Most Backed AI Infrastructure Startups in New York, NY 2026

8 AI Infrastructure startups in New York, NY ranked by verified backer count, led by ElevenLabs, Raspberry AI, Thread AI.

AI Infrastructure in New York, NY accounts for 23 tracked companies with verified cap-table data, 23 of which disclose round sizes totalling $2.6B. The median disclosed raise is $62M, and the largest is Hugging Face at $500M, ahead of Blockdaemon ($400M) and Neon ($200M).

The names that recur most often on these ai infrastructure cap tables are NVIDIA (3 companies), Sequoia Capital (3 companies), Andreessen Horowitz (2 companies), Peter Thiel (2 companies), Kleiner Perkins (2 companies), General Catalyst (2 companies). By latest disclosed round, the market skews Series B (9), Series A (5), Series C (3), Seed (3).

Best funded AI Infrastructure in New York, NY companies

  1. Hugging Face — $500M (latest: Series D)
  2. Blockdaemon — $400M (latest: Series C)
  3. Neon — $200M (latest: Growth)
  4. Revel — $200M (latest: Series B)
  5. Hebbia — $160M (latest: Series B)
  6. Profound — $155M (latest: Series B)
  7. Exodigo — $134M (latest: Series A)
  8. Prepared — $130M (latest: Series C)
  9. Fiddler AI — $100M (latest: Series C)
  10. Aily Labs — $80M (latest: Series A)
  11. Qloo — $77M (latest: Growth)
  12. Arena — $62M (latest: Series B)
  13. Radical AI — $55M (latest: Seed)
  14. Vectara — $53M (latest: Seed)
  15. Valence — $50M (latest: Series B)

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