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San Francisco remains a key hub for technology startups, showing a clear concentration in artificial intelligence. The area is home to both long standing tech companies and a fresh crop of new ventures.
Industry leaders like OpenAI have raised funding as high as $78 billion. Other major players include Anthropic, which has secured $33.7 billion, and the payment processor Stripe.
Below is our list of 100 San Francisco startups worth keeping an eye on.
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Get the Sheet for $50Anthropic develops powerful and reliable AI models with a focus on safety and research. Their most well-known creation is Claude, a family of models used for everything from sophisticated dialogue to complex content creation.
Perplexity built an AI answer engine to provide direct, conversational answers to user questions. Their platform combines large language models with real-time search to deliver accurate, up-to-date information complete with source citations.
OpenAI develops advanced AI models, including the popular conversational tool ChatGPT. The AI research and deployment company aims to ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity.
Stripe builds a suite of APIs that power online payment processing for internet businesses of all sizes. Their platform provides the financial infrastructure for companies to manage revenue, prevent fraud, and expand internationally.
Anysphere operates as an applied research lab developing AI solutions like Cursor to automate the process of writing code. Their tools are designed to help software engineers build and manage applications more efficiently.
Cognition has developed Devin, the first AI software engineer capable of handling complex engineering tasks from start to finish. The applied AI lab focuses on building AI teammates that can reason and write code autonomously.
Harness builds a software delivery platform that helps engineering and DevOps teams release applications into production. Their Continuous Delivery-as-a-Service solution automates the software lifecycle, allowing teams to ship code faster and more securely.
Databricks developed a unified platform for data and AI that combines the features of data warehouses and data lakes. This lakehouse architecture allows data teams to collaborate on everything from business intelligence to machine learning projects in one place.
Writer has built a full-stack generative AI platform that helps large organizations scale their content creation. The platform ensures all written material, from marketing copy to internal documents, remains secure and consistent with the company's unique brand voice.
Harvey creates a generative AI platform tailored for elite law firms and in-house legal teams. Their system is designed to handle complex legal work, from research and analysis to drafting and document review.
Our top ten picks are just the start of the story. A huge number of new companies are focused on AI, and they've collectively raised billions to build their ideas.
You'll see some that are brand new and others that are already well on their way. Here are the other startups defining what's next for San Francisco.
| Startup | Industry | Year Founded | Amount Raised | Last Funding Round |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI | 2023 | $483.6M | Series C | |
| Crypto | 2023 | $420M | Initial Coin Offering | |
| Security | 2013 | $266M | Private Equity | |
| Enterprise | 2020 | $18M | Series A | |
| AI | 2023 | $70M | Series B | |
| AI | 2013 | $526M | Debt Financing | |
| Fintech | 2014 | $371M | Venture Round | |
| AI | 2023 | $101.5M | Series B | |
| AI | 2025 | $2B | Seed | |
| AI | 2023 | $635M | Venture Round | |
| AI | 2015 | $251.3M | Series D | |
| AI | 2021 | $107M | Series B | |
| Media | 2009 | $151.9M | Debt Financing | |
| Data | 2018 | $149.9M | Series B | |
| AI | 2022 | $202M | Series B | |
| AI | 2020 | $319.3M | Series C | |
| AI | 2025 | $300M | Seed | |
| Data | 2015 | $107.9M | Venture Round | |
| Media | 2019 | $252M | Series E | |
| Crypto | 2019 | $379M | Undisclosed | |
| Cloud | 2016 | $146.9M | Series D | |
| Manufacturing | 2018 | $93.6M | Series C | |
| Enterprise | 2020 | $371.3M | Series D | |
| AI | 2022 | $58M | Series A | |
| AI | 2013 | $717.3M | Venture Round | |
| Analytics | 2015 | $285M | Venture Round | |
| SaaS | 2011 | $240.8M | Series D | |
| Analytics | 2019 | $73.3M | Series C | |
| Healthcare | 2023 | $2.4M | Pre-Seed | |
| SaaS | 2013 | $334.9M | Series C | |
| AI | 2019 | $285M | Series D | |
| AI | 2016 | $15.9B | Corporate Round | |
| AI | 2022 | $4.3M | Seed | |
| AI | 2022 | $533.5M | Series B | |
| AI | 2022 | $35M | Series A | |
| AI | 2021 | $19.5M | Series A | |
| Hardware | 2019 | $45M | Series A | |
| AI | 2021 | $30M | Series A | |
| Retail | 2021 | $252.1M | Debt Financing | |
| Analytics | 2014 | $654.1M | Series F | |
| AI | 2020 | $18.7M | Series A | |
| AI | 2023 | $231M | Series C | |
| Education | 2018 | $51.9M | Series B | |
| AI | 2017 | $344.1M | Series E | |
| Analytics | 2022 | $60.7M | Series B | |
| Infrastructure | 2012 | $217M | Series E | |
| Cloud | 2017 | $108M | Series D | |
| Crypto | 2020 | $124.5M | Venture Round | |
| AI | 2021 | $107.1M | Venture Round | |
| Enterprise | 2023 | $30.4M | Series A | |
| AI | 2020 | $50.7M | Series B | |
| Analytics | 2011 | $356.8M | Secondary Market | |
| Retail | 2017 | $94M | Series B | |
| Automation | 2020 | $128M | Series C | |
| AI | 2019 | $115M | Series C | |
| Analytics | 2015 | $3.5B | Grant | |
| Enterprise | 2022 | $57.5M | Series B | |
| Fintech | 2016 | $124.4M | Series C | |
| Analytics | 2020 | $182.2M | Series E | |
| AI | 2022 | $51.3M | Series B | |
| Security | 2017 | $800M | Corporate Round | |
| AI | 2025 | $100M | Seed | |
| Media | 2017 | $200.2M | Series C | |
| Energy | 2016 | $114.4M | Product Crowdfunding | |
| SaaS | 2019 | $1M | Series A | |
| Crypto | 2018 | $72M | Series A | |
| AI | 2021 | $131M | Series A | |
| Crypto | 2021 | $268M | Series C | |
| Fintech | 2020 | $50M | Series B | |
| AI | 2016 | $155.7M | Series C | |
| Analytics | 2019 | $171.5M | Series C | |
| Education | 2011 | $191.1M | Venture Round | |
| Healthcare | 2022 | $57.5M | Series A | |
| AI | 2015 | $85.9M | Series B | |
| Enterprise | 2011 | $476.3M | Series C | |
| Biotech | 2020 | $124M | Series B | |
| Crypto | 2020 | $16M | Venture Round | |
| Marketing | 2021 | $47.5M | Series B | |
| Retail | 2020 | $55.1M | Venture Round | |
| AI | 2022 | $14.5M | Series A | |
| Analytics | 2013 | $223.6M | Venture Round | |
| Fintech | 2011 | $746.1M | Venture Round | |
| AI | 2018 | $503M | Series D | |
| Enterprise | 2015 | $837M | Secondary Market | |
| Fintech | 2016 | $474.5M | Secondary Market | |
| Education | 2019 | $39.5M | Series B | |
| Cloud | 2019 | $239M | Series C | |
| Security | 2015 | $257.1M | Series B | |
| Media | 2015 | $1.1B | Series G | |
| Media | 2005 | $985.9M | Series E |
