Funded Artificial Intelligence Startups in Sunnyvale
Sunnyvale's AI funding activity in this dataset spans from a $100K unlabeled round in October 2020 to Figure's $1.0B Series C in September 2025 — a range t…
Sunnyvale's AI funding activity in this dataset spans from a $100K unlabeled round in October 2020 to Figure's $1.0B Series C in September 2025 — a range that captures both early bets and late-stage capital deployment. The 15 companies that closed rounds from January 2024 onward skew early: eight are seed or pre-seed financings, including Lightscreen AI ($500K), Lincode ($4M), and Scout AI ($15M). Headline deals cluster at the top of the stack — Figure's billion-dollar round, Reka AI's $110M Series B in July 2025, and Lyric's $44M Series B in August 2025 represent the most recent growth-stage activity. Earlier peaks include Cerebras Systems' $250M Series F (November 2021) and Clari's $225M Series F (January 2022). At least eight rounds carry undisclosed amounts — ANAFLASH, Nauto, and Altimate AI among them — which limits direct size comparisons across the full set.
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What are the largest disclosed rounds in this dataset?
Figure's $1.0B Series C (September 2025) is the largest, followed by Cerebras Systems' $250M Series F (November 2021) and Clari's $225M Series F (January 2022). Reka AI's $110M Series B (July 2025) and ThoughtSpot's $100M Series F (November 2021) round out the top five by disclosed amount.
How many rounds in this set carry undisclosed amounts?
At least eight rounds list undisclosed amounts, including ANAFLASH's Series A (November 2024), Nauto's Series Unknown (October 2024), Altimate AI's Seed (September 2024), and Armorblox's Venture round (September 2022). Deal size should be verified independently for these companies before using them in outreach or pipeline models.
What stage of company appears most frequently in this set?
Seed and pre-seed rounds are the most common, accounting for ten entries — including Acuvity ($9M, September 2024), Prof Jim ($2M, September 2024), Datasaur ($4M, August 2023), and Interactly.ai (pre-seed, June 2025). The three Series F rounds — Clari, Cerebras Systems, and ThoughtSpot — all closed within a three-month window between November 2021 and January 2022.
How active was Sunnyvale AI funding in 2024 and 2025?
Fifteen of the 31 companies closed rounds from January 2024 through September 2025. The 2025 cohort includes Figure ($1.0B Series C), Reka AI ($110M Series B), Lyric ($44M Series B), and Scout AI ($15M Seed). The 2024 cohort leans heavily early-stage, with Acuvity, Lincode, Lightscreen AI, Altimate AI, and Prof Jim all at seed.
Are there specific AI verticals represented beyond the general AI category?
Company-level context in the data points to healthcare (Somnoware Healthcare Systems), automotive safety (Nauto), data annotation (Datasaur), revenue intelligence (Clari), and AI chip hardware (Cerebras Systems). The majority of companies are listed under the broad Artificial Intelligence (AI) category without sub-vertical differentiation in this dataset.
What was the earliest recorded round, and how does the timeline look overall?
Quantellia closed the earliest round at $100K in October 2020, followed by Exceed.ai at $4M in December 2020. The dataset runs through September 2025, with the densest activity concentrated in 2021–2022 (seven rounds) and 2024–2025 (fifteen rounds), suggesting a dip in recorded activity during 2023.
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