Which startups have raised the most funding in the AI code assistant market?
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The AI code assistant market is moving fast, with capital concentrating around AI-native IDEs, software engineering agents, and prompt-based app builders.
We update this list every month, so investors, founders, and operators can track which AI coding startups are raising the most funding.
The ranking is based on cumulative disclosed fundraising, which helps show where venture capital is flowing across the AI code assistant market.
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A quick summary table
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Most funded startup | Cursor, with $3.4B raised |
| Second most funded startup | Cognition, with $1.9B raised |
| Largest funding round | Cursor, with a $2.3B Series D in November 2025 |
| Median funding | About $1M |
| Share of funding captured by the top 10 | About 90% |
| Median time since last round | About 16 months |
| Startups that raised funding in the last 12 months | About 27 startups |
| AI code assistant funding concentration | Top 5 startups raised about 74% of disclosed capital |
| AI coding startup acquisition count | Several acquired companies, including Windsurf, Supermaven, Continue, Base44, and Fine.dev |
| AI app-builder funding pool | Lovable, Bolt.new, Emergent, Rocket.new, Create.xyz, and Mage raised about $818M combined |

This chart, featured in our AI code assistant market deck, illustrates yearly VC funding for AI code assistant startups
Top startups in the AI code assistant market ranked by total funding raised
Here is an updated table that ranks the top startups in the AI code assistant market based on the total amount of funding they have raised to date.
The table also includes the total number of funding rounds, the date and size of the latest round, the financing type, key investors, the startup’s current status, and a confidence score based on the data collected.
If you're interested in knowing how much these startups are worth, you can check our list of the top startups in the AI code assistant market ranked by valuation.
| # | Startup | What They Do | Total Raised ($) | Total Rounds | Last Round Date | Last Round Amount ($) | Last Round Type | Key Investors | Current Stage | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cursor | AI coding IDE | $3.4B | 6 | November 2025 | $2.3B | Series D | Accel, Coatue, Nvidia | Active | Strong |
| 2 | Cognition | Autonomous AI software engineer | $1.9B | 5 | May 2026 | $1.0B | Series D | Lux Capital, General Catalyst, 8VC | Active | Partial |
| 3 | CodeGeeX / Zhipu AI | AI code generation model | $1.4B | 12 | April 2025 | $27M | Later-stage funding | Meituan, Prosperity7 Ventures, Legend Capital | Active | Partial |
| 4 | Replit | AI software creation platform | $877M | 8 | March 2026 | $400M | Series D | Georgian, G Squared, Prysm Capital | Active | Strong |
| 5 | Poolside | AI models for software development | $626M | 3 | October 2024 | $500M | Series B | Bain Capital Ventures, DST Global, Nvidia | Active | Strong |
| 6 | Lovable | Prompt-based app builder | $553M | 4 | December 2025 | $330M | Series B | CapitalG, Menlo Ventures, Khosla Ventures | Active | Full |
| 7 | Magic | Frontier AI coding models | $515M | 5 | August 2024 | $320M | Series C | Eric Schmidt, Sequoia, Jane Street | Active | Partial |
| 8 | Augment Code | AI coding assistant for teams | $252M | 2 | April 2024 | $227M | Series B | Sutter Hill Ventures, Index Ventures, Lightspeed | Active | Strong |
| 9 | Windsurf | Agentic coding IDE | $243M | 4 | August 2024 | $150M | Series C | General Catalyst, Kleiner Perkins, Greenoaks | Acquired | Full |
| 10 | Sourcegraph | Code search and AI coding | $223M | 5 | July 2021 | $125M | Series D | Andreessen Horowitz, Insight Partners, Geodesic | Active | Strong |
| 11 | Factory AI | Enterprise AI coding agents | $220M | 4 | April 2026 | $150M | Series C | Khosla Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Blackstone | Active | Full |
| 12 | Bolt.new / StackBlitz | AI full-stack app builder | $135M | 3 | January 2025 | $106M | Series B | Emergence Capital, GV, Madrona | Active | Strong |
| 13 | Tessl | AI-native software development | $125M | 2 | November 2024 | $100M | Series A | Index Ventures, Accel, GV | Active | Full |
| 14 | Qodo | AI code review and governance | $120M | 3 | March 2026 | $70M | Series B | Qumra Capital, Maor Ventures, Square Peg | Active | Full |
| 15 | Emergent | AI app creation platform | $100M | 3 | January 2026 | $70M | Series B | Khosla Ventures, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Lightspeed | Active | Full |
| 16 | Mintlify | AI documentation platform | $66M | 3 | April 2026 | $45M | Series B | Andreessen Horowitz, Salesforce Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures | Active | Full |
| 17 | Tabnine | Enterprise AI code completion | $55M | 4 | November 2023 | $25M | Series B | Telstra Ventures, Atlassian Ventures, Elaia | Active | Strong |
| 18 | Zed | Collaborative AI code editor | $45M | 3 | August 2025 | $32M | Series B | Sequoia Capital, Redpoint Ventures, Root Ventures | Active | Strong |
| 19 | Cline | Open-source coding agent | $32M | 2 | July 2025 | $27M | Series A | Emergence Capital, Pace Capital, 1984 Ventures | Active | Strong |
| 20 | Codesphere | Cloud development platform | $24M | 3 | May 2024 | $18M | Series A | Creandum, LEA Partners, 42CAP | Active | Partial |
| 21 | Conductor | Parallel coding agent manager | $22M | 2 | March 2026 | $22M | Series A | Spark, Matrix, Y Combinator | Active | Partial |
| 22 | Pieces | On-device developer workflow copilot | $22M | 2 | July 2024 | $14M | Series A | Drive Capital, Cintrifuse Capital, RedHawk Ventures | Active | Strong |
| 23 | Rocket.new | AI app builder | $15M | 1 | October 2025 | $15M | Seed | Salesforce Ventures, Accel, Together Fund | Active | Strong |
| 24 | Supermaven | Fast AI code completion | $12M | 1 | September 2024 | $12M | Seed / Series A | Bessemer Venture Partners, John Schulman, Denis Yarats | Acquired | Strong |
| 25 | Phind | Developer AI answer engine | $11M | 2 | December 2025 | $10M | Series A | Bessemer Venture Partners, Y Combinator | Shutdown | Partial |
| 26 | Create.xyz | Text-to-app builder | $9M | 2 | August 2025 | $6M | Series A | Bessemer Venture Partners, Tobi Lütke, angels | Active | Strong |
| 27 | Bito | AI code review agent | $9M | 2 | May 2025 | $6M | Seed extension | Vela Partners, NextView Ventures, Eniac Ventures | Active | Full |
| 28 | Kilo Code | Open-source coding agent platform | $8M | 1 | December 2025 | $8M | Seed | Cota Capital, General Catalyst, Quiet Capital | Active | Full |
| 29 | Bloop | AI code search and modernization | $7M | 2 | December 2021 | $7M | Series A | Sands Capital Ventures, Khosla Ventures, LocalGlobe | Active | Strong |
| 30 | Nozomio | Context layer for coding agents | $7M | 2 | September 2025 | $6M | Seed | CRV, BoxGroup, LocalGlobe | Active | Strong |
| 31 | Sim | Visual AI agent builder | $7M | 1 | November 2025 | $7M | Series A | Standard Capital, Perplexity Fund, SV Angel | Active | Full |
| 32 | Mage | AI developer tools | $6M | 1 | October 2021 | $6M | Seed | Gradient Ventures, Designer Fund, angels | Active | Full |
| 33 | Tempo | Visual React AI editor | $6M | 2 | October 2025 | $5M | Seed | Golden Ventures, BoxGroup, Webflow Ventures | Active | Strong |
| 34 | Alex | Xcode AI coding copilot | $5M | 1 | August 2025 | $5M | Seed | Y Combinator, Andreessen Horowitz, Breakers | Acquired | Partial |
| 35 | Continue | Open-source coding assistant | $5M | 2 | February 2025 | $3M | Seed | Heavybit, Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund | Acquired | Strong |
| 36 | All Hands AI | Open-source software engineering agents | $5M | 1 | September 2024 | $5M | Seed | Menlo Ventures, Pillar VC, Betaworks | Active | Full |
| 37 | Pythagora | Natural-language app development | $4M | 1 | May 2024 | $4M | Seed | Y Combinator, Inovo VC, 500 Emerging Europe | Active | Full |
| 38 | TabbyML | Self-hosted AI coding assistant | $3M | 1 | October 2023 | $3M | Seed | Yunqi Partners, ZooCap, WVV Capital | Active | Full |
| 39 | Cosine | Autonomous AI software engineer | $3M | 2 | August 2024 | $3M | Seed | UpHonest Capital, Soma Capital, Lakestar | Active | Strong |
| 40 | Silimate | Copilot for chip designers | $3M | 1 | 2023 | $3M | Seed | Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund, The MBA Fund | Active | Partial |
| 41 | Codeflash | AI Python performance optimization | $2M | 1 | 2024 | $2M | Seed | Gradient Ventures | Active | Partial |
| 42 | OpenBuilder | Open-source vibe coding platform | $2M | 1 | April 2026 | $2M | Seed | Focal, Founder Factor, Pascal Capital | Active | Full |
| 43 | Refact.ai | Self-hosted coding agent | $2M | 1 | January 2024 | $2M | Undisclosed equity | Undisclosed investors | Active | Partial |
| 44 | Autocode | Cloud coding automation platform | $2M | 1 | Undisclosed | $2M | Seed | BlueYard, Nordic Makers | Shutdown | Partial |
| 45 | Mesmer | CTO engineering visibility assistant | $2M | 1 | 2025 | $2M | Seed / Early-stage | Not publicly disclosed | Active | Low |
| 46 | Sourcery | AI code review and refactoring | $2M | 2 | January 2022 | $2M | Seed | Forward Partners, Runa Capital, Techstars | Active | Strong |
| 47 | EasyCode | Codebase-aware AI assistant | $1M | 1 | September 2023 | $1M | Pre-seed | Y Combinator, Focal, Eric Fung | Active | Strong |
| 48 | Storia AI | AI code knowledge platform | $1M | 2 | September 2024 | $1M | Seed | Madrona Venture Labs | Active | Strong |
| 49 | MutableAI | AI codebase documentation | $1M | 2 | 2023 | Undisclosed | Seed | Y Combinator, Samsung NEXT, AIX Ventures | Acquired | Partial |
| 50 | CodeComplete | Enterprise AI coding assistant | $1M | 1 | March 2023 | $1M | Seed | Y Combinator, Amino Capital, Cartography Capital | Shutdown | Strong |
| 51 | Melty | Chat-first code editor | $1M | 1 | 2024 | $1M | Seed / Pre-seed | Y Combinator | Active | Strong |
| 52 | PearAI | Open-source AI code editor | $1M | 1 | December 2024 | $1M | Seed | Y Combinator | Active | Full |
| 53 | CodeStory | AI-native development environment | $1M | 1 | 2023 | $1M | Seed | Y Combinator | Shutdown | Partial |
| 54 | Void | Open-source AI code editor | $1M | 1 | 2024 | $1M | Accelerator / Pre-seed | Y Combinator | Active | Strong |
| 55 | Firebender | Android Studio AI assistant | $1M | 1 | April 2024 | $1M | Pre-seed | Y Combinator, Eight Capital | Active | Strong |
| 56 | Double | VS Code AI copilot | $1M | 1 | Winter 2023 | $1M | Accelerator / Pre-seed | Y Combinator | Active | Partial |
| 57 | nao Labs | AI editor for data teams | $1M | 1 | June 2025 | $1M | Seed | Y Combinator, comal ventures | Active | Full |
| 58 | BootLoop | AI firmware coding agent | $1M | 1 | September 2025 | $1M | Pre-seed | Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund | Active | Full |
| 59 | Compyle | Collaborative coding agent | $1M | 1 | September 2025 | $1M | Seed | Y Combinator | Active | Strong |
| 60 | Embedder | Firmware coding AI agent | $1M | 1 | Summer 2025 | $1M | Seed | Y Combinator | Active | Strong |
| 61 | stagewise | Open-source agentic IDE | $1M | 1 | Summer 2025 | $1M | Seed | Y Combinator | Active | Partial |
| 62 | Sage AI | Self-updating code knowledge base | $1M | 1 | Winter 2023 | $1M | Seed | Y Combinator | Active | Partial |
| 63 | SigmanticAI | AI assistant for HDL design | $1M | 1 | August 2025 | $1M | Seed | Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund | Active | Partial |
| 64 | Specific | Backend cloud for coding agents | $1M | 1 | Fall 2025 | $1M | YC / Seed SAFE | Y Combinator | Active | Strong |
| 65 | Morph | Fast models for coding agents | $1M | 1 | June 2023 | $1M | YC / Seed SAFE | Y Combinator | Active | Strong |
| 66 | Gait | AI-code collaboration infrastructure | $1M | 1 | 2024 | $1M | Seed | Y Combinator | Shutdown | Strong |
| 67 | Magic Loops | Natural-language workflow builder | $1M | 1 | 2024 | $1M | Seed | Y Combinator, First Round Capital | Active | Partial |
| 68 | Marblism | AI employees platform | $1M | 1 | February 2024 | $1M | Pre-seed | Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund, Pareto Holdings | Active | Strong |
| 69 | Pico | Text-to-app web builder | $1M | 1 | 2024 | $1M | Seed | Y Combinator | Active | Strong |
| 70 | Onlook | Visual editor for code | $1M | 1 | March 2025 | $1M | Seed | Y Combinator | Active | Strong |
| 71 | Proliferate | Coding-agent workspace infrastructure | $1M | 1 | 2025 | $1M | YC Seed / SAFE | Y Combinator | Active | Partial |
| 72 | StarSling | AI-native CI automation | $1M | 1 | 2025 | $1M | Seed | Fuel Capital, Maple VC, Paul Graham | Active | Strong |
| 73 | Haystack Software | AI visual code reviews | $1M | 1 | July 2024 | $1M | Seed / Accelerator | Y Combinator | Active | Strong |
| 74 | Cedar | In-product AI copilot | $1M | 1 | March 2025 | $1M | Seed | Y Combinator | Active | Partial |
| 75 | Codebuff | Terminal AI coding assistant | $1M | 1 | 2024 | $1M | Seed | Y Combinator, Transpose Platform, Pioneer Fund | Active | Strong |
| 76 | Clad Labs | AI-powered brainrot IDE | $1M | 1 | December 2025 | $1M | Pre-seed | Y Combinator | Active | Strong |
| 77 | BLACKBOX AI | Multi-agent coding platform | $0M | 1 | January 2020 | $0M | Seed | Spade Ventures | Active | Low |
| 78 | Mito | Cursor for data analysis | $0M | 1 | Summer 2020 | $0M | Accelerator / Seed | Y Combinator | Active | Partial |
| 79 | AskCodi | AI coding assistant | $0 | 0 | No round | $0 | No disclosed round | None | Active | Strong |
| 80 | ZZZ Code AI | Browser AI coding tools | $0 | 0 | No round | $0 | No disclosed round | None | Active | Strong |
| 81 | Codel | Autonomous coding-agent project | $0 | 0 | No round | $0 | No disclosed round | None | Active | Low |
| 82 | Qoder | Alibaba agentic coding platform | $0 | 0 | No round | $0 | No disclosed round | None | Active | Low |
| 83 | Fine.dev | AI app-building agents | $0 | 0 | No round | $0 | No disclosed round | None | Acquired | Strong |
| 84 | Devon | Open-source pair programmer | $0 | 0 | No round | $0 | No disclosed round | None | Active | Low |
| 85 | Mentat | Terminal AI coding assistant | $0 | 0 | No round | $0 | No disclosed round | None | Active | Low |
| 86 | Goose | Open-source AI agent framework | $0 | 0 | No round | $0 | No disclosed round | None | Active | Low |
| 87 | FauxPilot | Local Copilot alternative | $0 | 0 | No round | $0 | No disclosed round | None | Active | Low |
| 88 | Base44 | Vibe coding app builder | $0 | 0 | No round | $0 | No disclosed round | None | Acquired | Strong |
| 89 | SoftGen | Full-stack AI builder | $0 | 0 | No round | $0 | No disclosed round | None | Acquired | Partial |
| 90 | Co.dev | Full-stack app generator | $0 | 0 | No round | $0 | No disclosed round | None | Active | Partial |
| 91 | Capacity | AI no-code app builder | $0 | 0 | No round | $0 | No disclosed round | None | Active | Low |
| 92 | Dyad | Local AI app builder | $0 | 0 | No round | $0 | No disclosed round | None | Active | Low |
| 93 | Aider | Open-source terminal pair programmer | $0 | 0 | No round | $0 | No disclosed round | None | Active | Full |

This market map, featured in our AI code assistant market deck, highlights top companies and startups in the AI code assistant market
Key funding trends in the AI code assistant market
Insights
- Funding in the AI code assistant market is extremely concentrated, with Cursor, Cognition, CodeGeeX / Zhipu AI, Replit, and Poolside capturing roughly three quarters of disclosed capital.
- AI-native coding IDEs and autonomous software engineering agents are attracting the biggest rounds, while many open-source coding assistant startups remain closer to seed-stage funding levels.
- Large rounds above $100M are no longer rare in AI coding, with Cursor, Replit, Poolside, Lovable, Augment Code, Factory AI, Windsurf, and Bolt.new all crossing that threshold.
- The AI app-builder segment is becoming a serious subcategory, with Lovable, Bolt.new, Emergent, Rocket.new, Create.xyz, and Mage raising about $818M combined.
- Strategic acquisition activity is visible across smaller AI coding startups, including Windsurf, Continue, Supermaven, Base44, and Fine.dev, which suggests buyers value product momentum and engineering talent.
- Y Combinator appears often across the lower-funded cohort, which shows how early-stage AI code assistant innovation is still being seeded through accelerator-backed startups.
- Sourcegraph remains one of the best-funded pre-generative-AI developer tooling incumbents, which shows that code search, code understanding, and code intelligence still matter beyond code generation.

As this chart shows, and as featured in our AI code assistant market deck, search interest in AI code assistants has increased significantly
A few word about our methodology
As you can see, we built a database that ranks startups in the AI code assistant market based on their total cumulative fundraising. To create this ranking, we reviewed many sources and cross-checked information across multiple places.
Whenever possible, we prioritized official company communications, since official announcements are usually the most reliable source for funding amounts. When those were not available, we relied on reputable industry sources such as TechCrunch, Crunchbase, Financial Times or Forbes.
We excluded random blogs, unverified websites, and any sources that could not be validated.
When funding rounds were announced in other currencies such as euros, Swiss francs, Singapore dollars, Australian dollars, or rupees, we converted them into approximate USD equivalents for consistency.
Sometimes different sources report slightly different numbers, or the exact round size is not fully disclosed. In those cases, we flag the uncertainty and assign a confidence label to each startup, visible in the last column.
Here is what they mean.
Full confidence: The company’s equity fundraising history can be reconstructed completely from public sources. The rounds, dates, amounts, and key investors are clearly identified, with no meaningful gaps.
Strong confidence: The fundraising history is largely complete and reliable. There may be a small missing detail, such as incomplete investor information or a minor round with limited data, but the overall record is clear.
Partial confidence: The main fundraising rounds can be identified, but the record is incomplete or somewhat mixed. Some rounds may be missing or certain funding events may be difficult to separate clearly.
Low confidence: Public information is too limited, inconsistent, or ambiguous to reliably reconstruct the company’s equity fundraising history.
When the confidence level is too low, we take a conservative approach. We either exclude the company from the ranking or clearly flag the uncertainty when the company is still useful to track.
This reflects how we conduct all our research, including the work behind our report covering the AI code assistant market.
In a world where LLMs hallucinate and unreliable information is everywhere, our goal is simple: provide data you can trust.
If you want the full detail on a specific calculation, feel free to contact us and we will gladly explain.
Finally, know that we update the dataset once per month, so come back here if you need fresh information.

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