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Radar · Application Development Tools in United States

Best Application Development Tools Companies in United States

The 1531 best Application Development Tools companies in United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Airtable.

1531companies tracked
$13.6Bdisclosed funding
16unicorns
491have raised

Tracking the best Application Development Tools companies in the United States, this directory covers 1,531 firms ranked by disclosed equity funding and recent funding momentum. Total disclosed funding across the sector hits $13.6 billion, with 16 unicorns in the mix. That's a healthy snapshot of a market that ResearchAndMarkets.com pegs at roughly $733.5 billion globally as of 2021, expanding at a 23.5% CAGR on the back of cloud adoption, IoT proliferation, and enterprise demand for efficiency tooling. Replit leads our directory at $272 million raised, followed by Cognition at $196 million and Emergent at $100 million. And if you're wondering whether the big rounds are outliers, consider that Y Combinator, Sequoia Capital, and Andreessen Horowitz all show up as top investors here.

So what does momentum look like right now? Median install growth across 202 tracked software and application development apps is running at roughly 15% year-over-year. That's not a blip. Coverage of the sector is actively rising, with audio tooling themes including editor, playback, and rendering engines drawing particular attention. The directory gives you a live, fundable view of where capital is concentrating, and I'd keep a close eye on the infrastructure layer as AI-assisted coding tools like Cognition and Coder push the category into new territory fast.

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Ranked: Best Application Development Tools companies in United States

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageEmployeesTech stackMarket signals (1y)Patents & IP focusRecent signals
1Squarespace 🦄
Provider of tools for website creation, hosting, and online business
$578M17 mo agoAcquired1,749
1,749 → 2,206 (+26%)
Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+44
2Magic AI
AI based code completion and generation solutions
$466M26 mo agoSeries C7Proton MailGoogle WorkspaceNode.js+11445 patents
Patents concentrated in electrical & electronics
3AppDirect 🦄
Online marketplace for web-based cloud applications and services
$438M29 mo agoSeries F986Apple iCloud MailGoogle WorkspaceAce+3112 signals ▲71%
M&A · Leadership
39 patents
Patents concentrated in electrical & electronics
4Replit 🦄
AI platform to build apps, websites, and software instantly
95Tech top 11%Funding top 14%Customers top 14%Growth top 16%
All 13 signals ▾
Techtop 11%
Fundingtop 14%
Customerstop 14%
Growthtop 16%
AItop 20%
Newstop 27%
Moattop 28%
Innovationtop 31%
Markettop 32%
Producttop 37%
Talenttop 38%
Patentstop 42%
Globalbottom 39%
Tech: 69 technologies across 7/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare, Google Cloud
Funding: Raised $272M across 8 rounds · 8 rounds over 8 yrs (1.0/yr)
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 95/100
$272M3 mo agoSeries D92TurbopackEmotionSentry+2816 signals ▲1500%
Funding · New product · Capital raise
14 patents
Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation
1 launch
5Augment
Provider of AI-powered coding assistant and productivity tools for developers and development teams
$252M19 mo agoSeries B6TurbopackNode.jsSalesforce+267 signals ▲250%
New product · Funding · Announcements
2 patents
Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation
2 launchs
6Codeium 🦄
Platform offering AI powered code completion solutions
$243M21 mo agoSeries C19
7Windsurf
Provider of AI-powered code editor enhancing developer productivity
$215M21 mo agoAcquiredSentryApple iCloud MailNode.js+204 launchs
8Cognition 🦄
Developer of an AI software engineer designed to automate coding
80Funding top 13%AI top 20%Growth top 24%News top 25%
All 11 signals ▾
Fundingtop 13%
AItop 20%
Growthtop 24%
Newstop 25%
Moattop 28%
Talenttop 28%
Techtop 37%
Innovationtop 47%
Markettop 50%
Patentsbottom 48%
Globalbottom 37%
Funding: Raised $196M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 2 yrs (1.5/yr)
AI: Classified as an AI company
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 80/100
$196M0 mo agoSeries DSanityTurbopackApple iCloud Mail+2215 signals ▲400%
M&A · Funding · Capital raise
7 patents
Patents concentrated in health & consumer products
3 launchs · 2 partnerships
9Dev Rev 🦄
Provider of conversational AI solutions for managing business operations
$151M23 mo agoSeries A42SanityApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+241 launch
10Cortex
Developer of an internal developer portal using AI technology
$112M21 mo agoSeries C44StoryblokApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+2223 patents
Cardiac electrophysiology mapping and impedance‑based pulsed‑field ablation catheter navigation
1 launch
11Hex
Provider of Collaborative notebooks for developing applications
82AI top 20%Growth top 21%Funding top 23%Talent top 28%
All 10 signals ▾
AItop 20%
Growthtop 21%
Fundingtop 23%
Talenttop 28%
Moattop 31%
Techtop 40%
Producttop 45%
Marketbottom 46%
Globalbottom 37%
Newsbottom 21%
AI: Classified as an AI company
Growth: Headcount 23 → 60 (+161%) across vintages · Fresh capital in last 24 mo
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 82/100
$102M12 mo agoSeries C60SanityApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+26
12Emergent
Developer of an AI-powered platform for building web and mobile applications
84Funding top 18%Growth top 20%AI top 30%Tech top 33%
All 10 signals ▾
Fundingtop 18%
Growthtop 20%
AItop 30%
Techtop 33%
Markettop 35%
Moattop 37%
Talenttop 38%
Innovationtop 50%
Globalbottom 46%
Patentsbottom 41%
Funding: Raised $100M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 2 yrs (1.5/yr)
Growth: Web rank 5,000,000 → 50,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 84/100
$100M4 mo agoSeries BAmazon WebstoreRadix UITailwind CSS+246 patents
Plasma-based material processing reactors and dual-chamber packaging container technologies.
1 job opening · 2 launchs
13Semgrep
Platform offering code analysis and review solutions
$93M16 mo agoSeries D146SalesforceBootstrapAtlassian Statuspage+242 launchs
14Coder
Cloud based cross platform integrated development environment
72Funding top 21%Growth top 25%Product top 25%News top 26%
All 10 signals ▾
Fundingtop 21%
Growthtop 25%
Producttop 25%
Newstop 26%
Techtop 28%
Talenttop 28%
Moattop 31%
Innovationtop 33%
Globalbottom 43%
Marketbottom 35%
Funding: Raised $85.2M across 5 rounds · 5 rounds over 8 yrs (0.6/yr)
Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 72/100
$85M2 mo agoSeries C19Node.jsSalesforceThree.js+295 signals
Funding
1 launch
15Linear B
Software development productivity analytics
67Patents top 23%Funding top 24%Moat top 26%Talent top 28%
All 10 signals ▾
Patentstop 23%
Fundingtop 24%
Moattop 26%
Talenttop 28%
Innovationtop 29%
Techtop 33%
Producttop 49%
Marketbottom 43%
Globalbottom 40%
Newsbottom 22%
Patents: 216 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 84 filings since 2022 vs 89 in 2017-21
Funding: Raised $71.0M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 7 yrs (0.6/yr)
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 67/100
$71M5 mo agoSeries B44PlasmicSentryZendesk+34216 patents
Advanced electric motor designs—segmented rotors/stators, flat‑wire windings, and control.
1 job opening
16Anysphere 🦄
Developer of software and models for automating code and improving programmers
69Funding top 18%Partners top 22%Talent top 28%AI top 30%
All 10 signals ▾
Fundingtop 18%
Partnerstop 22%
Talenttop 28%
AItop 30%
Newstop 32%
Markettop 42%
Moattop 42%
Growthtop 50%
Techbottom 45%
Globalbottom 37%
Funding: Raised $71.0M across 5 rounds · 5 rounds over 3 yrs (1.7/yr)
Partners: 4 contract events in 12 mo · Named contractor/client in 4 deals
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 69/100
$71M7 mo agoSeries DNode.jsTailwind CSSReact+912 signals ▼29%
Funding · Contracts · Capital raise
17RevenueCat
Provider of platform for in-app subscription and purchase management services
64Funding top 24%Tech top 24%Growth top 31%Moat top 31%
All 10 signals ▾
Fundingtop 24%
Techtop 24%
Growthtop 31%
Moattop 31%
Talenttop 34%
Producttop 40%
Marketbottom 45%
Globalbottom 37%
Customersbottom 32%
Newsbottom 18%
Funding: Raised $69.5M across 7 rounds · 7 rounds over 8 yrs (0.9/yr)
Tech: 63 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon S3
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 64/100
$69M12 mo agoSeries C33SalesforceIntercomTailwind CSS+35
18Entire
Developer of a tool for capturing AI agent sessions alongside code commits
$60M4 mo agoSeedTailwind CSSHSTSCloudflare+23 launchs
19Expo
Provider of developer productivity CLI tools
78Tech top 12%Customers top 19%Funding top 24%Growth top 28%
All 12 signals ▾
Techtop 12%
Customerstop 19%
Fundingtop 24%
Growthtop 28%
Producttop 36%
Newstop 37%
Talenttop 38%
Moattop 42%
Markettop 44%
Innovationtop 47%
Globalbottom 42%
Patentsbottom 41%
Tech: 62 technologies across 7/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon Web Services
Customers: Play-Store rating 4.44★ across 28,633 ratings (1 apps) · Review volume +19% in 6 mo
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 78/100
$45M2 mo agoSeries B48SanityTurbopackSentry+223 signals
Funding
12 patents
Automated event attendance/lead tracking software and magnetic freestanding display hardware
1 job opening · 2 launchs
20Dify
Developer of platform for building and managing autonomous agents and workflows
$30M3 mo agoSeedTurbopackSentryNode.js+163 launchs
21Macroscope
Provider of AI-driven code review and engineering status update platform
$30M8 mo agoSeries AApple iCloud MailNode.jsRadix UI+202 launchs
22Orkes
AI powered code collaboration platform
55Funding top 26%News top 28%Growth top 35%Talent top 38%
All 9 signals ▾
Fundingtop 26%
Newstop 28%
Growthtop 35%
Talenttop 38%
Moattop 39%
Techtop 42%
AItop 45%
Globalbottom 37%
Marketbottom 28%
Funding: Raised $29.3M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 4 yrs (0.8/yr)
News: 4 BI events in 12 mo (of 7 tracked, 2 types) · Top themes: Funding, Capital raise
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 55/100
$29M1 mo agoSeries B12WebflowStripeAmazon Web Services+284 signals
Funding · Capital raise
23LiveKit
Developer of open-source platform for building and scaling realtime voice agents
72AI top 20%Funding top 27%Growth top 28%News top 28%
All 9 signals ▾
AItop 20%
Fundingtop 27%
Growthtop 28%
Newstop 28%
Techtop 31%
Talenttop 38%
Moattop 48%
Marketbottom 37%
Globalbottom 36%
AI: Classified as an AI company
Funding: Raised $29.3M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 4 yrs (1.0/yr)
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 72/100
$29M4 mo agoSeries C15Node.jsThree.jsRadix UI+174 signals
Funding
3 launchs · 1 partnership
24Composio
Platform to integrate AI agents and large language models with their technology stack
$29M14 mo agoSeries AWordPressMySQLPHP+32
25Phase Change
Provider of an AI-based platform offering software development analytics solutions
$28M5 mo agoSeries B31142 patents
Latent heat thermal storage materials and thermal management device technologies
26Cline
Developer of an AI autonomous coding agent integrated into various IDEs.
$27M10 mo agoSeries ANode.jsTailwind CSSReact+192 launchs
27Privy
Platform offering API to integrate user data
53Tech top 27%Funding top 31%Growth top 35%Moat top 35%
All 8 signals ▾
Techtop 27%
Fundingtop 31%
Growthtop 35%
Moattop 35%
Talenttop 38%
Globalbottom 38%
Marketbottom 28%
Newsbottom 22%
Tech: 41 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Ses, Amazon Web Services
Funding: Raised $26.3M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 4 yrs (0.8/yr)
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 53/100
$26M14 mo agoAcquired10Node.jsKaTeXRadix UI+22
28Mintlify
Provider of a platform for creating and maintaining technical documentation
67Tech top 25%Growth top 28%Funding top 29%AI top 30%
All 9 signals ▾
Techtop 25%
Growthtop 28%
Fundingtop 29%
AItop 30%
Talenttop 38%
Moattop 48%
Globalbottom 32%
Marketbottom 30%
Newsbottom 15%
Tech: 47 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon S3, Amazon Web Services
Growth: Web rank 1,000,000 → 500,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 67/100
$21M2 mo agoSeries B5TurbopackNode.jsRadix UI+24
29Wabi
Developer of a personal software platform with customizable mini applications
60Talent top 35%Funding top 41%Tech top 45%Global bottom 25%
All 4 signals ▾
Talenttop 35%
Fundingtop 41%
Techtop 45%
Globalbottom 25%
Talent: 3 named leaders on record
Funding: Raised $20.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr)
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 60/100
$20M7 mo agoSeedTurbopackSentryNode.js+15
30Graphite
Provider of open-source code review and CLI tools for engineers
50Talent top 28%Tech top 35%Funding top 36%Moat bottom 48%
All 6 signals ▾
Talenttop 28%
Techtop 35%
Fundingtop 36%
Moatbottom 48%
Globalbottom 45%
Marketbottom 38%
Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Tech: 35 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon Web Services
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 50/100
$20M15 mo agoSeries B20Node.jsThree.jsRadix UI+25
31CodeRabbit
AI powered code review platform
$20M9 mo agoSeries BSentryApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+373 launchs
32Rork
Developer of AI-powered platform for building cross-platform native mobile applications
64Funding top 33%Talent top 38%AI top 45%Tech top 46%
All 6 signals ▾
Fundingtop 33%
Talenttop 38%
AItop 45%
Techtop 46%
Markettop 47%
Globalbottom 48%
Funding: Raised $17.8M 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 64/100
$18M2 mo agoSeedNode.jsRadix UITailwind CSS+20
33Code Metal 🦄
Provider of AI-powered solutions for automated code translation and edge deployment
$16M3 mo agoSeries B4 signals ▼43%
Funding
6 job openings
34Anima
Cloud based platform offering solutions for automated prototyping
60AI top 20%Tech top 21%Funding top 32%Talent top 38%
All 8 signals ▾
AItop 20%
Techtop 21%
Fundingtop 32%
Talenttop 38%
Moattop 39%
Growthtop 45%
Globalbottom 37%
Marketbottom 26%
AI: Classified as an AI company
Tech: 67 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon S3
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 60/100
$13M4 mo agoSeries B1StoryblokSentryNode.js+33
35Vybe
Provider of a platform for building secure internal applications quickly
$10M6 mo agoSeedNode.jsRadix UITailwind CSS+17
36Adronite
Provider of software development services
$10M2 mo agoSeries A2
37Create
Developer of an AI app builder using text and integrations
$8M10 mo agoSeries A10SentryTypeScriptGraphQL+2710 patents
Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation
1 launch
38Schematic
Feature management platform for businesses
$8M3 mo agoSeries A6SentryNode.jsWistia+27
39Pillir
Platform offering low code application development solutions
$8M10 mo agoSeries A77HubSpot CMS HubSentryWistia+242 patents
Legacy software modernization tools and techniques for updating existing applications
1 launch
40Deductive AI
AI powered software solutions to automate debugging and root-cause analysis of software issues
$8M7 mo agoSeedWebflowGSAPAmazon Web Services+14
41Daytona
Provider of secure and elastic infrastructure for running AI-generated code
64AI top 20%Talent top 28%Funding top 35%Growth top 35%
All 9 signals ▾
AItop 20%
Talenttop 28%
Fundingtop 35%
Growthtop 35%
Newstop 36%
Techtop 43%
Moattop 48%
Marketbottom 36%
Globalbottom 36%
AI: Classified as an AI company
Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 64/100
$7M4 mo agoSeries AFramer SitesReactAmazon Web Services+143 signals
Funding
42Manufact
Developer of open-source SDK for building and deploying MCP applications
$6M4 mo agoSeedTurbopackSentryNode.js+18
43Crafting
Cloud integrated development environment for multi-services applications
$6M3 mo agoSeed6WebflowjQueryHSTS+6
44Scalekit
Provider of authentication and user management platform for AI applications
$6M9 mo agoSeed13
13 → 25 (+92%)
WebflowAmazon Web ServicesStripe+211 launch
45Entelligence
Developer of an AI assistant for engineering leadership and code review
$5M5 mo agoSeries A
46Blitzy 🦄
AI powered IT application development platform
74Tech top 30%AI top 30%Moat top 31%Growth top 35%
All 9 signals ▾
Techtop 30%
AItop 30%
Moattop 31%
Growthtop 35%
Fundingtop 36%
Talenttop 38%
Markettop 50%
Globalbottom 38%
Newsbottom 18%
Tech: 37 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon S3, Amazon Web Services
AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: ai powered
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 74/100
$4M1 mo agoSeries BFirebaseRadix UITailwind CSS+227 job openings
47minitap
Developer of a platform for mobile app building and testing
$4M6 mo agoSeed3 launchs
48SimplAI
Developer of artificial intelligence agents for enterprise workflow automation platforms
$2M4 mo agoSeedNode.jsTailwind CSSAnt Design+251 job opening · 2 launchs
49Potpie AI
Developer of code agents boosting engineering velocity for enterprise developers
$2M3 mo agoSeedNode.jsRadix UITailwind CSS+11
50SuprSend
Platform offering API for real time communication
$1M1 mo agoSeed13WebflowAmazon Web ServicesGSAP+261 job opening · 6 launchs

Top 12 Application Development Tools companies in United States

#1
Series D · San Francisco, California · founded 2023
$196Mraised

Developer of an AI software engineer designed to automate coding. The AI is designed to handle end-to-end development tasks independently. It helps engineering teams focus on complex problems. The AI software engineer supports software delivery and business growth.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 80how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 13%
AI
top 20%
Growth
top 24%
News
top 25%
Moat
top 28%
Talent
top 28%
Funding: Raised $196M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 2 yrs (1.5/yr) · Last round Series D (May 2026)
AI: Classified as an AI company
Growth: 5 acquisition/expansion moves in 24 mo · Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Audience (LinkedIn): 81k LinkedIn followers — 6.6% of this cohort's audience
Activity (LinkedIn): 3 product launches · 2 partnerships (incl. Cognition) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Aug 2025Series C$500M
  • Mar 2025Series B
  • Apr 2024Series B$175M
  • Mar 2024Series A$21M
Founders & team
Steven HaoCo-FounderWalden YanCo-FounderScott WuCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Founders Fund, 8VC, Khosla Ventures, Conviction, Lux Capital, Neo
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesApple Icloud MailCore-JsFacebook PixelGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Tag Manager
#2
Replit 🦄
Series D · Foster City, California · founded 2016 · 92 employees
$271.9Mraised

AI platform to build apps, websites, and software instantly. It enables users to create, deploy, and scale apps, websites, and software using natural language, with built-in tools for design, databases, hosting, collaboration, and integrations.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 95how this company ranks against its industry peers
Tech
top 11%
Funding
top 14%
Customers
top 14%
Growth
top 16%
AI
top 20%
News
top 27%
Tech: 69 technologies across 7/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare, Google Cloud · Devops: Envoy, Varnish
Funding: Raised $272M across 8 rounds · 8 rounds over 8 yrs (1.0/yr) · Last round Series D (Mar 2026)
Customers: Play-Store rating 4.64★ across 39,249 ratings (1 apps) · Review volume +32% in 6 mo · Marquee-customer mentions: top 17% of tracked companies
Audience (LinkedIn): 187k LinkedIn followers — 15.1% of this cohort's audience
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Mar 2026Series D$400M
  • Sep 2025Series D$250M
  • Nov 2023Series D$20M
  • Apr 2023Series D$97.4M
Founders & team
Haya OdehCo-FounderAmjad MasadCEO
Investors
A.Capital Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Y Combinator, Reach Capital, Bloomberg Beta, Volt Capital
Tech stack
AmplitudeApolloApple Icloud MailCdnjsCloudflareCloudflare Bot Management
#3
Series C · Austin, Texas · founded 2017 · 19 employees
$85.2Mraised

Coder provides cloud based cross platform integrated development environment. It provides an open-source developer workspace platform. It enables developers to configure, secure, and manage software development environments by applying the infrastructure as a code paradigm to developer workspaces and moving them from local workstations into the cloud. It works by centralizing the creation and management of cloud developer workspaces.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 72how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 21%
Growth
top 25%
Product
top 25%
News
top 26%
Tech
top 28%
Talent
top 28%
Funding: Raised $85.2M across 5 rounds · 5 rounds over 8 yrs (0.6/yr) · Last round Series C (Apr 2026)
Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Product: 6 distinct product lines · Company stage: Series C
Audience (LinkedIn): 15k LinkedIn followers
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Apr 2026Series C$90M
  • Jun 2024Series C$35M
  • Mar 2020Series B$31.8M
  • May 2019Series A$11.5M
Founders & team
Kyle CarberryFounder and CTOAmmar BandukwalaCo-FounderRobert WhiteleyChief Executive Officer
Investors
In-Q-Tel, GGV Capital, Redpoint Ventures, Uncork Capital, Founders Fund, Capital Factory
Tech stack
6SenseCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCloudflare Browser InsightsDatocmsGoogle Analytics
#4
Series B · Pleasanton, California · founded 2024
$100Mraised

Developer of an AI-powered platform for building web and mobile applications. The platform enables users to create applications through natural language descriptions, with the AI handling coding, design, and deployment. It offers features such as instant deployment, data connections, and scalability. The platform provides tools for building custom agents and integrations.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 84how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 18%
Growth
top 20%
AI
top 30%
Tech
top 33%
Market
top 35%
Moat
top 37%
Funding: Raised $100M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 2 yrs (1.5/yr) · Last round Series B (Jan 2026)
Growth: Web rank 5,000,000 → 50,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo
AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: ai-powered
Audience (LinkedIn): 85k LinkedIn followers — 6.9% of this cohort's audience
Hiring (LinkedIn): 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: person per city
Activity (LinkedIn): 2 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jan 2026Series B$70M
  • Dec 2025Series A
  • Aug 2025Series A$23M
  • Sep 2024Seed$7M
Founders & team
Mukund JhaCo-Founder & CEOMadhav JhaCo-Founder & CTO
Investors
Y Combinator, Together, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Prosus, Google Labs, SoftBank Vision Fund
Tech stack
Amazon AdvertisingAmazon S3Amazon Web ServicesAmazon WebstoreCaddyCloudflare
#5
Series B · Palo Alto, California · founded 2013 · 48 employees
$45Mraised

Provider of developer productivity CLI tools. The platform offers CLI tools that help developers in making projects and running apps in multiple environments. It enables the creation of experiences with gestures and graphics by leveraging javascript and native. Also, it offers tools that include forums.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 78how this company ranks against its industry peers
Tech
top 12%
Customers
top 19%
Funding
top 24%
Growth
top 28%
Product
top 36%
News
top 37%
Tech: 62 technologies across 7/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon Web Services · Devops: Envoy
Customers: Play-Store rating 4.44★ across 28,633 ratings (1 apps) · Review volume +19% in 6 mo
Funding: Raised $45.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) · Last round Series B (Apr 2026)
Audience (LinkedIn): 34k LinkedIn followers — 2.8% of this cohort's audience
Hiring (LinkedIn): 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Technical BDR
Activity (LinkedIn): 2 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Apr 2026Series B$45M
Founders & team
Charlie CheeverCo-FounderJames IdeCo-Founder & CTO
Investors
Georgian, Leadout Capital, A.Capital Ventures, Brighter Capital, Form Capital, Summit Partners
Tech stack
AlgoliaAmazon CloudfrontAmazon Web ServicesAmplitudeApolloAtlassian Statuspage
#6
Series B · Cupertino, California · founded 2021 · 12 employees
$29.3Mraised

AI powered code collaboration platform. It orchestrates the development process by enabling users to collaborate on code, and develop microservices. It allows users to build distributed systems, and applications in real time. The platform supports SDKs in different language such as Java, python, typescript, and more.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 55how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 26%
News
top 28%
Growth
top 35%
Talent
top 38%
Moat
top 39%
Tech
top 42%
Funding: Raised $29.3M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 4 yrs (0.8/yr) · Last round Series B (Apr 2026)
News: 4 BI events in 12 mo (of 7 tracked, 2 types) · Top themes: Funding, Capital raise
Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Audience (LinkedIn): 19k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Apr 2026Series B$60M
  • Feb 2024Series A$20M
  • Mar 2022Seed$9.3M
Founders & team
Viren BaraiyaCo-Founder & CTOJeu GeorgeCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Battery Ventures, Vertex Ventures, Nexus Venture Partners, AVP, Prosperity7 Ventures, Secure Octane Investments
Tech stack
6SenseAmazon CloudfrontAmazon SesAmazon Web ServicesCloudflareCloudflare Bot Management
#7
Series B · Santa Monica, California · founded 2018 · 44 employees
$71Mraised

Linear B is a software development productivity analytics solution. It helps to provide insights into things like people who impact the codebase, the highest contributors, and detracting behaviors. It can perform programming language specific analysis, to provide metrics on quality, security, performance, usability, and complexity. It can also provide language & interaction analysis and deliver metrics on code churn, commit cadence, team impact, motivation, and engagement. Other offered solutions include workforce training analysis, organization benchmarking, and priority-ranked improvement recommendations. The company claims to utilize AI technologies for providing the solution. Notable clients include Axonius, Kanban Zone, and Best Practice Energy. Compatible with React JS, Python, GO, Java, Docker, GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 67how this company ranks against its industry peers
Patents
top 23%
Funding
top 24%
Moat
top 26%
Talent
top 28%
Innovation
top 29%
Tech
top 33%
Patents: 216 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 84 filings since 2022 vs 89 in 2017-21 · Latest publication 2025
Funding: Raised $71.0M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 7 yrs (0.6/yr) · Last round Series B (Jan 2026)
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 8/10 · IP moat: 216 patents · Soonicorn
Audience (LinkedIn): 14k LinkedIn followers
Hiring (LinkedIn): 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public)
Funding rounds
  • Jan 2026Series B$11.3M
  • May 2022Series B$50M
  • Mar 2021Series A$16.1M
  • Jan 2019Angel$1.6M
Founders & team
Dan LinesCo-Founder & COOOri KerenCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Battery Ventures, 83NORTH, TechAviv Founder Partners, Salesforce Ventures, Tribe Capital
#8
Series B · San Francisco, California · founded 2022 · 5 employees
$21Mraised

Provider of a platform for creating and maintaining technical documentation. The platform helps teams integrate artificial intelligence into documentation lifecycles. It supports integration with existing AI workflows. The platform offers features such as a context-aware agent for content creation and an AI assistant for user support. It also provides enterprise-grade professional service and security features.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 67how this company ranks against its industry peers
Tech
top 25%
Growth
top 28%
Funding
top 29%
AI
top 30%
Talent
top 38%
Moat
top 48%
Tech: 47 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon S3, Amazon Web Services · Observability: Datadog, Sentry
Growth: Web rank 1,000,000 → 500,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Funding: Raised $21.0M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 4 yrs (1.0/yr) · Last round Series B (Apr 2026)
Funding rounds
  • Apr 2026Series B$45M
  • Sep 2024Series A$18M
  • May 2022Seed$2.8M
  • Mar 2022Seed$500K
Founders & team
Hahnbee LeeCo-FounderHan WangCo-Founder
Investors
Bain Capital Ventures, Twenty Two Ventures, Y Combinator, Andreessen Horowitz, Salesforce Ventures, Bain Capital
Tech stack
Amazon S3Amazon Web ServicesAmplitudeApexcharts.JsCloudflareCloudflare Bot Management
#9
Seed · Seattle, Washington · founded 2015
$60Mraised

Developer of a tool for capturing AI agent sessions alongside code commits. The tool integrates with existing workflows, capturing conversations and linking to the Git history. It requires a GitHub sign-in and supports repo syncing without code modifications. The tool supports multiple agents and allows users to search and understand the intent behind code.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 8k LinkedIn followers
Activity: 3 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Feb 2026Seed$60M
Founders & team
Georg FriedrichCo-FounderThomas DohmkeCo Founder & CEOCole DCo-Founder
Investors
Felicis Ventures, Madrona, M12, Basis Set Ventures, 20VC Fund, Cherry Ventures
Tech stack
CloudflareHstsOpen GraphRssTailwind Css
#10
Series D · San Francisco, California · founded 2022
$71Mraised

Developer of software and models for automating code and improving programmers. The company builds tools intended to create a human-AI hybrid programmer. The software and model are designed to enhance control over codebases. It builds intelligent coding tools, including an AI-powered code editor.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 69how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 18%
Partners
top 22%
Talent
top 28%
AI
top 30%
News
top 32%
Market
top 42%
Funding: Raised $71.0M across 5 rounds · 5 rounds over 3 yrs (1.7/yr) · Last round Series D (Nov 2025)
Partners: 4 contract events in 12 mo · Named contractor/client in 4 deals
Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Funding rounds
  • Nov 2025Series D$2.3B
  • May 2025Series C$900M
  • Dec 2024Series B$105M
  • Aug 2024Series A$60M
Founders & team
Michael TruellCo-Founder & CEOSualeh AsifCo-Founder & CPOAman SangerCo-Founder
Investors
OpenAI Startup Fund, Andreessen Horowitz, Thrive Capital, Accel, DST Global, Coatue
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesGoogle WorkspaceHstsNext.JsNext.Js App RouterNode.Js
#11
Seed · Menlo Park, California · founded 2023
$30Mraised

Developer of platform for building and managing autonomous agents and workflows. The platform offers tools for developing, deploying, and managing autonomous agents and RAG pipelines. It provides features such as integrations, observability, and the ability to connect to various large language models. The platform supports the creation of AI applications through visual workflows and offers options for publishing and integration with other systems.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 10k LinkedIn followers
Activity: 3 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Mar 2026Seed$30M
  • Mar 2025Angel
Founders & team
John WangCo-Founder
Investors
China Renaissance Capital Investment, HSG, GL Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, 5Y Capital, Mizuho Leaguer Investment
Tech stack
Base UiCloudflareCloudflare Browser InsightsCookieyesDiscourseEmber.Js
#12
Seed · San Francisco, California · founded 2024
$17.8Mraised

Developer of AI-powered platform for building cross-platform native mobile applications. The platform facilitates the creation of mobile applications using React Native. It allows users to upload images and offers templates for various app types. These include visual novels, Airbnb-style apps, and habit trackers.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 64how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 33%
Talent
top 38%
AI
top 45%
Tech
top 46%
Market
top 47%
Global
bottom 48%
Funding: Raised $17.8M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 1 yrs (2.0/yr) · Last round Seed (Apr 2026)
Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated
AI: Product described with: ai-powered
Funding rounds
  • Apr 2026Seed$15M
  • May 2025Seed$2.8M
Founders & team
Levan KvirkveliaCo-FounderDaniel DhawanCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Andreessen Horowitz, Hustle Fund, Chapter One, Founders, Left Lane, Peak XV Partners
Tech stack
CloudflareCloudflare Browser InsightsCore-JsFacebook PixelGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Tag Manager

Funding & investor landscape

$13.6Btotal disclosed funding
475companies funded
929disclosed rounds
8rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Y Combinator155 rounds
Sequoia Capital22 rounds
Andreessen Horowitz21 rounds
Techstars20 rounds
SV Angel18 rounds
Soma Capital18 rounds
Accel17 rounds
BoxGroup15 rounds
Salesforce Ventures15 rounds
500 Global11 rounds

Notable founders

Steven Hao
Co-Founder · Cognition
Walden Yan
Co-Founder · Cognition
Haya Odeh
Co-Founder · Replit
Amjad Masad
CEO · Replit
Kyle Carberry
Founder and CTO · Coder
Ammar Bandukwala
Co-Founder · Coder
Mukund Jha
Co-Founder & CEO · Emergent
Madhav Jha
Co-Founder & CTO · Emergent
Charlie Cheever
Co-Founder · Expo
James Ide
Co-Founder & CTO · Expo
Viren Baraiya
Co-Founder & CTO · Orkes
Jeu George
Co-Founder & CEO · Orkes
Prism market signals · United States · country-scoped Prism corpus, 14,274,170 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Application Development Tools coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

Common questions

How many Application Development Tools companies are there in United States?
Radar tracks 1531 indexable Application Development Tools companies headquartered in United States that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Application Development Tools companies in United States?
The Application Development Tools companies in United States on this list have raised a combined $13.6B in disclosed equity funding across 475 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Application Development Tools company in United States?
Airtable is the highest-funded Application Development Tools company in United States, with $1.4B in disclosed equity funding.
How many Application Development Tools companies in United States are funded?
475 of the 1531 Application Development Tools companies in United States on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Application Development Tools unicorns are there in United States?
16 Application Development Tools companies in United States on this list are valued at $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in United States Application Development Tools companies?
The most active investors in United States Application Development Tools companies on this list include Y Combinator, Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Techstars, SV Angel.
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