Forbes AI 50 2025
Forbes AI 50 2025 by Forbes: 21 startups listed. The entries on record, movement since the last edition, and method notes.
7th annual AI 50. Combined funding reported by Specter at about $142 billion, with OpenAI and Anthropic accounting for most of it. Sequoia framed the edition around AI agents moving beyond chat.
The list on record
This page shows the 21 entries on record of 50 published. 21 members confirmed from Sequoia's companion article, Specter's analysis, Forbes' 2026 text (Scale AI, xAI, Windsurf) and company releases; full list not retrieved (Forbes article pages returned HTTP 403). The original list.
| Name |
|---|
| Abridge |
| Anthropic |
| Anysphere |
| OpenAI |
| xAI |
| Harvey |
| Sierra |
| Figure AI |
| Skild AI |
| Writer |
| Speak |
| OpenEvidence |
| ElevenLabs |
| Together AI |
| Lambda |
| Decagon |
| Luminance |
| VAST Data |
| DeepL |
| Scale AI |
| Windsurf |
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