AI startups in NYC: the New York AI startups that raised most recently
The New York City AI startups that raised most recently, the largest NYC AI rounds of the last 12 months and NYC AI agent startups, every amount linked to its announcement. Updated weekly.
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As of November 2, 2026, Recent Funding tracks 496 AI startups headquartered in New York City: 67 announced a funding round in the last 90 days and 248 in the last 12 months. The largest New York AI round of the last 12 months went to Modal ($750M), ahead of ElevenLabs ($500M) and EliseAI ($350M).
Counted: companies headquartered in New York City whose main category is AI or AI agents. Every amount links to its announcement, and the lists are rebuilt every Monday.
New York AI startups that raised in the last 90 days
Newest round first. 35 of the 67 published an amount.
| # | Company | Industry | Stage | Amount | Announced | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ai-agents | series-a | $45M | fintech.global | ||
| 2 | ai-agents | series-a | $15M | webcapitalriesgo.com | ||
| 3 | ai | seed | $3.4M | Dealroom | ||
| 4 | ai | series-b+ | $237M | axios.com | ||
| 5 | ai | series-a | $25M | businesswire.com | ||
| 6 | ai | series-a | $20M | ffnews.com | ||
| 7 | ai | series-b+ | $750M | DatacenterDynamics | ||
| 8 | ai-agents | pre-seed | $34M | thesaasnews.com | ||
| 9 | ai-agents | series-a | $33M | calcalistech.com | ||
| 10 | ai | series-a | $12.5M | inc42.com | ||
| 11 | ai-agents | pre-seed | $9M | citybiz.co | ||
| 12 | ai | seed | $8M | finsmes.com | ||
| 13 | ai | series-b+ | $23M | axios.com | ||
| 14 | ai | seed | $4.6M | thesaasnews.com | ||
| 15 | ai-agents | series-a | $20M | app.dealroom.co | ||
| 16 | ai-agents | series-a | $17M | siena.cx | ||
| 17 | ai | series-a | $15M | axios.com | ||
| 18 | ai | seed | $10M | algox2.com | ||
| 19 | ai | pre-seed | $4.5M | finsmes.com | ||
| 20 | ai | series-b+ | $350M | startupitalia.eu |
AI startups in every city are on recently funded and AI agent startups.
The largest NYC AI rounds of the last 12 months
| # | Company | Industry | Stage | Amount | Announced | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ai | series-b+ | $750M | DatacenterDynamics | ||
| 2 | ai | series-b+ | $500M | techcrunch.com | ||
| 3 | ai | series-b+ | $350M | startupitalia.eu | ||
| 4 | ai | series-a | $320M | Pulse 2.0 | ||
| 5 | ai | series-b+ | $237M | axios.com | ||
| 6 | ai | series-b+ | $180M | Pulse 2.0 | ||
| 7 | ai | series-b+ | $125M | fundraisingfox.com | ||
| 8 | ai-agents | series-b+ | $120M | norm.ai | ||
| 9 | ai-agents | series-b+ | $113M | onyx.security | ||
| 10 | ai-agents | series-b+ | $100M | getbasis.ai |
AI agent startups in New York
| # | Company | Industry | Stage | Amount | Announced | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ai-agents | series-b+ | $120M | norm.ai | ||
| 2 | ai-agents | series-b+ | $113M | onyx.security | ||
| 3 | ai-agents | series-b+ | $100M | getbasis.ai | ||
| 4 | ai-agents | series-b+ | $60M | instalily.ai | ||
| 5 | ai-agents | series-a | $45M | fintech.global | ||
| 6 | ai-agents | series-a | $35M | streetinsider.com | ||
| 7 | ai-agents | pre-seed | $34M | thesaasnews.com | ||
| 8 | ai-agents | series-a | $33M | techfundingnews.com | ||
| 9 | ai-agents | series-a | $33M | calcalistech.com | ||
| 10 | ai-agents | series-b+ | $30M | fundraisingfox.com |
Stages
| Stage | Companies |
|---|---|
| pre-seed | 100 |
| seed | 94 |
| series-a | 27 |
| series-b+ | 24 |
| unknown | 3 |
unknown means the announcement didn't name the stage.
New York's other active sectors have their own lists: fintech startups in NYC and healthcare startups in NYC.
Who funds them
VC firms headquartered in New York ranks every NYC firm by deals in the last 12 months. AI funding everywhere is in AI startup funding.
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $RF_KEY" "https://recentfunding.com/api/v1/companies?industry=ai&city=New%20York,New%20York%20City,Brooklyn&sort=announced&limit=50"The same list from the API needs a free key; the API docs list every parameter.
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