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

$8.1B

↑14% vs 2025

Deals

198

vs 327 in 2025

Median Deal

$19M

Avg Deal

$41M

Most Active AI Investors — 2026

12 deals

12 deals

11 deals

11 deals

7 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	Modal Labs	$355M	Series C	2026-05-26
4	AlphaSense	$350M	Venture	2026-06-03
5	General Intuition	$320M	Series A	2026-06-25
6	Runway	$315M	Series E	2026-02-10
7	Cyera	$300M	Series G	2026-06-03
8	Standard Bots	$200M	Series C	2026-06-09
9	Rogo	$160M	Series D	2026-04-29
10	Forus	$150M	Series C	2026-09-08
11	Vi Labs	$146M	Venture - Series Unknown	2026-05-19
12	ScaleOps	$130M	Series C	2026-03-30
13	Avoca	$125M	Venture	2026-04-27
14	Norm AI	$120M	Series C	2026-07-07
15	Clay	$115M	Series D	2026-09-09
16	OpenRouter	$113M	Series B	2026-05-26
17	Taktile	$110M	Series C	2026-06-25
18	Basis	$100M	Series B	2026-02-24
19	Profound	$96M	Series C	2026-02-24
20	Proxima	$86M	Seed	2026-01-13

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