AI Landscape of New York City
968 AI companies in New York City, in one picture: who is hiring, who is raising money, who founded them, what the news is about, which skills employers want and where the research is going. Updated August 2026.
Who leads AI in New York City
Shows the top AI firms in New York City by hiring activity, funding level, and overall coverage, noting 968 companies tracked, 86 currently hiring, and 333 with disclosed funding rounds.
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FluidStack11last posted Jun 2026
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EliseAI10last posted Jun 2026
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Recursion Pharmaceuticals9last posted Jun 2026
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UiPath9last posted Mar 2026
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Dataiku7last posted Jul 2026
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Tennr7last posted May 2026
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Verneek7last posted May 2026
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Leena AI7last posted Aug 2026
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ReflectionAI$2.1BSeries B · Oct 2025
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Pagaya$2BPost IPO · Mar 2023
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AlphaSense$1.4BSeries F · Jun 2024
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Dataminr$1.2BSeries F · Apr 2025
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Runway$859.5MSeries E · Feb 2026
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Spotdraft$6.5MFY2024 filing
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Scienaptic$5.4MFY2024 filing
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quso.ai$1.3MFY2025 filing
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UnifyApps$956kFY2024 filing
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Verbit535tracked employees
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AIdoc403tracked employees
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Shore Group299tracked employees
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ElevenLabs10.3%175 tracked events
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Rain4.2%71 tracked events
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B121,569articles in the window
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Clearview AI235articles in the window
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Imagen221articles in the window
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Loris175articles in the window
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Osmo115articles in the window
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How the AI ecosystem in New York City grew, 2016–2025
Lists the number of AI companies founded each year, highlighting that 2023 saw the highest count at 160, while 2025 recorded 104 new firms.
The AI market map of New York City: what these companies actually do
Breaks down the types of products AI companies develop and their revenue models, with enterprise tech and software dominating and subscription being the most common model.
- Enterprise Tech724 companies · $28.2B raised · 77 hiring
- Enterprise Software576 companies · $23B raised · 66 hiring
- SaaS492 companies · $19.2B raised · 46 hiring
- Deep Tech399 companies · $14.7B raised · 28 hiring
- Consumer Digital170 companies · $737.9M raised · 3 hiring
- Fintech107 companies · $5.9B raised · 12 hiring
- Native AI in Financial Services94 companies · $5.7B raised · 12 hiring
- Native AI in Software Development84 companies · $6B raised · 10 hiring
- Native AI in Marketing73 companies · $2.6B raised · 9 hiring
- Native AI in Healthcare64 companies · $3.2B raised · 11 hiring
- No Code AI Platforms64 companies · $147M raised · 1 hiring
- Healthtech62 companies · $3.2B raised · 11 hiring
Monetization
How AI companies make money
How many companies earn revenue each way. Plenty use more than one model, so the counts add up to more than the sector.
Funding, M&A and the deals moving AI in New York City
- M&AReliance Retail today announced that it has acquired actor Priyanka Chopra Jonas' haircare brand ‘Anomaly’, including its brand assets, digital properties and trademarks, in a move that significantly expands its beauty portfolio, the company said in a statement on 30 April.2026-04-30
- FundingAidoc Raises $150M Series E for Clinical AI Scaling2026-04-29
- FundingThe round, co-led by TCV and First Harmonic, with backing from Bain Capital Ventures, First Round Capital, and Alkeon, brings total funding to $68 million.2026-04-28
- FundingPatronus, a digital safety and companion platform for older adults, has completed an €11 million funding round, led by 3TS Capital Partners. Grazia Equity and existing investors Singular, Burda Principal Investments, Adjacent, NAP, and UVC Partners a...2026-04-28
- M&ASoundHound AI, Inc. (Nasdaq: SOUN) announced on April 21, 2026, a definitive agreement to acquire LivePerson, Inc. (Nasdaq: LPSN).2026-04-22
- IPORecursion, based in Salt Lake City, prefers to call itself a “TechBio” company—… went public in 2021 with a $436.4 million raise...2026-04-22
- FundingZenskar, the AI-native billing and revenue automation platform powering Zero-Touch Finance for real-world complexity, announced a $15 million Series A led by Susquehanna Venture Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, Shine Capital and Rho.2026-04-17
- M&AViant Technology Inc., a leader in CTV and AI‑powered programmatic advertising, announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire TVision Insights, the only attention measurement provider delivering second‑by‑second, eyes‑on‑screen attention, co‑viewership and in‑room presence for TV.2026-04-15
- FundingFluidStack, a leading AI datacenter provider, is reportedly in advanced talks to raise $1 billion at an impressive $18 billion valuation.2026-04-14
- FundingNormal Computing announced a $50 million strategic funding round led by Samsung Catalyst Fund, with contributions from Brevan Howard Macro Venture Fund, ArcTern Ventures, and others.2026-04-09
Mergers and acquisitions
Deals from the last 24 months where a AI company in New York City was the buyer or the one bought, newest first. “Undisclosed” means the price was never published — not that the deal was worth nothing.
| Acquirer | Target | Deal value | Status | Date |
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| undisclosed | Completed | 2026-05-05 | ||
| SoundHound AI | $43M | Announced | 2026-04-27 | |
| $40M | Announced | 2026-04-18 | ||
| undisclosed | Announced | 2026-02-27 | ||
| undisclosed | Announced | 2026-02-27 | ||
| undisclosed | Announced | 2026-02-26 |
Who is listing, hiring leaders, launching and winning work
Details specific notable events such as IPO filings, leadership changes, product launches, and contract wins among the tracked AI companies.
SocureColton Pond · Appointment → Chief Marketing OfficerApr 2026
Chaos LabsOmer Goldberg · Departure — was Aave’s primary risk partnerApr 2026
KyberKyber (Claims correspondence automation platform)Apr 2026
ai digitalElevate (AI-powered marketing intelligence platform)Apr 2026
LivePersonSyntrix (Simulation and evaluation platform)Mar 2026
Adaptive MLwon manulifeMar 2026
GeoX~115 roles reported · cost reductionSep 2025
Deep Instinct~20 roles reported · cost reductionAug 2025
Half of these companies grew revenue faster than +14.0%, half slower.
Who is building AI in New York City
Ex- BetterDoctor, Co-Founder Silecs, Morgan Stanley. Helsingin kauppakorkeakoulu BSc 1997, The Wharton School MBA 2008
Dataminr, ex-Eyetracking Lab University Of Massachusetts Amherst, ex-Market And Research Systems, Yale University, 2003
Ex-TreeCard, Cashew · University of Oxford
Dataiku, ex-Exalead, ex-Videolan, Ecole Centrale Paris, 2005
Ex-Zocdoc, IBM Research, Chartbeat, Quantcast · Wesleyan University BA 2013, New York University MPS 2018
Ex-Google. University of Oxford BA 2016, University of Cambridge MPhil 2017
Switch Hit Ventures, ex-Pager, ex-Endeavor Up, Boston College - Wallace E. Carroll Graduate School of Management, 2009
Merck, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, 1990
Founder Foundation 649, ex-Co-Founder Day 7 Photography, Oscar Insurance, salesforce.com. The University of Texas at Austin BSc 2013
- flagged as repeat founders15
- no repeat-founder flag715
- women68
- men648
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Who funds AI in New York City
Identifies the investors active in the AI sector, noting 1,563 investors have participated in 884 funding rounds since 2016, with a typical round size of $7.6 million.
| Investor · most active investors since 2016 | Rounds | Led | Latest |
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| Y Combinator | 47 | 15 | Jan 2026 |
| Sequoia Capital | 30 | 6 | Feb 2026 |
| Lightspeed Venture Partners | 20 | 11 | Feb 2026 |
| Andreessen Horowitz | 19 | 11 | Feb 2026 |
| Insight Partners | 18 | 11 | Aug 2025 |
| FirstMark | 18 | 7 | Feb 2026 |
| Lux Capital | 17 | 5 | Jul 2025 |
| Accel | 15 | 7 | May 2026 |
| General Catalyst | 15 | 7 | May 2026 |
| Bessemer Venture Partners | 14 | 7 | Apr 2026 |
The typical round is $7.6M — half were bigger, half smaller.
The biggest AI funding rounds in New York City
Lists the largest disclosed funding deals, including ReflectionAI’s $2 billion Series B round, and presents ten of the biggest recent rounds.
| Company | Round | Size | When | Backers |
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| Series Bmega-round | $2B | Oct 2025 | Nvidia, Citi, Sequoia Capital +9 more | |
| Series Bmega-round | $842.5M | Jan 2026 | — | |
| Series Fmega-round | $750M | Feb 2021 | Alkeon Capital Management, Coatue, Altimeter Capital +5 more | |
| Series Fmega-round | $650M | Jun 2024 | Viking Global Investors, BDT & MSD Partners, J P Morgan +5 more | |
| Series Dmega-round | $568M | Apr 2019 | Coatue, Dragoneer Investment Group, Accel +6 more | |
| Series Dmega-round | $500M | Feb 2026 | Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, ICONIQ Growth +4 more | |
| Series Fmega-round | $475M | Mar 2021 | MSD Capital, ArrowMark Partners, Lurra Capital +8 more | |
| Series Emega-round | $450M | Nov 2021 | Bain Capital Ventures, Accel, T. Rowe Price +4 more | |
| Series Bmega-round | $403.3M | Dec 2023 | Salesforce Ventures, Spark Capital, Blossom Capital | |
| Series Emega-round | $400M | Aug 2021 | Tiger Global Management, CapitalG, Iconiq Capital +9 more |
294 venture rounds with a disclosed amount in the window.
Series C$355MMay 2026
Series B$170MMay 2026
Series B$17MMay 2026
Series B$15MMay 2026
AngelundisclosedMay 2026
Series A$55MApr 2026
Series B$45MApr 2026
What the news says about AI in New York City
Counts media coverage, with 19,630 articles in the last year, focusing on topics like product launches, technology adoption, and strategic partnerships.
What the coverage is about
The subjects that dominate AI news in United States. The arrow shows whether each one is being written about more or less than a year ago.
- Cryptocurrency impact on forex markets54,305▲+87%
- New product launches and innovations45,975▲+33%
- Technology adoption and digital transformation41,410▲+28%
- Strategic partnerships and collaborations37,461▲+45%
- College athletics news33,026▼-59%
- Artificial intelligence advancements32,181▲+40%
- Executive leadership changes and appointments27,800▲+36%
- Sports history and legacy stories24,526▲+1065%
- International political relations22,380▲+53%
- Security and defense policies21,442▲+44%
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86 AI companies here were named in the news over this period.
Watch AI coverage in United States as it happens
Prism follows these subjects story by story — which companies are named, what is said about them and how the tone moves.
Momentum
The words getting louder — and quieter
Which terms are showing up in more stories than a year ago, and which are fading. The percentage is the change in how many articles mention them.
The pressures the press keeps returning to
Three recurring angles in United States AI coverage, and whether each is getting more attention year on year (through 2025).
AI jobs in New York City: who is hiring and what they ask for
Demand
The Skills Employers Ask For
What AI employers in New York City put in their job ads. The bar is how many postings ask for it; the arrow shows whether demand grew or shrank against the year before.
- python273▲
- typescript153▲
- sql149▲
- aws133▲
- react126▲
- kubernetes74▲
- javascript73▲
- excel68▲
- machine learning67▲
- apis65▲
- Manager$95k/yr (n=217)
- Senior$103k/yr (n=32)
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36 AI-relevant internships in India were advertised over the same 12 months.
What the research says
The AI research read is national: 5,214 United States-affiliated papers, clustered into themes such as Cognition / Generative Grammar, Cloud Computing / Scalability, Pattern Recognition / Benchmark, Cloud Computing / Operating System. It is measured at country level, so it is the same signal for every city in United States — the full read, with the theme clusters, growth and blind spots, lives on the national page.
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Research themes, patent activity and the companies commercialising them, in one place.
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