Which startups have raised the most funding in the AI code assistant market?

Last updated: 13 July 2026

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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
Chart illustrating yearly VC funding for AI code assistant startups

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
Market map chart showing top companies and startups in the AI code assistant market

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.
Google Trends chart showing rising interest in AI coding assistants

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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