AI Startup Index
The company market for AI: fastest-growing startups, newly funded companies, unicorn watchlist and sector leaders — continuously tracked by Fusion42.
Data drawn from 741 startups tracked by Fusion42.
◆ Capital flow
13 May 2026 — 10 Aug 2026 · ribbon width = capital deployed to startups in region · regions are startup HQ, not investor origin · click a node to focus, click Other to expand.
Market movement · last 90 days vs previous
Enterprise leads capital allocation
22% of tracked capital in the last 90 days flowed into Enterprise.
Fintech accelerating
Capital into Fintech increased 333.3% versus the previous period.
Asia gaining share
Asia startups captured 861.3% more capital than the previous period.
Capital deployed
$5.0B
Companies funded
361
Sector groups funded
16
Countries active
49
◆ At a glance
Total startups
741
Total raised
$9.4B
New (30 days)
253
Raised (30 days)
$2.9B
◆ Sector leaders
| Rank | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| #1 | 8090 Labs | series-a |
| #2 | 8090 | series-a |
| #3 | 7AI | series-a |
| #4 | Kai | seed |
| #5 | Trase | seed |
| #6 | Genesis AI | seed |
| #7 | Holiday Robotics | series-a |
| #8 | Fish Audio | seed |
| #9 | TerraFirma | series-a |
| #10 | Scout AI | series-a |
◆ Unicorn watchlist
No unicorns tracked yet — check back as the dataset grows.
◆ Recently funded
◆ Top AI sectors by startup count
220
Enterprise Software
118
Fintech
64
Digital Health
54
Climate Tech
48
Cybersecurity
34
AI & ML
34
AI Infrastructure
30
Robotics