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AI startup funding in 2026

Every AI round we tracked this year: the biggest raises, active investors and where the money went.

Research desk · data to 5 November 2026
Raised$241.18bn
Rounds87
Median round$104m
$100m+ rounds44

We tracked 87 startup funding rounds in AI so far in 2026, together worth $241.18bn in disclosed funding. The median disclosed round was $104m.

The largest was OpenAI's $122bn Growth round, led by SoftBank and Andreessen Horowitz, at a $852bn valuation. 44 rounds reached $100m or more and accounted for 100% of the money.

By region, North America took $228.71bn (95%).

38 companys raised at a valuation of $1bn or more: Fal, Wabi, Tractian, ASI, Tenstorrent, Town and others.

The biggest rounds

  1. 1OpenAIGrowth · AI · San Francisco$122bn
  2. 2AnthropicSeries D+ · AI · San Francisco$65bn
  3. 3xAISeries D+ · AI · Palo Alto$20bn
  4. 4CrusoeSeries D+ · AI · Denver$3.9bn
  5. 5Mistral AISeries D+ · AI · Paris$3.5bn
  6. 6CognitionSeries D+ · AI · San Francisco$2bn
  7. 7FirmusGrowth · AI · Sydney$2bn
  8. 8NscaleSeries C · AI · London$2bn
  9. 9Fireworks AISeries D+ · AI · San Mateo$1.51bn
  10. 10TenstorrentSeries D+ · AI · Santa Clara$1.5bn

Figures cover the rounds in our tracker, which records disclosed amounts converted to US dollars at announcement. See the methodology.

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