Aperture AI funding rounds by month › February 2026
AI funding rounds in February 2026
Aperture Tracker recorded 369 AI funding rounds announced in February 2026, with $183B in disclosed capital raised (305 rounds with a disclosed amount). As of Nov 15, 2026.
Counted by announcement date. Rounds found later for this month are added to it, so these figures can change.
- Rounds announced
- 369
- Disclosed capital raised
- $183B across 305 rounds with a disclosed amount
- Median disclosed round
- $14M
- Largest company's share of disclosed capital
- 66.7%
- Top three companies' share of disclosed capital
- 91.8%
- AI classification
- 269 AI-native, 100 AI-enabled
| Measure | February 2026 | January 2026 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rounds announced | 369 | 308 | +61 |
| Disclosed capital raised | $183B | $35.4B | +$147.6B |
| Rounds with a disclosed amount | 305 | 268 | +37 |
| Company | Stage | Amount | Region | Sector | Lead | Announced | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAI | Stage not stated | $122B | North America | AI Models & Research | — | Feb 27, 2026 | source |
| Anthropic | Series F+ | $30B | North America | AI Models & Research | GIC, Coatue, D. E. Shaw Ventures, Dragoneer, Founders Fund, ICONIQ, MG… | Feb 12, 2026 | source |
| Waymo | Stage not stated | $16B | North America | Robotics & Physical AI | Dragoneer Investment Group, DST Global, Sequoia Capital (co-led) | Feb 2, 2026 | source |
| Wayve | Series D | $1.2B | Europe | Robotics & Physical AI | Eclipse, Balderton, SoftBank Vision Fund 2 (co-led) | Feb 25, 2026 | source |
| World Labs | Series B | $1B | North America | AI Models & Research | — | Feb 18, 2026 | source |
| Cerebras Systems | Series F+ | $1B | North America | AI Hardware & Chips | Tiger Global | Feb 3, 2026 | source |
| Apptronik | Series A | $520M | North America | Robotics & Physical AI | Google, B Capital (co-led) | Feb 11, 2026 | source |
| MatX | Series B | $500M | North America | AI Hardware & Chips | Jane Street, Situational Awareness (co-led) | Feb 24, 2026 | source |
| ElevenLabs | Series D | $500M | Europe | AI Models & Research | Sequoia Capital | Feb 4, 2026 | source |
| SambaNova | Series E | $350M+ | North America | AI Hardware & Chips | Vista Equity Partners, Cambium Capital (co-led) | Feb 24, 2026 | source |
| Region | Rounds | With amount | Disclosed capital raised |
|---|---|---|---|
| North America | 190 | 174 | $177.5B |
| Europe | 74 | 70 | $3B |
| Israel | 11 | 10 | $346M |
| China | 41 | 14 | $1.4B |
| India | 16 | 15 | $92M |
| SEA | 4 | 3 | $18M |
| Japan & South Korea | 13 | 5 | $105M |
| Rest of World | 19 | 13 | $291M |
| Stage | Rounds | With amount | Disclosed capital raised |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-Seed | 28 | 23 | $66M |
| Seed | 109 | 90 | $823M |
| Pre-A | 16 | 8 | $182M |
| Series A | 100 | 93 | $3.5B |
| Series B | 49 | 45 | $4.6B |
| Series C | 11 | 10 | $901M |
| Stage not stated | 39 | 20 | $138.6B |
| Series D | 7 | 7 | $2.5B |
| Growth | 4 | 3 | $45M |
| Series F+ | 4 | 4 | $31.2B |
| Series E | 2 | 2 | $665M |
| Sector | Rounds | With amount | Disclosed capital raised |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enterprise & Vertical AI | 79 | 69 | $1.4B |
| Robotics & Physical AI | 40 | 28 | $19.3B |
| Healthcare & Life Sciences | 39 | 33 | $947M |
| Industry AI | 33 | 24 | $831M |
| Fintech AI | 32 | 29 | $727M |
| AI Agents | 30 | 26 | $557M |
| AI Infrastructure | 29 | 24 | $440M |
| AI Developer Tools | 21 | 17 | $467M |
| Cybersecurity AI | 15 | 13 | $434M |
| AI Hardware & Chips | 13 | 12 | $2.9B |
| Defense & Public Safety AI | 13 | 11 | $556M |
| Consumer & Media AI | 13 | 8 | $164M |
| AI Models & Research | 12 | 11 | $154.3B |
The full list of 369 rounds for February 2026 is in the round log. Rounds announced more than 90 days ago open with a free email sign-in.
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