Unicorns in San Francisco
71 private companies from San Francisco valued at $1bn or more, worth $2.59trn combined. 22 are AI companies.
- 1AnthropicSafety-focused lab building the Claude models.$965bn
- 2OpenAIFrontier model lab behind GPT and ChatGPT.$852bn
- 3DatabricksAmerican technology company.$190bn
- 4StripeEconomic infrastructure for the internet.$159bn
- 5Cognition AIArtificial Intelligence. Valued at $48bn (September 2026).$48bn
- 6Scale AIData-centric infrastructure to accelerate the development of AI $29bn
- 7PerplexityAnswer engine that cites its sources.$20bn
- 8MiroSoftware. Valued at $17.5bn (January 2022).$17.5bn
- 9DeelThe all-in-one HR and payroll platform for global teams$17.3bn
- 10RipplingOne place to run all your HR, IT, and Finance. Globally.$16.8bn
- 11HarveyGenerative AI built for law firms and in-house teams.$15.5bn
- 12DiscordSoftware. Valued at $15bn (September 2021).$15bn
- 13PlaidFinancial technology. Valued at $13.4bn (April 2021).$13.4bn
- 14SuperhumanCollaborative software. Valued at $13bn (November 2021).$13bn
- 15FaireThe global online platform empowering independent retail.$12.6bn
- 16Thinking Machines LabResearch and product lab for adaptable AI systems.$12bn
- 17GustoProvides growing businesses with everything to take care of their team$10bn
- 18RippleCreator and a developer of the Ripple payment protocol and exchange network.$10bn
- 19MercorArtificial Intelligence. Valued at $10bn (October 2025).$10bn
- 20Notion LabsProductivity software. Valued at $10bn (October 2021).$10bn
- 21TalkdeskSoftware as a service. Valued at $10bn (August 2021).$10bn
- 22VercelCloud computing / AI. Valued at $9.3bn (September 2025).$9.3bn
- 23ReplitCollaborative in-browser IDE $9bn
- 24Together AIArtificial Intelligence. Valued at $8.3bn (July 2026).$8.3bn
- 25FlexportPlatform for global logistics.$8bn
- 26FivetranThe leader in automated data movement$5.6bn
- 27PostmanSoftware as a service. Valued at $5.6bn (August 2021).$5.6bn
- 28HiggsfieldArtificial Intelligence. Valued at $5.4bn (August 2026).$5.4bn
- 29CheckrPeople infrastructure for the future of work$4.6bn
- 30GongArtificial intelligence. Valued at $4.5bn (November 2025).$4.5bn
- 31QuinceEnterprise Technology. Valued at $4.5bn (July 2025).$4.5bn
- 32Abnormal SecurityCybersecurity. Valued at $4bn (May 2022).$4bn
- 33ClubhouseMessaging. Valued at $4bn (April 2021).$4bn
- 34PatreonOnline membership service. Valued at $4bn (April 2021).$4bn
- 35NianticVideo games. Valued at $3.95bn (January 2019).$4bn
- 36CoalitionCybersecurity. Valued at $3.5bn (September 2021).$3.5bn
- 37ThumbtackSoftware. Valued at $3.2bn (June 2021).$3.2bn
- 38AutomatticInternet. Valued at $3bn (September 2019).$3bn
- 39AstranisAdvanced satellites for high orbits.$2.8bn
- 40MasterClassOnline education platform.$2.8bn
- 41SourcegraphDeveloper platform. Valued at $2.6bn (July 2021).$2.6bn
- 42HoneyBookFinancial services. Valued at $2.4bn (November 2021).$2.4bn
- 43AlgoliaA developer-friendly and enterprise-grade search API.$2.3bn
- 44WebflowProfessional website design and publishing platform. $2.1bn
- 45GammaArtificial intelligence. Valued at $2.1bn (November 2025).$2.1bn
- 46Calm$2bn
- 47Instabase$2bn
- 48ClickHouseDatabase management. Valued at $2bn (October 2021).$2bn
- 49IterableMarketing. Valued at $2bn (June 2021).$2bn
- 50AppsFlyerMobile marketing analytics. Valued at $2bn (November 2020).$2bn
The top 50 of 71. Everything else is on the San Francisco page.
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