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AI Companies in Chicago: 2026 Funding and Investors
CADDi, Go.AI, Chowbus, Letter AI, Honeycomb, KeyCare and other Chicago AI companies that raised money in 2025 and 2026, plus the investors behind them.
AI Companies in Austin: 2026 Funding and Investors
Saronic, Apptronik, HiddenLayer, Neurophos and other Austin AI and AI infrastructure companies that raised money in 2025 and 2026, plus their investors.
AI Companies in Atlanta: 2026 Funding and Investors
Flock Safety, Stord, Airia, Codoxo and other Atlanta AI companies that raised money in 2025 and 2026, plus the data center loans and local investors behind them.
Bot Memo Data Methodology
How Bot Memo measures AI startup funding: deal definitions, 18 sectors, funding stages, geography, currency, and update cadence.
Twelve Rounds Took Half of July’s $45.2B
July 2026 saw 526 venture AI rounds worth $45.2B. Twelve rounds of $1B or more took 56.3% of the money while the median seed round fell to $3.8M.
AI Capex 2026: Big Tech’s $733B, Suppliers and Startups
Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon and Meta plan about $733B of 2026 capex. Where it goes: Nvidia, Broadcom, CoreWeave, and the compute startups that raised big rounds.
AI Startup Statistics 2026: Funding, Valuations And Exits
AI startup statistics for 2026: H1 venture funding hit a record $510B, AI took 80% of Q1, and Anthropic went from $61.5B to a $965B valuation.
Big Data Statistics 2026: Market Size, Spending And Trends
Big data statistics for 2026: data center spending up 62.5% to $822B, a $447.7B analytics market, Databricks at a $7B run-rate and a record $4.99M breach cost.
AI in Sports Statistics 2026: 59 Verified Numbers
AI in sports statistics for 2026: 69% of fans use generative AI, AI priced 48% of bets on Kambi’s network and market estimates range from $1B to $10.8B.
AI Marketing Statistics 2026: 90+ Verified Numbers
AI marketing statistics for 2026: 75% of marketers have adopted AI, CMOs put 15.3% of budgets into it, and AI summaries nearly halve clicks on Google results.
AI in Finance Statistics 2026: 80+ Verified Numbers
AI in finance statistics for 2026: 65% of surveyed financial firms use AI, only 7% of finance teams see high impact, and EU credit-scoring AI rules start in 2027.
Israel AI Companies: 435 Deals and $12.7B Since 2023
Israeli AI companies raised $12.66B across 435 rounds since 2023. Cybersecurity took 34.1% and Tel Aviv 80.4%. Sectors, largest rounds and investors.
AI Companies Outside Silicon Valley: 8 Hubs Ranked for 2026
Austin led AI companies outside Silicon Valley with $4.31B in 2025 equity funding. How Seattle, Denver, Toronto, Pittsburgh and three more hubs rank in 2026.
AI Companies in Miami: 2026 Funding Already Tops 2025
AI companies in Miami raised $1.28B across 31 rounds from January to September 2026, already more than the $1.16B raised in all of 2025. The largest rounds, sectors and investors.
AI Customer Experience Statistics 2026: 70+ Verified Numbers
AI customer experience statistics for 2026: AI spend up 38% as service budgets grow 2%, 8% of consumers prefer AI to a human, and 20% of leaders cut staff.
Every AI Deal a16z Made in 2025
Track every a16z AI investment in 2025. 129 deals worth $34.6B across enterprise, fintech, and healthcare from Bot Memo’s deal database.
Enterprise AI Market Map 2026
Explore the 2026 enterprise AI market map: $65.1B across 1,903 deals in 18 categories. See which AI startups and sectors VCs are funding most.
AI Startup Funding Q1 2026: $290B, 1,677 Deals
Explore AI startup funding in Q1 2026: $289.99B across 1,677 deals. Bot Memo analyzed every round to find what the mega-round headlines missed.
Top 20 AI Infrastructure Startups (2026)
Ranked by disclosed equity funding: the top 20 AI infrastructure startups of 2026, from GPU clouds and custom silicon to data centers and MLOps platforms.
AI Startup Funding by City: 2025 Breakdown
San Francisco took $107.6B of 2025 AI startup funding, 39.0% of the global total. See how the top 20 cities and 788 hubs worldwide stack up.