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The Artificial Index

Most Valuable Private AI Companies (2026)

By The Artificial Index research team · Data as of

Anthropic leads at $965B. See all 72 of the most valuable private AI companies ranked by latest valuation, with funding and dates. Updated November 11, 2026.

RankCompanyValuationValuation dateCountry
1Anthropic$965BMay 28, 2026United States
2OpenAI$852BMar 31, 2026United States
3Databricks$190BAug 13, 2026United States
4Anduril$61BMay 13, 2026United States
5DeepSeek$51.8BJul 16, 2026China
6Cognition$48BSep 8, 2026United States
7Figure AI$39BSep 16, 2025United States
8Moonshot AI$35BJul 29, 2026China
9Safe Superintelligence$32BApr 12, 2025United States
10Crusoe$30.9BSep 17, 2026United States
11Scale AI$29BJun 12, 2025United States
12Shield AI$28.8BNov 5, 2026United States
13Reflection$25BApr 23, 2026United States
14Mistral AI$24.4BSep 8, 2026France
15ElevenLabs$22BSep 30, 2026United Kingdom
16Cohere$20.5BOct 29, 2026Canada
17Mercor$20BNov 10, 2026United States
18Perplexity$20BSep 10, 2025United States
19Helsing$18BJul 13, 2026Germany
20Fireworks AI$17.5BJul 15, 2026United States
21Fal AI$16BNov 3, 2026United States
22Modal Labs$15.8BOct 14, 2026United States
23Harvey$15.5BSep 9, 2026United States
24Applied Intuition$15BJun 17, 2025United States
25OpenEvidence$15BSep 28, 2026United States
26Sierra$15BMay 4, 2026United States
27Nscale$14.6BMar 9, 2026United Kingdom
28Skild AI$14BJan 14, 2026United States
29Lovable$13.3BAug 12, 2026Sweden
30Baseten$13BJun 22, 2026United States
31Poolside$13BAug 20, 2026United States
32Thinking Machines Lab$12BJul 15, 2025United States
33SambaNova Systems$11BJul 8, 2026United States
34Notion$10BJul 29, 2022United States
35Replit$9BMar 11, 2026United States
36Legora$8.8BOct 21, 2026Sweden
37Wayve$8.6BFeb 25, 2026United Kingdom
38Together AI$8.3BJul 1, 2026United States
39AlphaSense$7.5BJun 3, 2026United States
40TypeSafe AI$7.5BOct 9, 2026United States
41Glean$7.2BJun 10, 2025United States
42Clay$7.1BSep 9, 2026United States
43Physical Intelligence$5.6BNov 20, 2025United States
44Suno$5.4BJun 3, 2026United States
45Abridge$5.3BJun 23, 2025United States
46Runway$5.3BFeb 10, 2026United States
47n8n$5.2BMay 12, 2026Germany
48Decagon$4.5BJan 27, 2026United States
49Hugging Face$4.5BAug 24, 2023United States
50EliseAI$4BSep 29, 2026United States
51Synthesia$4BJan 26, 2026United Kingdom
52Luma AI$3.85BNov 19, 2025United States
53Chai Discovery$3.8BJul 14, 2026United States
54Hippocratic AI$3.5BNov 3, 2025United States
55Black Forest Labs$3.25BDec 1, 2025Germany
56Sakana AI$2.65BNov 17, 2025Japan
57Genspark.ai$2.6BJun 11, 2026United States
58Uniphore$2.5BOct 22, 2025United States
59Gamma$2.1BNov 10, 2025United States
60DeepL$2BMay 22, 2024Germany
61Rogo$2BApr 29, 2026United States
62Writer$1.9BNov 12, 2024United States
63Sarvam AI$1.5BJun 15, 2026India
64Harmattan AI$1.4BJan 12, 2026France
65Speak$1BDec 10, 2024United States
66World Labs$1BSep 13, 2024United States
67PolyAI$750MDec 15, 2025United Kingdom
68Hebbia$700MJul 9, 2024United States
69Upstage$700MApr 15, 2026South Korea
70HeyGen$500MJun 20, 2024United States
71Krea$500MApr 7, 2025United States
72Stability AI$493MAug 25, 2026United Kingdom

Released, verified figures only; hover a value for the date it was reported. Updated November 11, 2026.

Frequently asked questions

What is the most valuable private AI company in 2026?

Anthropic is the most valuable at $965B, based on its latest released valuation (May 28, 2026).

How many private AI companies are on the list?

72 companies are on this list.

What are the private AI companies worth combined?

Combined, they are valued at $2.87T (sum of each company's latest released valuation).

Which company joined the ranking most recently?

Thinking Machines Lab, founded in 2025, is the youngest company on the list.

How are private AI companies ranked?

Companies are ranked by their latest released valuation (for public companies, the AI-attributed share of market value). Unverified or illustrative figures, announced or rumored rounds, and future-dated events are excluded. Each figure shows the date it was reported.

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