{
  "unit": "companies",
  "snapshot": "2026-09-23",
  "query": "queries/measures.json",
  "note": "AI companies headquartered in the United States, founded 2022 or later, with a headcount of 50 or less and a latest round of 50,000,000 or more that pass the checks in queries/measures.json. Bands and months only; names refer to the company.",
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      "definition": "definition",
      "headcount_max": 10,
      "amount_min": 50000000,
      "count": 2
    },
    {
      "group": "definition-headcount-10-amount-100m",
      "definition": "definition",
      "headcount_max": 10,
      "amount_min": 100000000,
      "count": 2
    },
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      "definition": "definition",
      "headcount_max": 50,
      "amount_min": 50000000,
      "count": 14
    },
    {
      "group": "definition-headcount-50-amount-100m",
      "definition": "definition",
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      "amount_min": 100000000,
      "count": 6
    },
    {
      "group": "definition-headcount-100-amount-50m",
      "definition": "definition",
      "headcount_max": 100,
      "amount_min": 50000000,
      "count": 29
    },
    {
      "group": "definition-headcount-100-amount-100m",
      "definition": "definition",
      "headcount_max": 100,
      "amount_min": 100000000,
      "count": 16
    },
    {
      "group": "loose-headcount-10-amount-50m",
      "definition": "loose",
      "headcount_max": 10,
      "amount_min": 50000000,
      "count": 3
    },
    {
      "group": "loose-headcount-10-amount-100m",
      "definition": "loose",
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      "count": 2
    },
    {
      "group": "loose-headcount-50-amount-50m",
      "definition": "loose",
      "headcount_max": 50,
      "amount_min": 50000000,
      "count": 29
    },
    {
      "group": "loose-headcount-50-amount-100m",
      "definition": "loose",
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      "amount_min": 100000000,
      "count": 10
    },
    {
      "group": "loose-headcount-100-amount-50m",
      "definition": "loose",
      "headcount_max": 100,
      "amount_min": 50000000,
      "count": 65
    },
    {
      "group": "loose-headcount-100-amount-100m",
      "definition": "loose",
      "headcount_max": 100,
      "amount_min": 100000000,
      "count": 28
    }
  ],
  "dropped": [
    {
      "company": "Lightwheel",
      "reason": "a 1,000,000,000 round for a team of 35: amount taken as a data error"
    },
    {
      "company": "HOMI AI",
      "reason": "a 1,200,000,000 round for a team of 7: amount taken as a data error"
    },
    {
      "company": "Rebellion Defense",
      "reason": "the round (2021) predates the founding year on the record (2025)"
    },
    {
      "company": "LootMogul",
      "reason": "a sports and gaming platform; AI is one tag among many"
    },
    {
      "company": "Moonwalk Biosciences",
      "reason": "an epigenetics biotech; AI is one tag among many"
    },
    {
      "company": "PRINS AI TECHNOLOGY LTD",
      "reason": "a domain listing for sale, one employee"
    },
    {
      "company": "Empress Therapeutics",
      "reason": "a drug discovery biotech; no tag names AI as its method"
    },
    {
      "company": "Real Messenger",
      "reason": "a real estate messaging app; AI is one tag among many"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "company": "Mind Robotics",
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      "headcount_band": "11-25",
      "hq_country": "United States",
      "amount_band": "250m-1b",
      "month": "2026-03"
    },
    {
      "company": "Accrual",
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      "headcount_band": "11-25",
      "hq_country": "United States",
      "amount_band": "50m-100m",
      "month": "2026-02"
    },
    {
      "company": "WhiteFiber",
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      "headcount_band": "26-50",
      "hq_country": "United States",
      "amount_band": "100m-250m",
      "month": "2026-01"
    },
    {
      "company": "Ricursive Intelligence",
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      "headcount_band": "11-25",
      "hq_country": "United States",
      "amount_band": "250m-1b",
      "month": "2026-01"
    },
    {
      "company": "Inferact",
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      "headcount_band": "11-25",
      "hq_country": "United States",
      "amount_band": "100m-250m",
      "month": "2026-01"
    },
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      "company": "Gyde",
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      "headcount_band": "26-50",
      "hq_country": "United States",
      "amount_band": "50m-100m",
      "month": "2026-01"
    },
    {
      "company": "General Intuition",
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      "headcount_band": "26-50",
      "hq_country": "United States",
      "amount_band": "100m-250m",
      "month": "2025-11"
    },
    {
      "company": "Arbiter",
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      "headcount_band": "26-50",
      "hq_country": "United States",
      "amount_band": "50m-100m",
      "month": "2025-11"
    },
    {
      "company": "ZeroClick",
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      "headcount_band": "26-50",
      "hq_country": "United States",
      "amount_band": "50m-100m",
      "month": "2025-09"
    },
    {
      "company": "Titan",
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      "headcount_band": "26-50",
      "hq_country": "United States",
      "amount_band": "50m-100m",
      "month": "2025-09"
    },
    {
      "company": "Majestic Labs ai",
      "founded_year": 2023,
      "headcount_band": "26-50",
      "hq_country": "United States",
      "amount_band": "50m-100m",
      "month": "2025-09"
    },
    {
      "company": "Slingshot AI",
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      "headcount_band": "26-50",
      "hq_country": "United States",
      "amount_band": "50m-100m",
      "month": "2025-08"
    },
    {
      "company": "Radical AI",
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      "headcount_band": "26-50",
      "hq_country": "United States",
      "amount_band": "50m-100m",
      "month": "2025-08"
    },
    {
      "company": "Nous Research",
      "founded_year": 2023,
      "headcount_band": "26-50",
      "hq_country": "United States",
      "amount_band": "50m-100m",
      "month": "2025-05"
    },
    {
      "company": "Rhino.ai",
      "founded_year": 2023,
      "headcount_band": "26-50",
      "hq_country": "United States",
      "amount_band": "50m-100m",
      "month": "2025-01"
    },
    {
      "company": "Protect AI",
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      "headcount_band": "26-50",
      "hq_country": "United States",
      "amount_band": "50m-100m",
      "month": "2024-08"
    },
    {
      "company": "Kimia Therapeutics",
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      "headcount_band": "26-50",
      "hq_country": "United States",
      "amount_band": "50m-100m",
      "month": "2023-12"
    },
    {
      "company": "Essential AI",
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      "headcount_band": "26-50",
      "hq_country": "United States",
      "amount_band": "50m-100m",
      "month": "2023-12"
    },
    {
      "company": "Deep Apple Therapeutics",
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      "hq_country": "United States",
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      "month": "2023-12"
    },
    {
      "company": "Cortex EP",
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      "hq_country": "United States",
      "amount_band": "50m-100m",
      "month": "2023-12"
    },
    {
      "company": "Black Ore",
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      "hq_country": "United States",
      "amount_band": "50m-100m",
      "month": "2023-11"
    }
  ]
}