Here are the 17 US-based AI companies that have raised $100m or more in 2026 | TechCrunch

Nearly 20U.S.-based AI startups have raised mega roundsof $100 million or more in 2026—andit’sbeen less than two months.

If the first few weeks of 2026 are anyindicator, the AI startup market is in for another year ofmonster funding rounds at eye-watering valuations.U.S. AI startups raised more than$76 billionthroughmegaroundsin 2025, per TechCrunch’s count.

Will startups see the same success in 2026?Time will tell.

Here are all the U.S.-based AI startups that have raised $100 million or more thus far:

February

• Simile, which builds AI to mimic human decisions,raised a$100 million Series A roundled by Index Ventures. The round was announced on February 12andincluded Hanabi Capital, Bain CapitalVentures,and multiple angel investors.

• Anthropic announced a$30 billionSeries G funding roundthat valued the AI research lab at$380 billionon February 12. More than 30 investorsparticipatedin theroundincluding Founders Fund, Coatue, and Nvidia, among many others.

• Media generation platformRunwayraised a $315 million Series E round that valued the company at $5.3 billion. This funding was led by General Atlantic and was announced on February 10. Nvidia,Fidelity,and Felicis also invested, among others.

• Goodfire, an AI research lab, announced a$150 million Series B round on February 5. B Capital led the round with participation from Juniper Ventures, Lightspeed VenturePartners,andMenlo Ventures. The round valued the company at$1.25billion.

• AI research companyFundamentalannounced a$255 million Series A roundon February 5. Thisround valued the company at$1.4 billion. Investorsin the round included Oak HC/FT, Salesforce Ventures, Valor EquityPartners,and QP Ventures, among others.

• Voice AI companyElevenLabsraised a$500 million Series D roundthat was announced on February 4. The round was led by Sequoia and valued the company at$11 billion.

January

• PaleBlueDotAI, acomputeplatform, raised a$150 million Series B roundthat valuedthe startupat$1 billion. The round was announced on January 28 and was led by B Capital.

• Conversational AI platformDecagonannounced a$250 million Series D roundon January 28. The round was co-led by Coatue and Index Ventures and valued the company at$4.5billion.

• AI research labFlapping Airplanesraiseda$180 million seed roundthat was led by Google Ventures,Sequoiaand Index Ventures. The round was announcedon January 28 and valued the company at$1.5 billion.

• Basetenraised a$300 million Series E roundthat valued the AIinfrastructurestartup at$5 billion. The round wasled by IVP andCapitalGand was announced on January 23.

• Inferact,an AI inference startup, raised a$150 million seed roundmere months after its founding. The round was announced on January 22 andgarneredthecompanyan $800 million valuation.The round was co-led by Andreessen Horowitz and Lightspeed Venture Partners.

• Cambridge, Massachusetts-basedOpenEvidenceraised a$250 million Series D roundfor its medical AI chatbot. The round was co-led by Thrive Global and DST Global and was announced on January 21.Thisround valuedOpenEvidenceat$12 billion.

• AI research labhumans&raised a monster$480 million seed roundthat was announced on January 20.Investors in the round includeNvidia, Jeff Bezos, and GV, among others. This round valued the young startup at$4.48 billion.

• SkildAI, which builds AI models to power robots, raised a$1.4 billionSeries C roundthat valuedthe startupat$14 billion. Theround was announced on January 14 and was led by SoftBank and Nvidia.

• Voice AI platformDeepgramraised a$130million Series C roundledby AVP, with participation from Tiger Global,ServiceNowVentures, and Madrona, among others. The round was announced on January13and valued the company at$1.3billion.

• Arena, a large language model evaluation platform, raised a$150 million Series A roundthat was co-led by Felicis and UC Investments. This roundvalued the one-year-old startup at$1.7 billionand was announcedonJanuary 6.

• Elon Musk’sxAIstarted the new year with a bang. The AI research lab announced a$20 billionSeries E roundon January 6. Valor Equity Partners,Fidelity,and the Qatar Investment Authorityparticipatedinthe round, among others. The companywasacquired by Musk’s SpaceXa few weeks later.