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I found all 28 AI companies that got funded $100+ million so far

For some, AI fatigue is real—but clearly venture investors haven’t grown tired of the category.

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Unfold by harman
October 18, 2024

Good morning! 

THere's a detailed list of the 39 US AI startups that have raised $100 million or more in 2024, organized chronologically:

In this edition of Unfold Now:

🌍 All 39 AI companies that got funded $100+ million

Summary:

The AI startup landscape in the United States has seen unprecedented levels of funding in 2024, with 39 companies raising $100 million or more. This surge in investment underscores the growing confidence in AI technologies and their potential to revolutionize various industries. The funding rounds range from $100 million to a staggering $6.6 billion, with generative AI, robotics, and enterprise solutions leading the pack.

OpenAI's $6.6 billion raise remains the largest AI funding round in history, showcasing the immense interest in large language models and generative AI capabilities.

Here are all the companies

starting from October

October 2024

  1. KoBold Metals: Funding details not provided

    • Focus: AI for mineral exploration

September 2024

  1. Magic: $320 million (Venture - Series Unknown)

    • Focus: AI development platform

  2. Codeium: $150 million (Series C)

    • Focus: AI-powered coding assistant

August 2024

  1. Harvey: $100 million (Series C)

    • Focus: AI for legal industry

    • Led by Google Ventures, with participation from OpenAI, Kleiner Perkins and Sequoia

    • Valuation: $1.5 billion

July 2024

  1. Hebbia: $130 million

    • Focus: Generative AI for searching large documents

    • Led by Andreessen Horowitz

    • Valuation: $700 million

  2. Skild AI: $300 million (Series A)

    • Focus: AI-powered robotics

    • Led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, Coatue, and Bezos Expeditions

    • Valuation: $1.5 billion

June 2024

  1. Bright Machines: $106 million (Series C)

    • Focus: Smart robotics and AI-driven software

    • Led by BlackRock, with participation from Nvidia, Microsoft, and Eclipse Ventures

  2. Etched.ai: $120 million (Series A)

    • Focus: AI chips development

    • Led by Primary Venture Partners and Positive Sum

  3. EvolutionaryScale: $142 million (Seed)

    • Focus: Biological AI models for therapeutic design

    • Led by Lux Capital

  4. AKASA: $120 million

    • Focus: Not specified

April 2024

  1. Blaize: $106 million (Series D)

    • Focus: AI computing platform

  2. Augment: $227 million (Series B)

    • Focus: AI coding assistance

    • Led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, Index Ventures, and Sutter Hill Ventures

    • Valuation: Nearly $1 billion

  3. Cognition: $175 million

    • Focus: Applied AI lab

    • Led by Founders Fund

    • Valuation: Nearly $2 billion

  4. Celestial AI: $175 million (Series C)

    • Focus: Optical interconnect technology for data centers and AI

    • Led by US Innovative Technology Fund

March 2024

  1. FundGuard: $100 million (Series C)

    • Focus: AI-powered investment accounting operating system

    • Led by Key1 Capital

    • Valuation: $400 million

  2. Together AI: $106 million (Series A)

    • Focus: Infrastructure and open source generative AI

    • Led by Salesforce Ventures

  3. Abridge: $150 million (Series C)

    • Focus: AI for healthcare documentation

    • Led by Redpoint and Lightspeed Venture Partners

February 2024

  1. Recogni: $102 million (Series C)

    • Focus: AI interface solutions

    • Led by GreatPoint Ventures and Celesta Capital

  2. Lambda: $320 million (Series C)

    • Focus: Deep learning infrastructure

    • Led by US Innovative Technology Fund

  3. Glean: $203 million (Series D)

    • Focus: AI-driven enterprise search

    • Led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and Kleiner Perkins

  4. Figure: $675 million

    • Focus: AGI robotics

January 2024

  1. AlphaSense: $650 million

    • Focus: Market intelligence platform

  2. Anthropic: $2 billion

    • Focus: AI safety and research

  3. xAI (Elon Musk's company): $6 billion

    • Focus: Artificial general intelligence

  4. OpenAI: $6.6 billion

    • Focus: Advanced AI research and development

  5. Scale AI: $1 billion

    • Focus: AI labeling services

  6. CoreWeave: $1.1 billion

    • Focus: GPU infrastructure for AI

  7. Xaira Therapeutics: $1 billion (Series A)

    • Focus: AI drug discovery

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Thanks for reading today’s edition of Unfold Now! Stay curious, stay informed, and we’ll see you in the next one.

— Harman

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