
CB Insights research team selected the 100 artificial intelligence startups disrupting 12 core sectors from a pool of 3K+ companies. A total of 11 companies on the list are unicorns (private companies valued at $1B+).
The two most well-funded companies, SenseTime ($1,630M) and Face++ ($608M), are both from China and focuses on facial recognition technology, with government investors and clients.

100 AI Startup Companies
| wdt_ID | Company | Sector | Focus Area | Country | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Benson Hill Biosystems | Agriculture | Agricultural Biotech | United States | 
| 2 | Taranis | Agriculture | Crop Monitoring | Israel | 
| 3 | Nuro | Auto | AV | United States | 
| 4 | Pony.ai | Auto | AV | United States | 
| 5 | Drive.ai | Auto | AV | United States | 
| 6 | Nexar | Auto | Driver Safety | Israel | 
| 7 | DeepMap | Auto | Mapping | United States | 
| 8 | Mapillary | Auto | Mapping | Sweden | 
| 9 | Momenta | Auto | Perception | China | 
| 10 | AEye | Auto | Perception | United States | 
| Company | Sector | Focus Area | Country |