US Private Unicorns
921
Private US companies at $1B+ post-money valuation
Aggregate PMV
$5,769B
Sum of latest post-money valuations
Median Time to Unicorn
6 yrs
Years from founding to $1B post-money valuation
Median PMV
$2B
Median latest post-money valuation across all unicorns

The shape of the market

When unicorns were minted, what industries they occupy, and today's biggest by valuation.

Unicorns minted by year

New companies that achieved unicorn status that year
01002003002010201320162019289202220252026

Top industries

Unicorn count by industry tag (companies can carry multiple tags)
Software791AI345Infrastructure218Fintech173Marketplace163Hardware149Healthcare113Cybersecurity110Life Sciences67GenAI64

The biggest unicorns today

Top 15 US private companies by latest post-money valuation
SpaceX$1,250BOpenAI$850BAnthropic$380BDatabricks$134BWaymo$126BStripe$92BScale AI$74BRipple$40BFigure AI$39BJUUL Labs$38BSafe Superintelligence$32BRamp$32BFanatics$31BAnduril$30BVAST Data$30B
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The full list

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Showing 921 of 921 unicorns
Company Founded Became unicorn Latest post-money valuation Industries
SpaceX 20022010$1,250BHardwareInfrastructure
OpenAI 20152023$850BSoftwareAIGenAI
Anthropic 20212022$380BSoftwareAIGenAI
Databricks 20132019$134BSoftwareAICybersecurity+1
Waymo 20092020$126BSoftwareHardwareAI+1
Stripe 20092014$92BSoftwareFintechInfrastructure
Scale AI 20162019$74BSoftwareAI
Ripple 20122019$40BSoftwareFintechBlockchain
Figure AI 20192024$39BSoftwareHardwareAI
JUUL Labs 20172018$38BOther
Safe Superintelligence 20242024$32BAISoftware
Ramp 20192021$32BSoftwareFintech
Fanatics 19952012$31BSoftwareMarketplace
Anduril 20172019$30BSoftwareHardwareAI+1
VAST Data 20162020$30BSoftwareAIInfrastructure
Anysphere 20222024$29BSoftwareAIGenAI
Motional 20202024$28BSoftwareHardwareAI
Cerebras Systems 20162018$23BSoftwareHardwareAI+1
Epic Games 19912018$22BSoftwareMarketplaceInfrastructure
Citadel Securities 20022022$22BFintechAISoftware
Perplexity 20222024$20BSoftwareAIGenAI
Payward Inc. 20112019$20BSoftwareFintechMarketplace+2
Miro 20112021$18BSoftware
Deel 20182021$17BSoftware
Rippling 20162020$17BSoftware