AI Landscape of San Francisco
1,899 AI companies in San Francisco, 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 San Francisco
Shows the 1,899 AI firms in San Francisco, highlighting the top hiring companies like Anthropic, Scale AI, and Pearson, and the best-funded firms such as OpenAI, Anthropic, and Scale AI; 205 are hiring now and 784 have disclosed funding rounds.
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Anthropic11last posted Jun 2026
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Scale AI11last posted Jun 2026
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Pearson10last posted May 2026
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SafelyYou10last posted Jun 2026
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Mercor10last posted Jun 2026
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Interface AI10last posted Jul 2026
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Labelbox9last posted Aug 2026
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Meltwater9last posted Jun 2026
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OpenAI$184.2BSeries G · Apr 2026
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Cruise$7.7BSeries E · Feb 2022
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Anysphere$3.4BSeries D · Nov 2025
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Perplexity$1.7BAngel · Dec 2025
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Sierra$1.6BSeries E · May 2026
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Grammarly$1.5BConventional Debt · May 2025
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Gitlab$955.2MFY2024 filing
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Amplemarket$174.5MFY2022 filing
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Innovaccer$45.8MFY2024 filing
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Contextual AI$22MFY2023 filing
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Sense$10.2MFY2022 filing
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Sama$7.6MFY2021 filing
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Uptime AI$1.7MFY2023 filing
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Dashverse$854kFY2024 filing
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Zapier800tracked employees
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Algolia758tracked employees
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Skai637tracked employees
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Harvey1.4%107 tracked events
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Cursor1.4%105 tracked events
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LangChain577articles in the window
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Patreon559articles in the window
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Replika434articles in the window
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Kaggle167articles in the window
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How the AI ecosystem in San Francisco grew, 2016–2025
Lists the number of AI companies founded each year, with a peak of 320 new firms in 2023 and 260 in 2025.
The AI market map of San Francisco: what these companies actually do
Breaks down the product categories these firms build, noting the largest groups—enterprise tech, enterprise software, SaaS, deep tech, and consumer digital—and shows that most revenue comes from subscriptions (1,776 firms).
- Enterprise Tech1,471 companies · $327.3B raised · 177 hiring
- Enterprise Software1,162 companies · $308.9B raised · 141 hiring
- SaaS1,011 companies · $296B raised · 122 hiring
- Deep Tech819 companies · $314.9B raised · 109 hiring
- Consumer Digital298 companies · $6.7B raised · 23 hiring
- Native AI in Software Development215 companies · $9.8B raised · 25 hiring
- Native AI in Marketing114 companies · $1.6B raised · 11 hiring
- Fintech112 companies · $1.6B raised · 15 hiring
- No Code AI Platforms112 companies · $983.7M raised · 5 hiring
- Native AI in Financial Services106 companies · $1.3B raised · 13 hiring
- Healthtech103 companies · $4.6B raised · 23 hiring
- Native AI in Healthcare103 companies · $4.7B raised · 23 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 San Francisco
- IPOAll told, about $1.5 billion is expected to be committed, the people said.2026-05-04
- M&AOpenAI Agrees To Buy Windsurf AI Coding Tool for USD 3 Billion, Marking Its Largest Acquisition Yet: Report.2026-05-04
- FundingFunctionize, an AI-powered software testing platform, has raised $41 million in Series B funding.2026-05-03
- M&AUS-based cybersecurity giant Palo Alto Networks has announced its intent to acquire AI infrastructure startup Portkey, marking a strategic move to strengthen its capabilities in securing the rapidly growing ecosystem of AI agents.2026-05-02
- M&AAnaconda has acquired workflow development software vendor Outerbounds to enhance its enterprise AI platform capabilities.2026-05-01
- M&ACognition is acquiring Havana, a Singapore-based startup specializing in AI agents, with its team integrating into regional engineering and product functions.2026-04-29
- FundingTextQL has raised $17M anchored by Blackstone Innovations Investments.2026-04-25
- M&AIf it decides not to proceed with the purchase, SpaceX will instead pay Cursor $10 billion over time for what it calls 'AI collaboration'.2026-04-23
- M&ASpaceX secured an option to acquire Anysphere, the parent company of AI coding startup Cursor, for USD 60 billion.2026-04-23
- CapitalThe record year was largely driven by two landmark deals--Higgsfield's USD 130 million Series A and Uzum's USD 65.5 million round--which together accounted for 61 per cent of total funding.2026-05-03
Mergers and acquisitions
Deals from the last 24 months where a AI company in San Francisco 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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| Windsurf AI Coding Tool | $3B | Announced | 2026-05-04 | |
| undisclosed | Announced | 2026-05-04 | ||
| undisclosed | Announced | 2026-05-01 | ||
| undisclosed | Announced | 2026-04-29 | ||
| $60B | Announced | 2026-04-23 | ||
| $60B | Terminated | 2026-04-23 |
Who is listing, hiring leaders, launching and winning work
Details specific events such as IPO filings, leadership changes, product launches, and contract wins among the tracked companies.
Lambda LabsIPO · 2 reportsMar 2026
PlanetIPO · 1 reportSep 2024
ClockwiseGary Lerhaupt · DepartureMar 2026
StreamlineFeatherline (Autonomous contract review AI)Apr 2026
CrestaCresta Knowledge Agent (Customer Experience AI)Mar 2026
Artisan~46 roles reported · cost reductionMar 2026
Cognition~30 roles reported · internal restructuringSep 2025
Insitroscale undisclosed · prudenceJun 2025
- Elon Musk v openai, Sam Altmanmisuse of nonprofit mission · OngoingMay 2026
- Elon Musk v openaiAlleged deviation from nonprofit mission by OpenAI · OngoingMay 2026
Half of these companies grew revenue faster than +25.0%, half slower.
Who is building AI in San Francisco
Ex-Facebook, Google · New York University PhD 2016
Co-Founder-Databricks, Laude Ventures · University of Wisconsin-Madison BS 2007, UC Berkeley PhD 2012
Ex-Salesforce, Facebook, Quip, Google · Stanford University BS 2002, MS 2003
Ex-MyDropBox.com · International University - Vienna BBA 2001, University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management MBA 2006
Princeton University BA 1999, Caltech PhD 2005
Ex-O'Melveny & Myers. Kenyon College 2017, USC Gould School of Law JD 2021
Planet Labs, ex-Nasa Headquarters, ex-Nasa Ames Research Center, Georgetown University, 2005
Ex-Google Brain, Google DeepMind · Massachusetts Institute of Technology BS 2014, University of California, Berkeley PhD 2018
Co-Founder & CEO-Motive · Ex-AdMob, Google · LSE BSc 2006
- flagged as repeat founders22
- no repeat-founder flag1,873
- women186
- men1,589
Look up the people behind AI companies in San Francisco
Search founders, executives and operators by company, role and location.
Who funds AI in San Francisco
Records 1,752 funding rounds since 2016 from 2,583 investors, with a typical round size of $7 million.
| Investor · most active investors since 2016 | Rounds | Led | Latest |
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| Y Combinator | 399 | 104 | May 2026 |
| Andreessen Horowitz | 88 | 48 | May 2026 |
| Accel | 62 | 31 | May 2026 |
| Sequoia Capital | 56 | 24 | May 2026 |
| General Catalyst | 42 | 16 | May 2026 |
| New Enterprise Associates | 40 | 14 | Apr 2026 |
| Lightspeed Venture Partners | 39 | 23 | May 2026 |
| Khosla Ventures | 39 | 19 | Apr 2026 |
| Google Ventures | 37 | 11 | May 2026 |
| Greylock Partners | 36 | 17 | Feb 2026 |
The typical round is $7M — half were bigger, half smaller.
The biggest AI funding rounds in San Francisco
Highlights the largest disclosed round—OpenAI’s $122 billion Series G—and lists ten other large recent funding rounds.
| Company | Round | Size | When | Backers |
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| Series Gmega-round | $122B | Feb 2026 | Amazon, SoftBank Group, Nvidia | |
| Series Fmega-round | $40B | Mar 2025 | SoftBank Group, Microsoft, Coatue +13 more | |
| Series Gmega-round | $30B | Feb 2026 | GIC, Coatue, The D. E. Shaw Group +8 more | |
| Series Gmega-round | $14.3B | Jun 2025 | Meta | |
| Series Fmega-round | $13B | Sep 2025 | Iconiq Capital, Fidelity Investments, Lightspeed Venture Partners +18 more | |
| Series Emega-round | $10B | Jan 2023 | Microsoft | |
| Series Fmega-round | $10B | Jan 2026 | GIC, Coatue, Sequoia Capital | |
| Series Emega-round | $6.6B | Oct 2024 | Thrive Capital, Microsoft, Nvidia +6 more | |
| Series Gmega-round | $5B | Apr 2026 | Amazon | |
| Series Emega-round | $4B | Nov 2024 | Amazon |
760 venture rounds with a disclosed amount in the window.
Series C$300MMay 2026
Series C$250MMay 2026
Seed$31.2MMay 2026
Series A$22MMay 2026
Seed$8.5MMay 2026
Seed$8.5MMay 2026
Seed$8.3MMay 2026
What the news says about AI in San Francisco
Aggregates 30,390 news articles from the last year, covering topics like cryptocurrency effects, product launches, digital transformation, and strategic partnerships, with frequent mentions of responsible AI and regulation compliance.
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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161 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 San Francisco: who is hiring and what they ask for
Lists 75,920 job postings from 434 employers in the past year, emphasizing skills such as Python, SQL, analytics, Excel, and data annotation, with a median advertised salary of $125 k per year.
Demand
The Skills Employers Ask For
What AI employers in San Francisco 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.
- python3,271▲
- sql2,516▲
- analytics2,341▲
- excel1,825▲
- data annotation1,798▲
- research1,694▲
- engineering1,691▲
- linguistics1,691▲
- policy1,687▲
- llm1,493▲
- Manager$166k/yr (n=2050)
- Senior$166k/yr (n=425)
- Lead$125k/yr (n=81)
- Intern$166k/yr (n=101)
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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 Fundamental AI Theory Gaps, Cloud Scalability Challenges, Evaluation and Overfitting Risks, Cloud Deployment Threats. 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.
Who files AI patents in San Francisco
Records 197 patent filings between 2018 and 2025 from six organizations, with Standard Cognition, Samsara, and Square leading the filings.
- Standard Cognition116
- Samsara21
- Square21
- Affirm18
- Discord15
- Intercom6
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