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Best AI Infrastructure Companies in United States
The 1605 best AI Infrastructure companies in United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: OpenAI.
By Rohit KhannaTrends & Stories
1605companies tracked
$66.8Bdisclosed funding
53unicorns
737have raised
When you want the definitive map of AI Infrastructure companies in the United States ranked by disclosed equity funding and recent momentum, 1,605 tracked companies and $66.8B in total disclosed capital is where you start. Fifty-three unicorns. That's not a nascent sector hedging its bets — that's an industry mid-sprint.
The numbers tell you where the weight sits. OpenAI leads at $17.9B, Anthropic follows at $4.5B, Lambda AI at $4.3B, then CoreWeave at $2.3B and SambaNova Systems at $1.1B rounding out the upper tier. I find the spread interesting: the gap between first and fifth is enormous, which means capital is concentrating fast at the top even as the broader ecosystem keeps adding entrants. According to MarketsandMarkets, the global AI infrastructure market was roughly $22.6B in 2021 and is forecast to hit $105.4B by 2028 at a 24.6% CAGR. Cloud-based ML platforms and cross-industry partnerships are driving that curve, and the financing world is clearly keeping pace — Google recently issued century-long bonds to fund infrastructure spending, a signal that the biggest players are locking in capital for decades. Y Combinator, Sequoia, and Alumni Ventures are the most active backers in this directory, which tells you where early conviction is clustering.
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FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · AI INFRASTRUCTURE × UNITED STATES
Our analysis of 50 AI Infrastructure companies
$46.6b in tracked funding; 98% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
50companies analysed
98%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
24unicorns
2021median founding year
13Mcombined LinkedIn audience
88%of audience held by top 3
3companies hiring publicly (12 mo)
Ranked: Best AI Infrastructure companies in United States
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Employees | Tech stack | Web popularity | Market signals (1y) | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OpenAI 🦄 AI research and deployment solutions developing advanced artificial intelligence systems and tools for global… 97Tech top 7%Partners top 9%Customers top 9%Funding top 10% All 13 signals ▾Techtop 7% Partnerstop 9% Customerstop 9% Fundingtop 10% Markettop 11% Innovationtop 12% Talenttop 18% Moattop 20% Growthtop 22% Newstop 24% Producttop 26% AItop 35% Globaltop 48% Tech: 111 technologies across 8/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon S3 Partners: 47 partnership announcements in 12 mo (56 in 24 mo) · 167 contract events in 12 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 97/100 | $17.9B | 1 mo ago | 831 | ContentfulTurbopackApple iCloud Mail+27 | Top 1k | 895 signals ▲62% Leadership · Contracts · Announcements | — | 4 launchs |
| 2 | Anthropic 🦄 Provider of AI safety and research company 97Funding top 7%Partners top 13%Innovation top 17%News top 17% All 12 signals ▾Fundingtop 7% Partnerstop 13% Innovationtop 17% Newstop 17% Talenttop 17% AItop 20% Growthtop 21% Techtop 22% Producttop 22% Moattop 24% Markettop 26% Globaltop 48% Funding: Raised $4.5B across 17 rounds · 17 rounds over 5 yrs (3.4/yr) Partners: 11 partnership announcements in 12 mo (15 in 24 mo) · 58 contract events in 12 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 97/100 | $4.5B | 1 mo ago | 73 | SentryNode.jsGoogle Sign-in+22 | Top 50k | 342 signals ▲302% Announcements · New product · Contracts | — | — |
| 3 | Lambda AI 🦄 Provider of supercomputers, clusters, and instances for artificial intelligence development 84Funding top 9%Tech top 21%Moat top 27%Patents top 29% All 10 signals ▾Fundingtop 9% Techtop 21% Moattop 27% Patentstop 29% AItop 30% Innovationtop 31% Markettop 36% Growthtop 45% Globaltop 46% Talentbottom 49% Funding: Raised $4.3B across 12 rounds · 12 rounds over 7 yrs (1.7/yr) Tech: 60 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon S3 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 84/100 | $4.3B | 1 mo ago | — | HubSpot CMS HubApple iCloud MailStripe+22 | Top 500k | — | 36 patents Patents concentrated in electrical & electronics | 2 launchs |
| 4 | CoreWeave 🦄 Provider of cloud computing services for artificial intelligence workloads 96Funding top 10%Partners top 15%Product top 18%Innovation top 19% All 13 signals ▾Fundingtop 10% Partnerstop 15% Producttop 18% Innovationtop 19% Markettop 20% Growthtop 21% Techtop 22% Newstop 24% Moattop 26% AItop 30% Talenttop 37% Fin. healthtop 38% Globalbottom 46% Funding: Raised $2.3B across 15 rounds · 15 rounds over 6 yrs (2.5/yr) Partners: 5 partnership announcements in 12 mo (7 in 24 mo) · 55 contract events in 12 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 96/100 | $2.3B | 2 mo ago | 239 | Amazon WebstoreWebflowGSAP+29 | Top 1M | 207 signals ▲29% Contracts · Earnings · Funding | — | 3 launchs |
| 5 | Nuro 🦄 Developer of autonomous driving technology for automakers and mobility providers 89Funding top 13%AI top 20%Growth top 22%Moat top 22% All 13 signals ▾Fundingtop 13% AItop 20% Growthtop 22% Moattop 22% Patentstop 23% Newstop 26% Markettop 32% Talenttop 34% Partnerstop 37% Innovationtop 38% Producttop 41% Techtop 42% Globalbottom 42% Funding: Raised $2.1B across 6 rounds · 6 rounds over 8 yrs (0.8/yr) AI: Classified as an AI company rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 89/100 | $2.1B | 9 mo ago | 1,005 1,005 → 1,117 (+11%) | SentryApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+18 | Top 5M | 12 signals ▲300% Funding · Contracts · Announcements | 294 patents Autonomous vehicle sensing, diagnostics, control, and communication systems integration | 1 internship · 1 partnership · 1 expansion |
| 6 | ReflectionAI 🦄 Developer of autonomous coding systems 84Funding top 12%Growth top 28%AI top 30%Moat top 32% All 8 signals ▾Fundingtop 12% Growthtop 28% AItop 30% Moattop 32% Techtop 34% Talenttop 38% Markettop 44% Globalbottom 48% Funding: Raised $2.1B across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 1 yrs (3.0/yr) Growth: Web rank 10,000,000 → 5,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 84/100 | $2.1B | 8 mo ago | — | SanityApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+13 | Top 5M | — | — | 1 partnership · 1 expansion |
| 7 | Scale AI 🦄 Labeled data to train AI applications 90Funding top 16%AI top 18%Tech top 19%Moat top 23% All 12 signals ▾Fundingtop 16% AItop 18% Techtop 19% Moattop 23% Markettop 28% Innovationtop 28% Patentstop 32% Partnerstop 35% Growthtop 40% Globaltop 45% Talentbottom 49% Newsbottom 42% Funding: Raised $1.6B across 8 rounds · 8 rounds over 10 yrs (0.8/yr) AI: Classified as an AI company · Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 90/100 | $1.6B | 12 mo ago | 531 | TurbopackSentryAtlassian Statuspage+40 | Top 500k | 3 signals ▼25% Capital raise · Funding | 30 patents AI-powered data labeling, dataset curation, and sampling for computer vision and document extraction | 1 partnership |
| 8 | SambaNova Systems 🦄 Provider of AI-powered software and hardware 93Innovation top 13%Patents top 13%Funding top 14%Tech top 19% All 13 signals ▾Innovationtop 13% Patentstop 13% Fundingtop 14% Techtop 19% AItop 22% Moattop 22% Newstop 23% Markettop 29% Partnerstop 32% Growthtop 39% Producttop 41% Globaltop 47% Talentbottom 49% Innovation: 589 patents (top 2% of patent-holders) · 511 filings since 2022 vs 78 in 2017-21 Patents: 589 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 511 filings since 2022 vs 78 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 93/100 | $1.1B | 3 mo ago | 497 497 → 406 (-18%) | Apple iCloud MailGoogle WorkspaceNode.js+32 | Top 1M | 12 signals ▲1100% Funding · M&A · Announcements | 589 patents Reconfigurable AI accelerator hardware for high‑bandwidth, dataflow‑optimized neural network processing | — |
| 9 | FluidStack Provider of managed high performance computing clusters for artificial intelligence 87Partners top 12%Growth top 14%Fin. health top 19%Talent top 23% All 11 signals ▾Partnerstop 12% Growthtop 14% Fin. healthtop 19% Talenttop 23% Fundingtop 25% Newstop 26% AItop 30% Techtop 39% Moattop 48% Marketbottom 45% Globalbottom 40% Partners: 25 contract events in 12 mo · Named contractor/client in 25 deals Growth: Revenue +140% YoY · Web rank 10,000,000 → 5,000,000 YoY rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 87/100 | $1.0B | 5 mo ago | 3 | WebflowThree.jsKnockout.js+24 | Top 5M | 29 signals ▲314% Contracts · Funding · Announcements | — | — |
| 10 | Groq 🦄 Provider of AI inference platforms and on-premise AI inference clusters 96Funding top 15%Patents top 16%Innovation top 17%Tech top 18% All 12 signals ▾Fundingtop 15% Patentstop 16% Innovationtop 17% Techtop 18% AItop 18% Partnerstop 21% Moattop 22% Growthtop 23% Newstop 23% Markettop 29% Talenttop 34% Globalbottom 42% Funding: Raised $1.0B across 5 rounds · 5 rounds over 10 yrs (0.5/yr) Patents: 240 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 157 filings since 2022 vs 83 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 96/100 | $1.0B | 9 mo ago | 165 165 → 313 (+90%) | AlgoliaNode.jsRadix UI+31 | Top 100k | 28 signals ▲133% Funding · Contracts · Capital raise | 240 patents Hardware and software techniques for high‑performance tensor/AI accelerator design and reliability. | — |
| 11 | SSI 🦄 Platform offering security solutions for AI models 80Funding top 17%AI top 20%Moat top 25%Innovation top 27% All 10 signals ▾Fundingtop 17% AItop 20% Moattop 25% Innovationtop 27% Talenttop 28% Patentstop 32% Growthtop 35% Markettop 43% Globaltop 50% Techbottom 29% Funding: Raised $1.0B across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 2 yrs (1.0/yr) AI: Classified as an AI company rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 80/100 | $1.0B | 11 mo ago | — | Apple iCloud MailVercelHSTS+2 | Top 5M | — | 45 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 12 | Cerebras 🦄 Provider of high-performance AI infrastructure and wafer-scale computing solutions 96Funding top 10%Tech top 17%News top 18%Growth top 20% All 10 signals ▾Fundingtop 10% Techtop 17% Newstop 18% Growthtop 20% Talenttop 23% Moattop 26% AItop 30% Partnerstop 32% Markettop 33% Globaltop 42% Funding: Raised $750M across 9 rounds · 9 rounds over 10 yrs (0.9/yr) Tech: 44 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare, Vercel rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 96/100 | $750M | 2 mo ago | — | SanityTurbopackNode.js+25 | Top 500k | 10 signals ▲67% IPO · Contracts · Funding | — | 1 launch |
| 13 | Nexthop AI 🦄 AI infrastructure for cloud infrastructure 76Funding top 13%AI top 20%Moat top 27%Growth top 35% All 10 signals ▾Fundingtop 13% AItop 20% Moattop 27% Growthtop 35% Innovationtop 40% Markettop 44% Globaltop 49% Talentbottom 49% Techbottom 48% Patentsbottom 44% Funding: Raised $610M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 1 yrs (2.0/yr) AI: Classified as an AI company rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 76/100 | $610M | 3 mo ago | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+23 | Top 5M | — | 22 patents Advanced routing, BGP management, and secure wireless WAN protocol technologies | 3 awards |
| 14 | Crusoe 🦄 Operator of cloud platform providing infrastructure for artificial intelligence workloads 91Funding top 11%Partners top 23%Tech top 24%Moat top 26% All 10 signals ▾Fundingtop 11% Partnerstop 23% Techtop 24% Moattop 26% Markettop 27% AItop 30% Newstop 33% Growthtop 35% Talenttop 36% Globalbottom 39% Funding: Raised $577M across 14 rounds · 14 rounds over 7 yrs (2.0/yr) Partners: 1 partnership announcement in 12 mo (4 in 24 mo) · 8 contract events in 12 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 91/100 | $577M | 3 mo ago | 242 | Amazon WebstoreWebflowSentry+36 | Top 100k | 24 signals Contracts · Funding · Leadership | — | — |
| 15 | Applied Digital Provider of data centers and cloud solutions for high-performance computing 69Partners top 18%News top 26%AI top 26%Funding top 29% All 12 signals ▾Partnerstop 18% Newstop 26% AItop 26% Fundingtop 29% Producttop 35% Markettop 37% Growthtop 38% Talenttop 42% Techtop 48% Moattop 48% Fin. healthbottom 47% Globalbottom 30% Partners: 2 partnership announcements in 12 mo (2 in 24 mo) · 27 contract events in 12 mo News: 86 BI events in 12 mo (of 199 tracked, 11 types) · +69% YoY rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 69/100 | $562M | 8 mo ago | 150 150 → 244 (+63%) | WebflowApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+15 | Top 5M | 86 signals ▲69% Earnings · Contracts · Announcements | — | — |
| 16 | Unconventional AI 🦄 Developer of computer systems optimizing energy efficiency for artificial intelligence 69Funding top 22%Talent top 28%Moat top 32%Market top 44% All 7 signals ▾Fundingtop 22% Talenttop 28% Moattop 32% Markettop 44% AItop 45% Techbottom 46% Globalbottom 33% Funding: Raised $475M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 69/100 | $475M | 6 mo ago | — | WordPressApple iCloud MailMySQL+18 | Top 5M | — | — | 1 launch · 2 awards |
| 17 | Ricursive Developer of self-improving artificial intelligence systems focused on chip design 53Funding top 16%Talent top 38%AI top 45%Global top 45% All 6 signals ▾Fundingtop 16% Talenttop 38% AItop 45% Globaltop 45% Marketbottom 37% Techbottom 35% Funding: Raised $335M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 1 yrs (2.0/yr) Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 53/100 | $335M | 4 mo ago | — | Framer SitesReactPriority Hints+4 | Top 5M | — | — | 1 launch · 1 award |
| 18 | SiMa.ai Developer of hardware and software platform for physical artificial intelligence 69Funding top 15%AI top 22%Moat top 31%Partners top 32% All 12 signals ▾Fundingtop 15% AItop 22% Moattop 31% Partnerstop 32% Talenttop 38% Techtop 41% Markettop 45% Producttop 45% Growthtop 47% Newstop 49% Innovationbottom 48% Globalbottom 37% Funding: Raised $330M across 7 rounds · 7 rounds over 6 yrs (1.2/yr) AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: artificial intelligence, computer vision, machine learning rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 69/100 | $330M | 2 mo ago | 161 | WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+27 | Top 5M | 4 signals ▼43% Funding · Capital raise | — | 2 launchs · 2 partnerships |
| 19 | Positron 🦄 Developer of purpose-built hardware to accelerate multimodal AI 69Funding top 16%AI top 20%Talent top 28%Moat top 32% All 9 signals ▾Fundingtop 16% AItop 20% Talenttop 28% Moattop 32% Techtop 47% Markettop 48% Globalbottom 48% Innovationbottom 44% Patentsbottom 43% Funding: Raised $309M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 1 yrs (3.0/yr) AI: Classified as an AI company rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 69/100 | $309M | 5 mo ago | — | Apple iCloud MailGoogle WorkspaceNode.js+16 | Top 10M | — | 10 patents Patents concentrated in health & consumer products | 1 partnership |
| 20 | Upscale AI 🦄 Developer of networking infrastructure to accelerate and scale artificial intelligence 64Funding top 16%AI top 30%Moat top 37%Talent top 38% All 9 signals ▾Fundingtop 16% AItop 30% Moattop 37% Talenttop 38% Techtop 43% Markettop 44% Globaltop 44% Patentsbottom 39% Innovationbottom 32% Funding: Raised $300M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 1 yrs (2.0/yr) AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: artificial intelligence rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 64/100 | $300M | 4 mo ago | — | WordPressMySQLMariaDB+25 | Top 5M | — | 3 patents High‑speed network switching fabrics and industrial microwave material processing technologies | 1 partnership |
| 21 | Arena 🦄 Provider of a platform for benchmarking and comparing AI models 83Growth top 20%Funding top 21%Talent top 28%AI top 30% All 10 signals ▾Growthtop 20% Fundingtop 21% Talenttop 28% AItop 30% Markettop 34% Techtop 39% Moattop 43% Innovationtop 49% Patentsbottom 35% Globalbottom 29% Growth: Web rank 50,000,000 → 5,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo Funding: Raised $250M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 1 yrs (2.0/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 83/100 | $250M | 5 mo ago | — | Node.jsRadix UITailwind CSS+19 | Top 5k | — | 8 patents Collaborative bill‑of‑materials management and access‑controlled supply‑chain data integration. | 1 launch · 1 award |
| 22 | Blaize Developer of hardware and software solutions optimizing artificial intelligence applications 90Funding top 14%Product top 18%Innovation top 22%News top 23% All 13 signals ▾Fundingtop 14% Producttop 18% Innovationtop 22% Newstop 23% Growthtop 25% AItop 25% Patentstop 27% Moattop 28% Partnerstop 29% Talenttop 35% Markettop 38% Techtop 39% Globalbottom 39% Funding: Raised $242M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 10 yrs (0.4/yr) Product: 2 product launch events in 12 mo, 1 the year before · Company stage: Public rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 90/100 | $242M | 7 mo ago | 350 | WordPressSentryMySQL+30 | Top 5M | 25 signals ▲108% Earnings · Contracts · New product | 69 patents Accelerated graph neural network processing and power‑efficient AI hardware solutions | 3 partnerships |
| 23 | Parallel Web Systems 🦄 Developer of an API providing web search for AI applications 84Funding top 15%Growth top 20%AI top 20%Moat top 32% All 8 signals ▾Fundingtop 15% Growthtop 20% AItop 20% Moattop 32% Talenttop 38% Markettop 44% Techtop 44% Globalbottom 45% Funding: Raised $230M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 2 yrs (1.5/yr) Growth: Web rank 50,000,000 → 5,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 84/100 | $230M | 1 mo ago | — | SanityTurbopackNode.js+15 | Top 5M | — | — | 2 partnerships |
| 24 | Domino Data Lab AI powered data science platform 83Funding top 17%Innovation top 22%Tech top 26%Talent top 28% All 12 signals ▾Fundingtop 17% Innovationtop 22% Techtop 26% Talenttop 28% AItop 30% Moattop 31% Producttop 38% Markettop 43% Partnerstop 45% Globalbottom 48% Growthbottom 45% Newsbottom 37% Funding: Raised $224M across 7 rounds · 7 rounds over 11 yrs (0.6/yr) Innovation: 6 new-product events in 24 mo · Deep-tech classification: Artificial Intelligence rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 83/100 | $224M | 9 mo ago | 221 221 → 261 (+18%) | SanityTurbopackSentry+33 | Top 5M | 3 signals ▼50% Funding | — | — |
| 25 | Factory 🦄 Developer of artificial intelligence solutions for industrial automation and optimization 80Funding top 14%Growth top 28%Tech top 28%AI top 30% All 10 signals ▾Fundingtop 14% Growthtop 28% Techtop 28% AItop 30% Moattop 32% Talenttop 38% Markettop 46% Patentstop 46% Innovationtop 48% Globalbottom 40% Funding: Raised $220M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 3 yrs (1.3/yr) Growth: Web rank 5,000,000 → 1,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 80/100 | $220M | 2 mo ago | — | Node.jsRadix UITailwind CSS+15 | Top 1M | — | 24 patents Patents concentrated in electrical & electronics | 4 launchs |
| 26 | Olix Developer of a new compute paradigm for frontier artificial intelligence 60Funding top 26%Patents top 33%Innovation top 43%Global top 44% All 7 signals ▾Fundingtop 26% Patentstop 33% Innovationtop 43% Globaltop 44% AItop 45% Talentbottom 45% Techbottom 40% Funding: Raised $220M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) Patents: 13 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 13 filings since 2022 vs 0 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 60/100 | $220M | 4 mo ago | — | Framer SitesApple iCloud MailReact+7 | Top 10M | — | 13 patents Patents concentrated in chemistry & materials | — |
| 27 | Mythic Developer of analog compute-in-memory solutions for artificial intelligence inference acceleration 67Funding top 17%AI top 25%Patents top 37%News top 37% All 11 signals ▾Fundingtop 17% AItop 25% Patentstop 37% Newstop 37% Innovationtop 43% Moattop 44% Markettop 47% Growthtop 47% Techtop 47% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 42% Funding: Raised $178M across 9 rounds · 9 rounds over 10 yrs (0.9/yr) AI: Classified as an AI company · Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 67/100 | $178M | 6 mo ago | 360 | WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+25 | Top 5M | 3 signals Funding | 104 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 28 | PaleBlueDot Platform offering scalable GPU cloud solutions tailored for enterprises and AI developers 53Funding top 21%Talent top 28%AI top 30%Tech top 46% All 6 signals ▾Fundingtop 21% Talenttop 28% AItop 30% Techtop 46% Globalbottom 36% Marketbottom 25% Funding: Raised $160M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 1 yrs (2.0/yr) Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 53/100 | $160M | 4 mo ago | — | TypeScriptGraphQLGoogle Sign-in+9 | Top 50M | — | — | — |
| 29 | d-Matrix 🦄 Developers of digital-in memory compute engine for efficient AI processing 89Patents top 12%Innovation top 17%Growth top 19%Funding top 20% All 11 signals ▾Patentstop 12% Innovationtop 17% Growthtop 19% Fundingtop 20% Moattop 22% Newstop 25% AItop 30% Talenttop 38% Techtop 43% Markettop 46% Globaltop 49% Patents: 271 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 95 filings since 2022 vs 45 in 2017-21 Innovation: 271 patents (top 20% of patent-holders) · 95 filings since 2022 vs 45 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 89/100 | $154M | 7 mo ago | 66 | WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+26 | Top 1M | 5 signals Funding · M&A | 266 patents Patents concentrated in health & consumer products | 2 awards |
| 30 | Inferact Developer of open-source large language model inference engine and related infrastructure 35Funding top 22%Talent top 23%Global bottom 48%Market bottom 30% All 5 signals ▾Fundingtop 22% Talenttop 23% Globalbottom 48% Marketbottom 30% Techbottom 29% Funding: Raised $150M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) Talent: 6 named leaders on record · 6 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 35/100 | $150M | 4 mo ago | — | Apple iCloud MailGoogle WorkspaceVercel+3 | Top 50M | — | — | 1 partnership |
| 31 | nEye Provider of integrated silicon photonic switch for AI computing 55Funding top 17%Talent top 28%AI top 30%Moat top 40% All 7 signals ▾Fundingtop 17% Talenttop 28% AItop 30% Moattop 40% Globalbottom 45% Techbottom 36% Marketbottom 35% Funding: Raised $149M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 3 yrs (1.0/yr) Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 55/100 | $149M | 2 mo ago | — | WebflowGSAPjQuery+7 | Top 10M | — | — | — |
| 32 | Braintrust Provider of an AI observability platform for building quality AI products 76Funding top 19%AI top 20%Growth top 28%Tech top 36% All 7 signals ▾Fundingtop 19% AItop 20% Growthtop 28% Techtop 36% Talentbottom 49% Marketbottom 47% Globalbottom 36% Funding: Raised $121M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 3 yrs (1.0/yr) AI: Classified as an AI company rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 76/100 | $121M | 3 mo ago | — | TurbopackSentryNode.js+25 | Top 1M | — | — | 2 launchs |
| 33 | ElevenLabs 🦄 AI platform for speech, voice cloning, music, and AI agents 93Customers top 10%Funding top 14%Growth top 18%Tech top 19% All 13 signals ▾Customerstop 10% Fundingtop 14% Growthtop 18% Techtop 19% AItop 20% Newstop 23% Moattop 26% Producttop 31% Innovationtop 32% Partnerstop 32% Talenttop 40% Markettop 41% Globaltop 42% Customers: Play-Store rating 4.76★ across 129,012 ratings (1 apps) Funding: Raised $101M across 7 rounds · 7 rounds over 3 yrs (2.3/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 93/100 | $101M | 3 mo ago | 15 | SentryZendeskApple iCloud Mail+29 | Top 5k | 42 signals ▲147% Announcements · Funding · Capital raise | — | 4 launchs · 1 partnership · 2 expansions |
| 34 | Gruve Provider of AI infrastructure, inference solutions, and enterprise AI agents 67Funding top 20%Talent top 28%AI top 30%Growth top 33% All 10 signals ▾Fundingtop 20% Talenttop 28% AItop 30% Growthtop 33% Techtop 36% Moattop 48% Globalbottom 44% Marketbottom 40% Innovationbottom 40% Patentsbottom 27% Funding: Raised $87.7M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 2 yrs (2.0/yr) Talent: 4 named leaders on record · 4 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 67/100 | $88M | 4 mo ago | — | WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+31 | Top 5M | — | 4 patents Wearable personalized activity and weight management monitoring systems | 1 award |
| 35 | Deepgram Provider of AI-based speech transcription software 84Tech top 11%AI top 22%Funding top 23%Moat top 28% All 12 signals ▾Techtop 11% AItop 22% Fundingtop 23% Moattop 28% Innovationtop 35% Growthtop 37% Talenttop 38% Newstop 40% Patentstop 41% Markettop 43% Producttop 45% Globalbottom 39% Tech: 73 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon S3 AI: Classified as an AI company · Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 84/100 | $86M | 6 mo ago | 107 | SanityNode.jsSalesforce+38 | Top 500k | 4 signals ▲33% Capital raise · Funding | 23 patents Efficient transformer-based speech recognition and training data alignment technologies | 2 launchs |
| 36 | Vapi Voice AI platform for developers 74Funding top 21%Tech top 24%AI top 26%Growth top 35% All 9 signals ▾Fundingtop 21% Techtop 24% AItop 26% Growthtop 35% Moattop 48% Talentbottom 49% Marketbottom 45% Globalbottom 37% Newsbottom 18% Funding: Raised $75.2M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 2 yrs (1.0/yr) Tech: 46 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare, Vercel rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 74/100 | $75M | 3 mo ago | — | TurbopackSentryNode.js+26 | Top 500k | — | — | 3 job openings |
| 37 | Standard Intelligence Developer of general computer action models and interactive speech software 67Growth top 20%Funding top 42%Talent top 45%Global bottom 48% All 5 signals ▾Growthtop 20% Fundingtop 42% Talenttop 45% Globalbottom 48% Techbottom 29% Growth: Web rank 50,000,000 → 5,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo Funding: Raised $75.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 67/100 | $75M | 1 mo ago | — | HugoApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+5 | Top 5M | — | — | — |
| 38 | Fiddler Labs Developer of AI observability platform for monitoring, explainability, and responsible AI 64Funding top 20%AI top 25%Growth top 35%Talent top 38% All 11 signals ▾Fundingtop 20% AItop 25% Growthtop 35% Talenttop 38% Moattop 41% Techtop 43% Newstop 49% Patentsbottom 49% Innovationbottom 47% Marketbottom 40% Globalbottom 39% Funding: Raised $65.6M across 6 rounds · 6 rounds over 8 yrs (0.8/yr) AI: Classified as an AI company · Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 64/100 | $66M | 4 mo ago | 43 | WebflowThree.jsMathJax+25 | Top 5M | — | 3 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | 1 launch |
| 39 | Sycamore Developer of an operating system for building and deploying AI agents 29Funding top 25%Tech top 50%Talent bottom 49%Global bottom 33% All 5 signals ▾Fundingtop 25% Techtop 50% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 33% Marketbottom 31% Funding: Raised $65.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) Tech: 18 technologies across 4/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 29/100 | $65M | 2 mo ago | — | Apple iCloud MailGoogle WorkspaceAstro+15 | Top 10M | — | — | — |
| 40 | OpenRouter 🦄 Platform offering access to LLM models 84Funding top 20%Market top 28%Tech top 28%Talent top 28% All 9 signals ▾Fundingtop 20% Markettop 28% Techtop 28% Talenttop 28% AItop 30% Moattop 37% Globalbottom 48% Growthbottom 47% Newsbottom 27% Funding: Raised $60.1M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 1 yrs (2.0/yr) Market: Top-50,000 web property · Unicorn rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 84/100 | $60M | 0 mo ago | — | TurbopackAlgoliaNode.js+25 | Top 50k | — | — | 3 launchs · 1 partnership |
| 41 | Baseten Technologies 🦄 Platform offering low code based ML powered application development software 78Funding top 17%AI top 20%Tech top 27%Talent top 28% All 11 signals ▾Fundingtop 17% AItop 20% Techtop 27% Talenttop 28% Moattop 31% Growthtop 32% Newstop 33% Producttop 41% Innovationtop 46% Marketbottom 44% Globalbottom 37% Funding: Raised $60.0M across 6 rounds · 6 rounds over 4 yrs (1.5/yr) AI: Classified as an AI company rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 78/100 | $60M | 4 mo ago | 22 | DatoCMSApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+30 | Top 5M | 10 signals ▲100% Funding · Capital raise · M&A | — | 1 job opening · 1 partnership |
| 42 | Elorian Developer of artificial intelligence models for visual reasoning and perception 53Funding top 26%Talent top 35%AI top 45%Global bottom 33% All 5 signals ▾Fundingtop 26% Talenttop 35% AItop 45% Globalbottom 33% Techbottom 30% Funding: Raised $55.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) Talent: 3 named leaders on record rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 53/100 | $55M | 2 mo ago | — | Apple iCloud MailYouTubeGSAP+5 | Top 10M | — | — | — |
| 43 | Parasail Provider of a distributed inference network for artificial intelligence workloads 57Funding top 25%Tech top 33%Growth top 35%AI top 45% All 7 signals ▾Fundingtop 25% Techtop 33% Growthtop 35% AItop 45% Globalbottom 48% Talentbottom 45% Marketbottom 28% Funding: Raised $42.0M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 1 yrs (2.0/yr) Tech: 30 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon Web Services rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 57/100 | $42M | 2 mo ago | — | WebflowGSAPAmazon Web Services+14 | Top 10M | — | — | 1 launch · 1 partnership |
| 44 | Mastra Developer of framework for building artificial intelligence applications and agents 76Funding top 23%Growth top 28%Tech top 44%AI top 45% All 6 signals ▾Fundingtop 23% Growthtop 28% Techtop 44% AItop 45% Globalbottom 48% Talentbottom 45% Funding: Raised $35.5M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 1 yrs (3.0/yr) Growth: Web rank 5,000,000 → 1,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 76/100 | $36M | 2 mo ago | — | SanityTurbopackNode.js+17 | Top 1M | — | — | — |
| 45 | Maisa Developer of an AI platform for automating business processes 72AI top 8%Funding top 24%Growth top 28%Talent top 28% All 10 signals ▾AItop 8% Fundingtop 24% Growthtop 28% Talenttop 28% Partnerstop 45% Techtop 48% Moattop 48% Marketbottom 36% Globalbottom 36% Newsbottom 31% AI: Classified as an agentic-AI company Funding: Raised $35.1M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 2 yrs (1.5/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 72/100 | $35M | 1 mo ago | — | WordPressApple iCloud MailMySQL+26 | Top 5M | — | — | — |
| 46 | Yupp Online platform giving users free access to multiple AI models 69Growth top 28%Funding top 35%Tech top 42%AI top 45% All 6 signals ▾Growthtop 28% Fundingtop 35% Techtop 42% AItop 45% Talentbottom 45% Globalbottom 25% Growth: Web rank 1,000,000 → 500,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo Funding: Raised $33.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 69/100 | $33M | 2 mo ago | — | SentryNode.jsRadix UI+14 | Top 500k | — | — | — |
| 47 | AfterQuery Platform that specializes datasets for artificial intelligences 72Funding top 25%Talent top 28%AI top 30%Growth top 35% All 7 signals ▾Fundingtop 25% Talenttop 28% AItop 30% Growthtop 35% Techtop 40% Marketbottom 46% Globalbottom 33% Funding: Raised $30.5M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 1 yrs (2.0/yr) Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 72/100 | $30M | 2 mo ago | — | TurbopackSentryNode.js+12 | Top 1M | — | — | 1 partnership |
| 48 | Superb AI Provider of computer vission for training data management 67Tech top 23%Talent top 25%AI top 26%Funding top 33% All 8 signals ▾Techtop 23% Talenttop 25% AItop 26% Fundingtop 33% Growthtop 35% Globalbottom 39% Marketbottom 28% Newsbottom 18% Tech: 51 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Ses, Amazon Web Services Talent: Analyst team rating 4/5 · 5 named leaders on record rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 67/100 | $29M | 1 mo ago | 14 | SanityNode.jsRadix UI+27 | Top 5M | — | — | — |
| 49 | Modal 🦄 Provider of serverless platform for developing and deploying AI applications 78Funding top 23%AI top 26%Growth top 28%Tech top 28% All 9 signals ▾Fundingtop 23% AItop 26% Growthtop 28% Techtop 28% Moattop 37% Talenttop 38% Newstop 43% Globalbottom 45% Marketbottom 43% Funding: Raised $23.0M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 3 yrs (1.3/yr) AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: generative ai, machine learning rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 78/100 | $23M | 0 mo ago | 10 | SentryNode.jsThree.js+21 | Top 500k | — | — | 1 launch |
| 50 | Tsavorite Scalable Intelligence Developer of scalable enterprise AI chiplets for high-performance computing 67AI top 20%Talent top 23%Growth top 28%Funding top 40% All 7 signals ▾AItop 20% Talenttop 23% Growthtop 28% Fundingtop 40% Globaltop 43% Techbottom 49% Marketbottom 31% AI: Classified as an AI company Talent: 5 named leaders on record · 5 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 67/100 | $23M | 1 mo ago | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+17 | Top 10M | — | — | 1 award |
Top 12 AI Infrastructure companies in United States
#1
OpenAI 🦄Series G · San Francisco, California · founded 2015 · 831 employees$17.9Braised▾
OpenAI 🦄
Series G · San Francisco, California · founded 2015 · 831 employees
AI research and deployment solutions developing advanced artificial intelligence systems and tools for global use. It support a wide range of applications across productivity, development, and enterprise use cases. Engages in foundational AI research, model development, and safety work to improve the capabilities and reliability of large-scale AI systems. Operates as a public benefit organization with a mission centered on ensuring that artificial general intelligence benefits humanity through safe and responsible deployment.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 97how this company ranks against its industry peers
Tech
top 7%Partners
top 9%Customers
top 9%Funding
top 10%Market
top 11%Innovation
top 12%Tech: 111 technologies across 8/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon S3 · Devops: Envoy, Nginx
Partners: 47 partnership announcements in 12 mo (56 in 24 mo) · 167 contract events in 12 mo · Named contractor/client in 167 deals
Customers: App rating 4.8★ (2,644,412 reviews) · Review volume +293% in 6 mo · Marquee-customer mentions: top 5% of tracked companies
Audience (LinkedIn): 11M LinkedIn followers — 83.2% of this cohort's audience
Activity (LinkedIn): 4 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Apr 2026Series G$75M
- Mar 2026Series G$40M
- Feb 2026Series G$122B
- 2025Series E—
Founders & team
Investors
Infosys, YC Research, Amazon Web Services, Flat Capital, Tiger Global Management, Sequoia Capital
Tech stack
AlgoliaAmazon CloudfrontAmazon Web ServicesAmplitudeAngularjsApollo
#2
Series E · San Jose, California · founded 2012$4.3Braised▾
Series E · San Jose, California · founded 2012
Provider of supercomputers, clusters, and instances for artificial intelligence development. The company offers infrastructure for training foundation models and serving inference. It provides supercomputer resources, including high-density power, liquid cooling, and processors. The company delivers single-tenant clusters and instances optimized for artificial intelligence workloads. It focuses on security, compliance, and hardware-level isolation.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 84how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 9%Tech
top 21%Moat
top 27%Patents
top 29%AI
top 30%Innovation
top 31%Funding: Raised $4.3B across 12 rounds · 12 rounds over 7 yrs (1.7/yr) · Last round Conventional Debt (May 2026)
Tech: 60 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon S3 · Devops: Nginx
Moat: IP moat: 36 patents · Unicorn · 10 curated direct competitors tracked
Audience (LinkedIn): 53k LinkedIn followers
Activity (LinkedIn): 2 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- May 2026Conventional Debt$1B
- Nov 2025Series E$1.5B
- Aug 2025Conventional Debt$275M
- Feb 2025Series D$480M
Founders & team
Investors
Gradient Ventures, Razer, Bloomberg Beta, 1517 Fund, SVB, Mercato Partners
Tech stack
6SenseApple Icloud MailCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsDiscourse
#3
Series G · San Francisco, California · founded 2021 · 73 employees$4.5Braised▾
Series G · San Francisco, California · founded 2021 · 73 employees
Provider of AI safety and research company. It is an AI research and safety company offering AI models and chatbots. Its chatbot can be used for multiple industries including customer support, legal support, coaching, searching data, back-office automation, and sales.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 97how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 7%Partners
top 13%Innovation
top 17%News
top 17%Talent
top 17%AI
top 20%Funding: Raised $4.5B across 17 rounds · 17 rounds over 5 yrs (3.4/yr) · Last round Series G (Apr 2026)
Partners: 11 partnership announcements in 12 mo (15 in 24 mo) · 58 contract events in 12 mo · Named contractor/client in 58 deals
Innovation: 74 new-product events in 24 mo · Deep-tech classification: Artificial Intelligence
Funding rounds
- Apr 2026Series G$5B
- Feb 2026Series G$30B
- Jan 2026Series F$10B
- Sep 2025Series F$13B
Founders & team
Investors
Amazon, Google, Buckhill Capital, Sapphire Ventures, MIS, Qualcomm
Tech stack
Amazon S3Amazon Web ServicesBootstrapCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-Js
#4
Public · Livingston, New Jersey · founded 2017 · 239 employees$2.3Braised▾
Public · Livingston, New Jersey · founded 2017 · 239 employees
Provider of cloud computing services for artificial intelligence workloads. It combines next-generation infrastructure, intelligent tools, and expert support to power the world’s most complex AI workloads. It provides a platform with tools for AI model training, inference, and development. The company delivers managed Kubernetes and Slurm on Kubernetes.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 96how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 10%Partners
top 15%Product
top 18%Innovation
top 19%Market
top 20%Growth
top 21%Funding: Raised $2.3B across 15 rounds · 15 rounds over 6 yrs (2.5/yr) · Last round Post IPO (Apr 2026)
Partners: 5 partnership announcements in 12 mo (7 in 24 mo) · 55 contract events in 12 mo · Named contractor/client in 55 deals
Product: 10 product launch events in 12 mo, 3 the year before · Company stage: Public
Audience (LinkedIn): 142k LinkedIn followers
Activity (LinkedIn): 3 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Apr 2026Post IPO$1B
- Mar 2025Series C$10M
- Oct 2024Conventional Debt$650M
- May 2024Conventional Debt$7.5B
Founders & team
Investors
Magnetar, Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Barclays, Citi
Tech stack
6SenseAmazon AdvertisingAmazon WebstoreBrightedgeBugherdCdnjs
#5
Cerebras 🦄Public · Sunnyvale, California · founded 2015$750Mraised▾
Cerebras 🦄
Public · Sunnyvale, California · founded 2015
Provider of high-performance AI infrastructure and wafer-scale computing solutions. It leverages proprietary wafer-scale processor technology to power generative AI, real-time reasoning, conversational AI, and intelligent agent workflows with significantly higher speed and efficiency than traditional GPU-based systems. Its offerings support cloud, on-premise, and private deployment environments, enabling organizations to build, fine-tune, and serve large AI models at scale while optimizing performance, latency, and infrastructure costs.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 96how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 10%Tech
top 17%News
top 18%Growth
top 20%Talent
top 23%Moat
top 26%Funding: Raised $750M across 9 rounds · 9 rounds over 10 yrs (0.9/yr) · Last round Conventional Debt (Apr 2026)
Tech: 44 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare, Vercel · Observability: Microsoft Clarity
News: 10 BI events in 12 mo (of 16 tracked, 6 types) · +67% YoY · 9 high-value events (IPO/M&A/funding/contracts) in 12 mo
Audience (LinkedIn): 120k LinkedIn followers · 98 engagements/post (1.8× cohort median)
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Apr 2026Conventional Debt$850M
- Feb 2026Series H$1B
- Sep 2025Series G$1.1B
- Jan 2025Grant (prize money)$1.6M
Founders & team
Investors
Benchmark, Foundation Capital, Eclipse, Open Field Capital, Qualcomm Ventures, Coatue
Tech stack
CdnjsCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCloudflare Browser InsightsCookieyesGodaddy
#6
Series E · Palo Alto, California · founded 2017 · 497 employees$1.1Braised▾
Series E · Palo Alto, California · founded 2017 · 497 employees
Provider of AI-powered software and hardware. The platform offers a suite of generative AI systems for enterprises and government organizations. Its suite includes ChatGPT chatbots designed for banks, law firms, healthcare providers, and other sectors.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 93how this company ranks against its industry peers
Innovation
top 13%Patents
top 13%Funding
top 14%Tech
top 19%AI
top 22%Moat
top 22%Innovation: 589 patents (top 2% of patent-holders) · 511 filings since 2022 vs 78 in 2017-21 · Deep-tech classification: Artificial Intelligence, Tech Hardware
Patents: 589 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 511 filings since 2022 vs 78 in 2017-21 · Latest publication 2026
Funding: Raised $1.1B across 5 rounds · 5 rounds over 8 yrs (0.6/yr) · Last round Series E (Feb 2026)
Audience (LinkedIn): 96k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
- Feb 2026Series E$350M
- Apr 2021Series D$676M
- Feb 2020Series C$250M
- Apr 2019Series B$150M
Founders & team
Investors
BlackRock, Google Ventures, Walden International, Redline Capital Management, Intel Capital, Celesta Capital
Tech stack
6SenseApple Icloud MailAtlassian StatuspageCdnjsCloudflareCloudflare Bot Management
#7
Series C · San Jose, California · founded 2018 · 161 employees$330Mraised▾
Series C · San Jose, California · founded 2018 · 161 employees
Developer of hardware and software platform for physical artificial intelligence. The company offers a machine learning system-on-chip, boards, and development kits. The hardware and software are designed for robotics, automotive, industrial, government, retail, and healthcare sectors. The company's platform supports computer vision, large language models, and multimodal models.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 69how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 15%AI
top 22%Moat
top 31%Partners
top 32%Talent
top 38%Tech
top 41%Funding: Raised $330M across 7 rounds · 7 rounds over 6 yrs (1.2/yr) · Last round Series C (Apr 2026)
AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: artificial intelligence, computer vision, machine learning
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 8/10 · Soonicorn · 9 curated direct competitors tracked
Audience (LinkedIn): 25k LinkedIn followers
Activity (LinkedIn): 2 product launches · 2 partnerships (incl. Mistral Solutions (a subsidiary of AXISCADES)) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Apr 2026Series C—
- Aug 2025Series C$85M
- Apr 2024Series B$70M
- Jun 2023Series B$13M
Founders & team
Investors
Dell Technologies Capital, Amplify Partners, Wing Venture Capital, ND Capital, Fidelity Investments, Alter Venture Partners
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesAmerican ExpressApple Icloud MailAuth0Cart FunctionalityCdnjs
#8
Crusoe 🦄Series E · Denver, Colorado · founded 2018 · 242 employees$576.9Mraised▾
Crusoe 🦄
Series E · Denver, Colorado · founded 2018 · 242 employees
Operator of cloud platform providing infrastructure for artificial intelligence workloads. The company designs, builds, and operates infrastructure to power artificial intelligence. It offers managed inference, cluster management, and observability. The platform features high-performance compute, accelerated storage, and optimized networking. It provides support for open and open-source models. The company focuses on environmentally aligned power sources.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 91how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 11%Partners
top 23%Tech
top 24%Moat
top 26%Market
top 27%AI
top 30%Funding: Raised $577M across 14 rounds · 14 rounds over 7 yrs (2.0/yr) · Last round Conventional Debt (Feb 2026)
Partners: 1 partnership announcement in 12 mo (4 in 24 mo) · 8 contract events in 12 mo · Named contractor/client in 8 deals
Tech: 53 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon S3 · Devops: Nginx
Audience (LinkedIn): 80k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
- Feb 2026Conventional Debt$300M
- Oct 2025Series E$1.4B
- Aug 2025Venture Debt$175M
- Jun 2025Venture Debt$750M
Founders & team
Investors
Bain Capital Ventures, Winklevoss Capital, DRAGONFLY, Founders Fund, Wicklow Capital, G2 Venture Partners
Tech stack
Amazon AdvertisingAmazon CloudfrontAmazon S3Amazon Web ServicesAmazon WebstoreApple Icloud Mail
#9
Series B · Santa Clara, California · founded 2024$610Mraised▾
Series B · Santa Clara, California · founded 2024
AI infrastructure for cloud infrastructure. It develops customized networking infrastructure solutions for hyperscale cloud providers, integrating hardware and software to optimize cloud stack performance.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 76how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 13%AI
top 20%Moat
top 27%Growth
top 35%Innovation
top 40%Market
top 44%Funding: Raised $610M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 1 yrs (2.0/yr) · Last round Series B (Mar 2026)
AI: Classified as an AI company
Moat: IP moat: 22 patents · Unicorn · 10 curated direct competitors tracked
Audience (LinkedIn): 12k LinkedIn followers
Activity (LinkedIn): 3 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Mar 2026Series B$500M
- Mar 2025Series A$110M
Founders & team
Investors
Lightspeed Venture Partners, Kleiner Perkins, WestBridge Capital, Battery Ventures, Emergent Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz
Tech stack
Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCloudflare Rocket LoaderContact Form 7
#10
Series B · New York City, New York · founded 2017 · 3 employees$1Braised▾
Series B · New York City, New York · founded 2017 · 3 employees
Provider of managed high performance computing clusters for artificial intelligence. These infrastructure resources facilitate large scale model training and inference tasks. The hardware is isolated at the network and storage levels to ensure dedicated access for computational workloads. Engineering support maintains the systems to ensure operational availability for technical teams.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 87how this company ranks against its industry peers
Partners
top 12%Growth
top 14%Fin. health
top 19%Talent
top 23%Funding
top 25%News
top 26%Partners: 25 contract events in 12 mo · Named contractor/client in 25 deals
Growth: Revenue +140% YoY · Web rank 10,000,000 → 5,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Fin. health: Revenue ~$67.3M · Revenue +140% YoY
Audience (LinkedIn): 22k LinkedIn followers
Activity (LinkedIn): 2 partnerships · 1 expansions (incl. Anthropic) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Jan 2026Series B$842.5M
- Feb 2025Series A$200M
- Feb 2019Seed$3M
Founders & team
Investors
Seedcamp, Mercuri, 7GC, SPROCKIT, Episode 1 Ventures, GMG Ventures
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementDocusignFramer SitesGoogle Analytics
#11
Series B · Palo Alto, California · founded 2023$230Mraised▾
Series B · Palo Alto, California · founded 2023
Developer of an API providing web search for AI applications. The API delivers outputs built on cross-referenced facts, designed to minimize hallucination. It offers predictable costs based on task complexity, charging per query. The API provides verifiability and provenance.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 84how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 15%Growth
top 20%AI
top 20%Moat
top 32%Talent
top 38%Market
top 44%Funding: Raised $230M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 2 yrs (1.5/yr) · Last round Series B (Apr 2026)
Growth: Web rank 50,000,000 → 5,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo
AI: Classified as an AI company
Audience (LinkedIn): 32k LinkedIn followers
Activity (LinkedIn): 2 partnerships (incl. Standard Metrics) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Apr 2026Series B$100M
- Nov 2025Series A$100M
- Jan 2024Seed$30M
Founders & team
Investors
Khosla Ventures, Index Ventures, First Round Capital, Kleiner Perkins, Terrain, Spark Capital
Tech stack
Amazon S3Amazon Web ServicesBase UiCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCloudflare Browser Insights
#12
Factory 🦄Series C · San Francisco, California · founded 2023$220Mraised▾
Factory 🦄
Series C · San Francisco, California · founded 2023
Developer of artificial intelligence solutions for industrial automation and optimization. It provides tools for process improvement and predictive maintenance. The company focuses on creating adaptable systems for various manufacturing environments. Its offerings aim to enhance efficiency and reduce operational costs.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 80how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 14%Growth
top 28%Tech
top 28%AI
top 30%Moat
top 32%Talent
top 38%Funding: Raised $220M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 3 yrs (1.3/yr) · Last round Series C (Apr 2026)
Growth: Web rank 5,000,000 → 1,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Tech: 36 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon S3, Amazon Web Services · Observability: Datadog, Sentry
Audience (LinkedIn): 25k LinkedIn followers
Activity (LinkedIn): 4 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Apr 2026Series C$150M
- Sep 2025Series B$50M
- Jun 2024Series A$15M
- Nov 2023Seed$5M
Founders & team
Investors
Sequoia Capital, Mantis VC, Lux Capital, SV Angel, BoxGroup, New Enterprise Associates
Tech stack
Amazon S3Amazon Web ServicesCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCloudflare Browser InsightsDatadog
Funding & investor landscape
$66.8Btotal disclosed funding
748companies funded
1,576disclosed rounds
42rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Sequoia Capital30 rounds
Notable founders
Greg Brockman
Co-Foudner & President & Chairman · OpenAI
Sam Altman
Co-Founder & CEO · OpenAI
Stephen Balaban
Co-Founder & CEO · Lambda AI
Benjamin Mann
Co-Founder · Anthropic
Jared Kaplan
Co-Founder & Chief Science Officer · Anthropic
Brian Venturo
Co-Founder & CSO · CoreWeave
Brannin Mcbee
Co-Founder & CDO · CoreWeave
Michael James
Co-Founder · Cerebras
Jean-Philippe Fricker
Co-Founder · Cerebras
Christopher Re
Co-Founder · SambaNova Systems
Krishna Rangasayee
Founder and CEO · SiMa.ai
Niki Sami
Managing Director · SiMa.ai
Prism market signals · United States · country-scoped Prism corpus, 3,520,514 docs
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of AI Infrastructure coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
RESEARCH SIGNALS · United States
How research on AI Chips & Accelerators is moving in the United States
A read on the academic research around AI Chips & Accelerators — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 530 United States-affiliated papers.
research sentiment over time
201620212026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and intensifying — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 62% → 67% across 2016–2026.
top research entities
- Arizona State University47
- University of Central Florida31
- Georgia Institute of Technology22
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign21
- Columbia University20
leading researchers
Deliang Fan · Sumit Kumar Jha · Shihui Yin · Muhammad Rashedul Haq Rashed · Naresh R. Shanbhag · Rickard Ewetz · Mingoo Seok · Zhezhi He
▲
Breakthroughs341 · 64%
64%→64% share
▲1.0× share momentum6 median citations77% since 2021mostly methods-led
Parallel computing research is surging — papers rose from 9 to 50, anchoring 64% of breakthrough activity in U.S. AI chip institutions.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Parallel computing9→50
- Computer architecture5→34
- Scalability3→27
- Static random-access memory2→23
- Embedded system3→21
Newly emergingArtificial neural network 0→30 · Inference 0→23 · Macro 0→14
Landmark In-Datacenter Performance Analysis of a Tensor Processing Unit · 4,353 cites
◆
Advancements129 · 24%
▼ 36%→23% share
▼0.6× share momentum3 median citations74% since 2021mostly methods-led
Resistive random-access memory advancements are intensifying — papers nearly doubled from 6 to 13, now also dominating the emerging concerns segment.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Parallel computing2→10
- Resistive random-access memory6→13
- Crossbar switch2→8
- In-Memory Processing1→4
- Scalability2→5
Newly emergingComputer architecture 0→19 · Artificial neural network 0→10 · Optoelectronics 0→9
Landmark Photonic In-Memory Computing Primitive for Spiking Neural Networks Using Phase-Change Materials · 139 cites
▼
Concerns49 · 9%
▲ 0%→10% share
4 median citations88% since 2021mostly empirical
Resistive random-access memory is a newly flagged concern — 10 papers signal growing reliability or scalability risks alongside its advancement momentum.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Resistive random-access memory10
- Artificial neural network9
- Computer architecture8
- Crossbar switch6
- In-Memory Processing6
Newly emergingResistive random-access memory 0→10 · Artificial neural network 0→8 · In-Memory Processing 0→6
Landmark In-Memory Computing: Advances and Prospects · 410 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · United States
Where ai accelerators is researched across United States
Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.
New York35 · +0.73
SF Bay Area29 · +0.81
Atlanta23 · +0.63
Los Angeles17 · +0.83
San Diego11 · +0.87
Chicago10 · +0.77
Ann Arbor10 · +0.49
Boston8 · +0.79
Pittsburgh7 · +0.53
Austin6 · +0.55
PATENT SIGNAL · United States
Who's filing ai accelerators patents in the United States
United States ai accelerators patent filing is accelerating — 135,096 filings from 8,000 assignees (2016–2025), led by IBM, Google, Microsoft; annual filings 1628→19890.
135,096 filings8,000 assigneespeak 22291/yr2016–2025
filing momentum (YoY 2016–2025)
top patent filers
- IBM11089
- Google8903
- Microsoft6399
- Intel6250
- Qualcomm4753
- Nvidia3254
- Adobe2461
- Capital One Services2200
Common questions
How many AI Infrastructure companies are there in United States?
Radar tracks 1605 indexable AI Infrastructure companies headquartered in United States that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by AI Infrastructure companies in United States?
The AI Infrastructure companies in United States on this list have raised a combined $66.8B in disclosed equity funding across 748 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded AI Infrastructure company in United States?
OpenAI is the highest-funded AI Infrastructure company in United States, with $17.9B in disclosed equity funding.
How many AI Infrastructure companies in United States are funded?
748 of the 1605 AI Infrastructure companies in United States on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many AI Infrastructure unicorns are there in United States?
53 AI Infrastructure companies in United States on this list are valued at $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in United States AI Infrastructure companies?
The most active investors in United States AI Infrastructure companies on this list include Y Combinator, Alumni Ventures, SV Angel, Plug and Play Tech Center, Sequoia Capital.
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