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Top 100 AI Startups in San Francisco 2026

The most-funded artificial intelligence and machine learning startups headquartered in San Francisco, ranked by total capital raised.

Known total funding for 100 of 100 ranked companies: $461.1B.

Showing top 100 matching companies · Ranked by total funding raised

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curl "https://indexed.vc/api/v1/companies?industries=Artificial+Intelligence,Generative+AI,Machine+Learning&countries=United+States&cities=San+Francisco&operatingStatus=active&sort=total_funding_raised&order=desc&limit=100" -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

The API has no company type filter, so public companies can appear; this list counts private companies only.

The API cannot leave out companies whose latest round is a grant, private equity or debt financing; this list does.

Data from Indexed.vcUpdated

Methodology: up to 100 active companies matching this list's filters are ordered by disclosed total funding in USD. Companies whose latest round is one of: Grant, Private Equity, Debt Financing 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
Poolside

Poolside develops large language models specifically designed for software engineering, providing...

San Francisco, United States51–200Artificial Intelligence, Developer Tools
Series BTotal funding$752.0MOct 2024
27
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
28
Generalist AI

Generalist builds embodied foundation models that enable robots to interact intelligently with th...

San Francisco, United States51–200Artificial Intelligence, Robotics
Series CTotal funding$715.5MJun 2026
29
Hark

Seamlessly contextualize your customer's issue into a perfectly packaged service ticket deliverin...

San Francisco, United States1–10Retail, Artificial Intelligence
Series ATotal funding$703.5MMay 2026
30
Tripo AI

AI 3D and world-model foundation platform.

San Francisco, United States51–200Artificial Intelligence
Series BTotal funding$696.0MSep 2026
31
Checkr

Checkr provides an AI-powered verification platform that helps organizations make faster, safer d...

San Francisco, United States501–1000Artificial Intelligence, Compliance
Extension RoundTotal funding$679.0MApr 2022
32
InnovAccer

Healthcare data platform unifying patient records across systems to enable value-based care, popu...

San Francisco, United States1001–5000Artificial Intelligence, Healthcare
Series FTotal funding$643.1MJan 2025
33
Gong.io

Revenue AI platform that embeds tailored agents into team workflows to automate sales work, surfa...

San Francisco, United States1001–5000Artificial Intelligence, Marketing Tech
Series ETotal funding$635.0MJun 2021
34
Chai Discovery

Chai Discovery builds frontier AI to predict and reprogram interactions between biochemical molec...

San Francisco, United States11–50Artificial Intelligence, Biotech
Series CTotal funding$630.0MJul 2026
35
Fal

fal is the leading platform for generative media, offering cutting-edge inference solutions for A...

San Francisco, United States11–50Artificial Intelligence, Infrastructure
Venture RoundTotal funding$614.0MMar 2026
36
Sigma Computing

Sigma Computing is an AI-powered analytics platform for cloud data warehouses, offering spreadshe...

San Francisco, United States501–1000Analytics, Business Intelligence
Series ETotal funding$610.0MMay 2026
37
Parallel

Parallel provides web-search and research APIs that give AI agents current, cited information for...

San Francisco, United States1–10Artificial Intelligence, Developer Tools
Venture RoundTotal funding$608.9MMay 2026
38
Abnormal AI

Abnormal provides behavioral AI security that detects and autonomously stops email, identity, and...

San Francisco, United States1001–5000Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity
Series DTotal funding$608.0MAug 2024
39
BetterUp

Human transformation platform combining professional coaching, mental health support, and AI to h...

San Francisco, United States1001–5000Artificial Intelligence, HR Tech
Series ETotal funding$569.8MOct 2021
40
Coralogix

Full-stack observability platform for logs, metrics, and traces with AI-powered analytics and no ...

San Francisco, United States201–500Artificial Intelligence, Cloud
Series FTotal funding$547.0MJun 2026
41
Grammarly

AI-powered writing assistant trusted by over 40 million daily users that analyzes text in real-ti...

San Francisco, United States501–1000Artificial Intelligence, Productivity
Growth EquityTotal funding$545.0MMar 2024
42
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
43
Pebl

Pebl allows companies to hire, pay, and manage employees in 185+ countries—removing risk, red tap...

San Francisco, United States501–1000Artificial Intelligence, Fintech
Series BTotal funding$500.0MMay 2022
44
Zyphra

Zyphra runs a research lab pushing the frontier of open intelligence and a full-stack AI cloud pl...

San Francisco, United States11–50Artificial Intelligence
Series BTotal funding$500.0MMay 2026
45
Talkdesk

AI-powered cloud contact center platform that automates customer experience workflows for enterpr...

San Francisco, United States1001–5000Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
Series DTotal funding$497.6MAug 2021
46
Mercor

AI-powered hiring platform that finds, screens, and pays global talent for companies and AI data ...

San Francisco, United States51–200Artificial Intelligence, HR Tech
Series CTotal funding$485.6MOct 2025
47
Corgi

Corgi provides modular startup insurance for technology companies, combining faster quotes, clear...

San Francisco, United States51–200Artificial Intelligence, Insurtech
Extension RoundTotal funding$482.5MMay 2026
48
Decagon

Decagon builds AI agents for enterprise customer support, automating routine inquiries across mul...

San Francisco, United States51–200Artificial Intelligence
Series DTotal funding$481.0MJan 2026
49
humans&

Human-centric frontier AI research lab building AI models that prioritize coordination, communica...

San Francisco, United States11–50Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
SeedTotal funding$480.0MJan 2026
50
Genspark

Genspark provides an all-in-one AI workspace with agents and tools for creating documents, presen...

San Francisco, United States51–200Artificial Intelligence
Extension RoundTotal funding$475.0MJun 2026