AlleyWatch NYC Funding Index

State of NYC AI Funding 2026

Name: State of NYC AI Funding 2026
Creator: AlleyWatch
License: https://funding.alleywatch.com/methodology

Year in progress — data through today

Total Raised

$5.6B

↓20% vs 2025

Deals

150

vs 327 in 2025

Median Deal

$17M

Avg Deal

$38M

Most Active AI Investors — 2026

9 deals

7 deals

7 deals

6 deals

6 deals

Top NYC AI Rounds — 2026

#	Company	Amount	Stage	Date
1	VAST Data	$500M	Series F	2026-04-22
2	Modal Labs	$355M	Series C	2026-05-26
3	AlphaSense	$350M	Venture	2026-06-03
4	Runway	$315M	Series E	2026-02-10
5	Cyera	$300M	Series G	2026-06-03
6	Standard Bots	$200M	Series C	2026-06-09
7	Rogo	$160M	Series D	2026-04-29
8	Vi Labs	$146M	Venture - Series Unknown	2026-05-19
9	ScaleOps	$130M	Series C	2026-03-30
10	Avoca	$125M	Venture	2026-04-27
11	OpenRouter	$113M	Series B	2026-05-26
12	Basis	$100M	Series B	2026-02-24
13	Profound	$96M	Series C	2026-02-24
14	Proxima	$86M	Seed	2026-01-13
15	Rogo	$75M	Series C	2026-01-28
16	Manifest OS	$60M	Series A	2026-04-28
17	Crosby	$60M	Series B	2026-03-31
18	Surf AI	$57M	Series A	2026-03-17
19	Gambit Security	$56M	Series A	2026-02-25
20	Alaffia Health	$55M	Series B	2026-02-03

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