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42 companies

AI

OpenAI

Develops AI models and products including ChatGPT, Codex, and an API platform used by individuals, developers, and organizations.

Sam AltmanGBSam Altman + 1
Feb 27, 2026 · Equity$110BNew investment announcement
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AI

Cohere

Develops enterprise AI models, search capabilities, and the North platform for organizations seeking control over their data and AI deployments.

Aidan GomezNFAidan Gomez + 2
Sep 24, 2025 · Equity$100M additionalSecond close of financing
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Aerospace & defense

Shield AI

Develops autonomous aircraft and Hivemind software designed to enable aircraft to operate in environments with disrupted communications or GPS.

BTRTBrandon Tseng + 1
Company researchBusiness & leadershipOriginal sources, analysis and questions
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Aerospace & defense

Hadrian

Operates automated manufacturing facilities and develops Opus software to produce precision components and larger systems for aerospace, defense, and other industries.

CPChris Power
Jul 17, 2025 · Equity$260MSeries C and factory expansion
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Aerospace & defense

Impulse Space

Builds spacecraft and propulsion systems that move payloads between orbits after launch, including the Mira vehicle and Helios kick stage.

Tom MuellerTom Mueller
Sep 16, 2026 · Equity$308M extensionSeries D extension
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Fintech

Stripe

Provides infrastructure for payments, billing, tax, financial operations, and money movement for businesses and software platforms.

Patrick CollisonJCPatrick Collison + 1
Feb 24, 2026 · SecondaryAmount not disclosedEmployee tender offer
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Fintech

Ramp

Combines corporate cards, expense management, bill payments, procurement, and accounting automation in a finance operations platform.

Eric GlymanKAEric Glyman + 2
Jun 2026 · Equity$750MFinancing referenced by company press page
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Fintech

Plaid

Connects financial accounts with applications and provides data, identity, fraud prevention, bank payment, and underwriting tools.

ZPWHZach Perret + 1
Apr 3, 2025 · Equity / employee liquidityApproximately $575MCompany financing
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Fintech

Revolut

Offers digital financial services for consumers and businesses, including accounts, payments, cards, and related money management tools across multiple markets.

Nik StoronskyVYNik Storonsky + 1
Company researchBusiness & leadershipOriginal sources, analysis and questions
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Sam Altman

OpenAI

Sam Altman

Co-founded OpenAI and previously led Y Combinator. His interviews connect AI research, product distribution, infrastructure spending and the organizational choices involved in scaling an AI company.

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Dario Amodei

Anthropic

Dario Amodei

Dario Amodei is a co-founder of Anthropic. An AI researcher whose work helped shape the company’s emphasis on model capability, reliability and safety.

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Aidan Gomez

Cohere

Aidan Gomez

Aidan Gomez is a co-founder of Cohere. A co-author of the original Transformer research paper, with a focus on applying language models to enterprise work.

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Arthur Mensch

Mistral AI

Arthur Mensch

Co-founded Mistral after working in AI research at DeepMind. His background connects frontier models with open and enterprise deployment.

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Fei-Fei Li

World Labs

Fei-Fei Li

Co-founded World Labs to build spatial intelligence. Her work in computer vision connects visual understanding with world models and physical environments.

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Tom Mueller

Impulse Space

Tom Mueller

Founded Impulse Space after a career developing rocket propulsion. The company focuses on moving payloads after they reach space.

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