The Journey To $100M ARR For AI Startups
Discovering the most promising AI companies that have achieved $100M in ARR.
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The Journey To $100M ARR
At some point, we will witness the first single-employee unicorn company. This highlights the immense opportunity ahead—AI-powered startups with small teams are shaping the future, reaching $100M+ in ARR faster than ever before. And there are many already on this path.
In this edition, we explore:
AI startups that have surpassed $100M+ in ARR.
20+ AI startups and their pitch decks, offering insights into how they raised millions.
The Ultimate Startup AI Handbook.
Let’s dive in.
AI startups that have crossed $100M+ in ARR
Since we published one of the first Generative AI market maps, shortly after ChatGPT was released, thousands of AI startups have emerged and there is a new growing trend—startups need fewer employees and the rate of them reaching $100M in ARR has been quicker than ever before.
Discover 30+ of the most promising AI startups already generating $100M+—and those well on their way.
Read The Pitch Decks
In addition, discover 20+ AI startups that have raised millions in funding, some of which are already generating $100M plus, and a number of startups (outside of the market map above), who are achieving impressive revenues.
Companies include:
ElevenLabs — Pioneering research in Text to Speech, AI Voice Generator, and more.
Vercel — Provides the developer tools and cloud infrastructure to build, scale, and secure a faster, more personalized web.
Mistral AI — Frontier AI. In Your Hands.
Perplexity — A conversational search engine.
Orbital Witness — The all-in-one property diligence automation platform for lawyers and property professionals.
Gendo — AI for Architecture & Design.
Wondercraft — Amazingly easy audio content creation.
Kinnu — Learn anything. Remember everything.
Portkey — Control Panel for AI Apps
Elise AI — Industry Leading AI for Housing and Healthcare
Aindo — Trusted synthetic data.
Supernormal — Make every meeting count.
Creative Fabrica — Premium Crafting Fonts, Graphics & More.
Hour One — Human-Centric Storytelling.
Synthesia — Turn text to video, in minutes.
Qventus — AI teammates to automate hospital operations.
Reflexivity — Data that finally speaks your language.
StackGen — The Generative Infrastructure Platform.
RapidCanvas — Trusted AI solutions that deliver measurable business impact fast.
Endeavor — Grow, keep, & win more customers withAI Agents.
Pruna AI — Make your models faster.
Deckmatch — AI Workflows for Your Chaotic Top of Funnel.
The Ultimate Startup AI Handbook
With AI advancing at rapid pace, bringing new founders, startups, advisors, emerging funds, and world-class talent together who are looking for new opportunities every day. Communities are also forming both locally and globally, offering us more ways to connect and collaborate.
As the landscape evolves, finding a single, comprehensive handbook made up of the most prominent networks including which investors are actively investing in AI, the most notable operators advising early and later stage startups, the communities which are moving the ecosystem forward with proactive conversations taking place, and the latest and greatest startups throughout the AI ecosystem has proven challenging—from my own experience and conversations with many of you.
So, we created one for you: The Ultimate Startup AI Handbook which has been updated since we first released it.
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