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  1. LangChain is quietly standing up new infrastructure 36 new TLS endpoints appeared in certificate-transparency logs over the last 90 days (0 in the 90 before) — including staging.sandbox.langchain.com and staging.opencanvas.langchain.com.
  2. Together AI is quietly standing up new infrastructure 1534 new TLS endpoints appeared in certificate-transparency logs over the last 90 days (0 in the 90 before) — including staging.together.ai and dashboard.yaroslav-xgt8w.s1.us-central-8a.cloud.together.ai.
  3. SpaceX is hiring like something is coming Engineering openings grew 1236 → 1463 in 47 days on the company's own job board — hiring velocity of this shape historically precedes announcements and rounds..

Venture intelligence before the round. 104 companies in the index, from SEC filings, certificate transparency, podcast transcripts, GitHub activity, and federal records — every number tracing back to the observation behind it.

⚡ Seen before the round live from the signal ledger — not a mockup

137 days before Mistral AI announced its round, new product-shaped subdomains appeared on its domain — from public certificate-transparency records:

  • api.eu.mistral.ai 2026-04-24 · 137d early
  • api.mistral.ai 2026-05-03 · 128d early
  • admin.mistral.ai 2026-05-04 · 127d early

Then the round became public: Series D announced 2026-09-08 · now VS 63.7

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  • Largest recent raise: TypeSafe AI at $870M.
  • Andreessen Horowitz is most active — 11 deals, $4.3B deployed.
  • Busiest in Aug — 14 rounds against an average of 4.0/mo.

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Scored ≥70 with no funding round in our data — strong outside signal where our own financing coverage is thin. Not a claim that these companies are unfunded. Signal feed →

Top of the Index Three-Point View · VentureSignal

  1. 1 Instinct 83.4
  2. 2 TypeSafe AI 83.2
  3. 3 Harvey 81.6
  4. 4 Boring Company 79
  5. 5 SpaceX 79

AI Venture Index (43 matching, ranked by VentureSignal)

This is a count of companies whose evidence is sufficient to publish a profile — not a list of qualified leads. Whether a company is a fit for a seed/Series-A sourcing buyer is a separate decision, assessed company by company and counted separately: qualified prospects →

Each score is a cross-signal composite. The strip under it shows the three families it’s built from — funding, package adoption, and developer momentum — lit when present, and how many of the three back the score. Fewer signals means a coverage-discounted score, not a missing one.

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# Company Description VentureSignal ↓ Latest round Hiring (eng) Momentum AI Maturity Event
1 Instinct Emerging signal 9d ago Instinct is a personal assistant that understands your work and takes… 83.4
Funding $1B Adoption Developer 1/3 ↗
P100 growth Outlook Stable
Series C · $1B 2026-09-28 — — — —
2 TypeSafe AI Emerging signal 9d ago TypeSafe AI is an AI lab building machine-native intelligence infrast… 83.2
Funding $870M Adoption Developer 1/3 ↗
P100 early Outlook Stable WATCH
Series A · $870M 2026-10-09 3 / 10 — — ⚠ dissent Dissent
3 Harvey Emerging signal 9d ago Part of a suite of legal tools offered by Contemporary 81.6
Funding $550M Adoption Developer 1/3 ↗
P96 UNKNOWN Outlook Stable
Unknown · $550M 2026-09-09 — — — —
4 Boring Company Emerging signal 15d ago The Boring Company builds safe, fast-to-dig, low-cost transportation,… 79
Funding $3B Adoption Developer 1/3 ↗
P89 UNKNOWN Outlook Stable
· $3B — — — —
5 SpaceX Emerging signal 10d ago SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacec… 79
Funding $1B Adoption Developer 1/3 ↗
P89 UNKNOWN Outlook Stable
· $1B 1463 / 2746 — — —
6 River AI Emerging signal 9d ago River AI helps teams create accurate, consistent content fast using g… 78.9
Funding $1.1B Adoption Developer 1/3 ↗
P98 early Outlook Stable WATCH
Series A · $1.1B 2026-08-11 12 / 19 — — ⚠ dissent Dissent
7 Fluidstack Emerging signal 9d ago We build compute faster than anyone on the planet. Gigawatt data cent… 77
Funding $830M Adoption Developer 1/3 ↗
P95 early Outlook Stable WATCH
Series A · $830M 2026-07-21 128 / 249 — — ⚠ dissent Dissent
8 Etched Emerging signal 9d ago Co-designed chips, racks, and software to push the pareto frontier to… 76.4
Funding $700M Adoption Developer 1/3 ↗
P86 UNKNOWN Outlook Stable WATCH
Unknown · $700M 2026-08-18 76 / 114 — — ⚠ dissent Dissent
9 EliseAI Emerging signal 9d ago EliseAI is the industry-leading AI platform transforming both propert… 74.2
Funding $350M Adoption Developer 1/3 ↗
P82 UNKNOWN Outlook Stable
Unknown · $350M 2026-09-29 39 / 130 — — —
10 Clay Emerging signal 9d ago VC name mentioned as someone to build consensus with. 68.5
Funding Adoption Developer 1/3 ↗
P62 UNKNOWN Outlook Stable
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11 General Compute Emerging signal 9d ago General Compute is the neocloud for SambaNova, Cerebras, Positron and… 68.5
Funding $400M Adoption Developer 1/3 ↗
P62 UNKNOWN Outlook Stable
Unknown · $400M 2026-07-17 6 / 8 — — —
12 Factory Emerging signal 9d ago — 68
Funding $200M Adoption Developer 1/3 ↗
P60 UNKNOWN Outlook Stable
Unknown · $200M 2026-09-16 — — — —
13 Starcloud Emerging signal 9d ago Explore Starcloud's pioneering data centers in space, offering 90% lo… 67.6
Funding $250M Adoption Developer 1/3 ↗
P90 early Outlook Stable
Series A · $250M 2026-08-21 — — — —
14 Cerebras Emerging signal 9d ago Supplies a chip to OpenAI 66.8
Funding $1B Adoption Developer 46.4 2/3 ↗
P59 UNKNOWN Outlook Stable
· $1B 103 / 124 46.4 — —
15 Whoop Emerging signal 10d ago Optimize sleep, strain, and recovery with WHOOP, the most advanced he… 66.4
Funding $400M Adoption Developer 1/3 ↗
P57 UNKNOWN Outlook Stable
· $400M 103 / 168 — — —
16 Quaise Emerging signal 9d ago Quaise is an energy company unlocking geothermal energy for the world… 65.8
Funding Adoption Developer 1/3 ↗
P55 UNKNOWN Outlook Stable
— 4 / 8 — — —
17 Socure Emerging signal 9d ago Socure is the leading AI-powered identity verification platform trust… 64
Funding $156M Adoption Developer 1/3 ↗
P53 UNKNOWN Outlook Stable
Unknown · $156M 2026-08-27 37 / 88 — — —
18 Emerald AI Emerging signal 9d ago Emerald AI turns AI data centers into flexible grid assets, unlocking… 63.4
Funding $150M Adoption Developer 1/3 ↗
P52 UNKNOWN Outlook Stable
Unknown · $150M 2026-08-25 4 / 8 — — —
19 Delos Data Emerging signal 9d ago Delos Data delivers Delos Nonstop AI™—low-latency, high-bandwidth int… 62
Funding $100M Adoption Developer 1/3 ↗
P50 UNKNOWN Outlook Stable
Unknown · $100M 2026-09-17 9 / 11 — — —
20 Rillet Emerging signal 9d ago Today's top finance teams trust Rillet to close faster, report in rea… 59.5
Funding $100M Adoption Developer 1/3 ↗
P46 UNKNOWN Outlook Stable
Unknown · $100M 2026-08-21 7 / 42 — — —
21 Trase Emerging signal 9d ago Trase builds governed AI agents for healthcare, government, and enter… 54.7
Funding $107M Adoption Developer 1/3 ↗
P95 pre-seed Outlook Stable
Seed · $107M 2026-06-24 2 / 4 — — —
22 8090 Labs Emerging signal 9d ago 8090 is the AI-native software development platform that keeps busine… 54.5
Funding $135M Adoption Developer 1/3 ↗
P71 early Outlook Stable WATCH
Series A · $135M 2026-06-29 — — — ⚠ dissent Dissent
23 Lightfield Emerging signal 9d ago Lightfield is an AI-native CRM for companies to capture, analyze, and… 54.5
Funding $47M Adoption Developer 1/3 ↗
P71 early Outlook Stable
Series A · $47M 2026-09-09 — — — —
24 Zipline Emerging signal 15d ago Making compliance management simple for healthcare, aged care and ski… 53
Funding $150M Adoption Developer 1/3 ↗
P37 UNKNOWN Outlook Stable
· $150M — — — —
25 Cognition Emerging signal 9d ago Cognition operates Devin, the first autonomous software engineer. Dev… 51
Funding $175M Adoption Developer 1/3 ↗
P51 early Outlook Stable
Series A · $175M 2024-04-08 41 / 103 — — —
26 Valarian Emerging signal 9d ago Adopt AI at the pace it moves, without betting your institution on an… 49.8
Funding $50M Adoption Developer 1/3 ↗
P49 early Outlook Stable
Series A · $50M 2026-07-14 12 / 13 — — —
27 Helium Emerging signal 15d ago Helium allows anyone to build and own massive wireless networks. 48.8
Funding $111M Adoption Developer 1/3 ↗
P31 UNKNOWN Outlook Stable
· $111M — — — —
28 Rundoo Emerging signal 9d ago Modern, easy to use point of sale for independent supply stores, powe… 48.6
Funding $30M Adoption Developer 1/3 ↗
P26 growth Outlook Stable
Series B · $30M 2026-08-19 2 / 11 — — —
29 Upscale AI Emerging signal 9d ago Upscale builds next-generation AI network infrastructure with scalabl… 45.9
Funding $200M Adoption Developer 1/3 ↗
P41 early Outlook Stable
Series A · $200M 2026-01-21 20 / 22 — — —
30 Mindgard Emerging signal 9d ago Discover, assess and red team AI models, agents and applications with… 44.4
Funding $30M Adoption Developer 29.5 2/3 ↗
P29 early Outlook Stable
Series A · $30M 2026-08-13 — 29.5 — —
31 Inferact Emerging signal 9d ago Inferact is a startup founded by creators and core maintainers of vLL… 43.4
Funding $150M Adoption Developer 1/3 ↗
P77 pre-seed Outlook Stable
Seed · $150M 2026-01-22 24 / 33 — — —
32 Webflow Emerging signal 14d ago Design, build, optimize, and rank in AI search — all in Webflow. Ente… 42.9
Funding $72M Adoption Developer 1/3 ↗
P27 early Outlook Stable
Series A · $72M 9 / 23 — — —
33 World Labs Emerging signal 9d ago World Labs is a startup that builds spatial intelligence products and… 38.5
Funding Adoption Developer 1/3 ↗
P17 UNKNOWN Outlook Stable
— 9 / 11 — — —
34 Parasail Emerging signal 9d ago Parasail is the inference cloud for AI-native startups. Run any open … 37.5
Funding $32M Adoption Developer 1/3 ↗
P24 early Outlook Stable
Series A · $32M 2026-04-15 6 / 9 — — —
35 Ropedia Emerging signal 9d ago Ropedia builds the data infrastructure for Physical AI by capturing i… 35.2
Funding $22M Adoption Developer 7.7 2/3 ↗
P17 early Outlook Stable
Series A · $22M 2026-07-23 — 7.7 — —
36 Saronic Emerging signal 9d ago Providing the most advanced and capable autonomous vessels in the mar… 34.8
Funding Adoption Developer 1/3 ↗
P15 UNKNOWN Outlook Stable
— 107 / 221 — — —
37 Scale AI Emerging signal 9d ago Scale delivers proven data, evaluations, and outcomes to AI labs, gov… 30.6
Funding $14.3B Adoption Developer 1/3 ↗
P11 UNKNOWN Outlook Stable
Strategic · $14.3B 2025-06 — — — —
38 Wealthsimple Emerging signal 9d ago Being better than a bank means more of everything. Spend, trade and i… 2.5
Funding Adoption Developer 1/3 ↗
P4 UNKNOWN Outlook Stable
— 19 / 49 — — —
39 Thumbtack Emerging signal 10d ago Find local pros, compare prices and book home services in a few simpl… 0
Funding $1.2M Adoption Developer 1/3 ↗
P0 pre-seed Outlook Stable
Seed · $1.2M 22 / 57 — — —
Established & late-stage — the bench backing the new wave. Their moves are signals, not new bets.
Temporal established Emerging signal 9d ago Samar Abbas, CEO of Temporal, discusses the company's platform for du… 76.8
Funding $550M Adoption Developer 1/3 ↗
P88 late Outlook Stable
Series E · $550M — — — —
Mistral AI established Emerging signal 9d ago Frontier open-weight models you own and control. Customize with Forge… 63.7
Funding Adoption Developer 65.3 2/3 ↗
P50 late Outlook Stable
Series D 2026-09-08 — 65.3 — —
Moonshot AI established Emerging signal 9d ago Welcome to Moonshot AI. Our mission is to seek the optimal conversion… 46.1
Funding $300M Adoption Developer 17.1 ▲+2.5 2/3 ↗
P17 late Outlook Positive
Growth · $300M — 17.1 — Trend Up
Cohere established Emerging signal 9d ago Cohere builds powerful models and AI solutions enabling enterprises t… 35.5
Funding $500M Adoption Developer 4.7 2/3 ↗
P4 late Outlook Stable
Growth · $500M 2025-08 48 / 117 4.7 — —

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Latest rounds

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Largest recent raise: TypeSafe AI at $870M.

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week to 2026-09-28

Measured between weekly snapshots of every score — not a reading of the news.

Andreessen Horowitz is most active — 11 deals, $4.3B deployed.

Deal flow

new funding rounds each month

Busiest in Aug — 14 rounds against an average of 4.0/mo.

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