Here are 17 US-based AI companies that raised $100 million or more in 2026

Nearly 20 US-based AI startups have raised mega rounds of $100 million or more in 2026 — and it’s been less than two months.

If the first few weeks of 2026 are any indication, the AI ​​startup market will see another year of massive funding rounds at eye-popping valuations. US AI startups raised more than $76 billion through mega rounds in 2025, according to a TechCrunch tally.

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

Here are all the AI ​​startups in the US that have raised $100 million or more to date:

February

• Similewhich builds artificial intelligence to mimic human decisions, raised A The first round is $100 million Led by Index Ventures. The round was announced on February 12 and included Hanabi Capital, Bain Capital Ventures, and several angel investors.

• Anthropic Announce a $30 billion Series G funding round On February 12, the AI ​​Research Lab was valued at $380 billion. More than 30 investors participated in the round, including Founders Fund, Coatue, and Nvidia, among others.

• Media generation platform Runway raised a $315 million Series E round Which values ​​the company at $5.3 billion. This financing was led by General Atlantic and was announced on February 10. Nvidia, Fidelity, and Felicis, among others, also invested.

• Good fireArtificial Intelligence Research Laboratory, announced $150 million Series B round On February 5th. B Capital led the round, with participation from Juniper Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Menlo Ventures. The round valued the company at $1.25 billion.

• Artificial intelligence research company essential Announce a The first round is worth $255 million On February 5th. This round valued the company at $1.4 billion. Investors in the round include Oak HC/FT, Salesforce Ventures, Valor Equity Partners, and QP Ventures, among others.

• Artificial Intelligence Voice Company Eleven laboratories raised a $500 million Series D round It was announced on February 4. Sequoia led the round and valued the company at $11 billion.

January

• BaliBlueDot Artificial Intelligencea computing platform, was uploaded a $150 million Series B round The startup is valued at $1 billion. The round was announced on January 28 and was led by B Capital.

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

• Artificial Intelligence Research Laboratory Planes flap raised a $180 million seed round Which was led by Google Ventures, Sequoia, and Index Ventures. The round was announced on January 28 and valued the company at $1.5 billion.

• Basset hound raised a $300 million Series E round Which values ​​the AI ​​infrastructure startup at $5 billion. The round was led by IVP and CapitalG and was announced on January 23.

• sterilean artificial intelligence inference startup, has raised a $150 million seed round A few months after its founding. The round was announced on January 22 and earned the company a valuation of $800 million. The round was co-led by Andreessen Horowitz and Lightspeed Venture Partners.

• Cambridge, Massachusetts based OpenEvidence raised a $250 million Series D round For an AI-powered medical chatbot. The round was led by Thrive Global and DST Global and was announced on January 21. This round valued OpenEvidence at $12 billion.

• Artificial Intelligence Research Laboratory Humans& Raised a monster $480 million seed round It was announced on January 20. Investors in the round include Nvidia, Jeff Bezos, GV and others. This round valued the startup at $4.48 billion.

• Departmentswhich builds artificial intelligence models to operate robots, raised $1.4 billion Series C round The startup is valued at $14 billion. The round was announced on January 14 and was led by SoftBank and Nvidia.

• Artificial intelligence voice platform Deepgram raised a $130 million Series C round Led by AVP, with participation from Tiger Global, ServiceNow Ventures, Madrona and others. The round was announced on January 13 and valued the company at $1.3 billion.

• The arenaa large platform for evaluating language models, raised by A The first round is $150 million Co-led by Felicis and UC Investments. The round valued the one-year-old startup at $1.7 billion and was announced on January 6.

• Elon Musk xAI I started the new year with a bang. The Artificial Intelligence Research Laboratory announced a $20 billion Series E round On January 6th. Valor Equity Partners, Fidelity and the Qatar Investment Authority participated in the round, among others. It was the company Acquired by Musk’s SpaceX After a few weeks.