Aperture AI funding rounds by month › May 2026
AI funding rounds in May 2026
Aperture Tracker recorded 306 AI funding rounds announced in May 2026, with $86.5B in disclosed capital raised (248 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
- 306
- Disclosed capital raised
- $86.5B across 248 rounds with a disclosed amount
- Median disclosed round
- $15M
- Largest company's share of disclosed capital
- 75.2%
- Top three companies' share of disclosed capital
- 83.8%
- AI classification
- 219 AI-native, 87 AI-enabled
| Measure | May 2026 | April 2026 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rounds announced | 306 | 378 | −72 |
| Disclosed capital raised | $86.5B | $13.8B | +$72.7B |
| Rounds with a disclosed amount | 248 | 318 | −70 |
| Company | Stage | Amount | Region | Sector | Lead | Announced | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthropic | Series F+ | $65B | North America | AI Models & Research | Altimeter Capital, Dragoneer, Greenoaks, Sequoia Capital, Capital Grou… | May 28, 2026 | source |
| Anduril Industries | Series F+ | $5B | North America | Defense & Public Safety AI | Thrive Capital, Andreessen Horowitz (co-led) | May 13, 2026 | source |
| Stepfun (Jieyue Xingchen) | Stage not stated | $2.5B | China | AI Models & Research | — | May 8, 2026 | source |
| Isomorphic Labs | Series B | $2.1B | Europe | Healthcare & Life Sciences | Thrive Capital | May 12, 2026 | source |
| Moonshot AI | Series D | ~$2B | China | AI Models & Research | Long-Z Investments | May 7, 2026 | source |
| Sierra | Stage not stated | $950M | North America | AI Agents | Google Ventures, Tiger Global (co-led) | May 4, 2026 | source |
| Hark | Series A | $700M | North America | AI Models & Research | Parkway Venture Capital | May 21, 2026 | source |
| Mind Robotics | Series A | $400M | North America | Robotics & Physical AI | Kleiner Perkins | May 13, 2026 | source |
| Modal Labs | Series C | $355M | North America | AI Infrastructure | General Catalyst, Redpoint Ventures (co-led) | May 21, 2026 | source |
| Decart | Series B | $300M | Israel | AI Models & Research | Radical Ventures | May 18, 2026 | source |
| Region | Rounds | With amount | Disclosed capital raised |
|---|---|---|---|
| North America | 144 | 129 | $77.2B |
| Europe | 67 | 61 | $3.2B |
| Israel | 8 | 8 | $465M |
| China | 37 | 12 | $5.1B |
| India | 15 | 14 | $74M |
| SEA | 2 | 1 | $5M |
| Japan & South Korea | 16 | 11 | $266M |
| Rest of World | 17 | 12 | $195M |
| Stage | Rounds | With amount | Disclosed capital raised |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-Seed | 34 | 29 | $94M |
| Seed | 105 | 90 | $1B |
| Pre-A | 12 | 7 | $200M |
| Series A | 61 | 50 | $2.5B |
| Series B | 45 | 35 | $5B |
| Series C | 14 | 10 | $1.1B |
| Stage not stated | 26 | 18 | $3.8B |
| Series F+ | 4 | 4 | $70.3B |
| Series E | 2 | 2 | $180M |
| Series D | 2 | 2 | $2.1B |
| Growth | 1 | 1 | $200M |
| Sector | Rounds | With amount | Disclosed capital raised |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enterprise & Vertical AI | 51 | 42 | $778M |
| Healthcare & Life Sciences | 48 | 38 | $2.7B |
| Robotics & Physical AI | 35 | 20 | $1.1B |
| Fintech AI | 31 | 28 | $946M |
| AI Infrastructure | 27 | 23 | $1.7B |
| AI Agents | 25 | 24 | $1.7B |
| Industry AI | 24 | 21 | $583M |
| Consumer & Media AI | 16 | 13 | $116M |
| Cybersecurity AI | 13 | 9 | $349M |
| AI Models & Research | 12 | 11 | $70.6B |
| AI Developer Tools | 10 | 9 | $255M |
| AI Hardware & Chips | 8 | 4 | $374M |
| Defense & Public Safety AI | 6 | 6 | $5.2B |
The full list of 306 rounds for May 2026 is in the round log. Rounds announced more than 90 days ago open with a free email sign-in.
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