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

$9.5B

↑33% vs 2025

Deals

214

vs 327 in 2025

Median Deal

$19M

Avg Deal

$44M

Most Active AI Investors — 2026

13 deals

12 deals

12 deals

12 deals

9 deals

Top NYC AI Rounds — 2026

#	Company	Amount	Stage	Date
1	Flourish	$500M	Series A	2026-06-04
2	VAST Data	$500M	Series F	2026-04-22
3	Cyera	$400M	Series G	2026-09-22
4	Modal Labs	$355M	Series C	2026-05-26
5	EliseAI	$350M	Venture	2026-09-29
6	AlphaSense	$350M	Venture	2026-06-03
7	General Intuition	$320M	Series A	2026-06-25
8	Runway	$315M	Series E	2026-02-10
9	Cyera	$300M	Series G	2026-06-03
10	General Intuition	$220M	Venture	2026-09-29
11	Standard Bots	$200M	Series C	2026-06-09
12	Profound	$180M	Series D	2026-09-15
13	Rogo	$160M	Series D	2026-04-29
14	Forus	$150M	Series C	2026-09-08
15	Vi Labs	$146M	Venture - Series Unknown	2026-05-19
16	ScaleOps	$130M	Series C	2026-03-30
17	Avoca	$125M	Venture	2026-04-27
18	Norm AI	$120M	Series C	2026-07-07
19	Clay	$115M	Series D	2026-09-09
20	OpenRouter	$113M	Series B	2026-05-26