Recently Funded Artificial Intelligence Startups in San Francisco
Updated Oct 2026
Funded Artificial Intelligence startups in San Francisco number 1,007 in FundedIQ, tracked with their funding rounds, amounts, investors, industries, locations and company details. This page provides an overview of the Artificial Intelligence startup funding landscape in San Francisco, along with the 100 most recently funded Artificial Intelligence startups in San Francisco.
Artificial Intelligence startups in San Francisco closed 726 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 382 of them in the last 12 months, and raised $23B in disclosed capital. The median disclosed round is $5.5M, with the middle half of rounds falling between $500K and $25M.
San Francisco artificial intelligence activity centers on early stage ventures. Y Combinator and Alumni Ventures lead a cluster of companies at the start of their lifecycles. This concentration of pre-seed and seed entries means a high density of nascent products. Sourcing efforts encounter a field of unproven models and early hires rather than scaled operations.
Artificial Intelligence funded startup statistics in San Francisco
Most recent funding round on record: Oct 2026. Investors appearing most often across Artificial Intelligence in San Francisco funding rounds: Y Combinator, Alumni Ventures, Menlo Ventures, Pioneer Fund, NVIDIA.
100 most recently funded Artificial Intelligence startups in San Francisco
100 of 1,007Ordered 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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Artificial Intelligence startup funding trends in San Francisco
Funding activity
Artificial Intelligence startups in San Francisco closed 726 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 382 of them in the last 12, adding up to $23B in disclosed capital.
Round sizes
The median disclosed round is $5.5M, with the middle half running from $500K to $25M. 635 of 726 rounds disclosed an amount.
Company size
The most common headcount band across the segment is 1-10.
Investors
Y Combinator, Alumni Ventures and Menlo Ventures appear most often across funded Artificial Intelligence startups in San Francisco on record.
Top investors in Artificial Intelligence startups in San Francisco
The investors named most often across funded Artificial Intelligence startups in San Francisco.
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.
Funding stages of funded Artificial Intelligence startups in San Francisco
How the last 24 months of funding rounds for funded Artificial Intelligence startups in San Francisco break down by stage.
A further 75 rounds in this period were announced without a stage label and are not ranked above.
About the FundedIQ Artificial Intelligence startup funding data in San Francisco
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 1,007 funded Artificial Intelligence startups in San Francisco currently tracked. Round counts, capital totals and the median round are computed over a trailing 24 months. Rounds whose amount was not disclosed (91 of 726 in that period) are counted as rounds but excluded from capital totals and from the median. The most recent round on record for funded Artificial Intelligence startups in San Francisco is dated Oct 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 Artificial Intelligence startups are there in San Francisco?
FundedIQ tracks 1,007 funded Artificial Intelligence startups in San Francisco. 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 Artificial Intelligence startups in San Francisco raised?
Artificial Intelligence startups in San Francisco tracked by FundedIQ have raised $23B in disclosed capital across 726 funding rounds over the last 24 months, including 382 rounds in the last 12 months. 635 of those 726 rounds disclosed an amount; undisclosed rounds are excluded from the capital total.
Which investors back the most Artificial Intelligence startups in San Francisco?
Y Combinator, Alumni Ventures, Menlo Ventures, Pioneer Fund and NVIDIA appear most often across funded Artificial Intelligence startups in San Francisco 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 Artificial Intelligence startups in San Francisco?
The median disclosed round over the last 24 months is $5.5M, and the middle half of rounds fall between $500K and $25M. Round sizes vary widely by stage, so the seed and later-stage bands sit well either side of that figure.
What is the most common funding stage for Artificial Intelligence startups in San Francisco?
Pre-Seed is the most common labelled stage, with 227 rounds in the last 24 months, ahead of Seed (222) and Series A (103). A further 75 rounds were announced without a stage label and are not counted here.
How often is the Artificial Intelligence startup funding data in San Francisco 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 Artificial Intelligence startups in San Francisco is dated Oct 2026. Counts and totals on this page are recomputed on every refresh.
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