Monthly roundup · AI · July 2026

AI startup funding, July 2026: Kling AI's $3.0B Growth leads 131 rounds

By Millionrounds ResearchPublished 1 August 2026Updated 1 November 2026

We read 131 equity rounds in AI announced in July 2026, raising $22B between them: 61% of all the rounds we read that month and 54% of the money. The largest was Kling AI's $3.0B Growth, led by CPE and CITIC Securities. The median seed round was $5.8M, against $7.0M over the last twelve months in AI; at Series A it was $22M. New Enterprise Associates led the most rounds, with 3.

Equity rounds131in AI, 126 with an amount
Raised$22Bacross those rounds
Lead named87%of rounds say who led
Share of the month61%of rounds; 54% of the money

The biggest rounds

  1. 1KKling AIGrowth · China · led by CPE, CITIC Securities$3.0B
  2. 2HelsingSeries E · Germany · led by General Catalyst, Lightspeed Venture Partners$1.8B
  3. 3JJoulentGrowth · United States · led by National Grid$1.8B
  4. 4AtomsSeries C · United States · led by Andreessen Horowitz$1.7B
  5. 5Sharon AIGrowth · Australia · led by Situational Awareness$1.6B
  6. 6Shield AISeries G · United States · led by Advent International, JPMorgan Chase's Strategic Investment Group$1.5B
  7. 7Fireworks AISeries D · United States · led by Index Ventures, TCV$1.5B
  8. 8AAnt InternationalSeries A$1.2B
  9. 9SambaNova SystemsGrowth · United States · led by General Atlantic$1.0B
  10. 10Together AISeries C · United States · led by Aramco Ventures$800M

Day by day

Equity rounds in AI announced each day of July. The busiest day was 22 July, with 11.

1 July31 July

By stage, against the year

Each stage's median this month beside its twelve-month median: the sector's own where we hold enough rounds for a benchmark, otherwise the one across all sectors.

Pre-seed7$3.0Mthis month$2.1M12 months here
Seed47$5.8Mthis month$7.0M12 months here
Series A31$22Mthis month$21M12 months here
Series B17$64Mthis month$55M12 months here
Series C12$145Mthis month$110M12 months here
Series D2$780Mthis month$147M12 months here
Growth12$175Mthis month$150M12 months here

The most active leads

Firms that led two or more of the month's rounds in AI.

Where

United States had the most AI rounds this month.

Against the month

  • Rounds, AI131
  • Rounds, all sectors216
  • Raised, AI$22B
  • Raised, all sectors$41B

The whole of July 2026

Other sectors in July

36 roundsFintech→16 roundsClimate Tech→16 roundsEnergy→16 roundsManufacturing→15 roundsHealthcare→15 roundsCybersecurity→15 roundsRobotics→13 roundsSoftware→13 roundsAerospace & Space→12 roundsHardware & Electronics→12 roundsConstruction→12 roundsBig Data & Analytics→12 roundsBiotech→