Recently Funded Seed Artificial Intelligence Startups
Updated Sep 2026
Funded Seed Artificial Intelligence startups number 2,491 in FundedIQ, tracked with their funding rounds, amounts, investors, industries, locations and company details. This page provides an overview of the Seed Artificial Intelligence startup funding landscape, along with the 100 most recently funded Seed Artificial Intelligence startups.
The median disclosed round is $4.2M, with the middle half of rounds falling between $2.0M and $7.0M. San Francisco and New York hold the deepest concentrations of these companies. Seed Artificial Intelligence startups closed 1,301 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 703 of them in the last 12 months, and raised $9.7B in disclosed capital.
These startups typically operate as lean teams based in San Francisco or New York. The dominance of small headcounts indicates early stage development. Such profiles represent a specific target for vendors selling foundational tools or infrastructure. These companies are often too small for enterprise software but are ideal for agile pilots and early adoption partnerships.
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, Pioneer Fund, Radical Ventures, 468 Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners.
100 most recently funded Seed Artificial Intelligence startups
100 of 2,491Ordered 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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Seed Artificial Intelligence startup funding trends
Funding activity
Seed Artificial Intelligence startups closed 1,301 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 703 of them in the last 12, adding up to $9.7B in disclosed capital.
Round sizes
The median disclosed round is $4.2M, with the middle half running from $2.0M to $7.0M. 1,081 of 1,301 rounds disclosed an amount.
Company size
The most common headcount band across the segment is 11-50.
Investors
Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund and Radical Ventures appear most often across funded Seed Artificial Intelligence startups on record.
Countries with the most funded Seed Artificial Intelligence startups
Where funded Seed Artificial Intelligence startups are headquartered, by the country on the company record.
Where are funded Seed Artificial Intelligence startups located?
Where funded Seed Artificial Intelligence startups are based, by the city on the company record.
Top investors in Seed Artificial Intelligence startups
The investors named most often across funded 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 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 2,491 funded 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 (220 of 1,301 in that period) are counted as rounds but excluded from capital totals and from the median. The most recent round on record for funded 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 Seed Artificial Intelligence startups are there?
FundedIQ tracks 2,491 funded 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 Seed Artificial Intelligence startups raised?
Seed Artificial Intelligence startups tracked by FundedIQ have raised $9.7B in disclosed capital across 1,301 funding rounds over the last 24 months, including 703 rounds in the last 12 months. 1,081 of those 1,301 rounds disclosed an amount; undisclosed rounds are excluded from the capital total.
Which countries have the most funded Seed Artificial Intelligence startups?
United States leads with 1,311 companies, ahead of United Kingdom (219), India (119) and Germany (95).
Which cities have the most funded Seed Artificial Intelligence startups?
San Francisco leads with 332 companies, then New York (154), London (151) and Palo Alto (61).
Which investors back the most Seed Artificial Intelligence startups?
Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund, Radical Ventures, 468 Capital and Bessemer Venture Partners appear most often across funded 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 Seed Artificial Intelligence startups?
The median disclosed round over the last 24 months is $4.2M, and the middle half of rounds fall between $2.0M and $7.0M. Round sizes vary widely by stage, so the seed and later-stage bands sit well either side of that figure.
How often is the 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 Seed Artificial Intelligence startups is dated Sep 2026. Counts and totals on this page are recomputed on every refresh.
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