AI Venture Index

⚡ The Brief 2026-11-13 Read the full brief →

The scout caught a funding signal on Solink Solink has raised more than US$100 million in fresh capital to grow its AI video intelligence platform.
Umia said it — the record confirms it “Umia raised $6 million in a funding round announced on October 5, 2026.” now stands VERIFIED against the funding record.
PuppyGraph is newly tracked First recorded 2026-11-10; latest tracked financing: $10M round; current VentureSignal: 41.

Private AI companies, from first rounds to late-stage rounds, tracked from public evidence: SEC filings, certificate transparency, podcast transcripts, GitHub activity, and federal records — every number tracing back to the observation behind it.

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I'm a… Investor — show me the movers Operator — show me what's winning Founder — your sector: AI infra & dev tools Foundation models Hardware, robotics & energy Business AI Consumer AI Health & life sciences Defense & space Unclassified

Investor Desk what the investor lens sees

Your pipeline

Track deals through diligence once you join — a private board over the public index.

Where capital is moving

Largest recent raise: FAL at $1.3B.
Sequoia Capital is most active — 8 deals, $2.4B in tracked rounds.
Busiest in Oct — 25 rounds against an average of 4.8/mo.

High signal, funding not captured

Nothing qualifying under the current filter.

Scored ≥70 with no funding round in our data — strong outside signal where our own financing coverage is thin. Not a claim that these companies are unfunded. Signal feed →

Top of the Index All companies · VentureSignal

1 Instinct 80.7
2 Grammarly 63.5
3 Perplexity 44.9
4 Higgsfield 40.1
5 Parler 12.2

AI Venture Index (5 matching, ranked by VentureSignal)

This is a count of companies whose evidence is sufficient to publish a profile — not a list of qualified leads. Whether a company is a fit for a seed/Series-A sourcing buyer is a separate decision, assessed company by company and counted separately: qualified prospects →

Each score is a cross-signal composite. The strip under it shows the three families it’s built from — funding, package adoption, and developer momentum — lit when present, and how many of the three back the score. Fewer signals means a coverage-discounted score, not a missing one.

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#	Company	Description	VentureSignal ↓	Latest round	Hiring (eng)	Momentum	AI Maturity	Event
1	Instinct Consumer AI signal <1d ago	Instinct is a personal assistant that understands your work and takes…	80.7 Funding $1B Adoption Developer 1/3 ↗ P92 growth Outlook Stable	Series C · $1B 2026-09-28	—	—	—	—
2	Grammarly Consumer AI signal 6d ago	Grammarly makes AI writing convenient. Work smarter with personalized…	63.5 Funding Adoption Developer 0/3 ↗ P57 UNKNOWN Outlook Stable	—	—	—	—	—
3	Perplexity Consumer AI signal <1d ago	Perplexity is a free AI-powered answer engine that provides accurate,…	44.9 Funding $500M Adoption Developer 1/3 ↗ P14 growth Outlook Stable	Series B · $500M 2024-12-01	63 / 136	—	—	—
4	Higgsfield Consumer AI signal <1d ago	Scale video and image generation platform	40.1 Funding $400M Adoption Developer 1/3 ↗ P8 growth Outlook Stable	Series B · $400M 2026-08-17	—	—	—	—
5	Parler Consumer AI signal 6d ago	Parler is a social media platform for creators, brands, and communiti…	12.2 Funding Adoption Developer 16.1 1/3 ↗ P7 UNKNOWN Outlook Stable	—	—	16.1	—	—