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Top 20 AI Startups International News

2025-11-12 02:25:29

  1. OpenAI (USA): Valued at over $500 billion, the company is planning a massive infrastructure expansion through its $500 billion "Stargate" initiative, and its annual revenue is projected to reach $12.7 billion this year.

    • Source: https://techstartups.com/2025/09/23/the-top-10-ai-startups-are-now-worth-over-1-trillion-are-we-in-a-bubble/
    • Source: https://www.startus-insights.com/innovators-guide/hottest-ai-startups/

  2. Anthropic (USA): Closed a $13 billion Series F funding round in August 2025, reaching a post-money valuation of $183 billion, and its Claude models were recently included in Microsoft 365 Copilot.

    • Source: https://techstartups.com/2025/09/23/the-top-10-ai-startups-are-now-worth-over-1-trillion-are-we-in-a-bubble/
    • Source: https://www.startus-insights.com/innovators-guide/hottest-ai-startups/

  3. xAI (USA): Elon Musk's venture is reportedly seeking $10 billion more in funding at a $200 billion valuation, making it one of the most valuable AI startups.

    • Source: https://techstartups.com/2025/09/23/the-top-10-ai-startups-are-now-worth-over-1-trillion-are-we-in-a-bubble/

  4. Perplexity AI (USA): Reached a $20 billion valuation in August 2025 after raising $200 million, a significant leap from its early 2024 valuation, and released its Comet browser.

    • Source: https://techstartups.com/2025/09/23/the-top-10-ai-startups-are-now-worth-over-1-trillion-are-we-in-a-bubble/
    • Source: https://www.startus-insights.com/innovators-guide/hottest-ai-startups/

  5. Mistral AI (France): Raised €1.7 billion in a September round, boosting its valuation to $14 billion, and launched its "Le Chat" business platform, challenging established enterprise AI providers.

    • Source: https://techstartups.com/2025/09/23/the-top-10-ai-startups-are-now-worth-over-1-trillion-are-we-in-a-bubble/
    • Source: https://www.startus-insights.com/innovators-guide/hottest-ai-startups/

  6. Databricks (USA): Holds a $100 billion valuation as a key player in data analytics with heavy AI integrations for machine learning at scale.

    • Source: https://techstartups.com/2025/09/23/the-top-10-ai-startups-are-now-worth-over-1-trillion-are-we-in-a-bubble/

  7. Scale AI (USA): Valued at $29 billion, the company provides data labeling and evaluation tools and is backed by Meta, supporting companies like OpenAI and defense organizations.

    • Source: https://techstartups.com/2025/09/23/the-top-10-ai-startups-are-now-worth-over-1-trillion-are-we-in-a-bubble/

  8. Cohere (Canada/USA): Valued at $6.8 billion, the enterprise-focused AI model developer raised $500 million in August 2025, bringing its total funds raised to nearly $1 billion.

    • Source: https://techstartups.com/2025/09/23/the-top-10-ai-startups-are-now-worth-over-1-trillion-are-we-in-a-bubble/
    • Source: https://www.crn.com/news/ai/2025/the-10-hottest-ai-startup-companies-of-2025-so-far

  9. Glean (USA): Valued at $7.2 billion, the enterprise AI search and knowledge tool provider raised a $150 million Series F round in June 2025.

    • Source: https://techstartups.com/2025/09/23/the-top-10-ai-startups-are-now-worth-over-1-trillion-are-we-in-a-bubble/
    • Source: https://officechai.com/ai/most-valuable-ai-startups/

  10. Abridge (USA): Valued at $5.3 billion, the AI medical scribe for healthcare raised a $300 million Series E round in June 2025.

    • Source: https://techstartups.com/2025/09/23/the-top-10-ai-startups-are-now-worth-over-1-trillion-are-we-in-a-bubble/

  11. Anysphere (USA): The owner of the AI code tool Cursor, the startup is estimated to be valued around $10 billion and recently surpassed $500 million in annual revenue.

    • Source: https://www.crn.com/news/ai/2025/the-10-hottest-ai-startup-companies-of-2025-so-far
    • Source: https://officechai.com/ai/most-valuable-ai-startups/

  12. DeepSeek (China): Valued between $10 billion and $200 billion, this China-based company specializes in developing powerful open-source foundational AI models.

    • Source: https://officechai.com/ai/most-valuable-ai-startups/

  13. Midjourney (USA): Valued at $10.5 billion, the AI-powered art generation company achieved unicorn status in just eleven months.

    • Source: https://officechai.com/ai/most-valuable-ai-startups/

  14. Zhipu AI (China): Valued at $5.6 billion, the company develops a family of bilingual foundational models (GLM) focused on Asian markets.

    • Source: https://officechai.com/ai/most-valuable-ai-startups/

  15. Harvey (USA): Valued at $5 billion, the AI platform built to augment legal professionals achieved this valuation within just one year of founding.

    • Source: https://officechai.com/ai/most-valuable-ai-startups/

  16. Thinking Machine Labs (USA): The youngest startup on CRN's list, led by former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, is developing broadly capable AI systems and is already looking to raise $1 billion.

    • Source: https://www.crn.com/news/ai/2025/the-10-hottest-ai-startup-companies-of-2025-so-far

  17. Figure (USA): Secured over $1 billion in Series C financing, reaching a valuation of $39 billion, for its autonomous humanoid robots (Helix model).

    • Source: https://www.startus-insights.com/innovators-guide/hottest-ai-startups/

  18. Synthesia (UK): Raised $180 million in Series D funding, valuing the text-to-video conversion platform at $2.1 billion, with Adobe's venture capital arm investing in the company.

    • Source: https://www.startus-insights.com/innovators-guide/hottest-ai-startups/

  19. Neysa (India): Raised $30 million in Series A funding for its AI Acceleration Cloud System, which helps businesses build, deploy, and scale AI-native applications efficiently.

    • Source: https://www.startus-insights.com/innovators-guide/hottest-ai-startups/

  20. Light (Denmark): Raised $30 million in Series A funding (total $43 million) for its automated accounting platform, which is experiencing 30 times growth as companies abandon traditional finance tools.

    • Source: https://www.startus-insights.com/innovators-guide/hottest-ai-startups/