π° AI Funding Tracker 2026
Track AI company funding rounds, investments, and acquisitions
π AI Investment Trends
Quarterly AI funding trends showing investment flow
* Q1 2026 is projected based on current pace. Source: CB Insights, Crunchbase
π Largest AI Funding Rounds (2025-2026)
The biggest AI funding rounds that shaped the industry
| Company | Amount | Round | Date | Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| π€ OpenAI | $40B | Series F | Oct 2025 | SoftBank, Microsoft, Thrive |
| π Anthropic | $3B | Series E | May 2025 | Google, Spark Capital |
| π₯ Scale AI | $1B | Series F | Mar 2025 | Y Combinator, Tiger Global |
| π¨ Midjourney | $620M | Series B | Aug 2025 | General Catalyst |
| π Perplexity | $500M | Series C | Apr 2025 | IVP, NEA, Bezos |
| π¬ Character.AI | $450M | Series C | Jan 2025 | a16z, Google |
| π₯ Hippocratic AI | $141M | Series B | Feb 2025 | Premji Invest, General Catalyst |
| β‘ Grok (xAI) | $6B | Series B | Nov 2025 | Abrdn, Fidelity,ζ²ηΉδΈ»ζεΊι |
π Funding by AI Category
Where investors are placing their bets
OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI, Cohere, Mistral
Databricks, Scale AI, Hugging Face, Weights & Biases
Hippocratic AI, Abridge, Medical AI startups
Midjourney, Runway, Stability AI, Leonardo
Palo Alto AI, CrowdStrike, Security AI startups
Industrial AI, robotics, predictive maintenance
π¦ Top AI Investors
Most active venture capital firms in AI
Sequoia Capital
45+ AI deals
a16z
38+ AI deals
General Catalyst
32+ AI deals
Accel Partners
28+ AI deals
Tiger Global
25+ AI deals
Index Ventures
22+ AI deals
π Major AI Acquisitions
Notable AI company acquisitions in 2025-2026
Microsoft acquires Inflection AI
$650M
Strategic talent acquisition to strengthen Copilot capabilities
Amazon acquires Adept AI
$440M
To enhance Alexa and AWS agent capabilities
Apple acquires DarwinAI
$185M
For on-device AI and manufacturing quality control
Salesforce acquires Zoomin
$220M
Content AI for CRM and service cloud
π AI Funding by Region
North America
$53B+ in 2025
Europe
$17B+ (UK, France, Germany lead)
China
$15B+ ( government-backed)
Asia (Other)
$8B+ (India, Singapore, Japan)
Other
$4B+ (Israel, Canada, Australia)