# AI startup funding, July 2026: Kling AI's $3.0B Growth leads 131 rounds > 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. Source: https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-07/sector/ai (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) Equity rounds **131** in AI, 126 with an amount Raised **$22B** across those rounds Lead named **87%** of rounds say who led Share of the month **61%** of rounds; 54% of the money ## The biggest rounds - [1 K **Kling AI** Growth · China · led by CPE, CITIC Securities **$3.0B**](https://millionrounds.com/company/kling-ai) - [2 **Helsing** Series E · Germany · led by General Catalyst, Lightspeed Venture Partners **$1.8B**](https://millionrounds.com/company/helsing) - [3 J **Joulent** Growth · United States · led by National Grid **$1.8B**](https://millionrounds.com/company/joulent) - [4 **Atoms** Series C · United States · led by Andreessen Horowitz **$1.7B**](https://millionrounds.com/company/atoms) - [5 **Sharon AI** Growth · Australia · led by Situational Awareness **$1.6B**](https://millionrounds.com/company/sharon-ai) - [6 **Shield AI** Series G · United States · led by Advent International, JPMorgan Chase's Strategic Investment Group **$1.5B**](https://millionrounds.com/company/shield-ai) - [7 **Fireworks AI** Series D · United States · led by Index Ventures, TCV **$1.5B**](https://millionrounds.com/company/fireworks-ai) - [8 A **Ant International** Series A **$1.2B**](https://millionrounds.com/company/ant-international) - [9 **SambaNova Systems** Growth · United States · led by General Atlantic **$1.0B**](https://millionrounds.com/company/sambanova-systems) - [10 **Together AI** Series C · United States · led by Aramco Ventures **$800M**](https://millionrounds.com/company/together-ai) ## Day by day Equity rounds in AI announced each day of July. The busiest day was 22 July, with 11. 1 July 31 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-seed](https://millionrounds.com/benchmarks/pre-seed/ai) *7* **$3.0M** this month **$2.1M** 12 months here [Seed](https://millionrounds.com/benchmarks/seed/ai) *47* **$5.8M** this month **$7.0M** 12 months here [Series A](https://millionrounds.com/benchmarks/series-a/ai) *31* **$22M** this month **$21M** 12 months here [Series B](https://millionrounds.com/benchmarks/series-b/ai) *17* **$64M** this month **$55M** 12 months here [Series C](https://millionrounds.com/benchmarks/series-c/ai) *12* **$145M** this month **$110M** 12 months here [Series D](https://millionrounds.com/benchmarks/series-d/ai) *2* **$780M** this month **$147M** 12 months here [Growth](https://millionrounds.com/benchmarks/growth/ai) *12* **$175M** this month **$150M** 12 months here ## The most active leads Firms that led two or more of the month's rounds in AI. - [**New Enterprise Associates** Centralize, CuspAI, Valarian *3 led*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-enterprise-associates) - [**General Catalyst** Dwelly, Helsing, Inner Logic *3 led*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst) - [**Insight Partners** DataBahn, Inforcer, Passionfroot *3 led*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/insight-venture-partners) - [**Andreessen Horowitz** Atoms, Pearl Health *2 led*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz) - [**Lightspeed Venture Partners** Harmony, Helsing *2 led*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners) - [**Khosla Ventures** Dili, Norm Ai *2 led*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/khosla-ventures) - [**Bessemer Venture Partners** 30 Sundays, Onyx Security *2 led*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bessemer-venture-partners) - [**Index Ventures** Enigma, Fireworks AI *2 led*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/index-ventures) ## Where - [United States](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-07/united-states) **59** - [United Kingdom](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-07/united-kingdom) **17** - [Australia](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-07/australia) **5** - [India](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-07/india) **5** - [China](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-07/china) **4** - [Germany](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-07/germany) **4** - Brazil **3** - Belgium **2** United States had the most AI rounds this month. ## Against the month - Rounds, AI **131** - Rounds, all sectors **216** - Raised, AI **$22B** - Raised, all sectors **$41B** [The whole of July 2026](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-07) ## Other sectors in July [36 rounds **Fintech** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-07/sector/fintech)[16 rounds **Climate Tech** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-07/sector/climate)[16 rounds **Energy** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-07/sector/energy)[16 rounds **Manufacturing** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-07/sector/manufacturing)[15 rounds **Healthcare** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-07/sector/healthcare)[15 rounds **Cybersecurity** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-07/sector/cybersecurity)[15 rounds **Robotics** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-07/sector/robotics)[13 rounds **Software** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-07/sector/software)[13 rounds **Aerospace & Space** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-07/sector/aerospace)[12 rounds **Hardware & Electronics** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-07/sector/hardware)[12 rounds **Construction** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-07/sector/construction)[12 rounds **Big Data & Analytics** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-07/sector/big-data)[12 rounds **Biotech** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-07/sector/biotech) **How this roundup is made** It is written from the rounds we read that month in named articles and filings, by the sectors we file each company under; a company can sit in more than one, so sector roundups overlap. Only equity rounds with a stage count; debt, grants and public companies' raises do not. Each sector with 10 or more equity rounds in a month gets its own roundup. We read more sources every month, so compare medians, not totals. [How we read rounds](https://millionrounds.com/methodology) · [Report a mistake](https://millionrounds.com/corrections)