Final yr was monumental for the AI trade within the U.S. and past.
There have been 49 startups that raised funding rounds price $100 million or extra in 2024, per our depend at TechCrunch; three firms raised multiple “megaround,” and 7 firms raised rounds $1 billion in dimension or bigger.
How will 2025 examine? It’s nonetheless the primary half of the yr, however to date it appears to be like like 2024’s momentum will proceed this yr. There have already been a number of billion-dollar rounds this yr, and extra AI megarounds closed within the U.S. in Q1 2025 in comparison with Q1 2024.
Listed here are all of the U.S. AI firms which have raised $100 million this yr:
June
- Enterprise search startup Glean continues to rake in money. The corporate introduced a $150 million Collection F spherical on June 10, led by Wellington Administration with participation from Sequoia, Lightspeed Enterprise Companions, and Kleiner Perkins, amongst others. Glean is now valued at $7.25 billion.
- Anysphere, the AI analysis lab behind AI coding device Cursor, raised a large $900 million Collection C spherical that values the corporate at almost $10 billion. The spherical was led by Thrive Capital with participation from Andreessen Horowitz, Accel, and DST International.
Could
- AI information labeling startup Snorkel AI introduced a $100 million Collection D spherical on Could 29, valuing the corporate at $1.3 billion. The spherical was led by Addition with participation from Prosperity7 Ventures, Lightspeed Enterprise Companions, and Greylock.
- LMArena, a well-liked, community-driven benchmarking device for AI fashions, raised a $100 million seed spherical that valued the startup at $600 million. The spherical was introduced on Could 21 and was co-led by Andreessen Horowitz and UC Investments. Lightspeed Enterprise Companions, Kleiner Perkins, and Felicis additionally participated, amongst others.
- Las Vegas-based AI infrastructure firm TensorWave introduced a $100 million Collection A spherical on Could 14. The spherical was co-led by Magnetar Capital and AMD Ventures with participation from Prosperity7 Ventures, Nexus Enterprise Companions, and Maverick Silicon.
April
- SandboxAQ closed a $450 million Collection E spherical on April 4 that valued the AI mannequin firm at $5.7 billion. The spherical included Nvidia, Google, and Bridgewater Associates founder Ray Dalio amongst different traders.
- Runway, which creates AI fashions for media manufacturing, raised a $308 million Collection D spherical that was introduced on April 3, valuing the corporate at $3 billion. It was led by Normal Atlantic. SoftBank, Nvidia, and Constancy additionally participated.
March
- AI behemoth OpenAI raised a record-breaking $40 billion funding spherical that valued the startup at $300 billion. This spherical, which closed on March 31, was led by SoftBank with participation from Thrive Capital, Microsoft, and Coatue, amongst others.
- On March 25, Nexthop AI, an AI infrastructure firm, introduced that it had raised a Collection A spherical led by Lightspeed Enterprise Companions. The $110 million spherical additionally included Kleiner Perkins, Battery Ventures, and Emergent Ventures, amongst others.
- Cambridge Massachusetts-based Insilico Drugs raised $110 million for its generative AI-powered drug discovery platform as introduced on March 13. This Collection E spherical valued the corporate at $1 billion and was co-led by Worth Companions and Pudong Chuangtou.
- AI infrastructure firm Celestial AI raised a $250 million Collection C spherical that valued the corporate at $2.5 billion. The March 11 spherical was led by Constancy with participation from Tiger International, BlackRock, and Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan, amongst others.
- Lila Sciences raised a $200 million seed spherical because it appears to be like to create a science superintelligence platform. The spherical was led by Flagship Pioneering. The Cambridge, Massachusetts-based firm additionally acquired funding from March Capital, Normal Catalyst, and ARK Enterprise Fund, amongst others.
- Brooklyn-based Reflection.Ai, which appears to be like to construct superintelligent autonomous techniques, raised a $130 million Collection A spherical that values the 1-year-old firm at $580 million. The spherical was led by Lightspeed Enterprise Companions and CRV.
- AI coding startup Turing closed a Collection E spherical on March 7 that valued the startup, which companions with LLM firms, at $2.2 billion. The $111 million spherical was led by Khazanah Nasional with participation from WestBridge Capital, Gaingels, and Sozo Ventures, amongst others.
- Defend AI, an AI protection tech startup, raised $240 million in a Collection F spherical that closed on March 6. This spherical was co-led by L3Harris Applied sciences and Hanwha Aerospace, with participation from Andreessen Horowitz and the US Revolutionary Expertise Fund, amongst others. The spherical valued the corporate at $5.3 billion
- AI analysis and huge language mannequin firm Anthropic raised $3.5 billion in a Collection E spherical that valued the startup at $61.5 billion. The spherical was introduced on March 3 and was led by Lightspeed with participation from Salesforce Ventures, Menlo Ventures, and Normal Catalyst, amongst others.
February
- Collectively AI, which creates open supply generative AI and AI mannequin improvement infrastructure, raised a $305 million Collection B spherical that valued the corporate at $3.3 billion. The February 20 spherical was co-led by Prosperity7 and Normal Catalyst with participation from Salesforce Ventures, Nvidia, Lux Capital, and others.
- AI infrastructure firm Lambda raised a $480 million Collection D spherical that was introduced on February 19. The spherical valued the startup at almost $2.5 billion and was co-led by SGW and Andra Capital. Nvidia, G Squared, ARK Make investments, and others additionally participated.
- Abridge, an AI platform that transcribes patient-clinician conversations, was valued at $2.75 billion in a Collection D spherical that was introduced on February 17. The $250 million spherical was co-led by IVP and Elad Gil. Lightspeed, Redpoint, and Spark Capital additionally participated, amongst others.
- Eudia, an AI authorized tech firm, raised $105 million in a Collection A spherical led by Normal Catalyst. Floodgate, Defy Ventures, and In all places Ventures additionally participated within the spherical along with different VC corporations and quite a few angel traders. The spherical closed on February 13.
- AI {hardware} startup EnCharge AI raised a $100 million Collection B spherical that additionally closed on February 13. The spherical was led by Tiger International with participation from Scout Ventures, Samsung Ventures, and RTX Ventures, amongst others. The Santa Clara-based enterprise was based in 2022.
- AI authorized tech firm Harvey raised a $300 million Collection D spherical that valued the 3-year-old firm at $3 billion. The spherical was led by Sequoia and introduced on February 12. OpenAI Startup Fund, Kleiner Perkins, Elad Gil, and others additionally participated within the elevate.
January
- Artificial voice startup ElevenLabs raised a $180 million Collection C spherical that valued the corporate at greater than $3 billion. It was introduced on January 30. The spherical was co-led by ICONIQ Development and Andreessen Horowitz. Sequoia, NEA, Salesforce Ventures, and others additionally participated within the spherical.
- Hippocratic AI, which develops giant language fashions for the healthcare trade, introduced a $141 million Collection B spherical on January 9. This spherical valued the corporate at greater than $1.6 billion and was led by Kleiner Perkins. Andreessen Horowitz, Nvidia, and Normal Catalyst additionally participated, amongst others.
This piece was up to date on April 23 and June 18 to incorporate extra offers.
This piece has been up to date to take away that Abridge is predicated in Pittsburgh; the corporate was based there.
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