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Introducing the IA40 — the top private companies
building with AI that will shape our future.

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The List

Company
Category
CEO
Funding
Location
A-Alpha Bio
Biology
David Younger
23
M
Seattle
Abnormal Security
Security
Evan Reiser
284
M
San Francisco
Adept
Automation
David Luan
65
M
San Francisco
Airbyte
Infrastructure
Michel Tricot
181
M
San Francisco
Airtable
Productivity
Howie Liu
1355
M
San Francisco
Anyscale
DevOps
Robert Nishihara
260
M
San Francisco
Calendly
Productivity
Tope Awotona
351
M
Atlanta
CaptivateIQ
Sales
Mark Schopmeyer
165
M
San Francisco
Celonis
Automation
Alexander Rinke
1764
M
Munich
Clari
Sales
Andy Byrne
496
M
Sunnyvale
Copy AI
Productivity
Paul Yacoubian
14
M
Memphis
Credo AI
Infrastructure
Navrina Singh
18
M
Palo Alto
Cresta
Customer Success
S. Zayd Enam
157
M
San Francisco
DataRobot
Data & Analytics
Debanjan Saha
1048
M
Boston
Databricks
Data & Analytics
Ali Ghodsi
3497
M
San Francisco
Dbt Labs
Infrastructure
Tristan Handy
415
M
Philadelphia
DoNotPay
Legal
Joshua Browder
28
M
San Francisco
Fivetran
Infrastructure
George Fraser
728
M
Oakland
Flux
Collaboration
Matthias Wagner
12
M
San Francisco
Gem
Human Resources
Steven Bartel
146
M
San Francisco
Glean
Productivity
Arvind Jain
156
M
Palo Alto
Gong
Sales
Amit Bendov
583
M
Palo Alto
Grammarly
Productivity
Brad Hoover
400
M
San Francisco
Highspot
Sales
Robert Wahbe
660
M
Seattle
Hugging Face
DevOps
Clément Delangue
165
M
New York
Jasper
Productivity
Dave Rogenmoser
131
M
Austin
Jellyfish
DevOps
Andrew Lau
117
M
Boston
Lexion
Legal
Gaurav Oberoi
15
M
Seattle
Linear
DevOps
Karri Saarinen
17
M
San Francisco
Loom
Voice & Video
Joe Thomas
198
M
San Francisco
Miro
Collaboration
Andrey Khusid
476
M
San Francisco
OctoML
DevOps
Luis Ceze
133
M
Seattle
Panther
Security
Jack Naglieri
141
M
San Francisco
Runway ML
Voice & Video
Cristobal Valenzuela
44
M
New York
Snyk
Security
Peter McKay
850
M
Boston
Tabnine
DevOps
Dror Weiss
30
M
Tel Aviv
ThoughtSpot
Data & Analytics
Sudheesh Nair
677
M
San Jose
Vanta
Finance
Christina Cacioppo
203
M
San Francisco
Vanti
Manufacturing
Smadar David
22
M
Tel Aviv
Weights & Biases
DevOps
Lukas Biewald
200
M
San Francisco
Rank
Company
Category
CEO
Funding
Location
1
Jasper
Productivity
Dave Rogenmoser
131
M
Austin
2
Credo AI
Infrastructure
Navrina Singh
18
M
Palo Alto
3
Linear
DevOps
Karri Saarinen
17
M
San Francisco
4
Copy AI
Productivity
Paul Yacoubian
14
M
Memphis
5
Flux
Collaboration
Matthias Wagner
12
M
San Francisco
6
A-Alpha Bio
Biology
David Younger
23
M
Seattle
7
Lexion
Legal
Gaurav Oberoi
15
M
Seattle
8
DoNotPay
Legal
Joshua Browder
28
M
San Francisco
9
Tabnine
DevOps
Dror Weiss
30
M
Tel Aviv
10
Vanti
Manufacturing
Smadar David
22
M
Tel Aviv
Rank
Company
Category
CEO
Funding
Location
1
Runway ML
Voice & Video
Cristobal Valenzuela
44
M
New York
2
Cresta
Customer Success
S. Zayd Enam
157
M
San Francisco
3
Vanta
Finance
Christina Cacioppo
203
M
San Francisco
4
Loom
Voice & Video
Joe Thomas
198
M
San Francisco
5
Panther
Security
Jack Naglieri
141
M
San Francisco
6
Adept
Automation
David Luan
65
M
San Francisco
7
Gem
Human Resources
Steven Bartel
146
M
San Francisco
8
Glean
Productivity
Arvind Jain
156
M
Palo Alto
9
Jellyfish
DevOps
Andrew Lau
117
M
Boston
10
CaptivateIQ
Sales
Mark Schopmeyer
165
M
San Francisco
Rank
Company
Category
CEO
Funding
Location
1
Snyk
Security
Peter McKay
850
M
Boston
2
Gong
Sales
Amit Bendov
583
M
Palo Alto
3
Airtable
Productivity
Howie Liu
1355
M
San Francisco
4
Calendly
Productivity
Tope Awotona
351
M
Atlanta
5
Abnormal Security
Security
Evan Reiser
284
M
San Francisco
6
Celonis
Automation
Alexander Rinke
1764
M
Munich
7
Highspot
Sales
Robert Wahbe
660
M
Seattle
8
Grammarly
Productivity
Brad Hoover
400
M
San Francisco
9
Clari
Sales
Andy Byrne
496
M
Sunnyvale
10
Miro
Collaboration
Andrey Khusid
476
M
San Francisco
Rank
Company
Category
CEO
Funding
Location
1
Hugging Face
DevOps
Clément Delangue
165
M
New York
2
Databricks
Data & Analytics
Ali Ghodsi
3497
M
San Francisco
3
Dbt Labs
Infrastructure
Tristan Handy
415
M
Philadelphia
4
Airbyte
Infrastructure
Michel Tricot
181
M
San Francisco
5
DataRobot
Data & Analytics
Debanjan Saha
1048
M
Boston
6
Weights & Biases
DevOps
Lukas Biewald
200
M
San Francisco
7
Anyscale
DevOps
Robert Nishihara
260
M
San Francisco
8
OctoML
DevOps
Luis Ceze
133
M
Seattle
9
ThoughtSpot
Data & Analytics
Sudheesh Nair
677
M
San Jose
10
Fivetran
Infrastructure
George Fraser
728
M
Oakland
Company
Category
CEO
Funding
Location
Abnormal Security
Security
Evan Reiser
74
M
San Francisco
Amperity
Customer Success
Kabir Shahani
187
M
Seattle
Anduril
Security
Brian Schimpf
835
M
Irvine
Auditoria
Finance
Rohit Gupta
22
M
San Jose
Axonius
Security
Dean Sysman
195
M
New York
Celonis
Automation
Alexander Rinke
1,364
M
Munich
Chainalysis
Finance
Michael Gronager
368
M
New York
Clockwise
Productivity
Matthew Martin
31
M
San Francisco
Cockroach Labs
Data & Analytics
Spencer Kimball
355
M
New York
Cresta
Customer Success
S. Zayd Enam
77
M
San Francisco
Cribl
Observability
Clint Sharp
256
M
San Francisco
DataRobot
Data & Analytics
Debanjan Saha
1,048
M
Boston
Databricks
Data & Analytics
Ali Ghodsi
3,497
M
San Francisco
Fivetran
Infrastructure
George Fraser
728
M
Oakland
Gong
Sales
Amit Bendov
584
M
Palo Alto
Grafana Labs
Observability
Raj Dutt
329
M
New York
Hugging Face
DevOps
Clément Delangue
65
M
New York
Hyperscience
Automation
Peter Brodsky
199
M
New York
Instabase
Productivity
Anant Bhardwaj
132
M
San Francisco
LinearB
DevOps
Ori Keren
23
M
Santa Monica
Loom
Voice & Video
Joe Thomas
198
M
San Francisco
Machinify
Healthcare
Prasanna Ganesan
12
M
Palo Alto
Monte Carlo
Observability
Barr Moses
106
M
San Francisco
Moveworks
Customer Success
Bhavin Shah
308
M
Mountain View
OctoML
DevOps
Luis Ceze
133
M
Seattle
Primer.ai
Data & Analytics
Sean Gourley
168
M
San Francisco
Replicant
Customer Success
Gadi Shamia
34
M
San Francisco
Runway ML
Voice & Video
Cristobal Valenzuela
10
M
New York
Samsara
DevOps
Sanjit Biswas
930
M
San Francisco
SeekOut
Human Resources
Anoop Gupta
74
M
Redmond
Snorkel AI
Data & Analytics
Alexander Ratner
138
M
Palo Alto
Snyk
Security
Peter McKay
1,109
M
Boston
Spot AI
Voice & Video
Tanuj Thapliyal
22
M
Burlingame
Starburst
Data & Analytics
Justin Borgman
280
M
Boston
Synthesia
Voice & Video
Victor Riparbelli
17
M
London
Tesorio
Finance
Carlos Vega
17
M
San Francisco
TruEra
Observability
William Uppington
17
M
Redwood City
WellSaid Labs
Voice & Video
Matt Hocking
12
M
Seattle
Workato
Automation
Vijay Tella
421
M
Mountain View
dbt labs
Infrastructure
Tristan Handy
192
M
Philadelphia
Rank
Company
Category
CEO
Funding
Location
1
Runway ML
Voice & Video
Cristobal Valenzuela
10
M
New York
2
Tesorio
Finance
Carlos Vega
17
M
San Francisco
3
Spot AI
Voice & Video
Tanuj Thapliyal
22
M
Burlingame
4
Auditoria
Finance
Rohit Gupta
22
M
San Jose
5
TruEra
Observability
William Uppington
17
M
Redwood City
6
Clockwise
Productivity
Matthew Martin
31
M
San Francisco
7
WellSaid Labs
Voice & Video
Matt Hocking
12
M
Seattle
8
LinearB
DevOps
Ori Keren
23
M
Santa Monica
9
Machinify
Healthcare
Prasanna Ganesan
12
M
Palo Alto
10
Replicant
Customer Success
Gadi Shamia
34
M
San Francisco
11
Synthesia
Voice & Video
Victor Riparbelli
17
M
London
Rank
Company
Category
CEO
Funding
Location
1
Abnormal Security
Security
Evan Reiser
74
M
San Francisco
2
Instabase
Productivity
Anant Bhardwaj
132
M
San Francisco
3
Loom
Voice & Video
Joe Thomas
198
M
San Francisco
4
Amperity
Customer Success
Kabir Shahani
187
M
Seattle
5
Primer.ai
Data & Analytics
Sean Gourley
168
M
San Francisco
6
Hyperscience
Automation
Peter Brodsky
199
M
New York
7
Axonius
Security
Dean Sysman
195
M
New York
8
Cresta
Customer Success
S. Zayd Enam
77
M
San Francisco
9
SeekOut
Human Resources
Anoop Gupta
74
M
Redmond
Rank
Company
Category
CEO
Funding
Location
1
Gong
Sales
Amit Bendov
584
M
Palo Alto
2
Snyk
Security
Peter McKay
1,109
M
Boston
3
Samsara
DevOps
Sanjit Biswas
930
M
San Francisco
4
Cribl
Observability
Clint Sharp
256
M
San Francisco
5
Starburst
Data & Analytics
Justin Borgman
280
M
Boston
6
Celonis
Automation
Alexander Rinke
1,364
M
Munich
7
Anduril
Security
Brian Schimpf
835
M
Irvine
8
Chainalysis
Finance
Michael Gronager
368
M
New York
9
Workato
Automation
Vijay Tella
421
M
Mountain View
10
Moveworks
Customer Success
Bhavin Shah
308
M
Mountain View
Rank
Company
Category
CEO
Funding
Location
1
dbt labs
Infrastructure
Tristan Handy
192
M
Philadelphia
2
Databricks
Data & Analytics
Ali Ghodsi
3,497
M
San Francisco
3
Hugging Face
DevOps
Clément Delangue
65
M
New York
4
Cockroach Labs
Data & Analytics
Spencer Kimball
355
M
New York
5
DataRobot
Data & Analytics
Debanjan Saha
1,048
M
Boston
6
Fivetran
Infrastructure
George Fraser
728
M
Oakland
7
OctoML
DevOps
Luis Ceze
133
M
Seattle
8
Grafana Labs
Observability
Raj Dutt
329
M
New York
9
Monte Carlo
Observability
Barr Moses
106
M
San Francisco
10
Snorkel AI
Data & Analytics
Alexander Ratner
138
M
Palo Alto
Phase 1
Building the voting list

In 2022, we received over 250 private company nominations from over 50 venture capital investors from over 40 top-tier venture capital and investment firms. This year, we also partnered with PitchBook to further expand our nomination list by identifying the top-performing companies in the intelligent applications sector to ensure we were not missing out on any companies. Each judge had the opportunity to nominate companies for consideration in each category. The Madrona team vetted the companies to ensure they met the definition of intelligent apps.

Phase 2
Voting

After we collected the nominations, we asked the same venture capital investors to vote on their top 5 companies in each sector (early, mid, late, and enabler). Each venture capital investor was limited to voting for only 2 of their portfolio companies.

Phase 3
Tabulation

To tabulate the 2022 list, we then leveraged PitchBook’s “Venture Exit Predictor Tool.” Their model considers and weighs many data points, including total venture dollars raised, number of employees, and latest post-money valuation. We weighted the venture community votes and PitchBook’s Venture Exit Predictor Score to produce a final composite score that resulted in the 40 winners.

Methodology

Research-driven, industry-sourced list derived from investors who have put several billion into the sector.

The methodology for the IA40 is based on Madrona's experience investing in founders and engaging with researchers involved in AI and Machine Learning for over a decade, and inspired by a research and survey methodology developed by Wing.vc. This list was compiled by and voted on by experts in the space: investors who are funding the next generation of intelligent application companies, technology companies and a leading investment bank.

Full Methodology

The 2022 Judges

Goldman Sachs
Scale Venture Partners
Decibel Partners
CRV
Revolution Ventures
B Capital
NEA
Merus Capital
Coatue
Positive Sum
ICONIQ Capital
Altimeter
Accel
Amazon
General Catalyst
Redpoint Ventures
OpenView
Playground Global
a16z
GGV Capital
Mayfield Fund
Norwest Venture Partners
Allen Institute of AI
M12
GV
Canaan
Essence VC
Bain Capital Ventures
Khosla Ventures
defy.vc
March Capital
Madrona Venture Group
Bessemer Venture Partners
Index Ventures
Meritech Capital Partners
Acrew Capital
Greylock
Addition
Insight Partners
AIX Ventures
Sapphire Ventures
Menlo Ventures
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