FUNDING

Lab backers

Funding from donors, public grants, industry partners and investors. Each entry explains the relationship and links to its source.

Series B investment · 2024

EQT Ventures ↗

1X

1X named EQT Ventures among the investors in its January 2024 Series B announcement. The company reported $100 million for the round as a whole.

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Secondary investment · 2024

Samsung NEXT ↗

1X

1X identified Samsung NEXT as a new secondary participant in the financing described in its January 2024 announcement. This is separate from assigning the entire Series B amount to Samsung.

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Series B investment · 2022

DCVC ↗

Agility Robotics

DCVC co-led Agility Robotics’ $150 million Series B. The round total describes all participants, not this investor’s individual contribution.

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Minority investment · 2024

Amazon ↗

Anthropic

Anthropic announced a further Amazon investment in November 2024, bringing Amazon’s announced total to $8 billion. AWS became its primary cloud and training partner.

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Series E investment · 2025

Menlo Ventures ↗

Anthropic

Menlo Ventures participated in Anthropic’s March 2025 Series E. The company’s announcement identifies the participating investors; it does not state each investor’s contribution.

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Series E investment · 2025

Salesforce Ventures ↗

Anthropic

Salesforce Ventures participated in Anthropic’s March 2025 Series E. The company’s announcement identifies the participating investors; it does not state each investor’s contribution.

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Series B investment · 2023

Aramco Ventures ↗

ANYbotics

Aramco Ventures participated in ANYbotics’ May 2023 Series B. The company named the investors and described its plans to expand deployment and capabilities.

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Series B investment · 2023

NGP Capital ↗

ANYbotics

NGP Capital co-led ANYbotics’ May 2023 Series B. The company named the investors and described its plans to expand deployment and capabilities.

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Series A investment · 2025

B Capital ↗

Apptronik

B Capital co-led the initial round. Apptronik’s March 2025 update reported a $403 million Series A in total; that total is not attributed to this investor alone.

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Series A investment · 2025

Capital Factory ↗

Apptronik

Capital Factory co-led the initial round. Apptronik’s March 2025 update reported a $403 million Series A in total; that total is not attributed to this investor alone.

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Series A investment · 2025

Google ↗

Apptronik

Google participated in the round. Apptronik’s March 2025 update reported a $403 million Series A in total; that total is not attributed to this investor alone.

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Strategic equity investment · 2025

ASML ↗

Mistral AI€1.3 billion announced

ASML announced an investment in Mistral’s Series C alongside a long-term collaboration agreement. ASML’s stated contribution was €1.3 billion; it was not the whole funding round.

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Joint research partnership

IBM ↗

MIT CSAIL$240 million announced over 10 years

IBM and MIT announced a joint Watson AI Lab in 2017. This describes that shared research program; it is not a claim that IBM funds all of CSAIL.

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Strategic investment · 2023

Microsoft ↗

OpenAI

Microsoft and OpenAI announced a further multi-year, multi-billion-dollar investment in January 2023. The agreement included support for research and Azure computing infrastructure.

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Equity investment · 2025

SoftBank Group ↗

OpenAI

SoftBank reported that it completed its second investment closing in December 2025. Its announcement separates SoftBank’s own investment from the wider funding commitment.

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Series D investment · 2025

General Atlantic ↗

Runway

General Atlantic led Runway’s April 2025 Series D. The investor’s announcement reproduces Runway’s account of the financing and its plans for media-generation research.

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Series D investment · 2025

NVIDIA ↗

Runway

NVIDIA participated in Runway’s April 2025 Series D. The investor’s announcement reproduces Runway’s account of the financing and its plans for media-generation research.

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Series C investment · 2026

Bezos Expeditions ↗

Skild AI

Bezos Expeditions was identified as Jeff Bezos’s investment vehicle in Skild AI’s January 2026 financing announcement. The entry records that dated relationship, rather than an estimate of current ownership.

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Series C investment · 2026

Macquarie Capital ↗

Skild AI

Macquarie Capital participated through entities it administers in Skild AI’s January 2026 financing announcement. The entry records that dated relationship, rather than an estimate of current ownership.

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Series C investment · 2026

NVentures ↗

Skild AI

NVentures participated in the round in Skild AI’s January 2026 financing announcement. The entry records that dated relationship, rather than an estimate of current ownership.

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Series C investment · 2026

Schneider Electric ↗

Skild AI

Schneider Electric was named as a strategic investor in Skild AI’s January 2026 financing announcement. The entry records that dated relationship, rather than an estimate of current ownership.

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Series C investment · 2026

SoftBank Group ↗

Skild AI

SoftBank Group led the round in Skild AI’s January 2026 financing announcement. The entry records that dated relationship, rather than an estimate of current ownership.

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Acquisition · 2024

AMD ↗

AMD Silo AIApproximately $665 million transaction value

AMD announced the approximately $665 million all-cash acquisition of Silo AI in July 2024. The organization now operates as AMD Silo AI; the amount describes the whole transaction, not a separate research grant.

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This is a growing, source-led record, not a complete funding database. A gift to a hosting laboratory is distinct from a grant to an institute housed there. An investment does not imply endorsement of Global AI Map.

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Each line connects a named backer with the institution or program described in its primary source.

EQT VenturesSeries B investment · 20241XSamsung NEXTSecondary investment · 20241XDCVCSeries B investment · 2022Agility RoboticsPlayground GlobalSeries B investment · 2022Agility RoboticsPaul G. AllenFounding philanthropyAllen Institute for AIGlobal Venture BridgeFunding and institutional supportAH LabAmazonMinority investment · 2024AnthropicBessemer Venture PartnersSeries E investment · 2025AnthropicLightspeed Venture PartnersSeries E investment · 2025AnthropicMenlo VenturesSeries E investment · 2025AnthropicSalesforce VenturesSeries E investment · 2025AnthropicAramco VenturesSeries B investment · 2023ANYboticsNGP CapitalSeries B investment · 2023ANYboticsSwisscom VenturesSeries B investment · 2023ANYboticsWalden CatalystSeries B investment · 2023ANYboticsB CapitalSeries A investment · 2025ApptronikCapital FactorySeries A investment · 2025ApptronikGoogleSeries A investment · 2025ApptronikMoneta VenturesSeed investmentArgon MechatronicsHyundai Motor GroupCorporate acquisition · 2021Boston DynamicsIndex VenturesVenture investmentCartesiaTürkiye İş BankasıUniversity–industry partnershipKoç University İşbank AI Centeriliad · CMA CGM · Schmidt FuturesFounding institutional supportKyutaiAbu Dhabi GovernmentPublic institutional fundingMBZUAI Institute of Foundation ModelsASMLStrategic equity investment · 2025Mistral AIIBMJoint research partnershipMIT CSAILMicrosoftStrategic investment · 2023OpenAISoftBank GroupEquity investment · 2025OpenAIFidelity Management & Research CompanySeries D investment · 2025RunwayGeneral AtlanticSeries D investment · 2025RunwayNVIDIASeries D investment · 2025RunwayBezos ExpeditionsSeries C investment · 2026Skild AIMacquarie CapitalSeries C investment · 2026Skild AINVenturesSeries C investment · 2026Skild AISchneider ElectricSeries C investment · 2026Skild AISoftBank GroupSeries C investment · 2026Skild AINational Science FoundationPublic research grantUT Austin IFML / Machine Learning LaboratorZaib & Amir HusainFounding philanthropyUT Austin IFML / Machine Learning LaboratorAMDAcquisition · 2024AMD Silo AIRadical VenturesVenture investment · 2024World Labs