2026 Unicorns: Almost 90 New Startups Hit $1B - Technology Price Chart Analysis

2026 Unicorns: Almost 90 New Startups Hit $1B

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Introduction

The unicorn club is expanding at a record pace in 2026, driven largely by an AI investment frenzy. According to data from Crunchbase and PitchBook, nearly 90 venture-backed startups have achieved billion-dollar valuations so far this year. While most are AI-related, the list includes a surprising number of healthcare, crypto, and space-focused companies. This list will be updated throughout the year.

Unicorns by Month

June

  • MainFunc — $2.6 billion. AI workspace called Genspark. Founded 2023. Last raised $485M Series B (Lg Technology Ventures, SBI Investment, Emergency Equity Management). Total funding $645M. Investors include AWS.
  • Farther — $1.25 billion. Wealth management platform. Founded 2019. Last raised $150M Series D (General Atlantic). Total $273M. Investors: Bessemer, Lightspeed, Khosla.
  • Socket — $1 billion. Cybersecurity for supply chain attacks. Founded 2020. Last raised $60M Series C (Thrive Capital). Total $124M. Investors: Aaron Levie, a16z.
  • EXA — $1.95 billion. Web engine for AI agents. Founded 2021. Last raised $250M Series C (a16z). Total $360M. Investors: Nvidia, YC.
  • Radar — $1 billion. Inventory management. Founded 2013. Last raised $170M Series B (Nimble Partners, Gideon Strategic Partners). Total ~$250M. Investors: Founders Fund, YC.
  • Vi Labs — $1.64 billion. AI enterprise for healthcare. Founded 2021. Last raised $145M round (RevelStroke Capital Partners, The Pritzker Organization). Total ~$275M. Investors: General Atlantic, Square Peg.
  • SendCutSend — $1 billion. Custom industrial parts. Founded 2018. Last raised $110M Series A (Paradigm, Sequoia). Total ~$123M.
  • MiRus — $4.41 billion. Cardiovascular/orthopedic devices. Founded 2015. Last raised $1.5B late-stage (Boston Scientific). Total >$1B.
  • Recursive — $4.65 billion. AI research lab. Founded 2025. Last raised $650M Series A (GV, Greycroft). Total $650M. Investors: Nvidia.
  • Forus — $1.01 billion. Patient care automation. Founded 2023. Last raised $160M Series B (Accel). Total ~$197M. Investors: Bain Capital Ventures, Thrive Capital.
  • Positron — $1.06 billion. Custom AI hardware for inference. Founded 2024. Last raised $234M Series B (ARENA Private Wealth, Valor Equity Partners). Total >$310M.
  • Cowboy Space — $2 billion. Space power grid for AI. Founded 2023. Last raised $305M Series B (Index Ventures). Total $355M. Investors: a16z, NEA, Draper.
  • Starcloud — $1.1 billion. Data centers in space. Founded 2024. Last raised $170M Series A (EQT, Benchmark Opportunity). Total >$190M. Investors: Sequoia, a16z.
  • Advanced Manufacturing Company of America — $1.1 billion. Defense/aerospace parts. Founded 2024. Last raised $300M Series B (Caffeinated Capital). Total >$370M. Investors: a16z, Lightspeed, Founders Fund.
  • Xbow — $1.32 billion. Autonomous hacker for security flaws. Founded 2024. Last raised $155M Series C (Samsung Venture Investment, DFJ Growth, Northzone Ventures). Total >$270M.
  • Corgi — $2.6 billion. Insurance for startups (cyber, general, tech/AI). Founded 2024. Last raised $105M Series B1 (TCV). Total $374M. Investors: Kindred Ventures, YC.
  • Blitzy — $1.4 billion. AI coding tool for enterprise. Founded 2023. Last raised $200M from Northzone Ventures. Total ~$206M.

May

  • Rogo — $2 billion. Financial analytics platform. Founded 2021. Last raised $160M Series D (Kleiner Perkins). Total >$310M. Investors: Tiger Global, Khosla.
  • Parallel — $2 billion. Search engine for AI agents. Founded 2023. Last raised $100M Series B (Sequoia). Total ~$230M. Investors: Khosla, Kleiner Perkins.
  • Avoca — $1 billion. AI agents for customer support. Founded 2022. Last raised $125M Series B (General Catalyst, Meritech). Total $125M. Investors: Kleiner Perkins, YC.
  • Core Automation — $1 billion. Enterprise workflow automation. Founded 2026. Last raised $100M seed (Threshold Ventures, Scribble Ventures). Total $100M.
  • Promethus — $41 billion. AI tools (co-founded by Jeff Bezos). Last raised $12B Series B (JPMorgan Chase, BlackRock). Total $18.2B.
  • Omni Analytics — $1.51 billion. Business intelligence. Founded 2022. Last raised $120M Series C (ICONIQ Growth). Total ~$215M. Investors: Databricks, GV.
  • Factory — $1.5 billion. Self-improving software. Founded 2023. Last raised $150M Series C (Khosla). Total ~$219M. Investors: Blackstone, Nvidia.
  • Slash — $1.4 billion. Banking and financial management. Founded 2020. Last raised $100M Series C (Ribbit, Khosla, Goodwater). Total ~$160M. Investors: Menlo, YC.
  • Alloy Therapeutics — $1 billion. AI drug discovery. Founded 2017. Last raised $40M Series R. Total >$170M. Investors: Founders Fund, 8VC, 10X Capital.
  • Applied Compute — $1.3 billion. Custom AI training. Founded 2025. Last raised $80M round (Kleiner Perkins). Total $160M. Investors: Benchmark, Sequoia.
  • Hermeus — $1 billion. High-speed unmanned aircraft. Founded 2018. Last raised $350M Series C (Khosla). Total ~$550M. Investors: Peter Thiel, Founder Fund.

April

  • Tenex.AI — $1 billion. AI-native cybersecurity. Founded 2024. Last raised $250M Series B (Crosspoint Capital). Total $277M. Investors: a16z.
  • Also — $1 billion. Electric autonomous small vehicles (Rivian spinout). Founded 2024. Last raised $200M Series C (Greenoaks Capital). Total >$300M. Investors: DoorDash, Rivian.
  • Stipple Bio — $2.25 billion. Targeted cancer drug discovery. Founded 2022. Last raised $100M Series A (a16z, Nextech Invest, RA Capital). Total ~$121M. Investors: Emerson Collective, OMX.
  • Nextop AI — $4.2 billion. Ethernet networking for AI data centers. Founded 2024. Last raised $500M Series B (a16z, Lightspeed). Total $610M.
  • ModRetro — $1 billion. Retro gaming consoles with modern enhancements (Palmer Luckey). Founded 2023. Last raised $195M Series A. Total $217M. Investors: Valor Equity, Drover Ventures.
  • Rhoda AI — $1.7 billion. Foundational models for robotics. Founded 2024. Last raised $450M Series A (Premji Invest, Mayfield, Capricorn, Khosla, Temasek). Total $450M.
  • Nominal — $2 billion. Software for hardware testing. Founded 2022. Last raised $115M Series B (Founders Fund, Sequoia). Total $182M. Investors: Lightspeed.
  • Eight Sleep — $1.5 billion. Tech-enabled mattresses. Founded 2014. Last raised $150M Series D (Tether Investments). Total ~$309M. Investors: YC, Founders Fund, SoftBank.
  • Science — $1.5 billion. Brain-computer medical devices. Founded 2021. Last raised $230M Series C (Lightspeed, Khosla). Total ~$519M. Investors: YC.
  • Axiom — $1.6 billion. Mathematical discovery platform. Founded 2025. Last raised $200M Series A (Menlo). Total $264M. Investors: Toyota Ventures, B Capital.
  • True Anomaly — $2.2 billion. Space defense manufacturing. Founded 2022. Last raised $650M Series D (Riot Ventures, Eclipse Capital). Total ~$1B. Investors: Accel, Menlo.
  • OpenRouter — $1.3 billion. AI gateway for LLMs. Founded 2023. Last raised $113M Series B (CapitalG). Total ~$163M. Investors: a16z, Sequoia.
  • Granola — $1.5 billion. AI-powered note taking. Last raised $125M Series C (Index Ventures, Kleiner Perkins). Total $192M. Investors: Sequoia, Lightspeed.
  • Hark — $6 billion. Consumer hardware with personal intelligence. Founded 2025. Last raised $700M Series A (Parkway Venture Capital). Total ~$759M. Investors: Nvidia, Salesforce Ventures.
  • Dash0 — $1 billion. Observability platform. Founded 2023. Last raised $110M Series B (Balderton Capital). Total ~$154M. Investors: Accel.
  • Valar Atomics — $2 billion. Atomic energy. Founded 2023. Last raised $450M round (Day One Ventures). Total ~$600M. Investors include employees from Palantir and Lockheed Martin.
  • Frore Systems — $1.64 billion. Cooling systems for chips/AI. Founded 2018. Last raised $143M Series D (MVP Ventures). Total ~$373M. Investors: Addition, Qualcomm Ventures.

March

  • Positron — $1 billion. AI (founded 2023). Announced $230M Series B in February. Total >$300M. Investors: Valor Equity, Jump Trading.
  • Skyryse — $1.1 billion. Founded 2016. Last raised $300M Series C. Total >$540M. Investors: Autopilot Ventures, Fidelity, Venrock.
  • TRM Labs — $1 billion. Crypto fraud investigation. Founded 2018. Last raised $70M Series C. Total ~$219M. Investors: Bessemer, PayPal Ventures.
  • Midi Health — $1 billion. Founded 2021. Last raised $100M Series D. Total >$250M. Investors: GV, Emerson Collective.
  • Lunar Energy — $1 billion. Batteries for homes. Founded 2020. Last raised $102M Series D. Total >$230M. Investors: B Capital, Prelude Ventures.
  • Bedrock Robotics — $1.8 billion. AI-powered construction robotics. Founded 2024 (former Waymo employee). Last raised $270M Series B. Total $350M. Investors: 8VC, Valor Equity.
  • Fundamental — $1.4 billion. Large dataset analysis. Founded 2024. Last raised $255M Series A (Oak HC/FT).
  • Goodfire — $1.3 billion. AI model inspection tools. Founded 2013. Last raised $150M Series B.
  • Iterative Health — $1.4 billion. Medical research (digestive system). Founded 2017. Last raised $75M Series C. Total >$270M. Investors: Insight Partners, Obvious Ventures.
  • Oxide — $1.6 billion. Private cloud infrastructure. Founded 2019. Last raised $200M Series C. Total >$360M. Investors: U.S. Innovative Technology Fund, Eclipse.
  • Solace — $1 billion. Healthcare marketplace. Founded 2022. Last raised $130M Series C. Total >$200M. Investors: Menlo Ventures.
  • Garner — $1.4 billion. Data-driven healthcare. Founded 2019. Last raised $118M Series D. Total $179M. Investors: Rounders Fund, Redpoint Ventures.
  • Apptronik — $5.3 billion. Humanoid robotics. Founded 2016. Last raised $935M Series A (B Capital Group, Capital Factory). Total $935M.
  • Talkiatry — $1.4 billion. Psychiatric services. Founded 2021. Last raised $210M Series D. Total ~$430M. Investors: a16z, Left Lane Capital.
  • Erebor Bank — $4 billion. Crypto bank (Palmer Luckey). Founded 2025. Last raised $635M seed (Lux Capital).
  • Render — $1.5 billion. Cloud app hosting for AI. Founded 2018. Last raised $100M Series C1. Total >$250M. Investors: General Catalyst, Bessemer. Render won the TechCrunch Disrupt Battlefield.
  • ZaiNar — $1 billion. Wireless location tracking. Founded 2017. Last raised $100M Series A. Total ~$118M. Investors: SoftBank, AME Cloud Ventures.
  • Code Metal — $1.3 billion. AI coding assistant. Founded 2023. Last raised $125M Series B. Total >$170M. Investors: Salesforce, J2 Ventures.
  • Flapping Airplanes — $1.5 billion. Founded 2025. Last raised $180M seed (Index Ventures, GV). Valuation $1.5B.
  • Profound — $1 billion. SEO platform for AI search. Founded 2024. Last raised $96M Series C. Total ~$148M. Investors: Sequoia, Lightspeed.
  • Basis — $1.1 billion. Accounting automation. Founded 2023. Last raised $100M Series B. Total >$130M. Investors: Khosla, Accel.

February

Note: The February entries in the source overlap with March; the list below is from the original February section.

  • Positron — $1 billion (see March entry).
  • Skyryse — $1.1 billion (see March).
  • TRM Labs — $1 billion (see March).
  • Midi Health — $1 billion (see March).
  • Lunar Energy — $1 billion (see March).
  • Bedrock Robotics — $1.8 billion (see March).
  • Fundamental — $1.4 billion (see March).
  • Goodfire — $1.3 billion (see March).
  • Iterative Health — $1.4 billion (see March).
  • Oxide — $1.6 billion (see March).
  • Solace — $1 billion (see March).
  • Garner — $1.4 billion (see March).
  • Apptronik — $5.3 billion (see March).
  • Talkiatry — $1.4 billion (see March).
  • Erebor Bank — $4 billion (see March).
  • Render — $1.5 billion (see March).
  • ZaiNar — $1 billion (see March).
  • Code Metal — $1.3 billion (see March).
  • Flapping Airplanes — $1.5 billion (see March).
  • Profound — $1 billion (see March).
  • Basis — $1.1 billion (see March).

January

  • Aalyria — $1.3 billion. AI orchestration software (Google spinout). Founded 2021. Last raised $100M Series B (Battery Ventures, J2 Ventures). Total $130M.
  • Gecko — $1.8 billion. AI/robotics. Founded 2013. Last raised $125M Series D. Total >$300M. Investors: Founders Fund, Cox Enterprises.
  • Arena — $1.7 billion. Decision-making platform. Founded 2022. Last raised $150M Series A (a16z, Felicis). Total $250M.
  • humans& — $4.5 billion. AI research lab for human-AI collaboration. Last raised $480M seed (SV Angel, Georges Harik).
  • webAI — $2.5 billion. Private enterprise AI models. Founded 2019. Last raised undisclosed Series A.
  • Tandem — $1 billion. Prescription management for doctors. Founded 2013. Last raised $100M Series B (Accel).
  • Higgsfield — $1.3 billion. Generative AI video. Launched 2023. Raised $180M Series A (per Crunchbase).
  • Pomelo Care — $1.7 billion. Virtual maternity care. Founded 2021. Last raised $92M Series C. Total >$170M. Investors: a16z, First Round Capital.
  • Rain — $1.9 billion. Crypto wallet. Founded 2021. Last raised $250M Series C. Total $338M. Investors: Lightspeed, ICONIQ Capital.
  • Deepgram — $1.3 billion. Voice AI for human-software communication. Founded 2015. Last raised $143M Series C. Total >$240M. Investors: VC, Tiger Global.
  • Alpaca — $1.1 billion. Founded 2013. Last raised $150M Series D. Total >$340M. Investors: Tribe Capital, Drive Capital.
  • Tulip — $1.3 billion. Data-driven platform. Last raised $120M Series D. Total >$270M. Investors: Insight Partners, NEA, Vertex Ventures US.
  • Preply — $1.2 billion. Language learning. Last raised $150M Series D (WestCap). Total ~$300M. Investors: Owl Ventures, Full-In Partners.
  • Upscale AI — $1 billion. Founded 2025. Last raised $200M Series A. Total $300M. Investors: Tiger Global, Xora Innovation.
  • GlossGenius — $1.1 billion. Beauty business platform. Founded 2015. Last raised $44M Series D. Total ~$115M. Investors: Bessemer, Imaginary Ventures.
  • Recursive Intelligence — $4 billion. Founded 2025. Last raised $300M Series A. Total ~$335M. Investors: Lightspeed, Sequoia.
  • Varda — $1.6 billion. In-space manufacturing for Earth. Last raised $250M Series D. Total >$570M. Investors: Founders Fund, Khosla, Lux Capital.
  • PaleBlueDot AI — $1 billion. GPU computing with AI. Founded 2013. Last raised $150M Series B. Total $160M. Investors: B Capital, Sky Arc Capital.

Conclusion

The 2026 unicorn boom shows no signs of slowing, with AI leading the charge across sectors from healthcare to space. TechCrunch will update this list as more startups cross the billion-dollar threshold.

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