Radar · Native AI in San Francisco
Best Native AI Companies in San Francisco, United States
The 1301 best Native AI companies in San Francisco, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: OpenAI.
By Rohit KhannaTrends & Stories
1301companies tracked
$59.1Bdisclosed funding
46unicorns
765have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · NATIVE AI × SAN FRANCISCO
Our analysis of 100 Native AI companies
$80.0b in tracked funding; 98% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
100companies analysed
98%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
48unicorns
2021median founding year
15Mcombined LinkedIn audience
90%of audience held by top 3
7companies hiring publicly (12 mo)
Ranked: Best Native AI companies in San Francisco
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founded | Founder | 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 | Series G | 2015 | Sam Altman Co-Founder & CEO | — | 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 | Series G | 2021 | Benjamin Mann Co-Founder | — | — |
| 3 | 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 | Series G | 2016 | Alexandr Wang Founder & CEO | 30 patents AI-powered data labeling, dataset curation, and sampling for computer vision and document extraction | 1 partnership |
| 4 | Physical Intelligence 🦄 Developer of AI models and learning algorithms for physical robots 83Funding top 14%AI top 20%Growth top 28%Talent top 28% All 8 signals ▾Fundingtop 14% AItop 20% Growthtop 28% Talenttop 28% Moattop 32% Markettop 40% Globalbottom 48% Techbottom 45% Funding: Raised $1.1B across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 2 yrs (1.5/yr) AI: Classified as an AI company rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 83/100 | $1.1B | 6 mo ago | Series B | 2024 | Chelsea Finn Co-Founder | — | — |
| 5 | GoMotive 🦄 AI-powered fleet management platform 91Funding top 18%Market top 23%Tech top 24%Product top 24% All 11 signals ▾Fundingtop 18% Markettop 23% Techtop 24% Producttop 24% Customerstop 24% Moattop 26% Innovationtop 32% AItop 32% Growthtop 36% Globaltop 36% Talentbottom 49% Funding: Raised $567M across 8 rounds · 8 rounds over 13 yrs (0.6/yr) Market: 4,300 employees (top 4% of Transportation and Logistics Tech) · Top-500,000 web property rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 91/100 | $567M | 12 mo ago | Series F | 2013 | Shoaib Makani Co-Founder & CEO | — | 1 launch · 1 expansion · 1 award |
| 6 | Gupshup Provider of a platform for conversational AI, marketing, and support 83Funding top 18%AI top 20%Growth top 28%Patents top 28% All 10 signals ▾Fundingtop 18% AItop 20% Growthtop 28% Patentstop 28% Innovationtop 29% Moattop 34% Techtop 35% Talenttop 38% Globaltop 44% Marketbottom 47% Funding: Raised $546M across 9 rounds · 9 rounds over 19 yrs (0.5/yr) AI: Classified as an AI company rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 83/100 | $546M | 10 mo ago | Series F | 2005 | Uma Bagavathiraj Co-Founder | 27 patents Enables enterprise RCS messaging, OTP delivery, and template testing for rich communication services. | — |
| 7 | Perplexity 🦄 AI-powered search and answer generation 87Customers top 10%Funding top 11%Tech top 21%Growth top 25% All 14 signals ▾Customerstop 10% Fundingtop 11% Techtop 21% Growthtop 25% Partnerstop 27% Producttop 28% AItop 30% Newstop 31% Moattop 32% Innovationtop 35% Talenttop 45% Markettop 47% Patentstop 49% Globalbottom 39% Customers: Play-Store rating 4.58★ across 2,016,194 ratings (2 apps) · Review volume +5894% in 6 mo Funding: Raised $415M across 9 rounds · 9 rounds over 3 yrs (3.0/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 87/100 | $415M | 6 mo ago | Series E | 2022 | Johnny Ho Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer | 4 patents Enhanced query processing and client-side search acceleration for augmented search engines | — |
| 8 | Grammarly 🦄 Provider of AI and cloud-based writing assistance platform for improving writing and communication 94Market top 18%Patents top 18%Customers top 19%Innovation top 20% All 13 signals ▾Markettop 18% Patentstop 18% Customerstop 19% Innovationtop 20% AItop 20% Moattop 20% Techtop 21% Fundingtop 23% Talenttop 28% Producttop 42% Globaltop 46% Growthtop 48% Newsbottom 24% Market: 659 employees (top 2% of High Tech) · Top-5,000 web property Patents: 93 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 79 filings since 2022 vs 8 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 94/100 | $400M | 12 mo ago | Series B | 2009 | Dmytro Lider Co-Founder | 93 patents AI-driven writing and code assistance using NLP for grammar, tone, and review automation | — |
| 9 | Bedrock Robotics 🦄 Developer of autonomous technology for transforming construction and industrial equipment 82Funding top 14%AI top 20%Moat top 27%Talent top 28% All 7 signals ▾Fundingtop 14% AItop 20% Moattop 27% Talenttop 28% Markettop 43% Techtop 46% Globalbottom 48% Funding: Raised $350M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 1 yrs (2.0/yr) AI: Classified as an AI company rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 82/100 | $350M | 4 mo ago | Series B | 2024 | Kevin Peterson Co-Founder & CTO | — | 1 job opening |
| 10 | Sierra 🦄 A conversational AI platform that helps businesses to build customer experiences 87Funding top 12%AI top 20%Moat top 26%Growth top 28% All 8 signals ▾Fundingtop 12% AItop 20% Moattop 26% Growthtop 28% Talenttop 28% Techtop 32% Markettop 46% Globalbottom 37% Funding: Raised $285M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 2 yrs (2.0/yr) AI: Classified as an AI company rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 87/100 | $285M | 1 mo ago | Series E | 2023 | Bret Taylor Co-Founder | — | — |
| 11 | 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 | Series A | 2025 | Wei-Lin Chiang Co-Founder & CTO | 8 patents Collaborative bill‑of‑materials management and access‑controlled supply‑chain data integration. | 1 launch · 1 award |
| 12 | Sesame Developer of voice-based artificial intelligence companions and lightweight eyewear products 82Funding top 18%AI top 28%Talent top 28%Patents top 34% All 8 signals ▾Fundingtop 18% AItop 28% Talenttop 28% Patentstop 34% Innovationtop 36% Techtop 41% Growthtop 45% Globaltop 48% Funding: Raised $250M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) AI: Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC) · Product described with: artificial intelligence rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 82/100 | $250M | 7 mo ago | Series B | 2023 | Nate Mitchell Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer | 12 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | 1 job opening · 1 launch · 1 partnership |
| 13 | Starship Technologies Operator of autonomous robots for delivery of goods and advertising 72Funding top 17%News top 17%Customers top 29%AI top 30% All 12 signals ▾Fundingtop 17% Newstop 17% Customerstop 29% AItop 30% Moattop 31% Techtop 35% Talenttop 38% Globaltop 39% Markettop 41% Producttop 46% Innovationbottom 47% Growthbottom 44% Funding: Raised $231M across 8 rounds · 8 rounds over 9 yrs (0.9/yr) News: 7 BI events in 12 mo (of 71 tracked, 7 types) · +600% YoY rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 72/100 | $231M | 8 mo ago | Series C | 2014 | Janus Friis Co-Founder | — | 1 award |
| 14 | Chai Discovery 🦄 Developer of artificial intelligence models for de novo molecular design 72Funding top 14%Talent top 28%AI top 30%Moat top 32% All 7 signals ▾Fundingtop 14% Talenttop 28% AItop 30% Moattop 32% Markettop 48% Globalbottom 48% Techbottom 42% Funding: Raised $230M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 2 yrs (1.5/yr) Talent: 4 named leaders on record · 4 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 72/100 | $230M | 6 mo ago | Series B | 2023 | Joshua Meier Co-Founder | — | 1 partnership |
| 15 | 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 | Series F | 2013 | Christopher Yang Co-founder and CTO | — | — |
| 16 | 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 | Series C | 2023 | Eno Reyes Co-Founder & CTO | 24 patents Patents concentrated in electrical & electronics | 4 launchs |
| 17 | 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 | Series A | 2024 | James Dacombe Founder & CEO | 13 patents Patents concentrated in chemistry & materials | — |
| 18 | Cognition 🦄 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 | $196M | 0 mo ago | Series D | 2023 | Steven Hao Co-Founder | 7 patents Patents concentrated in health & consumer products | 3 launchs · 2 partnerships |
| 19 | Aera Developer of a decision intelligence platform providing real-time business recommendations 74Funding top 18%AI top 30%Growth top 32%Tech top 32% All 12 signals ▾Fundingtop 18% AItop 30% Growthtop 32% Techtop 32% Moattop 35% Producttop 41% Markettop 44% Talentbottom 49% Innovationbottom 45% Globalbottom 45% Patentsbottom 24% Newsbottom 21% Funding: Raised $172M across 9 rounds · 9 rounds over 24 yrs (0.4/yr) AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: artificial intelligence rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 74/100 | $172M | 0 mo ago | Series D | 1999 | Frederic Laluyaux President and CEO | 2 patents Deployable aerodynamic structures for aerial vehicles (e.g., UAV wing/rotor systems) | — |
| 20 | 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 | Seed | 2026 | Ion Stoica Co-Founder | — | 1 partnership |
| 21 | 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 | Series B | 2023 | Ankur Goyal Founder & CEO | — | 2 launchs |
| 22 | JuiceBox Provider of an AI recruiting platform offering search, CRM, and agents 82Talent top 23%Funding top 26%Growth top 28%Tech top 29% All 7 signals ▾Talenttop 23% Fundingtop 26% Growthtop 28% Techtop 29% AItop 30% Globalbottom 48% Marketbottom 47% Talent: 5 named leaders on record · 5 C-suite/founder profiles curated Funding: Raised $110M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 4 yrs (0.8/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 82/100 | $110M | 3 mo ago | Series B | 2022 | Robbie Pyle Co-Founder | — | — |
| 23 | Reducto Provider of AI software for document parsing and data extraction 72AI top 26%Funding top 27%Talent top 28%Tech top 34% All 8 signals ▾AItop 26% Fundingtop 27% Talenttop 28% Techtop 34% Growthtop 35% Moattop 40% Marketbottom 40% Globalbottom 33% AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: computer vision, llm Funding: Raised $108M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 2 yrs (1.5/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 72/100 | $108M | 8 mo ago | Series B | 2023 | Adit Abraham Co-Founder & CEO | — | 1 launch · 1 award |
| 24 | Decagon 🦄 AI-powered customer experience platform 76Funding top 15%AI top 26%News top 31%Growth top 35% All 9 signals ▾Fundingtop 15% AItop 26% Newstop 31% Growthtop 35% Moattop 37% Talenttop 38% Markettop 46% Techtop 50% Globalbottom 39% Funding: Raised $100M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 2 yrs (1.5/yr) AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: ai-driven, ai-powered rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 76/100 | $100M | 4 mo ago | Series D | 2023 | Jesse Zhang Co-Founder & CEO | — | 1 internship · 1 launch · 2 partnerships |
| 25 | Applied Compute Provider of AI-powered agents for company-specific data and workflows 55Funding top 28%Talent top 28%AI top 30%Tech top 50% All 6 signals ▾Fundingtop 28% Talenttop 28% AItop 30% Techtop 50% Globalbottom 48% Marketbottom 31% Funding: Raised $100M 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 55/100 | $100M | 7 mo ago | Series B | 2025 | Linden Li Co-Founder & Chief Architect | — | 1 partnership · 1 award |
| 26 | 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 | Series C | 2015 | Scott Stephenson Co-Founder | 23 patents Efficient transformer-based speech recognition and training data alignment technologies | 2 launchs |
| 27 | 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 | Series B | 2020 | Jordan Dearsley Co-Founder & CEO | — | 3 job openings |
| 28 | 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 | Series A | 2024 | Galen Mead Co-Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 29 | Anysphere 🦄 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 | $71M | 7 mo ago | Series D | 2022 | Michael Truell Co-Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 30 | Wispr Flow Developer of AI-powered voice dictation software for seamless text creation 87Growth top 20%Tech top 28%AI top 30%Funding top 34% All 10 signals ▾Growthtop 20% Techtop 28% AItop 30% Fundingtop 34% Markettop 35% Talenttop 38% Moattop 40% Customerstop 47% Productbottom 48% Globalbottom 45% Growth: Web rank 500,000 → 50,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo Tech: 50 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon S3 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 87/100 | $70M | 6 mo ago | Series A | 2021 | Sahaj Garg Co-Founder & CTO | — | — |
| 31 | Listen Labs AI-powered platform that revolutionizes customer research 80Funding top 23%Growth top 28%AI top 30%Tech top 33% All 11 signals ▾Fundingtop 23% Growthtop 28% AItop 30% Techtop 33% Moattop 37% Talenttop 38% Innovationtop 40% Patentstop 42% Producttop 46% Markettop 48% Globalbottom 46% Funding: Raised $69.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) Growth: Web rank 1,000,000 → 500,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 80/100 | $69M | 5 mo ago | Series B | 2023 | Alfred Wahlforss Co-Founder & CEO | 11 patents Patents concentrated in electrical & electronics | — |
| 32 | Giga AI Developer of AI-powered agents for enterprise support and customer engagement 67Tech top 21%Talent top 28%AI top 30%Funding top 35% All 7 signals ▾Techtop 21% Talenttop 28% AItop 30% Fundingtop 35% Moatbottom 48% Globalbottom 43% Marketbottom 36% Tech: 32 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon Web Services Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 67/100 | $65M | 7 mo ago | Series A | 2023 | Varun Vummadi Co-Founder & CEO | — | 1 launch |
| 33 | Fathom Provider of autonomous medical coding platform and related coding services 55AI top 20%Funding top 26%Moat top 31%News top 36% All 12 signals ▾AItop 20% Fundingtop 26% Moattop 31% Newstop 36% Growthtop 38% Talenttop 38% Producttop 49% Techbottom 49% Marketbottom 45% Patentsbottom 42% Innovationbottom 34% Globalbottom 31% AI: Classified as an AI company Funding: Raised $61.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 5 yrs (0.2/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 55/100 | $61M | 1 mo ago | Series B | 2017 | Andrew Lockhart Co-Founder & CEO | 9 patents On-demand additive manufacturing and automated pricing for custom 3D-printed parts and injection molds | — |
| 34 | 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 | Series E | 2019 | Amir Haghighat Co-Founder & CTO | — | 1 job opening · 1 partnership |
| 35 | Oro Labs Provider of procurement orchestration platform that coordinates people, processes, systems 72AI top 20%Talent top 28%Funding top 31%Growth top 35% All 8 signals ▾AItop 20% Talenttop 28% Fundingtop 31% Growthtop 35% Techtop 36% Newstop 48% Marketbottom 45% Globalbottom 29% 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 72/100 | $59M | 3 mo ago | Series C | 2020 | Yuan Tung Co-Founder & CTO | — | 1 partnership |
| 36 | Strala Provider of AI-assisted claims handling and third-party administrator (TPA) solutions 67Funding top 30%AI top 30%Talent top 38%Global bottom 48% All 5 signals ▾Fundingtop 30% AItop 30% Talenttop 38% Globalbottom 48% Techbottom 40% Funding: Raised $55.3M 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 67/100 | $55M | 2 mo ago | Series B | 2024 | Armando Schmid Co-Founder & CTO | — | — |
| 37 | Nova Intelligence Developer of an AI platform for SAP system management 72AI top 20%Talent top 28%Funding top 29%Global bottom 48% All 4 signals ▾AItop 20% Talenttop 28% Fundingtop 29% Globalbottom 48% 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 72/100 | $42M | 1 mo ago | Series A | 2024 | Samuel Yang Co-Founder | — | 1 job opening |
| 38 | Cogent Provider of AI-powered platform for vulnerability management and risk mitigation 50Funding top 27%AI top 28%Talent top 28%Patents bottom 49% All 8 signals ▾Fundingtop 27% AItop 28% Talenttop 28% Patentsbottom 49% Innovationbottom 47% Techbottom 46% Globalbottom 45% Marketbottom 31% Funding: Raised $42.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) AI: Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC) · Product described with: ai-powered rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 50/100 | $42M | 3 mo ago | Series A | 2024 | Geng Sng Co-Founder & CTO | 6 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 39 | 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 | Series A | 2024 | Abhi Aiyer Co-Founder & CTO | — | — |
| 40 | Resolve.ai 🦄 Provider of an AI platform for incident resolution and cost optimization 82News top 20%AI top 20%Funding top 25%Growth top 25% All 9 signals ▾Newstop 20% AItop 20% Fundingtop 25% Growthtop 25% Talenttop 28% Moattop 31% Techtop 38% Markettop 50% Globalbottom 37% News: 7 BI events in 12 mo (of 8 tracked, 2 types) · +600% YoY AI: Classified as an AI company rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 82/100 | $35M | 2 mo ago | Series A | 2024 | Mayank Agarwal Co-Founder & CTO | — | 1 launch |
| 41 | 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 | Seed | 2024 | Pankaj Gupta Cofounder and CEO | — | — |
| 42 | 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 | Series A | 2024 | Danny Tang Co-Founder | — | 1 partnership |
| 43 | Newo AI agents revolutionizing business communication, automating tasks, and increasing revenue 72AI top 20%Tech top 23%Talent top 28%Growth top 35% All 9 signals ▾AItop 20% Techtop 23% Talenttop 28% Growthtop 35% Globaltop 38% Patentstop 44% Innovationtop 46% Fundingtop 46% Marketbottom 37% AI: Classified as an AI company Tech: 53 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare, Google Cloud rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 72/100 | $30M | 4 mo ago | Series A | 2023 | Luba Ovtsinnikova Co-Founder | 3 patents AI-driven workflow automation and intelligent agent frameworks for enterprise software | 1 launch |
| 44 | Triomics Provider of clinical research and clinical trial tracking software 60AI top 20%Funding top 26%Talent top 38%Moat top 39% All 8 signals ▾AItop 20% Fundingtop 26% Talenttop 38% Moattop 39% Techtop 40% Growthtop 47% Globalbottom 43% Marketbottom 35% AI: Classified as an AI company Funding: Raised $28.9M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 5 yrs (0.6/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 60/100 | $29M | 0 mo ago | Series B | 2020 | Hrituraj Singh Co-Founder & CTO | — | — |
| 45 | Roadrunner Developer of software for automating sales quoting and approval workflows 72AI top 20%Talent top 28%Funding top 35%Global bottom 33% All 4 signals ▾AItop 20% Talenttop 28% Fundingtop 35% Globalbottom 33% 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 72/100 | $27M | 1 mo ago | Series A | 2025 | Eugene Shao Co-Founder & CTO | — | — |
| 46 | Exa 🦄 Provider of web search, AI search engine, and website crawler tools 83AI top 20%Funding top 25%Tech top 25%Moat top 26% All 11 signals ▾AItop 20% Fundingtop 25% Techtop 25% Moattop 26% Talenttop 28% Innovationtop 32% Patentstop 38% Growthtop 41% Markettop 43% Newsbottom 43% Globalbottom 40% AI: Classified as an AI company Funding: Raised $22.0M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 2 yrs (2.0/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 83/100 | $22M | 0 mo ago | Series C | 2021 | Jeffrey Wang Co-Founder | 120 patents Advanced CFD and multiphysics simulation tools for thermal, acoustic, and electro‑thermal systems | — |
| 47 | Mintlify 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 | $21M | 2 mo ago | Series B | 2022 | Hahnbee Lee Co-Founder | — | — |
| 48 | Trent Developer of an agentic AI security platform for software development 37Funding top 41%Global top 42%Tech top 46%Talent bottom 49% All 7 signals ▾Fundingtop 41% Globaltop 42% Techtop 46% Talentbottom 49% Innovationbottom 46% Patentsbottom 46% Marketbottom 37% Funding: Raised $13.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) Global: Patents filed in 3 jurisdictions · Investors from 1 country beyond United States rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 37/100 | $13M | 2 mo ago | Seed | 2025 | Neil Lawrence Co-Founder & Chief Scientist | 14 patents High‑density, high‑speed electrical connectors with advanced grounding and SMT positioning features. | — |
| 49 | Champ Developer of AI-powered platform automating customer support and help desk tasks 42AI top 30%Tech top 39%Funding top 41%Talent bottom 49% All 6 signals ▾AItop 30% Techtop 39% Fundingtop 41% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 33% Marketbottom 31% AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: ai-powered Tech: 25 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 42/100 | $8M | 1 mo ago | Seed | 2018 | Jagannath Putrevu Co-Founder & CEO | — | 1 job opening |
| 50 | Graphon AI Developer of software that converts multimodal data into relational memory 72Talent top 28%Innovation top 42%Patents top 45%AI top 45% All 6 signals ▾Talenttop 28% Innovationtop 42% Patentstop 45% AItop 45% Fundingtop 47% Globaltop 48% Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated Innovation: 32 patents (top 40% of patent-holders) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 72/100 | $8M | 1 mo ago | Seed | 2025 | Clark Zhang Co-Founder & CTO | 32 patents Patents concentrated in electrical & electronics | 2 job openings |
Top 12 Native AI companies in San Francisco
#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 — 74.8% 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 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
#3
Sierra 🦄Series E · San Francisco, California · founded 2023$285Mraised▾
Sierra 🦄
Series E · San Francisco, California · founded 2023
A conversational AI platform that helps businesses to build customer experiences. The company provides tools to build, test, and optimize AI agents. It offers capabilities for analyzing agent performance, identifying conversations needing attention, and running tests. The company's platform allows for integrating customer data and personalizing experiences.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 87how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 12%AI
top 20%Moat
top 26%Growth
top 28%Talent
top 28%Tech
top 32%Funding: Raised $285M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 2 yrs (2.0/yr) · Last round Series E (May 2026)
AI: Classified as an AI company
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 9/10 · Unicorn · 9 curated direct competitors tracked
Audience (LinkedIn): 83k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
- May 2026Series E$950M
- Sep 2025Series B$350M
- Oct 2024Series A$175M
- Feb 2024Seed$110M
Founders & team
Investors
Sequoia Capital, Benchmark, Greenoaks, Iconiq Capital, Thrive Capital, Tiger Global Management
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailAtlassian StatuspageCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsDocusign
#4
Series D · San Francisco, California · founded 1999 · 186 employees$171.5Mraised▾
Series D · San Francisco, California · founded 1999 · 186 employees
Developer of a decision intelligence platform providing real-time business recommendations. The platform understands business operations, makes recommendations, and takes action autonomously. It refines data and delivers visibility into operations. The platform uses data and artificial intelligence to predict risks and opportunities. It engages users and drives the execution of decisions, learning from outcomes to improve recommendations.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 74how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 18%AI
top 30%Growth
top 32%Tech
top 32%Moat
top 35%Product
top 41%Funding: Raised $172M across 9 rounds · 9 rounds over 24 yrs (0.4/yr) · Last round Series D (May 2026)
AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: artificial intelligence
Growth: Headcount 153 → 186 (+22%) across vintages · Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Audience (LinkedIn): 39k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
- May 2026Series D—
- Jun 2019Series C$80M
- Jun 2017Series C$50M
- Apr 2016Series C$25M
Founders & team
Investors
DFJ Growth, NewView Capital, Georgian, Clear Ventures, New Enterprise Associates, Sierra Ventures
Tech stack
AdrollAdroll Cmp SystemAmazon Web ServicesApple Icloud MailAtlassian StatuspageCart Functionality
#5
Series D · San Francisco, California · founded 2023$196Mraised▾
Series D · San Francisco, California · founded 2023
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
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
Investors
Founders Fund, 8VC, Khosla Ventures, Conviction, Lux Capital, Neo
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesApple Icloud MailCore-JsFacebook PixelGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Tag Manager
#6
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
#7
Series B · San Francisco, California · founded 2024$1.1Braised▾
Series B · San Francisco, California · founded 2024
Developer of AI models and learning algorithms for physical robots. The company focuses on creating foundation models to power robots and physically-actuated devices. They develop vision-language-action models with both long-term and short-term memory. These models enable robots to perform complex tasks and improve success rates. The company also provides systems for real-time action chunking with large models.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 83how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 14%AI
top 20%Growth
top 28%Talent
top 28%Moat
top 32%Market
top 40%Funding: Raised $1.1B across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 2 yrs (1.5/yr) · Last round Series B (Nov 2025)
AI: Classified as an AI company
Growth: Web rank 5,000,000 → 1,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Funding rounds
- Nov 2025Series B$600M
- Nov 2024Series A$400M
- Mar 2024Seed$70M
Founders & team
Investors
Thrive Capital, Khosla Ventures, Lux Capital, OpenAI, Sequoia Capital, Redpoint Ventures
Tech stack
HstsNext.JsNext.Js App RouterNode.JsOpen GraphPriority Hints
#8
Series B · San Francisco, California · founded 2024$350Mraised▾
Series B · San Francisco, California · founded 2024
Developer of autonomous technology for transforming construction and industrial equipment. The technology adapts to project needs and improves operational capabilities continuously. It enables machines to work safely and seamlessly, expanding team capabilities. The technology aims to accelerate project schedules with new efficiencies. It also seeks to protect people and equipment, and measure progress.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 82how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 14%AI
top 20%Moat
top 27%Talent
top 28%Market
top 43%Tech
top 46%Funding: Raised $350M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 1 yrs (2.0/yr) · Last round Series B (Feb 2026)
AI: Classified as an AI company
Moat: Unicorn · 5 curated direct competitors tracked
Audience (LinkedIn): 23k LinkedIn followers · 103 engagements/post (2.8× cohort median)
Hiring (LinkedIn): 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: engineers
Funding rounds
- Feb 2026Series B$270M
- Jul 2025Series A$80M
- Jul 2025Seed—
Founders & team
Investors
8VC, Eclipse, Two Sigma Ventures, Valor Equity Partners, NVentures, Crossbeam
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementDocusignGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Workspace
#9
Series E · San Francisco, California · founded 2022 · 8 employees$415.4Mraised▾
Series E · San Francisco, California · founded 2022 · 8 employees
AI-powered search and answer generation. It enables users to ask complex questions and receive concise, well-sourced answers synthesized from multiple web sources. The platform combines natural language understanding with real-time web data to provide accurate, context-aware responses.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 87how this company ranks against its industry peers
Customers
top 10%Funding
top 11%Tech
top 21%Growth
top 25%Partners
top 27%Product
top 28%Customers: Play-Store rating 4.58★ across 2,016,194 ratings (2 apps) · Review volume +5894% in 6 mo
Funding: Raised $415M across 9 rounds · 9 rounds over 3 yrs (3.0/yr) · Last round Angel (Dec 2025)
Tech: 58 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Alb, Amazon Web Services · Devops: Nginx
Audience (LinkedIn): 1.7M LinkedIn followers — 11.3% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
- Dec 2025Angel—
- Sep 2025Series E$200M
- Jul 2025Series E$100M
- May 2025Series E$500M
Founders & team
Investors
IVP, New Enterprise Associates, Databricks, Nvidia, Laude Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailApple Sign-InCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCloudflare Browser InsightsDaisyui
#10
Series A · San Francisco, California · founded 2024$220Mraised▾
Series A · San Francisco, California · founded 2024
Developer of a new compute paradigm for frontier artificial intelligence. It focuses on overcoming the limits of memory, energy, and speed in current systems. The company aims to scale an SRAM-architecture integrated with photonics. This architecture is intended to surpass HBM-based architectures on throughput and TCO. It also seeks to outperform silicon-only SRAM-architectures in interactivity and latency.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 60how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 26%Patents
top 33%Innovation
top 43%Global
top 44%AI
top 45%Talent
bottom 45%Funding: Raised $220M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) · Last round Series A (Feb 2026)
Patents: 13 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 13 filings since 2022 vs 0 in 2017-21 · Latest publication 2026
Innovation: 13 patents (top 61% of patent-holders) · 13 filings since 2022 vs 0 in 2017-21
Audience (LinkedIn): 13k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
- Feb 2026Series A$220M
- 2025Seed—
Founders & team
Investors
Hummingbird Ventures, Plural, Vertex Ventures, Entrepreneur First, Phoenix Court, Founder Collective
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesApple Icloud MailDocusignFramer SitesGoogle Font ApiHsts
#11
Scale AI 🦄Series G · San Francisco, California · founded 2016 · 531 employees$1.6Braised▾
Scale AI 🦄
Series G · San Francisco, California · founded 2016 · 531 employees
Labeled data to train AI applications. The platform leverages enterprise data to customize generative models. The data engine consists of tools and features to collect, curate and annotate data, and to evaluate and optimize models.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 90how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 16%AI
top 18%Tech
top 19%Moat
top 23%Market
top 28%Innovation
top 28%Funding: Raised $1.6B across 8 rounds · 8 rounds over 10 yrs (0.8/yr) · Last round Series G (Jun 2025)
AI: Classified as an AI company · Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC)
Tech: 78 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon S3, Amazon Web Services · Devops: Envoy
Audience (LinkedIn): 372k LinkedIn followers — 2.5% of this cohort's audience
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 partnerships (incl. Reuters) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Jun 2025Series G$14.3B
- May 2024Series F$1B
- Apr 2021Series E$325M
- Dec 2020Series D$155M
Founders & team
Investors
Dragoneer Investment Group, Tiger Global Management, Wellington, Durable Capital Partners, Coatue, Index Ventures
Tech stack
Amazon S3Amazon Web ServicesAmplitudeApple Icloud MailAtlassian StatuspageCloudflare
#12
Series A · San Francisco, California · founded 2024$75Mraised▾
Series A · San Francisco, California · founded 2024
Developer of general computer action models and interactive speech software. These models enable autonomous navigation of complex websites and execution of sequences for computer-aided design applications. The technology supports real-time interaction through full-duplex speech generation capabilities. Additionally, the organization maintains large-scale data storage clusters to facilitate the training and operation of these computational systems.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 67how this company ranks against its industry peers
Growth
top 20%Funding
top 42%Talent
top 45%Global
bottom 48%Tech
bottom 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) · Last round Series A (Apr 2026)
Talent: 2 named leaders on record
Funding rounds
- Apr 2026Series A$75M
Founders & team
Investors
Sequoia Capital, Spark Capital
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailCloudflareCloudflare Browser InsightsGoogle WorkspaceHttp/3Hugo
Funding & investor landscape
$59.1Btotal disclosed funding
741companies funded
1,590disclosed rounds
28rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Accel31 rounds
Sequoia Capital28 rounds
Notable founders
Greg Brockman
Co-Foudner & President & Chairman · OpenAI
Sam Altman
Co-Founder & CEO · OpenAI
Benjamin Mann
Co-Founder · Anthropic
Jared Kaplan
Co-Founder & Chief Science Officer · Anthropic
Bret Taylor
Co-Founder · Sierra
Clay Bavor
Co-Founder · Sierra
Frederic Laluyaux
President and CEO · Aera
Steven Hao
Co-Founder · Cognition
Walden Yan
Co-Founder · Cognition
Eno Reyes
Co-Founder & CTO · Factory
Matan Grinberg
Co-Founder & CEO · Factory
Chelsea Finn
Co-Founder · Physical Intelligence
Prism market signals · United States · country-scoped Prism corpus, 3,095,677 docs
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Native AI coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
RESEARCH SIGNALS · United States
How research on Artificial Intelligence is moving in the United States
A read on the academic research around Artificial Intelligence — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 5,214 United States-affiliated papers.
research sentiment over time
200820172026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and intensifying — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 38% → 44% across 2008–2026.
top research entities
- Stanford University181
- Google161
- University of Tennessee at Chattanooga139
- University of California, Berkeley129
- Harvard University111
leading researchers
Stylianos Chatzimanolis · Giannis Bolanakis · TARIK DEDOVIC · KATH-RYN ANN F. HANKINS · Christoforos Pavlou · Wordly Knowledge Publishing Centre · Griselda Poe · Lee Sharks
▲
Breakthroughs2,507 · 48%
48%→48% share
▲1.0× share momentum0 median citations68% since 2021mostly methods-led
Cognition research surged from 3 to 73 papers, signaling rapidly intensifying AI-cognitive science convergence in U.S. institutions.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Robustness (evolution)12→84
- Inference42→112
- Benchmark (surveying)28→98
- Cognition3→73
- Architecture3→71
Newly emergingCoherence (philosophical gambling strategy) 0→46 · Corporate governance 0→33 · Stability (learning theory) 0→26
Landmark ImageNet classification with deep convolutional neural networks · 75,550 cites
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Advancements1,010 · 19%
▼ 23%→19% share
▼0.8× share momentum0 median citations66% since 2021mostly methods-led
Random forest adoption rose 1 to 26 papers, reflecting newly intensifying classical-ML integration within U.S. AI advancement research.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Artificial neural network12→50
- Feature (linguistics)7→40
- Pattern recognition (psychology)18→44
- Random forest1→26
- Generative grammar3→26
Newly emergingKey (lock) 0→36 · Workflow 0→17 · Logistic regression 0→14
Landmark Rethinking the Inception Architecture for Computer Vision · 30,404 cites
▼
Concerns755 · 14%
▼ 17%→13% share
▼0.8× share momentum0 median citations63% since 2021mostly empirical
Software deployment emerged as a brand-new concern segment with 33 papers, flagging rising U.S. scrutiny of AI production-readiness risks.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Identification (biology)5→33
- Cognition10→33
- Key (lock)8→29
- Context (archaeology)8→27
- Workflow1→20
Newly emergingSoftware deployment 0→33 · Generative grammar 0→18 · Consciousness 0→12
Landmark "Why Should I Trust You?" · 14,315 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · United States
Where artificial intelligence 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.
SF Bay Area346 · +0.59
Boston316 · +0.49
New York249 · +0.48
Pittsburgh129 · +0.59
Los Angeles112 · +0.47
Chicago96 · +0.61
San Diego86 · +0.55
Seattle79 · +0.54
Atlanta76 · +0.60
Philadelphia76 · +0.58
PATENT SIGNAL · United States
Who's filing artificial intelligence patents in the United States
United States artificial intelligence patent filing is accelerating — 228,639 filings from 8,000 assignees (2016–2025), led by IBM, Google, Microsoft; annual filings 5224→30960.
228,639 filings8,000 assigneespeak 35558/yr2016–2025
filing momentum (YoY 2016–2025)
top patent filers
- IBM23444
- Google13807
- Microsoft13071
- Intel6214
- Qualcomm5449
- Capital One Services3809
- Nvidia3261
- Adobe2835
Common questions
How many Native AI companies are there in San Francisco, United States?
Radar tracks 1301 indexable Native AI companies headquartered in San Francisco, United States that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Native AI companies in San Francisco, United States?
The Native AI companies in San Francisco, United States on this list have raised a combined $59.1B in disclosed equity funding across 741 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Native AI company in San Francisco, United States?
OpenAI is the highest-funded Native AI company in San Francisco, United States, with $17.9B in disclosed equity funding.
How many Native AI companies in San Francisco, United States are funded?
741 of the 1301 Native AI companies in San Francisco, United States on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Native AI unicorns are there in San Francisco, United States?
46 Native AI companies in San Francisco, United States on this list are valued at $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in San Francisco, United States Native AI companies?
The most active investors in San Francisco, United States Native AI companies on this list include Y Combinator, Andreessen Horowitz, Plug and Play Tech Center, Khosla Ventures, Accel.
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