“’Last year’s AI 100 companies had a remarkable run after being named to the list, with more than 50% going on to raise additional financing (totaling $5.2B), including 16 $100 million+ mega-rounds,’ Sanwal stated. “Many also went on to exit via M&A, SPAC or IPO. As industry after industry adopts AI, we expect this year’s class will see similar levels of interest from investors, acquirers and customers.”
According to CB Insights, since 2010, the AI 100 2021 cohort has raised over $11.7 billion in equity funding across 370+ deals from more than 700 investors.”