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AI Mega-Rounds H1 2026 Tracker

Every $100M+ AI financing round in the first half of 2026. OpenAI $122B, Anthropic $30B Series G at $380B, xAI continued raises, plus the next tier of vertical AI labs.

By Ramanath, CTO & Co-Founder at Presenc AI · Last updated: June 2026

This page tracks every reported AI financing round above $100M in the first half of 2026, compiled from public reporting across Crunchbase, PitchBook, TechCrunch, The Information, FT, and Bloomberg.

H1 2026 $100M+ Rounds

CompanyRoundAmountPost-MoneyLead
OpenAIPrimary (Q1)$122B~$750B FDSoftBank
AnthropicSeries G$30B$380BLightspeed
xAIPrimary~$10B+~$200B+Multiple
Thinking Machines LabsSeries B$5B$50BReported
PerplexityPrimary~$2B+$9B+Multiple
Together AIPrimary~$500M$3.3BNVIDIA-aligned
Fireworks AISeries C~$300M~$2BReported
Cursor (Anysphere)Primary~$500M+~$10B+Multiple
GleanPrimary~$300M~$7B+Reported
HarveyPrimary~$300M~$5BReported
SierraPrimary~$200M~$4B+Reported
DecagonPrimary~$200M~$3B+Reported
Hippocratic AIPrimary~$200M+~$3B+Reported
ReplitPrimary~$200M~$3B+Reported
CoherePrimary~$500M$6.8BNVIDIA, Cisco, AMD
MistralPrimary~$1B+$13.7BASML strategic + multiple
FigurePrimary~$1.5B~$40BMultiple
Skild AIPrimary~$500M~$5B+Reported

Key Takeaways

  • OpenAI's $122B primary in Q1 2026 is the largest single private financing in technology history.
  • Anthropic's $30B Series G at $380B is the largest pure-play AI Series round.
  • Application-layer AI rounds (Cursor, Glean, Harvey, Sierra) crossed $100M routinely in H1, up from selectively in 2025.
  • Robotics-adjacent AI (Figure, Skild AI) drew >$2B combined, signaling embodied-AI as the next mega-round category.

Methodology

Rounds compiled from public reporting through June 2026. Amounts and valuations are reported figures, not audited. Companies that closed rounds in H1 2026 below $100M are tracked separately. Updated monthly.

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Frequently Asked Questions

OpenAI's $122B primary round in Q1 2026, the largest single private financing in technology history.
At least 18 distinct reported rounds across foundation labs, application-layer SaaS, infrastructure, and robotics-adjacent AI categories.
Application-layer AI (Cursor, Glean, Harvey, Sierra, Decagon, Hippocratic AI, Replit) crossed $100M routinely, up from selectively in 2025.
Reported H1 2026 raises from Figure (~$1.5B) and Skild AI (~$500M) plus continued Boston Dynamics and Tesla Optimus investment suggest yes. Embodied-AI is shaping as the H2 2026 frontier mega-round category.

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