3,499
▲ 71% vs 2024
newly funded AI companies worldwide in 2025
20132025
What the chart shows
3,499 AI companies received funding for the first time in 2025, up 71% from 2,049 in 2024 and the highest count in the series, which starts at 495 in 2013.
Key numbers
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3,499 |
| 2024 | 2,049 |
| 2023 | 1,891 |
| 2013 | 495 |
How to read it
- A newly funded company is one that received its first recorded private investment that year, as tracked by Quid.
Source: Quid, 2025, via the AI Index Report 2026 (Stanford HAI), figure 4.2.4: Number of newly funded AI companies in the world, 2013–25. Chart and text by AI Adoption.
Numbers checked against the published data on 19 October 2026.
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Numbers checked against the published data on 19 October 2026.
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