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Recently Funded AI Companies in California 2026

California artificial intelligence and machine learning companies whose latest recorded funding round was announced in the last 90 days.

Known total funding for 73 of 75 ranked companies: $53.1B.

Showing top 75 matching companies · Ranked by most recent funding · Latest company record update Sep 29, 2026

Methodology: up to 100 active companies matching this list's filters are ordered by most recent announced round. Companies whose latest round is one of: Grant are excluded. Totals include recorded grants and other qualifying funding, not just equity. Open a company profile for its funding summary and available detail. How this data is built.

26
Kita

AI-native credit assessment platform that turns messy borrower applications into decision-ready f...

San Francisco, United States1–10Artificial Intelligence, Fintech
SeedTotal funding$4.5MAug 2026
27
Thunder Compute

Virtualization software to make GPUs 5x cheaper

San Francisco, United States1–10Artificial Intelligence, Cloud
Series ATotal funding$18.0MAug 2026
28
Etched

AI chip startup designing custom ASICs purpose-built for transformer-based artificial intelligenc...

Cupertino, United States51–200Semiconductors, Artificial Intelligence
Venture RoundTotal funding$1.6BAug 2026
29
Hypercubic

Hypercubic provides domain-specific AI that accelerates mainframe modernization for enterprises a...

San Francisco, United States1–10Artificial Intelligence
SeedTotal funding$5.3MAug 2026
30
Palona

Palona builds AI agents that capture restaurant demand, take orders, coordinate catering, and tur...

Palo Alto, United States11–50Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
Series ATotal funding$30.0MAug 2026
31
Velaura AI

High-performance energy-efficient infrastructure for blockchain and AI

San Jose, United States51–200Artificial Intelligence, Crypto & Web3
Series ATotal funding$110.0MAug 2026
32
Gamgee

Gamgee builds personalized mRNA cancer vaccines from each dog's tumor to help its immune system f...

San Francisco, United States1–10Artificial Intelligence, Biotech
SeedTotal funding$4.0MAug 2026
33
Groq

Groq delivers fast, low cost AI inference using custom LPU (Language Processing Unit) chips and G...

Mountain View, United States201–500Artificial Intelligence, Hardware
Series ATotal funding$4.2BAug 2026
34
Higgsfield

Generative AI platform for creators and social media teams to create and edit images, videos, and...

San Francisco, United States51–200Generative AI, Media
Series BTotal funding$718.0MAug 2026
35
Xpander.ai

xpander.ai provides an enterprise platform that lets organizations deploy AI agents with permissi...

San Francisco, United States11–50Artificial Intelligence, Developer Tools
SeedTotal funding$7.5MAug 2026
36
Vals AI

Independent LLM evaluation platform benchmarking AI models on real-world enterprise tasks in fina...

San Francisco, United States11–50Artificial Intelligence, Developer Tools
Series ATotal funding$45.0MAug 2026
37
CodeRabbit

AI-driven code review platform that provides context-aware, line-by-line reviews and 1-click fixe...

San Francisco, United States51–200Artificial Intelligence, Developer Tools
Series CTotal funding$143.0MAug 2026
38
Skan AI

Skan AI observes enterprise workflows and builds a context graph that helps AI agents automate co...

San Francisco, United States51–200Energy, Artificial Intelligence
Series CTotal funding$117.0MAug 2026
39
Discovered Materials

AI scientists to discover materials for the semiconductor industry.

San Francisco, United States1–10Artificial Intelligence
SeedTotal funding$9.0MAug 2026
40
Point2

Point2 Technology develops ultra-low power, ultra-low latency interconnect SoCs that empower next...

San Jose, United States11–50Artificial Intelligence, Developer Tools
Extension RoundTotal funding$212.0MAug 2026
41
SkinBit

The company building a revolutionary full-body scanner for skin cancer screening

Los Angeles, United States1–10Artificial Intelligence, Healthcare
Pre-seedTotal funding$8.2MAug 2026
42
Windborne

Operates a global constellation of long-duration weather balloons and AI forecasts to deliver atm...

Redwood City, United States11–50Artificial Intelligence, Climate Tech
Series BTotal funding$60.6MAug 2026
43
Buzz Solutions

AI-powered visual intelligence platform helping utilities identify infrastructure risks and impro...

Palo Alto, United StatesArtificial Intelligence, SaaS
Series ATotal funding$29.5MAug 2026
44
Volta Infra

Neocloud AI infrastructure provider offering GPU cloud capacity to mid-market AI startups.

Palo Alto, United StatesArtificial Intelligence, Cloud
Venture RoundTotal funding$300.0MAug 2026
45
Design Arena

World's largest crowdsourced benchmark for AI-generated design

San Francisco, United States1–10Artificial Intelligence, Developer Tools
SeedTotal funding$7.9MAug 2026
46
Horizon3.ai

Horizon3.ai is a leading provider of autonomous security solutions and the creator of NodeZero, a...

San Francisco, United States201–500Cybersecurity, Artificial Intelligence
Series ETotal funding$510.0MJul 2026
47
Inworld AI

AI character engine for games and virtual worlds, enabling developers to create interactive NPCs ...

San Francisco, United States51–200Artificial Intelligence, Generative AI
Venture RoundTotal funding$100.0MJul 2026
48
Vector Legal

AI-native law firm pairing experienced startup attorneys with proprietary technology to serve fou...

San Francisco, United States1–10Artificial Intelligence, Legal Tech
SeedTotal funding$5.2MJul 2026
49
Copysight

Unlock the Power of Generative AI Content for Your business.

Los Angeles, United States1–10Artificial Intelligence, Legal Tech
SeedTotal funding$3.5MJul 2026
50
Eliyan

Semiconductor IP company developing the industry's highest-performance chiplet interconnect techn...

Santa Clara, United States51–200Artificial Intelligence, Hardware
Series CTotal funding$295.0MJul 2026