Recently Funded Pre-Seed Artificial Intelligence Startups
Updated Sep 2026
Funded Pre-Seed Artificial Intelligence startups number 1,245 in FundedIQ, tracked with their funding rounds, amounts, investors, industries, locations and company details. This page provides an overview of the Pre-Seed Artificial Intelligence startup funding landscape, along with the 100 most recently funded Pre-Seed Artificial Intelligence startups.
Pre-Seed Artificial Intelligence startups closed 742 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 379 of them in the last 12 months, and raised $735M in disclosed capital. The median disclosed round is $500K, with the middle half of rounds falling between $500K and $1.3M. San Francisco and London hold the deepest concentrations of these companies.
Early stage artificial intelligence capital concentrates in San Francisco and London. The presence of specialized seed funds and angel syndicates indicates a preference for technical risk over proven traction. Small team sizes across the United States and United Kingdom mean founders retain significant decision power. This concentration of early backing creates a high density of technical talent awaiting commercial scale.
Pre-Seed Artificial Intelligence funded startup statistics
Most recent funding round on record: Sep 2026. Investors appearing most often across Artificial Intelligence funding rounds: Y Combinator, 468 Capital, Pioneer Fund.
100 most recently funded Pre-Seed Artificial Intelligence startups
100 of 1,245Ordered by the date of the latest funding round. Each row gives the company, its location and industry, what it does, the stage and date of that round, and the disclosed amount.
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Pre-Seed Artificial Intelligence startup funding trends
Funding activity
Pre-Seed Artificial Intelligence startups closed 742 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 379 of them in the last 12, adding up to $735M in disclosed capital.
Round sizes
The median disclosed round is $500K, with the middle half running from $500K to $1.3M. 619 of 742 rounds disclosed an amount.
Company size
The most common headcount band across the segment is 1-10.
Investors
Y Combinator, 468 Capital and Pioneer Fund appear most often across funded Pre-Seed Artificial Intelligence startups on record.
Countries with the most funded Pre-Seed Artificial Intelligence startups
Where funded Pre-Seed Artificial Intelligence startups are headquartered, by the country on the company record.
Where are funded Pre-Seed Artificial Intelligence startups located?
Where funded Pre-Seed Artificial Intelligence startups are based, by the city on the company record.
Top investors in Pre-Seed Artificial Intelligence startups
The investors named most often across funded Pre-Seed Artificial Intelligence startups.
Counts companies in this segment that name the firm as a backer. Investor names entered the pipeline in July 2026, so they cover the companies funded since.
About the FundedIQ Pre-Seed Artificial Intelligence startup funding data
FundedIQ tracks announced startup funding rounds and organises them by company, funding date, stage, amount, industry, location and investor. The dataset is refreshed weekly, and new rounds are normalised and de-duplicated before they are published, so the same round reported twice on different dates is recorded once.
Figures on this page cover the 1,245 funded Pre-Seed Artificial Intelligence startups currently tracked. Round counts, capital totals and the median round are computed over a trailing 24 months. Rounds whose amount was not disclosed (123 of 742 in that period) are counted as rounds but excluded from capital totals and from the median. The most recent round on record for funded Pre-Seed Artificial Intelligence startups is dated Sep 2026.
The table above shows the 100 most recently funded companies. Full funding histories, investor lists and founder contacts across the whole dataset open on a FundedIQ plan.
Frequently asked questions
How many funded Pre-Seed Artificial Intelligence startups are there?
FundedIQ tracks 1,245 funded Pre-Seed Artificial Intelligence startups. This page lists the 100 most recently funded of them, ordered by the date of their latest round, and the full set is available on a FundedIQ plan.
How much funding have Pre-Seed Artificial Intelligence startups raised?
Pre-Seed Artificial Intelligence startups tracked by FundedIQ have raised $735M in disclosed capital across 742 funding rounds over the last 24 months, including 379 rounds in the last 12 months. 619 of those 742 rounds disclosed an amount; undisclosed rounds are excluded from the capital total.
Which countries have the most funded Pre-Seed Artificial Intelligence startups?
United States leads with 707 companies, ahead of United Kingdom (112), Germany (45) and Canada (35).
Which cities have the most funded Pre-Seed Artificial Intelligence startups?
San Francisco leads with 333 companies, then London (86), New York (68) and Berlin (20).
Which investors back the most Pre-Seed Artificial Intelligence startups?
Y Combinator, 468 Capital and Pioneer Fund appear most often across funded Pre-Seed Artificial Intelligence startups in the FundedIQ dataset. The count is the number of tracked companies naming each firm as a backer, so it reflects the companies on record rather than every deal a firm has ever done.
What is a typical funding round size for Pre-Seed Artificial Intelligence startups?
The median disclosed round over the last 24 months is $500K, and the middle half of rounds fall between $500K and $1.3M. Round sizes vary widely by stage, so the seed and later-stage bands sit well either side of that figure.
How often is the Pre-Seed Artificial Intelligence startup funding data updated?
The dataset is refreshed weekly. New rounds are normalised and de-duplicated before they are published, and the most recent round currently on record for funded Pre-Seed Artificial Intelligence startups is dated Sep 2026. Counts and totals on this page are recomputed on every refresh.
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