Last year was monumental for the ai industry in the US and beyond.
There wasre 49 Startups that raised Funding Rounds Worth $ 100 Million or more in 2024, per our country at techcrunch; Three companies raised more than one “Megaround,” and Seven Companies raised rounds $ 1 billion in size or larger.
How will 2025 compare? It’s still the first half of the year, but so far it looks like 2024’s Momentum will continue continue this year. There have alredy been multiple billion-dollar rounds this year, and more ai megarounds closed in the us in Q1 2025 compared to Q1 2024.
Here are all the us ai companies that have raised $ 100 million this year:
April
- Sandboxaq Closed a $ 450 Million Series e round on April 4 that valued the ai model company at $ 5.7 billion. The round included Nvidia, Google, and BridgeWater Associates Founder Ray Dalio Amg Other Investors.
- RunwayWhoch Creates Ai Models for Media Production, Raised A $ 308 Million Series D Round That was Announced on April 3, Valuing the company at $ 3 billion. It was live by general atlantic. Softbank, Nvidia and fidelity also participated.
March
- Ai behemoth Openai Raised a record-breaking $ 40 billion funding round That valued the startup at $ 300 billion. This round, which closed on March 31, was LED by Softbank With Participation from Thrive Capital, Microsoft, and Coatue, Among others.
- On March 25, Nexthop aiAn AI Infrastructure Company, Announced that it had raised a series a round life by lightSpeed venture partners. The $ 110 Million round Also included kleiner perkins, battery ventures, and emergent ventures, among others.
- Cambridge massachusetts-based Insilico Medicine Raised $ 110 Million For its generative ai-powered drug discovery platform as announced on March 13.
- AI Infrastructure Company Celestial Ai Raised a $ 250 Million Series C round That valued the company at $ 2.5 billion. The March 11 round was based by fidelity with participation from Tiger Global, Blackrock, and Intel CEO Lip Bu-Tan, Among others.
- Lila Sciences Raised a $ 200 million seed round As it looks to create a science superintelligence platform. The round was based by flagship pioneering. The cambridge, massachusetts-based company also received funding from March Capital, General Catalyst, and Ark Venture Fund, Among other.
- Brooklyn-Based Reflection.aiWhich looks to build superintellyligent autonomous systems, raised a $ 130 Million Series A round That values the 1-year-old company at $ 580 million. The round was land by lightSpeed venture partners and Crv.
- AI Coding Startup Turing Closed a series e round on March 7 that valued the startup, which partners with llm companies, at $ 2.2 billion. The $ 111 Million round Was Led by Khazanah Nasional with Participation from WestBridge Capital, Gaingels, and Sozo Ventures, Among others.
- Shield aiAn AI Defense Tech Startup, Raised $ 240 Million In a series f round that close on March 6. This round was co-licked by l3harris technologies and hanwaha aerospace, with participation from Andressen HOROWITZ and the Us Innovative Technology Fund, AMONG OHONGE The round valued the company at $ 5.3 billion
- AI Research and Large Language Model Company Anthropic raised $ 3.5 billion in a series e round That valued the startup at $ 61.5 billion. The round was announced on March 3 and wasng by lightSpeed with participation from salesforce ventures, menlo ventures, and general catalyst, among other.
February
- Togeether aiwhich creates open source generative ai and ai model development infrastructure, raised a $ 305 Million Series B Round That valued the company at $ 3.3 billion. The februry 20 round was co-also by prosperity7 and general catalyst with participation from salesforce ventures, Nvidia, Lux Capital, and others.
- AI Infrastructure Company Lambda Raised a $ 480 Million Series D Round That was announced on February 19. The round valued the startup at Nearly $ 2.5 billion and was co-also by sgw and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and NVIDIA, G Squared, Ark Invest, and Others also Participated.
- Abridgean ai platform that transaction-callician conversations, was valued at $ 2.75 billion in a series d round that was announced on February 17. $ 250 Million round was co-also by IVP and Elad Gil. LightSpeed, Redpoint, and Spark Capital also participated, Among others.
- EudiaAn AI legal tech company, raised $ 105 million in a series a round LED by General Catalyst. Floodgate, Defy Ventures, and Everywahere ventures also participated in the found in addition to other vc firms and numerous angel investors. The round closed on February 13.
- AI Hardware Startup Encharge ai Raised a $ 100 Million Series B Round That also close on February 13. The round was based by tiger global with participation from scout ventures, samsung ventures, and RTX ventures, among other. The Santa Clara-Based Business was founded in 2022.
- Ai legal tech company Harveyy Raised a $ 300 Million Series D Round That valued the 3-year-old company at $ 3 billion. The round was land by sequoia and announced on February 12. Openai Startup Fund, Kleiner Perkins, Elad Gil, and others also particularly in the Raise.
January
- Synthetic Voice Startup Elevenlabs Raised a $ 180 Million Series C round That valued the company at more than $ 3 billion. It was announced on January 30. The round was co-also by iconiq growth and andreessen horowitz. Sequoia, nea, salesforce ventures, and others also participated in the round.
- Hippocratic aiWhoch Develops Large Language Models for the Healthcare Industry, Announced A $ 141 Million Series B Round on January 9. This round valued the company at more than $ 1.6 billion and was live by kleiner perkins. Andressen Hrowitz, Nvidia, and General Catalyst also participated, Among others.
This piece was updated on April 23 to include more deals.
This piece has been updated to remove that abridge is based in pittsburgh, the company was founded there.