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Microsoft's AI portfolio
Microsoft has backed 16 AI startups in rounds we track, $370B between them, shown by the stage each has reached. The best-funded is Openai.
Funding by segment
- Series C and later$137B7
- Series B$2.6B6
- Stage not reported$230B3
Where they are based
- United States12$367B
- United Kingdom2$2.6B
- Brazil1$62M
- Portugal1$111M
United States
United Kingdom
Brazil
PortugalFounded
5 without a founding year on record.
Total raised
- Under $1M0
- $1M to $10M0
- $10M to $50M1
- $50M to $250M9
- $250M to $1B2
- $1B and over4
Each dot is a startup: the year it was founded across, the total it has raised up (each line is ten times the one below). Pick a segment to pick it out.
11 of 16 startups shown; the rest have no founding year or amount on record.
- 1 to 2
- 3 to 7
- 8 to 24
- 25 to 99
- 100 and more
- United States12
- United Kingdom2
- Brazil1
- Portugal1
Startups by country, 4 countries in all.
Segment by segment
Series C and later
7 startups · $137B raised
AnthropicUnited States$134B
WayveWayve Technologies Ltd is a British company focused on developing self-driving vehicle systems.United Kingdom$1.8B
GraphcoreGraphcore develops a microprocessor designed for AI and machine learning applications.United Kingdom$835M
d-Matrixd-Matrix is a semiconductor company based in Santa Clara, California, founded in 2019.United States$275M- BBlipBrazil$62M
- CCrowdFlowerUnited States$58M
EvincedEvinced is an American software company founded in 2018, specializing in AI-enabled digital accessibility automation tools.United States$55M
Series B
6 startups · $2.6B raised
- FAFigure AIUnited States$2.2B
- HHiddenLayerUnited States$150M
- MAMecka AIUnited States$120M
Ox SecurityOx Security is the first end-to-end security solution to prevent attacks across your software.United States$60M- NSNEye SystemsUnited States$58M
CognitiveScaleCognitiveScale is a enterprise AI Platform.United States$37M
Stage not reported
3 startups · $230B raised
OpenAIOpenAI is an artificial intelligence research and deployment company based in San Francisco.United States$230B
OutreachOutreach is a sales engagement platform that uses AI for predictive analytics as it relates to sales.United States$238M
UnbabelUnbabel allows modern enterprises to understand and be understood by their customers in dozens of languages.Portugal$111M
How this map is made. Every startup here works in AI and has raised money in a round we track that names Microsoft as an investor. Each sits under the stage of its latest round. Rebuilt nightly; updated 15 November 2026.
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