The AI 100: The 100 Private Companies Defining the Age of AI

Newcomer, in partnership with Bessemer Venture Partners, released its inaugural AI 100 ranking of the most promising private AI companies, with a collective valuation of roughly $3.5 trillion, led by Anthropic at #1, OpenAI at #2, and Databricks at #3. Researcher-heavy model companies make up only 9% of the list but 55% of its valuation, while inference players, pivoted startups like Stripe and Anduril, and video, coding, legal and robotics firms also feature prominently. The ranking weighed revenue, valuation and market share alongside people and culture, with figures fact-checked against company data and PitchBook.