Artificial Intelligence investors in San Francisco

2,608 investors — 1,784 funds and corporates plus 824 individual angels — have funded 755 Artificial Intelligence companies head-officed in San Francisco, across 6,468 rounds (Jan 2000 – May 2026). They are ranked by how many San Francisco companies in this market they have actually backed.

"In San Francisco" describes the companies, not the investor: most of the money in any city comes from somewhere else, and the Where the money comes from section below shows exactly where it came from here.

The investors

Funds, corporates and individual angels together — everyone recorded funding a Artificial Intelligence company in San Francisco. Ranked by companies backed here, then by round count. "Led" counts rounds recorded with this investor as lead.

#	Investor	Type	Based in	Stages here	Companies	Rounds	Led	Latest	Portfolio total
1	Y Combinator	Fund	Mountain View, United States	SeedSeries BSeries A	281	393	111	May 2026	5,648
2	Andreessen Horowitz	Fund	New York City, United States	Series CSeries BSeries A	45	87	48	May 2026	1,117
3	Khosla Ventures	Fund	Menlo Park, United States	Series ASeries CSeries B	35	51	23	Apr 2026	680
4	Accel	Fund	Palo Alto, United States	SeedSeries ASeries B	30	70	37	May 2026	1,133
5	General Catalyst	Fund	San Francisco, United States	Series ASeedSeries B	30	40	15	Apr 2026	855
6	SV Angel	Fund	San Francisco, United States	SeedSeries ASeries B	29	35	5	May 2026	734
7	Sequoia Capital	Fund	Menlo Park, United States	SeedSeries CPost-IPO	26	54	25	May 2026	1,568
8	Felicis Ventures	Fund	Menlo Park, United States	Series BSeedSeries A	23	37	19	Mar 2026	375
9	Lightspeed Venture Partners	Fund	Menlo Park, United States	Series BSeedSeries A	22	40	21	May 2026	860
10	Greylock Partners	Fund	Menlo Park, United States	SeedSeries ASeries B	21	46	21	Feb 2026	471
11	New Enterprise Associates	Fund	Menlo Park, United States	SeedSeries DSeries C	21	45	19	Apr 2026	1,110
12	First Round Capital	Fund	San Francisco, United States	SeedSeries ASeries B	21	40	13	Mar 2026	476
13	Liquid 2 Ventures	Fund	San Francisco, United States	SeedSeries BSeries A	21	23	2	Mar 2026	309
14	NVIDIA	Fund	Santa Clara, United States	Series BSeries DSeries E+	20	29	5	May 2026	121
15	Google Ventures	Fund	Mountain View, United States	Series DSeries BSeries C	19	42	14	May 2026	736
16	Kleiner Perkins	Fund	Menlo Park, United States	Series ASeedSeries B	18	36	17	May 2026	666
17	Index Ventures	Fund	London, United Kingdom	Series ASeedSeries D	18	32	13	Jan 2026	639
18	Elad Gil	Angel	San Francisco, United States	SeedSeries ASeries B	17	30	1	Mar 2026	123
19	Coatue	Fund	New York City, United States	Series CSeries E+Series B	16	35	12	Mar 2026	312
20	Tiger Global Management	Fund	New York City, United States	Series DSeries E+Series C	16	26	15	May 2026	791
21	Techstars	Fund	New York City, United States	SeedSeries A	16	17	12	Mar 2025	3,580
22	Insight Partners	Fund	New York City, United States	Series E+Series BSeries C	15	25	14	Apr 2026	762
23	Bessemer Venture Partners	Fund	Redwood City, United States	SeedSeries ASeries C	15	22	11	Feb 2026	781
24	BoxGroup	Fund	New York City, United States	Series ASeedSeries C	15	20	2	Apr 2026	395
25	Founders Fund	Fund	San Francisco, United States	Series CSeries ASeries B	14	31	12	May 2026	543
26	8VC	Fund	Austin, United States	Series BSeries ASeed	14	25	9	Feb 2026	324
27	Nat Friedman	Angel	San Francisco, United States	Series ASeries BSeed	14	25	6	May 2025	70
28	Salesforce Ventures	Fund	San Francisco, United States	Series ASeries CSeries B	14	22	6	Apr 2026	364
29	AME Cloud Ventures	Fund	Palo Alto, United States	Series ASeedSeries B	14	18	3	Nov 2025	190
30	Abstract Ventures	Fund	San Francisco, United States	SeedSeries ASeries B	14	14	2	Apr 2026	156
31	CRV	Fund	Palo Alto, United States	Series ASeries BSeed	13	29	8	Nov 2025	381
32	Redpoint Ventures	Fund	Woodside, United States	SeedSeries BSeries C	13	27	13	May 2026	421
33	DCVC	Fund	Palo Alto, United States	SeedSeries ASeries B	13	26	8	Aug 2025	265
34	Menlo Ventures	Fund	Menlo Park, United States	Series BSeries ASeries E+	13	24	7	Mar 2026	417
35	Spark Capital	Fund	San Francisco, United States	Series CSeries DSeries B	13	20	10	Apr 2026	322
36	Amplify Partners	Fund	Menlo Park, United States	Series CSeries BSeries A	12	21	7	Oct 2025	129
37	Conviction	Fund	San Francisco, United States	SeedSeries DSeries C	12	16	—	May 2026	43
38	500 Global	Fund	San Francisco, United States	SeedSeries A	12	14	7	Dec 2025	1,988
39	Alumni Ventures	Fund	New York City, United States	SeedSeries ASeries C	12	12	1	Dec 2025	607
40	Alchemist Accelerator	Fund	San Francisco, United States	SeedSeries A	12	12	12	Jan 2023	517
41	Databricks	Fund	San Francisco, United States	Series ASeries BSeed	12	12	—	Nov 2025	52
42	Bain Capital Ventures	Fund	Boston, United States	Series CSeries DSeries A	11	21	10	Feb 2026	395
43	Benchmark	Fund	San Francisco, United States	Series ASeries BSeries C	11	19	7	May 2026	293
44	M12	Fund	San Francisco, United States	Series BSeries DSeries C	11	19	8	Feb 2026	230
45	Craft Ventures	Fund	San Francisco, United States	Series BSeries CSeries A	11	16	11	Apr 2026	197
46	SoftBank Vision Fund	Fund	London, United Kingdom	Series CSeries BSeries D	11	14	11	Jul 2025	325
47	Amjad Masad	Angel	San Francisco, United States	SeedSeries A	11	11	—	Apr 2025	44
48	Kulveer Taggar	Angel	Canada	Seed	11	11	—	Feb 2026	22
49	Thrive Capital	Fund	New York City, United States	Series BSeries E+Series C	10	23	8	Dec 2025	196
50	Gradient Ventures	Fund	Mountain View, United States	SeedSeries CSeries B	10	20	8	Oct 2025	170
51	Lux Capital	Fund	Menlo Park, United States	SeedSeries ASeries B	10	17	6	Nov 2025	282
52	Soma Capital	Fund	San Francisco, United States	SeedSeries A	10	13	5	Dec 2024	333
53	Radical Ventures	Fund	Toronto, Canada	Series BSeedSeries C	10	13	8	May 2026	70
54	Neo	Fund	San Francisco, United States	SeedSeries DSeries A	10	13	4	Dec 2025	72
55	Plug and Play Tech Center	Fund	Sunnyvale, United States	SeedSeries A	10	11	6	Mar 2026	934
56	Emergence Capital	Fund	San Francisco, United States	Series BSeedSeries A	9	21	9	Feb 2026	131
57	Scale Venture Partners	Fund	Foster City, United States	Series BSeries ASeries C	9	20	9	Feb 2025	177
58	South Park Commons	Fund	San Francisco, United States	SeedSeries BSeries A	9	19	2	Dec 2025	76
59	Nexus Venture Partners	Fund	Menlo Park, United States	Series ASeedSeries B	9	15	7	Mar 2026	215
60	Unusual Ventures	Fund	Menlo Park, United States	Series ASeries BSeed	9	15	5	Dec 2025	98
61	Greycroft	Fund	New York City, United States	SeedSeries BSeries A	9	12	5	Oct 2025	452
62	Basis Set Ventures	Fund	San Francisco, United States	SeedSeries ASeries B	9	12	4	Nov 2025	53
63	BlackRock	Fund	New York City, United States	Series BSeries CSeries E+	9	11	4	Dec 2025	283
64	Transpose Platform	Fund	San Francisco, United States	Series CSeed	9	10	2	Apr 2026	40
65	Pioneer Fund	Fund	San Francisco, United States	Series CSeed	9	9	1	Feb 2026	138
66	Essence VC	Fund	Seattle, United States	SeedSeries AUnattributed	9	9	—	Sep 2025	40
67	IVP	Fund	Menlo Park, United States	Series DSeries CSeries E+	8	18	9	Jan 2026	225
68	Foundation Capital	Fund	Palo Alto, United States	SeedSeries ASeries C	8	15	5	Sep 2025	346
69	B Capital	Fund	Manhattan Beach, United States	Series ASeries BSeries C	8	15	7	Mar 2026	174
70	Bloomberg Beta	Fund	San Francisco, United States	Series BSeedSeries A	8	15	4	Dec 2023	151
71	Initialized Capital	Fund	San Francisco, United States	Series BSeries ASeed	8	14	7	Dec 2025	207
72	FactoryHQ	Fund	Menlo Park, United States	SeedSeries ASeries B	8	12	2	Mar 2026	16
73	Village Global	Fund	San Francisco, United States	SeedSeries BSeries D	8	11	6	May 2025	188
74	Costanoa	Fund	Palo Alto, United States	Series ASeedSeries B	8	10	7	Jan 2026	96
75	468 Capital	Fund	Berlin, Germany	Series BSeries ASeed	8	10	3	Feb 2026	106
76	Daniel Gross	Angel	San Francisco, United States	Series ASeries CAngel	8	10	2	Apr 2025	28
77	Samsung NEXT	Fund	Berlin, Germany	SeedSeries CSeries A	8	9	2	May 2026	242
78	Gokul Rajaram	Angel	San Francisco, United States	Series BSeries ASeed	8	9	—	Feb 2026	162
79	DST Global	Fund	London, United Kingdom	Series BSeries CSeries A	8	8	2	Apr 2026	214
80	Guillermo Rauch	Angel	Berlin, Germany	Series ASeedSeries B	8	8	—	Mar 2025	72
81	Arash Ferdowsi	Angel	Boston, United States	Series BSeedSeries C	8	8	—	Jun 2025	61
82	Wing Venture Capital	Fund	Palo Alto, United States	Series ASeries BSeed	7	13	4	Dec 2025	119
83	In-Q-Tel	Fund	Washington, DC, United States	Series ASeries BSeed	7	11	1	Dec 2025	318
84	Intel Capital	Fund	Santa Clara, United States	Series ASeries BSeries C	7	9	4	Feb 2025	764
85	Peak XV Partners	Fund	Bengaluru, India	SeedSeries ASeries B	7	9	6	Feb 2026	406
86	Iconiq Capital	Fund	San Francisco, United States	Series ASeries DSeries C	7	9	5	Feb 2026	165
87	Pear VC	Fund	San Francisco, United States	SeedSeries DSeries B	7	9	2	Jan 2026	163
88	Quiet Capital	Fund	New York City, United States	Series BSeries ASeed	7	9	5	Aug 2025	125
89	T. Rowe Price	Fund	Baltimore, United States	Series CSeries ASeries B	7	8	1	Nov 2025	214
90	SignalFire	Fund	San Francisco, United States	Series ASeries BSeed	7	8	4	Jun 2025	153
91	Susa Ventures	Fund	San Francisco, United States	Series CSeedSeries D	7	8	3	Oct 2025	137
92	Naval Ravikant	Angel	Palo Alto, United States	SeedSeries BSeries C	7	8	1	Mar 2025	140
93	Scott Belsky	Angel	United States	Series ASeries BSeed	7	7	—	Jul 2025	110
94	Afore Capital	Fund	San Francisco, United States	Series ASeedUnattributed	7	7	—	Nov 2025	82
95	WndrCo	Fund	Los Angeles, United States	Series BSeries ASeed	7	7	1	Mar 2026	100
96	Dylan Field	Angel	Penngrove, United States	SeedSeries ASeries C	7	7	—	Oct 2025	71
97	Jack Altman	Angel	United States	SeedSeries ASeries B	7	7	—	Jun 2024	54
98	Uncork Capital	Fund	Palo Alto, United States	Series ASeries BSeed	6	13	5	Feb 2026	200
99	XYZ Venture Capital	Fund	San Francisco, United States	Series BSeries CSeries A	6	12	3	Mar 2026	85
100	World Innovation Lab	Fund	Palo Alto, United States	Series CSeries DSeries B	6	10	1	Sep 2025	90

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The companies they funded

Artificial Intelligence companies head-officed in San Francisco that took money from these investors.

Company	Backers	Rounds	Disclosed	Latest round
Anthropic Provider of AI safety and research company	58	80	$691.5B	Series E+ Apr 2026
WRITER Developer of an enterprise AI platform for agentic work	42	56	$3.9B	Series C Nov 2024
Perplexity AI-powered search and answer generation	36	60	$8.1B	Angel Dec 2025
Scale AI Labeled data to train AI applications	35	66	$40.8B	Series E+ Jun 2025
Gitlab Provider of a platform for software development, security, and delivery	35	41	$3.9B	Post-IPO Sep 2022
Forethought AI Provider of an AI platform for customer support and service teams	34	43	$1.7B	Series D May 2025
Sprig Cloud based platform offering product feedback solutions	33	43	$1.3B	Series B Aug 2022
Vicarious Developer of AI-based robotic arms	32	36	$1.1B	Series D Jul 2017
SingleStore Provider of cloud based relational database for enterprises	31	64	$3B	Series E+ Oct 2022
OpenAI AI research and deployment solutions developing advanced artificial intelligence systems and tools for global use	29	43	$1.1T	Series E+ Apr 2026
Algolia Provider of AI search and discovery platform for various online applications	29	42	$3B	Series D Jul 2021
Grain Platform offering video meeting solution for workspace	28	30	$269M	Series A Apr 2022
Innovaccer Developer of healthcare data platforms and artificial intelligence agent software	27	47	$3.9B	Series E+ Jan 2025
Baseten Technologies Platform offering low code based ML powered application development software	27	45	$3.5B	Series E+ Jan 2026
Audioshake Developer of audio separation and stem creation software for various uses	27	31	$207.7M	Series A Aug 2025
Descript Provider of an AI-powered platform for video and podcast creation	26	32	$1B	Series C Nov 2022
Voiceflow Provider of a platform to build and scale AI agent solutions	26	37	$360.5M	Series A Aug 2023
Decagon AI-powered customer experience platform	25	40	$5.2B	Series D Jan 2026
Starship Technologies Operator of autonomous robots for delivery of goods and advertising	25	33	$1.2B	Series C Oct 2025
Poolside Developer of artificial intelligence models and systems for software engineering	24	26	$8.8B	Series B Oct 2024
0G Labs AI-based programmable layer for dApps development	24	27	$985M	Seed Nov 2024
Openlayer Provider of AI evaluation and observability platform for enterprise applications	24	27	$212.2M	Series A May 2025
Together AI Provider of a platform for developing, fine-tuning, and deploying AI models	23	31	$3.4B	Series B Feb 2025
Deepgram Provider of AI-based speech transcription software	23	42	$2.7B	Series C Dec 2025
Cresta Developer of a platform providing real-time intelligence for contact center operations	22	36	$2.6B	Series D Nov 2024
Verge Genomics Developer of artificial intelligence powered platform for drug discovery and development	22	23	$1.1B	Series B Dec 2021
Osaro Provider of AI-powered robotic solutions for picking, bagging, kitting, depalletizing	22	32	$410.8M	Series C Apr 2021
Laurel Cloud based employee time tracking software for the legal sector	21	32	$1.7B	Series C Aug 2025
Pano AI-powered wildfire detection and situational awareness for rapid response	21	30	$714M	Series B Jun 2025
Gumloop AI-powered platform for building and hosting LLM powered automations	21	28	$509.4M	Series B Mar 2026
Wispr Flow Developer of AI-powered voice dictation software for seamless text creation	21	25	$371.4M	Series A Nov 2025
Harvey Provider of an AI software for legal and professional services	20	45	$7.8B	Series E+ Mar 2026
Adept Developer of AI-powered automation for software workflows and digital assistants	20	22	$5.1B	Series B Mar 2023
Bedrock Robotics Developer of autonomous technology for transforming construction and industrial equipment	20	25	$4.4B	Series B Feb 2026
Noetik Developer of AI-driven platform for cancer immunotherapy discovery and development	20	27	$794M	Series A Jul 2024
Abacus.AI Provides AI based data models creation for data science	20	26	$443.3M	Series C Oct 2021
MindMeld Conversational AI platform for deep-domain voice interfaces and chatbots	20	29	$193M	Series A Dec 2014
Factory Developer of artificial intelligence solutions for industrial automation and optimization	19	27	$1.7B	Series C Apr 2026
Rad AI Developer of radiology artificial intelligence software for workflow and reporting	19	28	$1.2B	Series C Jan 2025
Gorgias Provider of a conversational AI platform for ecommerce businesses	19	33	$711.2M	Series C Feb 2024
Genesis Therapeutics Developer of an AI platform for discovering and designing novel drugs	18	25	$2.7B	Series B Nov 2024
Chai Discovery Developer of artificial intelligence models for de novo molecular design	18	28	$2.6B	Series B Dec 2025
Resolve.ai Provider of an AI platform for incident resolution and cost optimization	18	20	$1.1B	Series A Apr 2026
Contextual AI Provider of a platform for building context-aware AI applications	18	21	$1B	Series A Aug 2024
Skyfire Provider of platform enabling AI agents to conduct payments and identity	18	18	$138M	Seed Oct 2024
Simplified AI platform offering marketing suite solutions	18	21	$115.5M	Seed Dec 2021
Unbound Provider of secure AI access and management for enterprises	18	18	$72M	Seed May 2025
Insitro Developer of machine learning platform for drug discovery and development	17	34	$7.8B	Series C Mar 2021
Gupshup Provider of a platform for conversational AI, marketing, and support	17	28	$2.7B	Series E+ Jul 2025
Mercor AI-powered platform connecting job seekers with companies	17	22	$2.2B	Series C Oct 2025