Funding benchmark · last 12 months

The typical seed round in AI

From 497 seed rounds announced in AI over the last twelve months, each read from a named source. Half of them raised between $3.7M and $14M.

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SeedAI
Median round$7.0M
$1.8M1 in 10 below$3.7M – $14Mmiddle half$40M1 in 10 above

497 rounds counted · recounted nightly

Rounds counted497seed rounds in AI, last 12 months
Against worldwide+27%vs the $5.5M worldwide median
Since last round16 momedian gap, from 73 companies we saw raise before
Lead named85%of these rounds name the investor who led

The trend

Median seed round, quarter by quarter

From $5.5M in 2024 Q4 to $6.7M in 2026 Q3. Quarters with fewer than five rounds are left blank.

$5.5M'24 Q452 rds
$5.0M'25 Q164 rds
$6.2M'25 Q266 rds
$5.5M'25 Q392 rds
$6.2M'25 Q495 rds
$8.7M'26 Q194 rds
$8.8M'26 Q2111 rds
$6.7M'26 Q3113 rds

Who leads

The most active leads

The firms that led the most seed rounds in AI this year.

  1. 1Andreessen Horowitz12 led
  2. 2Accel10 led
  3. 3Lightspeed Venture Partners10 led
  4. 4General Catalyst8 led
  5. 5Index Ventures6 led
  6. 6A16z Speedrun6 led

Recent examples

Seed rounds in AI, latest first

How to read these figures

They come from announced rounds. Large rounds are almost always announced and many small ones never are, so the true typical round is probably a little smaller than shown, most of all at pre-seed and seed. Every round behind them is in the record with its source. How we read rounds.

Other stages in AI

Pre-seed$2.1MSeries A$21MSeries B$55MSeries C$110MSeries D$150MGrowth$150M

Seed elsewhere

United States$9.0MUnited Kingdom$3.1MFintech$5.0MHealthcare$4.9MSoftware$5.0MBiotech$7.3MRobotics$8.8MCybersecurity$10MSaaS$4.0MConstruction$5.2MBig Data & Analytics$7.5MAustralia$4.0MEnterprise Software$8.3MHardware & Electronics$9.5MIndia$2.5MEnergy$5.0MLogistics$4.0MManufacturing$4.4MClimate Tech$4.4MDefence Tech$8.8MHealthtech$4.3M

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Q&A

How big is a typical seed round in AI?

The median is $7.0M, from 497 seed rounds announced in AI in the last twelve months. Half of them raised between $3.7M and $14M; one in ten raised more than $40M.

Which rounds are counted?

Rounds announced in the last twelve months with a stated amount and stage, each read from a named article or filing. A page is only published where at least 30 rounds stand behind it.

Are these figures biased?

Towards larger rounds, yes. Big rounds are announced; many small ones never are. So the true typical round is probably a little smaller than the figure here, especially at pre-seed and seed.

How often does it change?

The figures are recounted from the record every night, as new rounds are read.