Final yr was a monumental yr for the AI trade within the U.S. and past.
There have been 49 startups that raised funding rounds price $100 million or extra in 2024, per our rely at TechCrunch. Three corporations raised a couple of “mega-round” final yr, and 7 corporations raised rounds at $1 billion or bigger.
How will 2025 evaluate? It’s nonetheless early within the yr however the variety of U.S. AI corporations which have raised greater than $100 million is sort of in double digits, and there has already been one spherical bigger than $1 billion.
Listed below are all of the U.S. AI corporations which have raised greater than $100 million up to now this yr.
March
AI analysis and enormous language mannequin firm Anthropic raised $3.5 billion in a Sequence E spherical that valued the startup at $61.5 billion. The spherical was introduced on March 3 and was led by Lightspeed with participation from Salesforce Ventures, Menlo Ventures, and Basic Catalyst, amongst others.
February
Collectively AI, which creates open supply generative AI and AI mannequin growth infrastructure, raised a $305 million Sequence B spherical that valued the corporate at $3.3 billion. The February 20 spherical was co-led by Prosperity7 and Basic Catalyst with participation from Salesforce Ventures, Nvidia, Lux Capital, and others.
AI infrastructure firm Lambda raised a $480 million Sequence D spherical that was introduced on February 19. The spherical valued the startup at practically $2.5 billion and was co-led by SGW and Andra Capital. Nvidia, G Squared, ARK Make investments, and others additionally participated.
Pittsburgh-based Abridge, an AI platform that transcribes patient-clinician conversations, was valued at $2.75 billion in a Sequence D spherical that was introduced on February 17. The $250 million spherical was co-led by IVP and Elad Gil. Lightspeed, Redpoint, and Spark Capital additionally participated, amongst others.
Eudia, an AI authorized tech firm, raised $105 million in a Sequence A spherical led by Basic Catalyst. Floodgate, Defy Ventures, and All over the place Ventures additionally participated within the spherical along with different VC corporations and quite a few angel buyers. The spherical closed on February 13.
AI {hardware} startup EnCharge AI raised a $100 million Sequence B spherical that additionally closed on February 13. The spherical was led by Tiger International with participation from Scout Ventures, Samsung Ventures, and RTX Ventures, amongst others. The Santa Clara-based enterprise was based in 2022.
AI authorized tech firm Harvey raised a $300 million Sequence D spherical that valued the 3-year-old firm at $3 billion. The spherical was led by Sequoia and introduced on February 12. OpenAI Startup Fund, Kleiner Perkins, Elad Gil, and others additionally participated within the increase.
January
Artificial voice startup ElevenLabs raised a $180 million Sequence C spherical that valued the corporate at greater than $3 billion. It was introduced on January 30. The spherical was co-led by ICONIQ Development and Andreessen Horowitz. Sequoia, NEA, Salesforce Ventures, and others additionally participated within the spherical.
Hippocratic AI, which develops massive language fashions for the healthcare trade, introduced a $141 million Sequence B spherical on January 9. This spherical valued the corporate at greater than $1.6 billion and was led by Kleiner Perkins. Andreessen Horowitz, Nvidia, and Basic Catalyst additionally participated, amongst others.
