Lab Index

An index of frontier and emerging AI labs.

Valuation

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LabValuationFoundedSpaceHQFoundersMoreJobs
Anthropic$965B2021Frontier labSan FranciscoDario Amodei, Daniela Amodei, Tom Brown, Chris Olah, Sam McCandlish, Jack Clark, Jared KaplanDetailsApply
OpenAI$852B2015Frontier labSan FranciscoSam Altman, Elon Musk, Ilya Sutskever, Greg Brockman, Wojciech Zaremba, John SchulmanDetailsApply
xAI$250B2023Frontier labPalo AltoElon MuskDetailsApply
Waymo$126B2016Autonomous vehiclesMountain ViewSebastian Thrun, Anthony Levandowski, Chris UrmsonDetailsApply
CoreWeave~$65B (mkt cap)2017AI infrastructureLivingstonMichael Intrator, Brian Venturo, Brannin McBeeDetailsApply
Anduril Industries$61B2017Defense AICosta MesaPalmer Luckey, Brian Schimpf, Trae Stephens, Matt Grimm, Joseph ChenDetailsApply
Cerebras Systems~$56B (mkt cap)2016AI compute hardwareSunnyvaleAndrew Feldman, Gary Lauterbach, Michael James, Sean Lie, Jean-Philippe FrickerDetailsApply
DeepSeek$45B2023Open-source LLMsHangzhouLiang WenfengDetailsApply
Prometheus$41B2025Industrial AISan FranciscoJeff Bezos, Vik BajajDetails
Figure AI$39B2022RoboticsSunnyvaleBrett AdcockDetailsApply
SSI (Safe Superintelligence)$32B2024Frontier labPalo Alto / Tel AvivIlya Sutskever, Daniel Gross, Daniel LevyDetailsApply
Cognition AI$26B2023Coding agentsSan FranciscoScott Wu, Steven Hao, Walden YanDetailsApply
Reflection AI$25B2024Coding agentsNew YorkMisha Laskin, Ioannis AntonoglouDetailsApply
Kling AI$20B2024VideoBeijingSu HuaDetails
Moonshot AI$20B2023Frontier labBeijingYang Zhilin, Zhou Xinyu, Wu YuxinDetails
Perplexity$20B2022Foundation models & agentsSan FranciscoAravind Srinivas, Denis Yarats, Johnny Ho, Andy KonwinskiDetailsApply
Helsing$18B2021Defense AIMunichGundbert Scherf, Niklas Köhler, Torsten ReilDetailsApply
Sierra$15B2023Foundation models & agentsSan FranciscoBret Taylor, Clay BavorDetailsApply
Isomorphic Labs>$15B2021Bio / AI drug discoveryLondonDemis HassabisDetailsApply
Applied Intuition$15B2017Autonomous vehiclesSunnyvaleQasar Younis, Peter LudwigDetailsApply
Mistral AI~$14B2023Open-source LLMsParisArthur Mensch, Guillaume Lample, Timothée LacroixDetailsApply
Skild AI>$14B2023RoboticsPittsburghDeepak Pathak, Abhinav GuptaDetailsApply
Hugging Face$13.5B2016Open-source LLMsBrooklyn, NYClément Delangue, Julien Chaumond, Thomas WolfDetailsApply
Shield AI$12.7B2015Defense AISan DiegoBrandon Tseng, Ryan Tseng, Andrew ReiterDetailsApply
Thinking Machines Lab$12B2025Frontier labSan FranciscoMira MuratiDetailsApply
Poolside$12B2023Coding modelsParis / San FranciscoEiso Kant, Jason WarnerDetailsApply
MiniMax~$11.5B2021Foundation models & agentsShanghaiYan Junjie, Yang Bin, Zhou YucongDetailsApply
Physical Intelligence~$11B2024RoboticsSan FranciscoSergey Levine, Karol Hausman, Chelsea FinnDetailsApply
ElevenLabs$11B2022VoiceLondonMati Staniszewski, Piotr DabkowskiDetailsApply
Harvey$11B2022Legal AISan FranciscoWinston Weinberg, Gabriel PereyraDetailsApply
StepFun$10B2023Foundation models & agentsShanghaiJiang DaxinDetails

confirmed valuation * rumored or estimated ~ approximate > lower bound < upper bound (mkt cap) public market cap (acq.) acquisition price

Frontier lab2021San Francisco
Founders: Dario Amodei, Daniela Amodei, Tom Brown, Chris Olah, Sam McCandlish, Jack Clark, Jared Kaplan
$852B
Frontier lab2015San Francisco
Founders: Sam Altman, Elon Musk, Ilya Sutskever, Greg Brockman, Wojciech Zaremba, John Schulman
$250B
Frontier lab2023Palo Alto
Founders: Elon Musk
$126B
Autonomous vehicles2016Mountain View
Founders: Sebastian Thrun, Anthony Levandowski, Chris Urmson
~$65B (mkt cap)
AI infrastructure2017Livingston
Founders: Michael Intrator, Brian Venturo, Brannin McBee
Defense AI2017Costa Mesa
Founders: Palmer Luckey, Brian Schimpf, Trae Stephens, Matt Grimm, Joseph Chen
~$56B (mkt cap)
AI compute hardware2016Sunnyvale
Founders: Andrew Feldman, Gary Lauterbach, Michael James, Sean Lie, Jean-Philippe Fricker
Open-source LLMs2023Hangzhou
Founders: Liang Wenfeng
Industrial AI2025San Francisco
Founders: Jeff Bezos, Vik Bajaj
Robotics2022Sunnyvale
Founders: Brett Adcock
Frontier lab2024Palo Alto / Tel Aviv
Founders: Ilya Sutskever, Daniel Gross, Daniel Levy
Coding agents2023San Francisco
Founders: Scott Wu, Steven Hao, Walden Yan
Coding agents2024New York
Founders: Misha Laskin, Ioannis Antonoglou
Video2024Beijing
Founders: Su Hua
Frontier lab2023Beijing
Founders: Yang Zhilin, Zhou Xinyu, Wu Yuxin
Foundation models & agents2022San Francisco
Founders: Aravind Srinivas, Denis Yarats, Johnny Ho, Andy Konwinski
Defense AI2021Munich
Founders: Gundbert Scherf, Niklas Köhler, Torsten Reil
$15B
Foundation models & agents2023San Francisco
Founders: Bret Taylor, Clay Bavor
Bio / AI drug discovery2021London
Founders: Demis Hassabis
Autonomous vehicles2017Sunnyvale
Founders: Qasar Younis, Peter Ludwig
Open-source LLMs2023Paris
Founders: Arthur Mensch, Guillaume Lample, Timothée Lacroix
Robotics2023Pittsburgh
Founders: Deepak Pathak, Abhinav Gupta
Open-source LLMs2016Brooklyn, NY
Founders: Clément Delangue, Julien Chaumond, Thomas Wolf
$12.7B
Defense AI2015San Diego
Founders: Brandon Tseng, Ryan Tseng, Andrew Reiter
Frontier lab2025San Francisco
Founders: Mira Murati
Coding models2023Paris / San Francisco
Founders: Eiso Kant, Jason Warner
~$11.5B
Foundation models & agents2021Shanghai
Founders: Yan Junjie, Yang Bin, Zhou Yucong
Robotics2024San Francisco
Founders: Sergey Levine, Karol Hausman, Chelsea Finn
Voice2022London
Founders: Mati Staniszewski, Piotr Dabkowski
$11B
Legal AI2022San Francisco
Founders: Winston Weinberg, Gabriel Pereyra
Foundation models & agents2023Shanghai
Founders: Jiang Daxin