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Top 10 AI Startups by Funding

Deep-pocketed builders with the capital to shape enterprise and creator AI.

Updated 2025-Q23 criteria
Latest disclosed fundingInvestors and valuationStrategic partnership signal

OpenAI

The most-funded AI lab in the world.

Funding: $20B+

Anthropic

Safety-first LLM innovators.

Funding: $6B

Runway

Video/creative AI platform.

Funding: $1.4B

Character.AI

Conversational character platform.

Funding: $1.1B

Replika

Companion-focused studio.

Funding: $500M

Boomy

Music creation in seconds.

Funding: $200M

Perplexity AI

AI research co-pilot.

Funding: $220M

Aurora

Autonomous driving + AI stack.

Funding: $2B

Inflection AI

Conversational AI company.

Funding: $1.3B

Cohere

Enterprise LLM services.

Funding: $1.1B