# AI investors: the VC firms and accelerators backing the most AI startups

> The investors behind the most AI startups that raised in the last 12 months, ranked by how many of those companies each one backs: venture funds, accelerators, and the firms most active in the last 90 days.

- URL: https://recentfunding.com/blog/ai-investors/
- Published: 2026-10-18
- Updated: 2026-10-26
- Data snapshot: 2026-10-26
- Tags: investors, venture capital, ai, api
- Publisher: Recent Funding (https://recentfunding.com/)

The investors backing the most AI startups right now are [Andreessen Horowitz](https://recentfunding.com/investors/andreessen-horowitz/), [General Catalyst](https://recentfunding.com/investors/general-catalyst/) and [SV Angel](https://recentfunding.com/investors/sv-angel/) among venture funds, and [Y Combinator](https://recentfunding.com/investors/y-combinator/) among accelerators. As of October 26, 2026, 3591 AI startups on Recent Funding announced a round in the last 12 months, and [Andreessen Horowitz](https://recentfunding.com/investors/andreessen-horowitz/) is named as an investor in 42 of them.

An AI startup is a company in the AI or AI agents industry whose latest round was announced in the window; each investor named on its record counts once per company, so this counts companies, not dollars. Only actively deploying investors (a deal in the last 90 days) are listed, each linked to its page with the rounds behind the count ([methodology](https://recentfunding.com/blog/how-recent-funding-sources-and-verifies-funding-data/)). The lists refresh weekly.

## The 20 venture funds backing the most AI startups

"Newest of them" is the most recent of those companies to announce a round.

| # | Investor | Companies backed | Newest of them | Latest round |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Andreessen Horowitz](https://recentfunding.com/investors/andreessen-horowitz/) | 42 | [Eka Robotics](https://recentfunding.com/companies/eka-robotics/) | series-a, 2026-10-20 |
| 2 | [General Catalyst](https://recentfunding.com/investors/general-catalyst/) | 36 | [Tractian](https://recentfunding.com/companies/tractian/) | series-b+, 2026-10-22 |
| 3 | [SV Angel](https://recentfunding.com/investors/sv-angel/) | 33 | [BioStack Platforms](https://recentfunding.com/companies/biostack-platforms/) | seed, 2026-10-22 |
| 4 | [Sequoia](https://recentfunding.com/investors/sequoia/) | 31 | [Flapping Airplanes](https://recentfunding.com/companies/flapping-airplanes/) | series-a, 2026-10-21 |
| 5 | [Index Ventures](https://recentfunding.com/investors/index-ventures/) | 29 | [Flapping Airplanes](https://recentfunding.com/companies/flapping-airplanes/) | series-a, 2026-10-21 |
| 6 | [Lightspeed](https://recentfunding.com/investors/lightspeed/) | 29 | [Reliable Robotics](https://recentfunding.com/companies/reliable-robotics/) | series-b+, 2026-10-20 |
| 7 | [Alumni Ventures](https://recentfunding.com/investors/alumni-ventures/) | 24 | [MaxInsights](https://recentfunding.com/companies/maxinsights/) | seed, 2026-10-23 |
| 8 | [Kleiner Perkins](https://recentfunding.com/investors/kleiner-perkins/) | 23 | [Flapping Airplanes](https://recentfunding.com/companies/flapping-airplanes/) | series-a, 2026-10-21 |
| 9 | [Menlo Ventures](https://recentfunding.com/investors/menlo-ventures/) | 22 | [Flapping Airplanes](https://recentfunding.com/companies/flapping-airplanes/) | series-a, 2026-10-21 |
| 10 | [Accel](https://recentfunding.com/investors/accel/) | 21 | [Arda](https://recentfunding.com/companies/arda/) | seed, 2026-10-20 |
| 11 | [Khosla Ventures](https://recentfunding.com/investors/khosla-ventures/) | 21 | [Arda](https://recentfunding.com/companies/arda/) | seed, 2026-10-20 |
| 12 | [Bessemer Venture Partners](https://recentfunding.com/investors/bessemer-venture-partners/) | 20 | [Mach9](https://recentfunding.com/companies/mach9/) | series-a, 2026-10-21 |
| 13 | [Insight Partners](https://recentfunding.com/investors/insight-partners/) | 16 | [Qualitate](https://recentfunding.com/companies/qualitate/) | series-a, 2026-10-20 |
| 14 | [BoxGroup](https://recentfunding.com/investors/boxgroup/) | 16 | [Scuba](https://recentfunding.com/companies/scuba/) | pre-seed, 2026-10-14 |
| 15 | [Rebel Fund](https://recentfunding.com/investors/rebel-fund/) | 16 | [LightSprint](https://recentfunding.com/companies/lightsprint/) | seed, 2026-10-14 |
| 16 | [Bain Capital Ventures](https://recentfunding.com/investors/bain-capital-ventures/) | 15 | [Modal](https://recentfunding.com/companies/modal/) | series-b+, 2026-10-14 |
| 17 | [Emergence Capital](https://recentfunding.com/investors/emergence-capital/) | 14 | [Ando](https://recentfunding.com/companies/ando/) | seed, 2026-09-24 |
| 18 | [NEA](https://recentfunding.com/investors/nea/) | 13 | [Pathos](https://recentfunding.com/companies/pathos/) | series-b+, 2026-10-23 |
| 19 | [Felicis](https://recentfunding.com/investors/felicis/) | 13 | [Arda](https://recentfunding.com/companies/arda/) | seed, 2026-10-20 |
| 20 | [Benchmark](https://recentfunding.com/investors/benchmark/) | 13 | [Greptile](https://recentfunding.com/companies/greptile/) | series-b+, 2026-10-19 |

## The accelerators with the most AI startups

Accelerators count every batch company, so the largest programs lead: [Y Combinator](https://recentfunding.com/investors/y-combinator/) has 438 AI startups that raised in the last 12 months. Each program's batches are on [accelerators](https://recentfunding.com/accelerators/).

| # | Investor | Companies backed | Newest of them | Latest round |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Y Combinator](https://recentfunding.com/investors/y-combinator/) | 438 | [Tractian](https://recentfunding.com/companies/tractian/) | series-b+, 2026-10-22 |
| 2 | [Plug and Play](https://recentfunding.com/investors/plug-and-play/) | 94 | [MaxInsights](https://recentfunding.com/companies/maxinsights/) | seed, 2026-10-23 |
| 3 | [Antler](https://recentfunding.com/investors/antler/) | 41 | [Futuriza](https://recentfunding.com/companies/futuriza/) | seed, 2026-10-24 |
| 4 | [a16z speedrun](https://recentfunding.com/investors/a16z-speedrun/) | 36 | [Jooba](https://recentfunding.com/companies/jooba/) | seed, 2026-10-20 |
| 5 | [Seedcamp](https://recentfunding.com/investors/seedcamp/) | 21 | [Vessla](https://recentfunding.com/companies/vessla/) | pre-seed, 2026-10-19 |
| 6 | [Techstars](https://recentfunding.com/investors/techstars/) | 20 | [TechNovaTime](https://recentfunding.com/companies/technovatime/) | pre-seed, 2026-10-15 |
| 7 | [Pioneer Fund](https://recentfunding.com/investors/pioneer-fund/) | 16 | [Raindrop](https://recentfunding.com/companies/raindrop/) | series-a, 2026-09-19 |
| 8 | [Pear VC](https://recentfunding.com/investors/pear-vc/) | 14 | [Phinity Labs](https://recentfunding.com/companies/phinity-labs/) | seed, 2026-10-12 |
| 9 | [Entrepreneur First](https://recentfunding.com/investors/entrepreneur-first/) | 11 | [ByteAsk](https://recentfunding.com/companies/byteask/) | pre-seed, 2026-09-24 |
| 10 | [Boost VC](https://recentfunding.com/investors/boost-vc/) | 5 | [AIsa](https://recentfunding.com/companies/aisa/) | seed, 2026-10-19 |

## The most active AI investors in the last 90 days

1138 AI startups announced a round in the last 90 days, and the fund named on the most of them is [Andreessen Horowitz](https://recentfunding.com/investors/andreessen-horowitz/) (15).

| # | Investor | Companies backed | Newest of them | Latest round |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Andreessen Horowitz](https://recentfunding.com/investors/andreessen-horowitz/) | 15 | [Eka Robotics](https://recentfunding.com/companies/eka-robotics/) | series-a, 2026-10-20 |
| 2 | [Index Ventures](https://recentfunding.com/investors/index-ventures/) | 14 | [Flapping Airplanes](https://recentfunding.com/companies/flapping-airplanes/) | series-a, 2026-10-21 |
| 3 | [Accel](https://recentfunding.com/investors/accel/) | 12 | [Arda](https://recentfunding.com/companies/arda/) | seed, 2026-10-20 |
| 4 | [Bessemer Venture Partners](https://recentfunding.com/investors/bessemer-venture-partners/) | 11 | [Mach9](https://recentfunding.com/companies/mach9/) | series-a, 2026-10-21 |
| 5 | [Menlo Ventures](https://recentfunding.com/investors/menlo-ventures/) | 11 | [Flapping Airplanes](https://recentfunding.com/companies/flapping-airplanes/) | series-a, 2026-10-21 |
| 6 | [Insight Partners](https://recentfunding.com/investors/insight-partners/) | 11 | [Qualitate](https://recentfunding.com/companies/qualitate/) | series-a, 2026-10-20 |
| 7 | [Alumni Ventures](https://recentfunding.com/investors/alumni-ventures/) | 10 | [MaxInsights](https://recentfunding.com/companies/maxinsights/) | seed, 2026-10-23 |
| 8 | [General Catalyst](https://recentfunding.com/investors/general-catalyst/) | 10 | [Tractian](https://recentfunding.com/companies/tractian/) | series-b+, 2026-10-22 |
| 9 | [SV Angel](https://recentfunding.com/investors/sv-angel/) | 10 | [BioStack Platforms](https://recentfunding.com/companies/biostack-platforms/) | seed, 2026-10-22 |
| 10 | [Sequoia](https://recentfunding.com/investors/sequoia/) | 10 | [Flapping Airplanes](https://recentfunding.com/companies/flapping-airplanes/) | series-a, 2026-10-21 |

Every investor is on [investors](https://recentfunding.com/investors/).

## Get this data from the API

`GET /api/v1/companies` returns each company with the investors named on its record; page through `industry=ai` and `industry=ai-agents` and count them ([API docs](https://recentfunding.com/docs/)):

```sh
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $RF_KEY" "https://recentfunding.com/api/v1/companies?industry=ai-agents&sort=announced&limit=2"
```

The companies themselves are in [AI startup funding](https://recentfunding.com/blog/ai-startup-funding/), and every industry's investors in [most active VC firms](https://recentfunding.com/blog/most-active-vc-firms/).

## Related on Recent Funding

- [Startup funding data: the last 30 days in charts](https://recentfunding.com/data/)
- [Recently funded startups, updated daily](https://recentfunding.com/)
- [Money flow: raises, acquisitions and new funds](https://recentfunding.com/money-flow/)
- [Get a free API key](https://recentfunding.com/dashboard/?from=blog-related)
- [Startup lead generation: recently funded startups as sales leads](https://recentfunding.com/blog/startup-lead-generation/)
- [Game startups: the gaming startups that raised most recently](https://recentfunding.com/blog/game-startups/)
- [Green startups: the climate and clean energy startups that raised most recently](https://recentfunding.com/blog/green-startups/)
- [Recent Funding API docs](https://recentfunding.com/docs/): every endpoint behind this post; a [free API key](https://recentfunding.com/dashboard/?from=blog-related) takes just an email