San Francisco unicorns
Private software and AI companies headquartered in San Francisco and valued at $1B or more, ranked by valuation. 181 companies qualify. How the leaderboard is built
| Rank | Company | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anthropic 2021 · San Francisco, CA | $965B |
| 2 | OpenAI 2015 · San Francisco, CA | $852B |
| 3 | Databricks 2013 · San Francisco, CA | $190B |
| 4 | Prometheus 2025 · San Francisco, CA | $41.0B |
| 5 | Perplexity 2022 · San Francisco, CA | $30.0B |
| 6 | Baseten 2019 · San Francisco, CA | $26.0B |
| 7 | Miro 2011 · San Francisco, CA | $17.5B |
| 8 | Deel 2019 · San Francisco, CA | $17.3B |
| 9 | Rippling 2016 · San Francisco, CA | $16.8B |
| 10 | Sierra 2023 · San Francisco, CA | $15.8B |
| 11 | Harvey 2022 · San Francisco, CA | $15.5B |
| 12 | ClickHouse 2009 · San Francisco, CA | $15.0B |
| 13 | Surge AI 2020 · San Francisco, CA | $15.0B |
| 14 | Discord 2012 · San Francisco, CA | $14.7B |
| 15 | Bolt 2014 · San Francisco, CA | $14.0B |
| 16 | Superhuman 2009 · San Francisco, CA | $13.0B |
| 17 | Poolside 2023 · San Francisco, CA | $12.0B |
| 18 | Thinking Machines Lab 2025 · San Francisco, CA | $12.0B |
| 19 | Notion 2012 · San Francisco, CA | $11.0B |
| 20 | Physical Intelligence 2024 · San Francisco, CA | $11.0B |
| 21 | Alchemy Insights 2013 · San Francisco, CA | $10.5B |
| 22 | NEAR 2017 · San Francisco, CA | $10.0B |
| 23 | Midjourney 2020 · San Francisco, CA | $10.0B |
| 24 | Mercor 2022 · San Francisco, CA | $10.0B |
| 25 | Instinct 2025 · San Francisco, CA | $10.0B |
| 26 | Gusto 2011 · San Francisco, CA | $9.30B |
| 27 | Plaid 2012 · San Francisco, CA | $8.00B |
| 28 | Flexport 2013 · San Francisco, CA | $8.00B |
| 29 | Fal 2021 · San Francisco, CA | $8.00B |
| 30 | Automattic 2005 · San Francisco, CA | $7.50B |
| 31 | Together AI 2022 · San Francisco, CA | $7.50B |
| 32 | TypeSafe AI 2024 · San Francisco, CA | $7.50B |
| 33 | Carta 2012 · San Francisco, CA | $7.40B |
| 34 | Gong 2015 · San Francisco, CA | $7.25B |
| 35 | Peregrine 2017 · San Francisco, CA | $6.80B |
| 36 | Benchling 2012 · San Francisco, CA | $6.10B |
| 37 | Postman 2014 · San Francisco, CA | $5.60B |
| 38 | Harness 2017 · San Francisco, CA | $5.50B |
| 39 | Higgsfield 2023 · San Francisco, CA | $5.40B |
| 40 | World Labs 2024 · San Francisco, CA | $5.40B |
| 41 | 6Sense Insights 2013 · San Francisco, CA | $5.20B |
| 42 | Faire 2017 · San Francisco, CA | $5.20B |
| 43 | Mercury Technologies 2017 · San Francisco, CA | $5.20B |
| 44 | Zapier 2011 · San Francisco, CA | $5.00B |
| 45 | Factory 2023 · San Francisco, CA | $5.00B |
| 46 | Mirendil 2026 · San Francisco, CA | $5.00B |
| 47 | Checkr 2014 · San Francisco, CA | $4.60B |
| 48 | Decagon 2023 · San Francisco, CA | $4.50B |
| 49 | Unconventional AI 2025 · San Francisco, CA | $4.50B |
| 50 | Anchorage Digital 2017 · San Francisco, CA | $4.20B |
| 51 | Vanta 2018 · San Francisco, CA | $4.15B |
| 52 | Aurora Solar 2013 · San Francisco, CA | $4.00B |
| 53 | Hive 2013 · San Francisco, CA | $4.00B |
| 54 | Webflow 2013 · San Francisco, CA | $4.00B |
| 55 | Corgi 2024 · San Francisco, CA | $4.00B |
| 56 | Core Automation 2025 · San Francisco, CA | $4.00B |
| 57 | Magic 2022 · San Francisco, CA | $3.80B |
| 58 | Upwind Security 2022 · San Francisco, CA | $3.80B |
| 59 | Handshake 2014 · San Francisco, CA | $3.50B |
| 60 | Cribl 2018 · San Francisco, CA | $3.50B |
| 61 | Retool 2017 · San Francisco, CA | $3.20B |
| 62 | AfterQuery 2025 · San Francisco, CA | $3.20B |
| 63 | Flutterwave 2016 · San Francisco, CA | $3.20B |
| 64 | Sentry 2008 · San Francisco, CA | $3.19B |
| 65 | Arena Intelligence 2023 · San Francisco, CA | $3.10B |
| 66 | Sigma Computing 2014 · San Francisco, CA | $3.00B |
| 67 | Human Interest 2015 · San Francisco, CA | $3.00B |
| 68 | Incode Technologies 2015 · San Francisco, CA | $3.00B |
| 69 | Lattice 2015 · San Francisco, CA | $3.00B |
| 70 | Outschool 2015 · San Francisco, CA | $3.00B |
| 71 | Phantom 2021 · San Francisco, CA | $3.00B |
| 72 | Move Ind 2022 · San Francisco, CA | $3.00B |
| 73 | Gimlet Labs 2023 · San Francisco, CA | $3.00B |
| 74 | Yanka Industries 2012 · San Francisco, CA | $2.75B |
| 75 | Hightouch 2018 · San Francisco, CA | $2.75B |
| 76 | Tradeshift 2009 · San Francisco, CA | $2.70B |
| 77 | AppsFlyer 2011 · San Francisco, CA | $2.70B |
| 78 | Angle Health 2019 · San Francisco, CA | $2.70B |
| 79 | Transcarent 2020 · San Francisco, CA | $2.68B |
| 80 | Sourcegraph 2013 · San Francisco, CA | $2.63B |
| 81 | Sysdig 2013 · San Francisco, CA | $2.50B |
| 82 | Linear 2019 · San Francisco, CA | $2.50B |
| 83 | Qualia 2015 · San Francisco, CA | $2.49B |
| 84 | World 2019 · San Francisco, CA | $2.47B |
| 85 | Modern Treasury 2018 · San Francisco, CA | $2.24B |
| 86 | Critical Ideas 2018 · San Francisco, CA | $2.23B |
| 87 | Zip 2020 · San Francisco, CA | $2.20B |
| 88 | Exa Labs 2021 · San Francisco, CA | $2.20B |
| 89 | Iterable 2013 · San Francisco, CA | $2.10B |
| 90 | Kong 2009 · San Francisco, CA | $2.10B |
| 91 | WorkOS 2019 · San Francisco, CA | $2.05B |
| 92 | Redis 2011 · San Francisco, CA | $2.00B |
| 93 | MURAL 2011 · San Francisco, CA | $2.00B |
| 94 | Netlify 2014 · San Francisco, CA | $2.00B |
| 95 | Invisible Technologies 2015 · San Francisco, CA | $2.00B |
| 96 | Persona Identities 2018 · San Francisco, CA | $2.00B |
| 97 | EvenUp 2019 · San Francisco, CA | $2.00B |
| 98 | Pipe 2019 · San Francisco, CA | $2.00B |
| 99 | Gamma Tech. 2020 · San Francisco, CA | $2.00B |
| 100 | Wispr Flow 2021 · San Francisco, CA | $2.00B |
| 101 | 0G labs 2023 · San Francisco, CA | $2.00B |
| 102 | Parallel Web Systems 2023 · San Francisco, CA | $2.00B |
| 103 | Writer 2020 · San Francisco, CA | $1.90B |
| 104 | Builder.io 2018 · San Francisco, CA | $1.85B |
| 105 | Sift 2011 · San Francisco, CA | $1.83B |
| 106 | Watershed 2019 · San Francisco, CA | $1.80B |
| 107 | Distyl AI 2022 · San Francisco, CA | $1.80B |
| 108 | Productboard 2014 · San Francisco, CA | $1.72B |
| 109 | CircleCI 2011 · San Francisco, CA | $1.70B |
| 110 | AppDirect 2009 · San Francisco, CA | $1.67B |
| 111 | Incredible Health 2015 · San Francisco, CA | $1.65B |
| 112 | Mux 2015 · San Francisco, CA | $1.65B |
| 113 | Magic Eden 2021 · San Francisco, CA | $1.63B |
| 114 | Extend 2018 · San Francisco, CA | $1.60B |
| 115 | Bright Machines 2018 · San Francisco, CA | $1.60B |
| 116 | Monte Carlo 2019 · San Francisco, CA | $1.60B |
| 117 | Pave 2019 · San Francisco, CA | $1.60B |
| 118 | CoinList 2017 · San Francisco, CA | $1.55B |
| 119 | Collective Health 2013 · San Francisco, CA | $1.53B |
| 120 | Apollo GraphQL 2011 · San Francisco, CA | $1.53B |
| 121 | Clarify 2015 · San Francisco, CA | $1.50B |
| 122 | Fabric 2016 · San Francisco, CA | $1.50B |
| 123 | Render 2018 · San Francisco, CA | $1.50B |
| 124 | Kikoff 2019 · San Francisco, CA | $1.50B |
| 125 | Airbyte 2020 · San Francisco, CA | $1.50B |
| 126 | Omni 2022 · San Francisco, CA | $1.50B |
| 127 | Resolve AI 2024 · San Francisco, CA | $1.50B |
| 128 | Flapping Airplanes 2025 · San Francisco, CA | $1.50B |
| 129 | Fundamental 2024 · San Francisco, CA | $1.46B |
| 130 | Envoy 2013 · San Francisco, CA | $1.40B |
| 131 | Panther 2018 · San Francisco, CA | $1.40B |
| 132 | PostHog 2020 · San Francisco, CA | $1.40B |
| 133 | Anyscale 2019 · San Francisco, CA | $1.38B |
| 134 | At-Bay 2016 · San Francisco, CA | $1.36B |
| 135 | Deepgram 2015 · San Francisco, CA | $1.32B |
| 136 | CoinTracker 2017 · San Francisco, CA | $1.30B |
| 137 | Instabase 2015 · San Francisco, CA | $1.30B |
| 138 | Scribe 2019 · San Francisco, CA | $1.30B |
| 139 | Chai Discovery 2024 · San Francisco, CA | $1.30B |
| 140 | Periodic Labs 2025 · San Francisco, CA | $1.30B |
| 141 | Applied Compute 2025 · San Francisco, CA | $1.30B |
| 142 | ClassDojo 2011 · San Francisco, CA | $1.28B |
| 143 | CaptivateIQ 2017 · San Francisco, CA | $1.25B |
| 144 | Ambience Healthcare 2020 · San Francisco, CA | $1.25B |
| 145 | LangChain 2022 · San Francisco, CA | $1.25B |
| 146 | Goodfire 2023 · San Francisco, CA | $1.25B |
| 147 | Pantheon Systems 2010 · San Francisco, CA | $1.24B |
| 148 | MindTickle 2011 · San Francisco, CA | $1.20B |
| 149 | Viz.ai 2016 · San Francisco, CA | $1.20B |
| 150 | Gem 2017 · San Francisco, CA | $1.20B |
| 151 | Assort Health 2023 · San Francisco, CA | $1.20B |
| 152 | Rox AI 2024 · San Francisco, CA | $1.20B |
| 153 | Standard AI 2017 · San Francisco, CA | $1.15B |
| 154 | MoEngage 2014 · San Francisco, CA | $1.14B |
| 155 | Enable 2016 · San Francisco, CA | $1.14B |
| 156 | Imply 2015 · San Francisco, CA | $1.12B |
| 157 | Juniper Square 2014 · San Francisco, CA | $1.10B |
| 158 | Backstory 2016 · San Francisco, CA | $1.10B |
| 159 | Substack 2017 · San Francisco, CA | $1.10B |
| 160 | Demandbase 2005 · San Francisco, CA | $1.09B |
| 161 | Constructor 2015 · San Francisco, CA | $1.06B |
| 162 | PandaDoc 2011 · San Francisco, CA | $1.06B |
| 163 | Mixpanel 2009 · San Francisco, CA | $1.05B |
| 164 | Density 2014 · San Francisco, CA | $1.05B |
| 165 | Hasura 2017 · San Francisco, CA | $1.04B |
| 166 | AKASA 2018 · San Francisco, CA | $1.02B |
| 167 | Quizlet 2005 · San Francisco, CA | $1.00B |
| 168 | Shippo 2013 · San Francisco, CA | $1.00B |
| 169 | Speak 2015 · San Francisco, CA | $1.00B |
| 170 | Forte 2018 · San Francisco, CA | $1.00B |
| 171 | Redpanda 2019 · San Francisco, CA | $1.00B |
| 172 | Mesh 2020 · San Francisco, CA | $1.00B |
| 173 | Imbue 2021 · San Francisco, CA | $1.00B |
| 174 | Andalusia Labs 2021 · San Francisco, CA | $1.00B |
| 175 | Thatch 2021 · San Francisco, CA | $1.00B |
| 176 | Arcee AI 2023 · San Francisco, CA | $1.00B |
| 177 | Serval 2024 · San Francisco, CA | $1.00B |
| 178 | Venice 2024 · San Francisco, CA | $1.00B |
| 179 | Town 2024 · San Francisco, CA | $1.00B |
| 180 | Engramme 2025 · San Francisco, CA | $1.00B |
| 181 | Prentis 2026 · San Francisco, CA | $1.00B |