Last year was monumental for the AI industry in the US and then.
There were 49 startups that increased financing rounds of $ 100 million or more in 2024, according to our count at Techcrunch; Three companies raised more than one “mega-round” and seven companies raised rounds that were $ 1 billion in size or larger.
How will 2025 relate? It is still the first half of the year, but so far it seems that the momentum of 2024 will take place this year. There have already been several billion dollar rounds this year, and more AI mega-rounds closed in the US in Q1 2025 compared to Q1 2024.
Here are all American AI companies that have collected $ 100 million this year:
June
- Enterprise Search Startup Donate Remains cash. The company announced a series F of $ 150 million on 10 June, led by Wellington Management with the participation of Sequoia, Lightspeed Venture Partners and smaller Perkins, among other things. Glean is now appreciated at $ 7.25 billion.
- AnywhereThe AI Research Lab behind AI Coding Tool Cursor, increased a considerable series of C round of $ 900 million that the company appreciates almost $ 10 billion. The round was led by Thrive Capital with the participation of Andreessen Horowitz, Accel and DST Global.
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- AI Data Labeling Startup Snorkel AI announced one $ 100 million series D round On May 29, the appreciation of the company at $ 1.3 billion. The round was led by addition with the participation of Prosperity7 Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Greylock.
- LmanaA popular, community-driven benchmarking tool for AI models, raised a $ 100 million seed round that appreciated the startup at $ 600 million. De Ronde was announced on May 21 and was co -read by Andreessen Horowitz and UC Investments. Lightspeed venture partners, smaller Perkins and Felicis have also participated.
- The AI infrastructure company based in Las Vegas Tensorwave announced a $ 100 million series A-round on 14 May. The round was led by Magnetar Capital and AMD Ventures with the participation of Prosperity7 Ventures, Nexus Venture Partners and Maverick Silicon.
April
- Sandboxaq closed a $ 450 million series E round On April 4, that appreciated the AI model company at $ 5.7 billion. De Ronde included founder of Nvidia, Google and Bridgewater Associates Ray Dalio, among others, investors.
- RunThis creates AI models for media production, has raised a $ 308 million series D -round that was announced on 3 April and appreciated the company at $ 3 billion. It was led by General Atlantic. Softbank, Nvidia and Fidelity also participated.
March
- Ai colos Openi A record -breaking financing round of $ 40 billion increased that appreciated the startup to $ 300 billion. This round, which was closed on March 31, was led by Softbank with the participation of Thrive Capital, Microsoft and Coatue, among other things.
- On March 25, Nexthop AIAn AI infrastructure company announced that it had raised a series A round under the leadership of Lightspeed Venture Partners. The $ 110 million round Also included, among other things, smaller Perkins, battery mittens and emerging companies.
- Cambridge Massachusetts-based Insilico Medicine $ 110 million picked up For its generative AI-driven drug Discovery platform as announced on March 13. This series E round appreciated the company at $ 1 billion and was co-conducted by Value Partners and Pudong Chuangtou.
- AI -infrastructure company Celestial you have Increased one $ 250 million Series C Round The company appreciated that at $ 2.5 billion. The round of 11 March was led by Fidelity with the participation of Tiger Global, BlackRock and Intel CEO LIP-BU TAN, among others.
- Lila Sciences Increased one $ 200 million seed round Because it seems to create a science -superintelligence platform. The round was led by flagship pioneering. The company, based in Massachusetts, also received financing from March Capital, General Catalyst and Ark Venture Fund.
- Brooklyn established Reflection.aiThat super intelligent autonomous systems seems to be building, has one $ 130 million Series A round That appreciates the 1-year company at $ 580 million. The round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and CRV.
- Ai coding startup Mooring Die a series E -round on 7 March that appreciated the startup, which cooperates with LLM companies, at $ 2.2 billion. The Tour of $ 111 million was led by Khazanah Nasional with the participation of, among others, Westbridge Capital, Gaingels and SoZo Ventures.
- Shield aiAn AI Defense Tech Startup, picked up $ 240 million in a series F-round that was closed on 6 March. This round was led by L3HARRIS Technologies and Hanwha Aerospace, with the participation of Andreessen Horowitz and the US Innovative Technology Fund, among others. De Ronde appreciated the company at $ 5.3 billion
- AI research and large language model company Anthropic Picked up $ 3.5 billion in a series E round that appreciated the startup at $ 61.5 billion. The round was announced on March 3 and was led by Lightspeed with the participation of Salesforce Ventures, Menlo Ventures and General Catalyst, among other things.
February
- Together aiThat open source generative AI and AI model development infrastructure creates $ 305 million Series B round The company appreciated that at $ 3.3 billion. The round of 20 February was also led by Prosperity7 and a general catalyst with the participation of Salesforce Ventures, Nvidia, Lux Capital and others.
- AI -infrastructure company Lambda Increased one $ 480 million Series D round That was announced on February 19. The round appreciated the startup at almost $ 2.5 billion and was also read by SGW and Andra Capital. Nvidia, G Squared, Ark Invest and others also participated.
- ShortenAn AI platform that transcribes conversations from patient clinicians was appreciated at $ 2.75 billion in a series D-round announced on 17 February. The $ 250 million round Was also read by IVP and Elad Gil. Lightspeed, Redpoint and Spark Capital also participated in, among other things.
- Eudiaan AI legal technology company, canceled $ 105 million in a Serie A round Led by general catalyst. Snotermijn, Defy Ventures and Ondernemen everywhere also participated in De Ronde alongside other VC companies and numerous angel investors. The round was closed on February 13.
- AI hardware startup Fool Increase a series B of $ 100 million that was also closed on 13 February. The round was led by Tiger Global with the participation of Scout Ventures, Samsung Ventures and RTX Ventures, among other things. The company based in Santa Clara was founded in 2022.
- AI Legal Technology Company Harvey Increased one $ 300 million Series D round The 3-year-old company appreciated that at $ 3 billion. The round was led by Sequoia and announced on 12 February. OpenAI Startup Fund, smaller Perkins, Elad Gil and others also participated in the Raise.
January
- Synthetic voice start Elfs A series of C round of $ 180 million increased that appreciated the company at more than $ 3 billion. It was announced on January 30. De Ronde was co-read by Iconiq growth and Andreessen Horowitz. Sequoia, NEA, Salesforce Ventures and others also participated in De Ronde.
- Hippocratic AIOn January 9, those large language models develops a series B of $ 141 million on January 9. This round the company appreciated more than $ 1.6 billion and was led by smaller Perkins. Andreessen Horowitz, Nvidia and General Catalyst also participated, among other things.
This piece was updated on April 23 and June 18 to record more deals.
This piece has been updated to remove that Abridge is located in Pittsburgh; The company was founded there.
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