These 21 companies closed rounds of $100M or more in the last 60 days. 

$392 billion was invested into startups in the first half of 2026. The most concentrated funding environment in history.

What happens right after a major raise? Companies hire. Fast.

A fresh $100M+ round means one thing for job seekers: the company has just been given permission to grow. Headcount plans that were on hold get approved. Roles that didn't exist six months ago get opened.

1. Baseten — $1.5B · Series F

What they do: AI inference platform powering mission-critical workloads for Cursor, Notion, Clay, OpenEvidence, and Abridge. Raised $1.5B Series F in June 2026 — its fourth fundraise in 18 months. Built the systems software stack that runs AI applications at scale.

Why it matters: The fastest-growing AI infrastructure company nobody outside the industry has heard of. Every major AI app you use is probably running on Baseten. Led by Altimeter Capital, Conviction Partners, and Spark Capital.

Location: SF / Remote 🔗 jobs.ashbyhq.com/baseten

2. Sierra — $950M · Growth

What they do: AI agent platform for enterprise customer experiences. Helps ADT, Siemens, SiriusXM, and Weight Watchers deploy AI agents that replace traditional customer service workflows.

Why it matters: Founded by Bret Taylor (ex-Salesforce co-CEO) and Clay Bavor (ex-Google VP). $150M ARR. Now valued above $15B. The enterprise AI agent market is the single biggest category being funded right now.

Location: SF / NYC / Atlanta / London / Singapore 🔗 sierra.ai/careers

3. Together AI — $800M · Series C

What they do: Open source AI infrastructure — the platform that runs, fine-tunes, and deploys open source models at scale. The backbone of the open AI ecosystem.

Why it matters: Every developer who needs an alternative to closed APIs runs on Together. $800M raised in July 2026. Backed by Salesforce, NVIDIA, and Emergence Capital. The counterweight to OpenAI's infrastructure.

Location: SF / Remote 🔗 job-boards.greenhouse.io/togetherai

4. Ramp — $750M · Growth

What they do: Finance operations platform processing $200B+ in annualized spend across 70,000+ companies. Corporate cards, expense management, bill payments, and accounting automation in one platform.

Why it matters: $750M growth round led by ICONIQ, GIC, and Ontario Teachers in June 2026. Already IPO-ready by end of 2026. One of the fastest-growing fintech companies ever built. Customers save 5% and close books 8x faster.

Location: NYC / SF 🔗 jobs.ashbyhq.com/ramp

5. Groq — $650M · Growth

What they do: AI inference chips and cloud. The LPU (Language Processing Unit) runs LLM inference dramatically faster than GPUs at a fraction of the cost. The fastest publicly available LLM inference in the world.

Why it matters: As inference costs become the bottleneck for AI at scale, Groq is the alternative infrastructure layer. $650M raised in June 2026. Every enterprise AI team is evaluating Groq right now.

Location: Mountain View / Remote 🔗 jobs.gem.com/groq

6. Supabase — $500M · Series D

What they do: Open source Firebase alternative. Postgres database, authentication, instant APIs, edge functions, and vector storage in one platform. 33 open roles across engineering, GTM, and operations.

Why it matters: Supabase has become the default backend for AI applications. $500M raised in June 2026. 1M+ projects built on the platform. The infrastructure layer every AI developer reaches for first.

Location: Remote (global) 🔗 supabase.com/careers

7. Replit — $400M · Series D

What they do: Agentic software creation platform. Millions of users worldwide build full applications using natural language. The fastest-growing AI coding platform among non-professional developers.

Why it matters: $400M Series D closed March 2026. Democratizing software creation at a scale that matters. Active hiring across engineering, design, product, and GTM. The on-ramp to software creation for the next billion users.

Location: SF / Remote 🔗 jobs.ashbyhq.com/replit

8. AlphaSense — $350M · Growth

What they do: AI market intelligence platform trusted by 6,000+ enterprise customers including a majority of the S&P 500. Search, research, and analysis across equity research, filings, transcripts, expert calls, and news.

Why it matters: $350M growth round in June 2026. 2,000+ employees across the US, UK, Finland, India, and Singapore. The knowledge work platform that financial professionals, consultants, and corporate strategy teams actually use every day.

Location: NYC / Remote (global) 🔗 job-boards.greenhouse.io/alphasense

9. Exa — $2.2B · Series C

What they do: AI search engine built from scratch for AI applications. Powers search for Cursor, Cognition, HubSpot, and 400,000+ developers with state-of-the-art embedding models and vector databases in Rust.

Why it matters: $250M Series C closed May 2026. 60-person team from Harvard, MIT, Stanford, Apple, and Google. The search infrastructure layer for the AI agent era. Backed by Lightspeed, Benchmark, and a16z.

Location: SF (in-office) 🔗 jobs.ashbyhq.com/exa

10. Decagon — $4.5B · Series D

What they do: Conversational AI platform for enterprise customer service. Trusted by Avis Budget Group, Chime, Oura Health, and 1-800-FLOWERS to deploy AI agents across voice, chat, email, and SMS. 66 open roles.

Why it matters: $250M Series D led by Coatue and Index Ventures in January 2026. Revenue doubling. The enterprise conversational AI platform with the strongest real-world customer base.

Location: SF (in-office) 🔗 jobs.ashbyhq.com/decagon

11. Mercury — $2.2B · Series D

What they do: Banking built for startups. 200,000+ startups and scale-ups bank with Mercury. $200M Series D closed May 2026. The default bank for YC companies, a16z portfolio companies, and early-stage startups globally.

Why it matters: 96% of employees say Mercury is a great place to work. The most beloved financial product in the startup ecosystem. Actively hiring across engineering, product, and operations.

Location: SF / NYC / Remote 🔗 mercury.com/jobs

12. Rogo — $314M raised · Series D

What they do: AI platform automating financial research and workflows for the world's leading financial institutions. Trusted by investment banks, hedge funds, and PE firms. $160M Series D led by Kleiner Perkins in May 2026.

Why it matters: Backed by Thrive Capital, Sequoia, Khosla, J.P. Morgan Growth Equity, and Jack Altman. The AI layer for high-value finance knowledge work. The same category as Harvey but for investment banking.

Location: NYC / Remote 🔗 jobs.ashbyhq.com/Rogo

13. Hightouch — Series D

What they do: Agentic marketing platform and composable CDP. AI agents that reimagine marketing workflows — allowing teams to personalize at scale, activate customer data, and run autonomous campaigns. 63 open roles.

Why it matters: $150M Series D co-led by Bain Capital Ventures and Goldman Sachs Alternatives in May 2026. Backed by Iconiq, Amplify, Sapphire, and Y Combinator. Used by Spotify, NBA, and leading DTC brands.

Location: SF / NYC / Remote 🔗 job-boards.greenhouse.io/hightouch

14. Arena (LMArena) — $1.7B · Series A

What they do: The world's most trusted AI model evaluation platform. Started as a UC Berkeley research project. Now the gold standard for how AI labs benchmark and compare their models. $100M ARR in June 2026.

Why it matters: $150M Series A led by Felicis and UC Investments in January 2026. OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic all use Arena to evaluate and market their models. Co-founded by Ion Stoica (Databricks co-founder).

 Location: SF / Remote 🔗 jobs.ashbyhq.com/arena

15. Deepgram — $1.3B · Series C

What they do: Foundational voice AI — speech-to-text, text-to-speech, and voice agent APIs. Trusted by NASA, Spotify, Twilio, and Citibank. 1,300+ organizations run on Deepgram. Cashflow positive in 2025.

Why it matters: $130M Series C raised January 2026. Fastest, most accurate voice AI on the market. As voice interfaces become the default for AI agents, Deepgram is the infrastructure layer powering them.

Location: SF / Remote 🔗 jobs.ashbyhq.com/Deepgram

16. ElevenLabs — $11B · Series D

What they do: Voice AI platform building the most realistic, versatile AI voices in the world. Powers voice experiences for Deutsche Telekom, Meta, and thousands of enterprises. Speech synthesis, voice cloning, and AI dubbing in 32+ languages.

Why it matters: $500M Series D raised February 2026. Named to Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies. The default voice AI infrastructure layer for AI applications, games, and enterprise products. Backed by Sequoia, a16z, and ICONIQ.

Location: SF / London / Remote 🔗 jobs.ashbyhq.com/elevenlabs

17. Prime Intellect — $130M · Series A

What they do: Open compute and infrastructure platform for training, evaluating, and deploying self-improving AI agents. The open stack for the next generation of agentic AI.

Why it matters: $130M Series A raised July 8, 2026. 25-29 open roles across research, engineering, and infrastructure. One of the fastest-funded AI infra companies in 2026. Building the compute layer for the agentic era.

Location: SF / Remote 🔗 jobs.ashbyhq.com/PrimeIntellect

18. Norm AI — $1.2B · Series C

What they do: AI compliance platform — the system that ensures AI agents operate within legal and regulatory boundaries. Just hit unicorn status in July 2026. Used by financial institutions and Fortune 500 enterprises.

Why it matters: $120M raised, $1.2B valuation announced July 7, 2026. As AI agents make autonomous decisions with real consequences, compliance infrastructure becomes mission-critical. Norm AI is the platform solving it.

Location: NYC (World Trade Center) 🔗 jobs.ashbyhq.com/norm-ai

19. Omni — Series C

What they do: Business intelligence and embedded analytics platform. Users can switch between SQL, Excel formulas, AI-assisted exploration, and point-and-click interfaces in one tool. Every team member can analyze data regardless of technical skill.

Why it matters: $120M Series C raised May 2026. The modern BI alternative to legacy tools like Looker and Tableau. GV-backed. Actively hiring across engineering, sales, and customer success.

Location: SF / Remote 🔗 jobs.ashbyhq.com/omni

20. DeepInfra — $107M · Series B

What they do: AI inference cloud built by the team behind imo messenger. Runs popular open source models (Llama, Mistral, Qwen) at competitive prices. Revenue tripled in early 2026. Backed by Samsung Next and NVIDIA.

Why it matters: $107M Series B raised May 2026. The cost-effective alternative to OpenAI for developers who want open source models without the infrastructure overhead. Growing fast as open source AI adoption accelerates.

Location: Palo Alto / Remote 🔗 jobs.gem.com/deep-infra

21. Parallel — $260M raised · Series B

What they do: Open web infrastructure for AI — crawling, indexing, and retrieval APIs that give AI applications access to the live web. Building the web for AI agents.

Why it matters: $100M Series B led by Sequoia in May 2026. Backed by Index, Khosla, and Kleiner Perkins. As AI agents need to browse and act on the web, Parallel is the infrastructure layer enabling it.

Location: Palo Alto / SF 🔗 parallel.ai/careers

List verified July 2026. Job postings change fast — check each careers page directly for current openings.

Written by Ashher

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