The 2016 AI Recap: Startups See Record High In Deals And Funding

Our analysis includes companies applying AI algorithms to verticals like healthcare, security, advertising, and finance as well as those developing general-purpose AI tech. Our analysis includes all equity funding rounds and convertible notes. In addition, auto tech company and unicorn Zoox raised $200M in Series A in Q2'16 and cybersecurity startup StackPath raised a $180M private equity round in Q3'16. Last quarter also saw 4 mega-rounds: $130M Series B round raised by life science startup Zymergen, $120M Series B round raised by computer vision startup SenseTime, $100M Series C round raised by facial recognition startup Face, and a $100M round raised by Israel-based Voyager Labs.