311
▼ 16% vs 2024
newly funded generative AI companies in 2025
20192025
What the chart shows
311 generative AI companies received their first funding in 2025, down 16% from 372 in 2024. It is the first fall in the series, which starts at 31 in 2019.
The count fell in the same year that total private investment in generative AI more than tripled to $170.9 billion (related chart).
Key numbers
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 311 |
| 2024 | 372 |
| 2023 | 179 |
| 2019 | 31 |
How to read it
- Counts only companies receiving their first recorded private investment that year.
Source: Quid, 2025, via the AI Index Report 2026 (Stanford HAI), figure 4.2.5: Number of newly funded generative AI companies in the world, 2019–25. 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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