Total raised $600.0M [reported · low] 2025
sources & history → Tier 3 · ai-infra · gpu-cloud · #41
Crusoe provides energy-efficient cloud computing solutions, leveraging stranded or waste energy sources for AI and HPC workloads.
Growth rate 4 in talks [reported · low] 2026
Valuation ⚑ $10.0B [consensus · medium] 2026
Latest round 3,000,000,000 in talks · $1.4B confirmed '25 [reported · low] 2026
Latest round amount $1.4B [reported · low] 2025
Total raised $1.4B [reported · low] 2025
sources & history → Tier 3 · data-eval · labeling · #42
Mercor is a company that uses AI to help with data annotation and labeling for various applications.
Latest round 3 [consensus · medium] 2026
Latest round amount $350.0M [consensus · medium] 2026
Valuation ⚑ $10.0B [consensus · medium] 2026 range $10.0B–$20.0B · consensus $10.0B · as of 2026-07-25
ARR / revenue $2.0B [reported · low] 2026
Valuation / ARR 5 [reported · low] 2026
sources & history → Tier 3 · defense-ai · autonomy · #43
Saronic develops and deploys autonomous systems for defense and security applications using AI and machine learning.
Valuation $9.2B [consensus · medium] 2026 range $9.0B–$9.2B · consensus $9.2B · as of 2026-04-01
Latest round amount $1.8B [reported · low] 2026
sources & history → Tier 3 · coding-agent · dev-environment · #44
Replit is an online collaborative IDE that integrates AI features to assist users in coding, learning, and building applications.
Customers / users 50,000,000 [consensus · low] 2026
Valuation $9.0B [consensus · medium] 2026
Total raised $922.0M [reported · low] 2026
Notable logos 1 [reported · low] 2026
Growth rate 900 [reported · low] 2026
Latest round 400,000,000 [reported · low] 2026
sources & history → Tier 3 · robotics · autonomous-driving · #45
Wayve is a company that uses AI to develop autonomous vehicles and driving systems.
Total raised $1.2B [consensus · medium] 2026
Valuation $8.6B [consensus · high] 2026 range $8.5B–$8.6B · consensus $8.6B · as of 2026-06-30
sources & history → Tier 3 · vertical-app · security · #46
Chainalysis provides blockchain analysis tools and services for governments and businesses to investigate cryptocurrency transactions and prevent illicit activity. They help ensure compliance and security in the blockchain ecosystem.
Valuation $8.6B [consensus · stale] 2022
Latest round 100,000,000 [reported · stale] 2021
sources & history → Tier 3 · ai-infra · gpu-cloud · #47
Together AI offers a decentralized cloud platform providing GPU resources optimized for training and deploying large-scale AI models.
Latest round amount $800.0M [consensus · high] 2026
Valuation $8.0B [consensus · high] 2026
Total raised $1.0B in talks [consensus · medium] 2026
ARR / revenue $44.0M [reported · stale] 2025
Valuation / ARR 189 [reported · low] 2026
sources & history → Tier 3 · ai-infra · chips · #48
Biren Technology designs high-performance computing chips and semiconductor hardware tailored for large-scale AI training and inference.
Valuation $8.0B [reported · low] 2026
Latest round amount $7.0B [consensus · medium] 2026
Growth rate 2,112 in talks [consensus · high] 2026 range $1.9K–$2.2K · consensus $2.1K · as of 2026-08-17
sources & history → Tier 3 · vertical-app · other · #49
Hadrian develops AI-powered manufacturing solutions, improving production efficiency and product quality.
Total raised $1.4B [reported · low] 2026
Valuation $7.8B [consensus · high] 2026 range $7.9B–$8.0B · consensus $7.8B · as of 2026-08-14
Latest round amount $1.4B [consensus · high] 2026 range $1.4B–$1.4B · consensus $1.4B · as of 2026-08-14
Latest round 4 [consensus · medium] 2026
sources & history → Tier 3 · enterprise-ai · knowledge · #50
Glean is a company that uses AI to help businesses and organizations manage and share knowledge.
Valuation $7.2B [consensus · medium] 2025
Growth rate 400 [reported · stale] 2024
Latest round 150,000,000 [consensus · low] 2025
Latest round amount $150.0M [reported · low] 2025
ARR / revenue $300.0M [reported · low] 2026
Valuation / ARR 7 [reported · low] 2026
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