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Where AI search and retrieval startups are based

74 AI search and retrieval startups worldwide have raised money in rounds we track, $2.7B between them. 66 of them are placed on the map by their city; San Francisco leads with 22, then New York with 5.

74startups
30cities on the map
$2.7Braised between them
San Franciscoleading city (22)
Amsterdam: 1 startupsMünchen: 1 startupsKnokke-heist: 1 startupsBarcelona: 1 startupsPoole: 1 startupsSalt Lake City: 1 startupsHenderson: 1 startupsPortland: 1 startupsMelbourne: 1 startupsDallas: 1 startupsShanghai: 1 startupsCupertino: 1 startupsProvidencia: 1 startupsVienna: 1 startupsVilleneuve-sur-lot: 1 startupsRome: 1 startupsZurich: 1 startupsChicago: 1 startupsMontréal: 1 startupsToronto: 1 startupsParis: 1 startupsLondon: 2 startupsRaleigh: 2 startupsWilmington: 2 startupsDenver: 2 startupsBerlin: 2 startupsCopenhagen: 3 startupsPalo Alto: 5 startupsNew York: 5 startupsSan Francisco: 22 startupsSan FranciscoNew YorkCopenhagenParisMontréalRomeProvidenciaShanghai

Each circle is a city, sized by how many startups are based there. Countries are shaded by their count.

Leading cities

  1. San Francisco22$2.0B
  2. New York5$87M
  3. Palo Alto5$55M
  4. Copenhagen3$9.9M
  5. Berlin2$77M
  6. Denver2$27M
  7. Wilmington2$3.4M
  8. Raleigh2$25M
  9. London2$29M
  10. Paris1$22M
  11. Toronto1$8.5M
  12. Montréal1$7.8M
  13. Chicago1$5.7M
  14. Zurich1$2.9M
  15. Rome1$1.4M

By country

  1. United States45$2.3B
  2. Germany4$83M
  3. Denmark3$9.9M
  4. United Kingdom3$29M
  5. France2$23M
  6. Canada2$16M
  7. China2$103M
  8. Japan1$95M
  9. Switzerland1$2.9M
  10. Italy1$1.4M
  11. South Africa1$1.0M
  12. Austria1$953K

Best-funded

  1. PerplexityUnited States · $1.3B
  2. ExaUnited States · $170M
  3. ConsensusUnited States · $140M
  4. JuiceboxUnited States · $110M
  5. You.comUnited States · $100M
  6. Preferred NetworksJapan · $95M
  7. ZillizChina · $70M
  8. AirOpsUnited States · $56M
  9. QdrantGermany · $50M
  10. WeaviateNetherlands · $50M
  11. IntrinsityUnited States · $36M
  12. TigeroboChina · $33M

How this map is made. Every startup here has raised money in rounds we track. Each is placed at the city we hold for it, matched to that city's position in GeoNames (cities of 15,000 people or more; geonames.org, CC BY 4.0); startups without a city on record count in the totals but not on the map. Rebuilt nightly; updated 15 November 2026.

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