Cohere Canadian AI startup focused on natural language processing, customized language model APIs and SaaS solutions for enterprises, valued at over $5 billion. 01,3230 Overseas SelectionForbes AI 50 (2025)# Cohere
Stability AI Focuses on developing open source, easy-to-use and powerful AI models, especially text-to-image generation models based on diffusion techniques, such as Stable Diffusion, aiming to drive the popularity and innovation of AI technologies. 01,3360 Overseas SelectionIndustry Newcomers
OpenAI Founded in 2015 and valued at $100 billion, it is focused on developing general artificial intelligence (AGI) to drive the adoption of generative AI technologies that are safe and widely beneficial to humanity. 01,3030 Forbes AI 50 (2024)Forbes AI 50 (2025)
Cresta Valued at $1.6 billion, focused on AI call centers, founded in 2017 and headquartered in California, USA 01,2300 Forbes AI 50 (2024)
Cradle Valued at over $100 million, focused on AI to assist in designing and engineering proteins 2021, based in Delft, Netherlands 01,2800 Forbes AI 50 (2024)
Cohere Valued at over $5 billion, focused on AI big model R&D, founded in 2019 and headquartered in Toronto, Canada 01,3780 Forbes AI 50 (2024)
Codeium Inc Valued at nearly $1.25 billion, focused on AI-powered programming aids, founded in 2021, based in California, USA 08,3090 Forbes AI 50 (2024)
Cleanlab Valued at over $100 million, focused on data center AI, founded in California in 2021 01,2540 Forbes AI 50 (2024)
Character.AI Valued at over $1 billion, focused on chatbot development, founded in California in 2021 03,2510 Forbes AI 50 (2024)
Cerebras Systems Valued at nearly $5 billion, focusing on AI chip technology, founded in California in 2015 01,4970 Forbes AI 50 (2024)
Baseten Valued at over $200 million, specializing in app building platforms, founded in California in 2019 01,6350 Forbes AI 50 (2024)Forbes AI 50 (2025)
AssemblyAI Valued at over $2 billion, focused on AI speech recognition, founded in 2017 in California, USA 01,4450 Forbes AI 50 (2024)
Anyscale Valued at over $1 billion, focused on distributed computing, founded in California in 2019 year 01,8600 Forbes AI 50 (2024)
Anthropic Valued at $61.5 billion, focused on AI big model development, founded in 2021 San Francisco-based AI research company 01,2360 Forbes AI 50 (2024)Forbes AI 50 (2025)
Anduril Industries Valued at $8.48 billion, focused on defense software and hardware, founded in California in 2017 075,7020 Forbes AI 50 (2024)
Adept Valued at $1 billion, focused on AI big model development , founded in California in 2022 01,5520 Forbes AI 50 (2024)
Abridge Valued at $2.5 billion, focused on medical AI healthcare, founded in 2018 in Pennsylvania, USA 01,5440 Forbes AI 50 (2024)Forbes AI 50 (2025)# AI Medical