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September 2026AI funding records
Industry AI and Enterprise AI account for 54 records (55.1%), the largest share of this month's funding activity.
China AI compute funding
Compute infrastructure, AI chips & accelerators each recorded 3 funding events.
a16z funding participation
Industry AI: 2; 3 other AI sectors with 1 record each.
Lightspeed funding participation
AI development & data: 3; Enterprise AI: 2; 2 other AI sectors with 1 record each.
Sequoia funding participation
Enterprise AI: 3; AI development & data: 2; 1 other AI sector with 1 record each.
Industry AI funding
Financial services & insurance: 8; Drug discovery & life sciences: 6 — the two largest subsectors this month.
Enterprise AI funding
Workflows & enterprise agents: 11; Cybersecurity & risk: 4 — the two largest subsectors this month.
AI development & data funding
Model & agent security, Agent development & orchestration, AI coding & software development each recorded 3 funding events.
Consumer AI device funding
AI home devices recorded 2 events; the other 4 subsectors each recorded 1.
Foundation model funding
Specialist & scientific models: 4; General & multimodal models: 1.
Consumer AI application funding
Personal assistants & search: 3; Image, video & audio creation: 2.