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AI & MACHINE LEARNING  /  2026 FUNDING INDEX

AI & Machine Learning startups that raised
funding in 2026

64 AI & Machine Learning companies raised a combined $4.42B across 8 pre-seed, 48 seed, 6 series a. Tracked daily from announcement. Founder contacts and growth signals included.

Updated May 13, 2026Free. No login. No paywall.
TOTAL RAISED
$4.4B
across 64 rounds
MEDIAN ROUND
$9M
check size
LARGEST
$1.1B
Ineffable Intelligence
THIS MONTH
8
new raises in May
MONTHLY ACTIVITYAI & Machine Learning raises per month
17
Mar
39
Apr
8
May
STAGE MIXshare of rounds by stage
Pre-Seed
8 (13%)
Seed
48 (75%)
Series A
6 (9%)

Notable AI & Machine Learning raises

ranked by round size

What's happening in AI & Machine Learning funding right now

The AI & Machine Learning sector saw 64 funding rounds tracked on FundedStartupsDaily this year, totalling $4.42B. The median round sits at $9M, with 88% of activity at pre-seed and seed stage and the remaining 12% at Series A and later. Pre-Seed rounds dominate, accounting for 13% of all AI & Machine Learning activity in 2026.

Geographically, AI & Machine Learning funding is concentrated in United States, which accounts for 41 of the 64 raises (64%). The remainder is distributed across other regions tracked by FundedStartupsDaily.

The largest AI & Machine Learning round in 2026 is Ineffable Intelligence's $1.1B seed, led by David Silver. AI & Machine Learning activity accelerated through Apr, when raises jumped to 39 announcements.

Every entry on this page is sourced from public funding announcements, then enriched with founder LinkedIn handles, company websites, and growth signals. If you're a founder, operator, salesperson, or recruiter tracking AI & Machine Learning, this page updates every weekday with new rounds.

All AI & Machine Learning raises in 2026 (64)

most recent first
#CompanyStageRaisedFounder / CEORegionSignalsLinks
1
Judgment Labs
judgmentlabs.ai
Series A$32M
Alex Shan
CEO & Co-founder
United States
Series A
Seed
AI-Native
2
Altara
altara.ai
Seed$7M
Eva Tuecke
Co-Founder
United States
Seed
AI-Native
Deep Tech
3
QuTwo
qutwo.com
Seed$29M
Peter Sarlin
Founder & Executive Chairman
Finland
Seed
AI-Native
Deep Tech
4
Altara
altara.co
Seed$7M
Eva Tuecke
CEO & Co-founder
United States
Seed
AI-Native
Deep Tech
5
RadixArk
radixark.com
Seed$100M
Ying Sheng
CEO and Co-founder
United States
Seed
AI-Native
Open Source
6
Qualitate
qualitate.com
Seed$7M
Sagar Kadakia
Founder & CEO
United States
Seed
AI-Native
B2B
7
Tsavorite
tsavorite.ai
Seed$5M
Shalesh Thusoo
Founder & CEO
India
Seed
B2B
AI-Native
8
Thoughtly
thoughtly.com
Seed$5.5M
Torrey Leonard
Co-founder & CEO
United States
Seed
AI-Native
B2B
9
Sooth Labs
sooth.inc
Seed$50M
Yaser Sheikh
CEO & Co-founder
United States
Seed
AI-Native
Deep Tech
10
QMatter
qmatter.xyz
Pre-Seed$1.2M
Alexis Ralli
Co-founder
United Kingdom
Pre-Seed
Deep Tech
AI-Native
11
Ineffable Intelligence
ineffable.ai
Seed$1.1B
David Silver
Founder & CEO
United Kingdom
Seed
AI-Native
Deep Tech
12
Cloneable
cloneable.ai
Seed$4.6M
Lia Reich
CEO & Co-founder
United States
Seed
AI-Native
Vertical SaaS
13
Blackstar
blackstar.inc
Seed$12M
Daniel Edrisian
Founder & CEO
United States
Seed
AI-Native
Hardware
14
Era
era.computer
Seed$11M
Liz Dorman
CEO & Co-founder
United States
Seed
AI-Native
B2B
15
Era
eracomputer.com
Seed$11M
Liz Dorman
CEO & Co-founder
United States
Seed
AI-Native
Hiring
16
Aaru
aaru.com
Series A$80M
Cameron Fink
CEO & Co-founder
United States
Series A
AI-Native
Enterprise
17
ActionAI
actionai.com
Seed$10M
Miriam Haart
CEO & Founder
United States
Seed
AI-Native
Enterprise
18
DOJO AI
dojoai.com
Seed$6M
Antonio Alegria
Co-CEO & Co-founder
Portugal
Seed
AI-Native
B2B
19
NeoCognition
neocognition.ai
Seed$40M
Yu Su
CEO & Co-founder
United States
Seed
AI-Native
Deep Tech
20
Elorian
elorian.ai
Seed$55M
Andrew Dai
Co-founder & CEO
United States
Seed
AI-Native
Deep Tech
21
Lua
lua.so
Seed$5.8M
Lorcan O'Cathain
CEO & Co-founder
United Kingdom
Seed
AI-Native
YC Backed
22
Flare
flare.build
Pre-Seed$3.6M
Nicolai Frost Jacobsen
CEO & Co-founder
Denmark
Pre-Seed
AI-Native
B2C
23
Sygaldry
sygaldry.com
Series A$139M
Chad Rigetti
CEO & Co-founder
United States
Series A
YC Backed
AI-Native
24
Engramme
engramme.ai
Pre-Seed$3M
Gabriel Kreiman
Co-founder & CEO
United States
Pre-Seed
AI-Native
Deep Tech
25
Replenit
replenit.com
Pre-Seed$2.5M
Ilyas Kurklu
CEO & Co-Founder
United Kingdom
Pre-Seed
AI-Native
B2B
26
WholeSum
wholesum.tech
Pre-Seed$1.6M
Emily Kucharski
CEO & Co-Founder
United Kingdom
Pre-Seed
AI-Native
B2B
27
ServeFirst
servefirst.co.uk
SeedGBP 5M
Alan Mayer
CEO & Co-Founder
United Kingdom
Seed
AI-Native
B2B
28
Attention
attention.com
Seed$21.6M
Anis Bennaceur
CEO & Co-Founder
United States
Seed
AI-Native
B2B
29
Worktrace AI
worktrace.ai
Seed$9M
Angela Jiang
CEO & Co-Founder
United States
Seed
AI-Native
Enterprise
30
Edmund
edmund.ai
Seed$2.7M
Jakub Szlaur
CEO & Co-founder
Czech Republic
Seed
AI-Native
Enterprise
31
AfterQuery
afterquery.com
Series A$30M
Spencer Mateega
CEO & Co-founder
United States
Series A
YC Backed
AI-Native
32
Aria Networks
arianetworks.com
Series A$125M
Mansour Karam
Founder & CEO
United States
Series A
AI-Native
Enterprise
33
Modus
joinmodus.com
Seed$85M
Arush Jain
CEO & Co-founder
United States
Seed
AI-Native
Enterprise
34
NeuBird AI
neubird.ai
Seed$19.3M
Gou Rao
CEO & Co-founder
United States
Seed
AI-Native
Enterprise
35
Pickmybrain
pickmybrain.com
Pre-Seed$2.1M
Sergei Verbitski
CEO & Founder
Netherlands
Pre-Seed
AI-Native
B2C
36
AgentMail
agentmail.to
Seed$6M
Haakam Aujla
CEO & Co-founder
United States
Seed
AI-Native
API-First
37
daydream
withdaydream.com
Series A$15M
Thenuka Karunaratne
CEO & Co-founder
United States
Series A
AI-Native
B2B
38
Nomad
nomad.io
Seed$2M
Loren Shifrin
Founder & CEO
United States
Seed
AI-Native
B2B
39
Nexus
nexus.ai
Seed$4.3M
Assem Chammah
CEO & Co-founder
Germany
Seed
YC Backed
Enterprise
40
CTGT
ctgt.ai
Seed$8M
Cyril Gorlla
CEO & Co-founder
United States
Seed
YC Backed
AI-Native
41
Rowan
rowan.edu
Seed$3.3M
Louisa Serene Schneider
Founder & CEO
United States
Seed
AI-Native
B2B
42
Miravoice
miravoice.com
Seed$6.3M
Nishant Jain
Founder & CEO
United States
Seed
AI-Native
B2B
43
Numos
numos.us
Seed$4.2M
Parijat Sarkar
Founder & CEO
United States
Seed
AI-Native
44
Nomadic
gonomadic.com
Seed$8.4M
United States
Seed
Ex-FAANG
Deep Tech
45
Daydream
daydream.ing
Seed$15M
Karunaratne
Founder
United States
Seed
AI-Native
B2B
46
Nexus
nexus.xyz
Seed$4.3M
Daniel Marin
Founder & CEO
United States
YC Backed
Seed
Enterprise
47
Advanced Machine Intelligence
amilabs.xyz
Seed$1.03B
Yann LeCun
Executive Chairman
France
Seed
Deep Tech
AI-Native
48
deeplify
deeplify.de
Pre-Seed€2.0M
Jan Löwer
Founder & CEO
Germany
Pre-Seed
AI-Native
Enterprise
49
ai&
aiand.com
Seed$50M
Japan
Seed
AI-Native
B2B
50
Advanced Machine Intelligence Labs
nytimes.com/2026/03/10/technology/ami-labs-yann-lecun-funding.html
Seed$1.03B
Yann LeCun
Founder
France
Seed
AI-Native
Deep Tech
51
Maisa AI
maisa.ai
Seed$65M
David Villalón
Founder & CEO
United States
Seed
AI-Native
Enterprise
52
Dalan Technology
dalan.goldsupplier.com
Seed
United States
Seed
AI-Native
53
Cauldron
cauldron.sk
SeedUndisclosed
Michele Stansfield
Founder & CEO
Australia
Seed
AI-Native
Deep Tech
54
14.ai
14.ai
SeedUndisclosed
Marie Schneegans
Co-Founder
United States
YC Backed
Second-Time Founder
AI-Native
55
Moda
moda.app
Seed$7.5M
Anvisha Pai
CEO & Co-founder
United States
Seed
Hiring
AI-Native
56
Notch
notch.one
Series A$30M
Jordan Huck
Co-Founder & CEO
United States
Series A
AI-Native
Regulated Industry
57
Deccan AI
deccan.ai
Series A$25M
Rukesh Reddy
Founder & CEO
India
Series A
AI-Native
B2B
58
Interloom
Seed$16.5M
Germany
Seed
AI-Native
Enterprise
59
Interloom
interloom.ai
Seed$15.4M (€14.2M)
United Kingdom
Seed
AI-Native
Enterprise
60
Autoscience
autoscience.ai
Seed$14M
Eliot Cowan
CEO & Co-founder
United States
Seed
Hiring
AI-Native
61
Niv-AI
niv-ai.com
Seed$12M
Tomer Timor
Co-Founder & CEO
Singapore
Seed
AI-Native
Deep Tech
62
Respan
respan.ai
Seed$5M
Andy Li
Co-Founder & CEO
United States
Seed
AI-Native
B2B
63
xmemory
xmemory.ai
Pre-Seed$4M
Alex Petrov
Founder & CEO
United Kingdom
Pre-Seed
AI-Native
B2B
64
Nyne
nyne.ai
Seed$5.3M
Michael Fanous
Co-Founder & CEO
United States
Seed
AI-Native
B2B

Frequently Asked Questions

AI & Machine Learning funding, answered
How many AI & Machine Learning startups raised funding in 2026?
64 AI & Machine Learning startups have announced funding rounds in 2026, raising a combined $4.4B across pre-seed, seed, series A and later stages.
What was the largest AI & Machine Learning raise in 2026?
Ineffable Intelligence raised $1.1B (Seed) - the largest AI & Machine Learning round tracked so far in 2026.
Where can I find AI & Machine Learning founder contacts?
Every row in the table below includes founder name, title, LinkedIn and company website. No login required, no paywall.
How often is this page updated?
Every weekday morning. New AI & Machine Learning rounds announced the prior day are added automatically.

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