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379 startups announced funding in August 2026. Stage, amount, investors and market for each round, with a business-model breakdown per company.
By region: China 83 · North America 80 · Other regions 62 · Europe 52 · Korea 44 · Asia 33 · Japan 25
Enterprise AI agents.
World models for physical AI.
AI-powered vision for manufacturing, food processing and construction frontlines.
Stablecoin payments.
Cancer therapy.
Enterprise voice AI infrastructure.
Software to unify AI models and chips and match tasks to chips
Edtech
Construction materials.
EdTech.
Autonomous drone infrastructure.
Low-water mycelium protein.
AI exam-prep tutor for GCSE, IGCSE, A-Level and IB students with instant feedback on practice answers, handwriting recognition and progress tracking; Medly Open for university…
DataFlow AI is a chat-driven AI workflow platform that automates manufacturers' 'gap work' outside ERP, replacing Excel macros and capturing veterans' tacit knowledge.
AI that automates hardware design from specifications and schematics.
Ultra-low-power AI semiconductors.
AI platform that turns text prompts into hardware designs and build plans with component lists, assembly instructions and sourcing.
Edtech developing its own AI models for basic and higher education.
Ultra-low-power AI compute infrastructure.
Jem is a WhatsApp-based AI-powered workforce management platform for employers of deskless/frontline workers, offering document management, onboarding, time and attendance, leave…
Solar products
Operates and programs a building tied to a large Gwanghwamun digital billboard (G-Planet): space planning and content/brand sourcing.
Open-source AI infrastructure and model community.
Helps hotels reclaim in-room dining from delivery apps.
Orthopedics
Spatial-AI B2B SaaS
Turbine sensors.
Cloud storage that makes cloud files appear and edit as local files in the operating system without using local disk space.
Develops m-DAC direct air capture of CO2.
Single-family rental software.
Consumer brain-computer interface for adaptive brain-state optimisation.
DLM-AOP, an 'agent compiler' that turns a company's business intent, knowledge and processes into deployable AI agents with permissions, audit and human hand-off.
Biotech.
Optical six-axis force sensors and sensing components for embodied-AI robots.
Engineer agents for civil works (transport, high-speed rail maintenance, housing inspection, contract and cost control) paired with a handheld 'Pocket Engineer' field device.
Running-wear brand Molden.
Defence tech / drone maker
Voice dictation (Wispr Flow) moving beyond dictation.
AI automation for brick-and-mortar businesses.
Tax software and a pre-approved accredited service provider for UAE e-invoicing.
Construction draw management software that centralises document collection, compliance reviews, budget validation and draw packaging for lenders and developers.
AI virtual receptionist and admin system for trades and service businesses, now an AI operating system handling enquiries, scheduling, job coordination, quotes, invoicing and…
Korean skincare brand.
Closes the gap between AI pilots and enterprise deployment
Spatial intelligence platform for live sports.
Autonomous construction equipment.
AI inference cloud.
AI video.