Funded Artificial Intelligence Startups in Phoenix
Across the 11 most recent AI funding entries in Phoenix, the largest disclosed round is Basata’s $21M on 2026-05-08, which is the only disclosed amount abo…
Across the 11 most recent AI funding entries in Phoenix, the largest disclosed round is Basata’s $21M on 2026-05-08, which is the only disclosed amount above the $10M mark (the next-highest disclosed is Nuclearn at $11M on 2025-09-08). Several smaller rounds cluster before mid-2023, but the list also shows a back-to-back resurgence in 2025–2026: Basata (May 2026), VelocitiPM (Jan 2026, $120K), and Nuclearn (Sep 2025) bracket the top end of disclosed capital. Stage mix is uneven—Seed appears repeatedly (VelocitiPM is Seed; ShiftUp, Zoca, and Hammoq are Seed; qBotica is Seed; CloudNine Augmented Intelligence is Seed), while only one entry is clearly labeled Series A (Basata), and another is Series A (Nuclearn). The dates span 2021-08-09 to 2026-05-08, and all rows are Phoenix, Arizona. The smallest disclosed amount is VelocitiPM’s $120K (2026-01-15), while one Pre-Seed round is undisclosed (Swarmbotics AI, 2023-11-13), creating a visibility gap among otherwise disclosed rounds.
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What’s the biggest disclosed AI funding round in this Phoenix list, and is it an outlier?
Basata’s $21M (2026-05-08, Series A) is the largest disclosed amount shown and sits alone above $10M; the next-largest disclosed figure is Nuclearn’s $11M (2025-09-08). That makes Basata’s round the clearest disclosed outlier in size within the 11 rows.
Which stage names dominate the recent Phoenix AI rounds in these 11 entries?
Seed is heavily represented: VelocitiPM ($120K, 2026-01-15), ShiftUp ($650K, 2025-07-14), Zoca ($6M, 2025-05-21), Hammoq ($6M, 2022-06-07), qBotica ($1M, 2021-10-27), and CloudNine Augmented Intelligence ($10M, 2021-08-09) are all labeled Seed. Series A appears twice (Basata $21M on 2026-05-08; Nuclearn $11M on 2025-09-08), and there’s one clearly labeled Angel round (Plannly, $1M on 2022-12-13).
How concentrated are these rounds in time—are there recent clusters within the date range shown?
The window runs from 2021-08-09 (CloudNine Augmented Intelligence) to 2026-05-08 (Basata). Within the most recent entries, three rounds fall between 2025-05-21 and 2026-05-08 (Zoca $6M in 2025-05-21; Nuclearn $11M in 2025-09-08; Basata $21M in 2026-05-08), indicating clustering near the top end of the timeline.
Are there undisclosed or “Series Unknown” records that affect comparisons across stages?
One round is undisclosed in amount: Swarmbotics AI (Pre-Seed, 2023-11-13). One entry also uses “Series Unknown”: HomeKey Systems ($2M, 2022-11-18), which reduces confidence when comparing stage naming versus disclosed amounts.
What do the extremes look like—smallest disclosed vs largest disclosed—and where do they fall in the timeline?
VelocitiPM is the smallest disclosed amount at $120K on 2026-01-15 (Seed), while Basata is the largest disclosed at $21M on 2026-05-08 (Series A). Both sit close together in 2026, but the gap between $120K and $21M is large, suggesting different financing scales even within the most recent period.
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