Final yr was monumental to the American and past the AI trade.
In keeping with counts at TechCrunch, there have been 49 startups elevating greater than $100 million in 2024. Three corporations raised a number of “mega rounds,” whereas seven corporations raised greater than $1 billion rounds.
How will 2025 evaluate? With only some weeks left within the third quarter, it seems that the momentum for 2024 will proceed this yr. There are already billion-dollar rounds this yr, with a number of corporations elevating a number of mega rounds.
Listed here are all of the US AI corporations that raised $100 million this yr:
August
Healthcare and housing automation platform Eliseai has raised $250 million within the Collection E spherical, which valued the startup at $2.2 billion. The spherical, introduced on August twentieth, was led by Andreessen Horowitz. Decart, an AI lab, raised $100 million at a valuation of $3.1 billion. The spherical consists of Sequoia Capital, Benchmark, and Zeev Ventures, amongst others, and was introduced on August seventh.
July
Generic Media Platform Fal has raised a $125 million Collection C spherical led by Meritech Capital Companions. On July 31, the corporate introduced a spherical valued FAL at $1.5 billion. SalesforceVentures, Shopify Ventures, Google AI Futures Fund and others participated within the spherical. Atmosphere Healthcare, 5-year-old who builds the AI healthcare working system, has raised a $243 million Collection C spherical led by Oak HC/FT and Andreessen Horowitz. Kleiner Perkins, Openai Startup Fund, Smash Capital and others additionally participated within the spherical. Reka AI, an AI lab, raised $110 million in rounds, together with Snowflake and Nvidia. The Collection B Spherical was introduced on July twenty second, valueating the corporate at $1 billion. AI Analysis Lab Pondering Machines Lab confirmed it raised $2 billion on July fifteenth. This appreciable species of seed spherical was joined by Andreessen Horowitz by Nvidia, Accel, AMD and others. The Spherical values the corporate at $12 billion. Primarily based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, OpenEvidence is constructing an AI-powered search instrument for clinicians, elevating $210 million at a $3.5 billion valuation. The Collection B spherical was introduced on July fifteenth and was led by Kleiner Perkins and GV. Harmonic, which builds the mathematical inference engine, has raised a $100 million Collection B spherical led by Kleiner Perkins. The spherical was introduced on July tenth, valued the corporate at $875 million.
June
Healthcare AI Unicorn Abridge has introduced that it has raised a $300 million Collection E spherical valued the corporate at $5.3 billion. The spherical was led by Andreesen Horowitz, with Khosla Ventures participating. It was the corporate’s second spherical in 2025. Harvey introduced on June 23 that it had constructed AI instruments for the authorized trade and raised a $200 million spherical of 2025. Healthcare AI startup Tennr has introduced that it has raised a $101 million Collection C spherical led by IVPs from Lightspeed Enterprise Companions, GV, Andreessen Horowitz and others. The Spherical values the corporate at $605 million. Enterprise search startup GLEAN continues to rave opinions with money. The corporate introduced its $150 million Collection F spherical on June tenth. That is led by Wellington Administration, with participation from Sequoia, Lightspeed Enterprise Companions and Kleiner Perkins. Glean is at present valued at $7.25 billion. Anysphere, the AI lab behind the AI coding instrument cursor, has raised a considerable $900 million Collection C spherical valued the corporate at practically $10 billion. The spherical was led by Thrive Capital with participation from Andreessen Horowitz, Accel and DST World.
Could
AI information labeling startup Snorkel AI introduced its $100 million Collection D spherical on Could Twenty ninth, valued at $1.3 billion. The spherical was added with participation from Prosperity7 Ventures, Lightspeed Enterprise Companions and GreyLock. Lmarena, a well-liked community-driven benchmarking instrument for AI fashions, has raised a $100 million seed spherical valued at $600 million. The spherical was introduced on Could twenty first and was co-led by Andreessen Horowitz and UC Investments. Lightspeed Enterprise Companions, Kleiner Perkins and Felicis additionally participated. Tensorwave, a Las Vegas-based AI infrastructure firm, introduced its $100 million Collection A spherical on Could 14th. The spherical was co-led by Magnetar Capital and AMD Ventures, and was joined by Prosperity7 Ventures, Nexus Enterprise Companions and Maverick Silicon.
April
Sandboxaq closed its $450 million Collection E spherical on April 4, valueating the AI mannequin firm at $5.7 billion. The spherical included Ray Dalio, founding father of Nvidia, Google and Bridgewater Associates, amongst different buyers. Runway, which creates an AI mannequin for media manufacturing, raised the $308 million Collection D spherical, which was introduced on April third, valued at $3 billion. It was led by the Atlantic Basic. SoftBank, Nvidia and Constancy additionally participated.
march
AI Behemoth Openai has raised a record-breaking $40 billion funding spherical valued the startup at $300 billion. The spherical, which was closed on March 31, was led by SoftBank, with participation from Thrive Capital, Microsoft, Coatue and others. On March twenty fifth, AI infrastructure firm Nextop AI 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. Cambridge-Massachusetts-based Insilico Medication has raised $110 million from its generator-powered, AI-powered drug discovery platform introduced on March thirteenth. The Collection E spherical valued the corporate at $1 billion and was co-led by Worth Companions and Pudong Chuangtou. AI Infrastructure Firm’s Celestial AI has raised a $250 million Collection C spherical valued at $2.5 billion. The March eleventh spherical was led by Constancy, which incorporates Tiger World, BlackRock and Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan. Lila Sciences has collected $200 million seed rounds as they’re about to create a Science Superintelligence Platform. The spherical was led by flagship pioneers. The Cambridge, Massachusetts-based firm acquired funding, amongst different issues, from the capital, the overall catalyst, and the Ark Enterprise Fund in March. Brooklyn-based Reflection.ai raised a $130 million Collection A spherical that treasured the corporate a yr in the past for $580 million, simply because it was attempting to construct a detailed autonomous system. The spherical was led by Lightspeed Enterprise Companions and CRV. AI coding startup Turing closed its Collection E spherical on March seventh and partnered with LLM corporations to cherish $2.2 billion. The $111 million spherical was led by Kazana Nacional, with participation from Westbridge Capital, Gaingels and Sozoventure, amongst others. Protect AI, a startup in AI protection know-how, raised $240 million within the Collection F spherical, which closed on March sixth. The spherical was co-led by L3Harris Applied sciences and Hanwha Aerospace, with participation from Andreessen Horowitz and the US Fund for Innovation and Know-how. The spherical raised $3.5 billion within the Collection E spherical, which values startups at $61.5 billion, with humanity, a big language mannequin firm with $5.3 billion. The spherical was introduced on March third and was led by Lightspeed with participation from Salesforce Ventures, Menlo Ventures, Basic Catalyst and others.
February
The mixed open supply technology AI and AI creating AI mannequin improvement infrastructure raised a $305 million Collection B spherical valued at $3.3 billion. The February twentieth spherical was co-led by Prosperity7 and Basic Catalyst, together with participation from Salesforce Ventures, Nvidia, Lux Capital and others. AI infrastructure firm Lambda has collected the $480 million Collection D spherical introduced on February nineteenth. The spherical valued the startup at practically $2.5 billion, co-led by SGW and Andra Capital. Nvidia, G Squared, Ark Make investments and others additionally participated. Abridge, an AI platform that transcriptions of affected person clinician conversations, was valued at $2.755 billion within the Collection D spherical introduced on February seventeenth. The $250 million was collectively led by IVP and Elad Gil. Lightspeed, Redpoint and Spark Capital additionally participated. AI authorized know-how firm Eudia has raised $105 million within the Collection A spherical led by Basic Catalyst. Floodgate, Defy Ventures, and In every single place Ventures additionally took half within the spherical, together with different VC corporations and quite a few angel buyers. The spherical was closed on February thirteenth. AI {hardware} startup AI raised a $100 million Collection B spherical that was closed on February thirteenth. The Santa Clara-based enterprise was based in 2022. AI authorized know-how firm Harvey has collected a $300 million Collection D spherical that valued the corporate three years in the past at $3 billion. The spherical was led by Sequoia and was introduced on February twelfth. OpenaiStartupFund, Kleiner Perkins, Elad Gil and others additionally participated in Rais.
January
Artificial Voice startup ElevenLabs raised a $180 million Collection C spherical and valued the corporate over $3 billion. It was introduced on January thirtieth. The spherical was co-led by Iconiq Progress and Andreessen Horowitz. Sequoia, NEA, Salesforce Ventures and others additionally participated within the spherical. Hippocratic AI, which develops large-scale language fashions for the healthcare trade, introduced its $141 million Collection B spherical on January ninth. The spherical was valued at over $1.6 billion and was led by Kleiner Perkins. Andreessen Horowitz, Nvidia and Basic Catalyst additionally participated.
This work was up to date on April twenty third, June 18th and August Twenty seventh, with extra offers included.
This work was up to date to take away Appridge being based mostly in Pittsburgh. The corporate was established there.
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