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    AI Investment Firms

    Artificial Intelligence (AI) companies develop machine learning, natural language processing, computer vision, and other AI technologies that automate tasks and generate insights across industries.

    There are 1856 venture capital and private equity investment firms investing in AI tracked by Goldilocks AI. The most active by portfolio size are Y Combinator, Sequoia Capital, and Techstars.

    Last updated: 7 October 2026

    Investment Firms

    1,856

    Total Investments

    91,489

    Top Location

    San Francisco

    Top Stage

    Seed

    Where AI Investment Firms Are Based

    The largest concentration of AI investment firms is in San Francisco (225 investment firms). This is followed by New York (178), London (121), Palo Alto (61), Menlo Park (59). Overall, 52% of AI investment firms are based in the United States.

    Investment Stages for AI

    AI investment firms most commonly invest at the Seed stage, with 1756 investment firms active at this stage. This is followed by Series A (1736), Series B (1337), Pre-Seed (993), Series C (895).

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    Y Combinator logo

    Y Combinator

    San Francisco, California, United States

    2,447 investments

    Seed, Series A

    AI, Biotech & Life Sciences, Climate & Energy …

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    Sequoia Capital logo

    Sequoia Capital

    Menlo Park, California, United States

    989 investments

    Series B, Series A

    AI, Enterprise Software, Consumer …

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    Techstars logo

    Techstars

    New York, New York, United States

    986 investments

    Seed, Series A

    AI, Climate & Energy, Consumer …

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    General Catalyst logo

    General Catalyst

    San Francisco, California, United States

    974 investments

    Seed, Series A

    AI, Healthcare, Fintech …

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    Accel logo

    Accel

    Palo Alto, California, United States

    888 investments

    Series A, Series B

    AI, Consumer, Enterprise Software …

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    Lightspeed logo

    Lightspeed

    Menlo Park, California, United States

    785 investments

    Series A, Seed

    AI, Enterprise Software, Consumer …

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    Tiger Global Management logo

    Tiger Global Management

    New York, New York, United States

    783 investments

    Series B, Series A

    AI, Consumer, E-Commerce & Marketplace …

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    Insight Partners logo

    Insight Partners

    New York, New York, United States

    746 investments

    Series B, Series A

    Enterprise Software, SaaS, Data & Analytics …

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    Founders Fund logo

    Founders Fund

    San Francisco, California, United States

    703 investments

    Series A, Seed

    Defense & Space, AI, Biotech & Life Sciences …

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    GV (Google Ventures) logo

    GV (Google Ventures)

    San Francisco, California, United States

    689 investments

    Series A, Series B

    AI, Biotech & Life Sciences, Climate & Energy …

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    Bessemer Venture Partners logo

    Bessemer Venture Partners

    Menlo Park, California, United States

    644 investments

    Series A, Series B

    AI, Biotech & Life Sciences, Infrastructure & Cloud …

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    Khosla Ventures logo

    Khosla Ventures

    Menlo Park, California, United States

    643 investments

    Series A, Series B

    AI, Biotech & Life Sciences, Climate & Energy …

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    Index Ventures logo

    Index Ventures

    London, United Kingdom

    601 investments

    Series A, Series B

    AI, Consumer, Enterprise Software …

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    NEA (New Enterprise Associates) logo

    NEA (New Enterprise Associates)

    Menlo Park, California, United States

    571 investments

    Series B, Series A

    AI, Biotech & Life Sciences, Consumer …

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    SV Angel logo

    SV Angel

    San Francisco, California, United States

    530 investments

    Seed, Series A

    AI, Enterprise Software

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    Alumni Ventures logo

    Alumni Ventures

    Manchester, New Hampshire, United States

    505 investments

    Seed, Series A

    AI, Climate & Energy, Construction …

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    Gaingels logo

    Gaingels

    Burlington, United States

    499 investments

    Seed, Series A

    AI, Healthcare, Fintech …

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    Kleiner Perkins logo

    Kleiner Perkins

    Menlo Park, California, United States

    431 investments

    Series B, Series A

    AI, Enterprise Software, Consumer …

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    First Round logo

    First Round

    San Francisco, California, United States

    425 investments

    Seed, Series A

    AI, Consumer, Enterprise Software …

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    500 Global logo

    500 Global

    Palo Alto, California, United States

    422 investments

    Seed, Series A

    Fintech, SaaS, AI …

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    Salesforce Ventures logo

    Salesforce Ventures

    San Francisco, California, United States

    419 investments

    Series B, Series C

    AI, Enterprise Software, SaaS …

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    Intel Capital logo

    Intel Capital

    Santa Clara, California, United States

    413 investments

    Series B, Series A

    AI, Hardware & Semiconductors, Infrastructure & Cloud …

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    Plug and Play logo

    Plug and Play

    Sunnyvale, California, United States

    403 investments

    Seed, Series A

    Fintech, AI, Enterprise Software …

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    8VC logo

    8VC

    Austin, Texas, United States

    398 investments

    Series A, Seed

    AI, Biotech & Life Sciences, Defense & Space …

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    Peak XV Partners logo

    Peak XV Partners

    Bangalore, India

    386 investments

    Series A, Seed

    AI, SaaS, Fintech …

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    Battery Ventures logo

    Battery Ventures

    Boston, Massachusetts, United States

    377 investments

    Series B, Series A

    AI, Cybersecurity, Data & Analytics …

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    Greycroft logo

    Greycroft

    New York, New York, United States

    375 investments

    Series A, Seed

    AI, Consumer, Enterprise Software …

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    FJ Labs logo

    FJ Labs

    New York, New York, United States

    374 investments

    Series A, Seed

    E-Commerce & Marketplace, Consumer, Fintech …

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    Menlo Ventures logo

    Menlo Ventures

    Menlo Park, California, United States

    363 investments

    Series A, Series B

    AI, Enterprise Software, Healthcare …

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    Coatue Management logo

    Coatue Management

    New York, New York, United States

    361 investments

    Series B, Series A

    AI, Enterprise Software, Consumer …

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    Felicis logo

    Felicis

    Menlo Park, California, United States

    356 investments

    Series A, Seed

    AI, Cybersecurity, Defense & Space …

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    Spark Capital logo

    Spark Capital

    Boston, Massachusetts, United States

    348 investments

    Series B, Series A

    AI, Consumer, Crypto & Web3 …

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    HTGF logo

    HTGF

    Bonn, Germany

    337 investments

    Seed, Series A

    Biotech & Life Sciences, Climate & Energy, Manufacturing …

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    Bain Capital Ventures logo

    Bain Capital Ventures

    San Francisco, California, United States

    334 investments

    Series B, Series A

    Fintech, AI, Cybersecurity …

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    True Ventures logo

    True Ventures

    Palo Alto, California, United States

    333 investments

    Series A, Seed

    AI, SaaS, Hardware & Semiconductors …

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    Redpoint Ventures logo

    Redpoint Ventures

    Woodside, California, United States

    326 investments

    Series B, Series A

    AI, Enterprise Software, Infrastructure & Cloud …

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