The 50 Artificial Intelligence companies that produced the most founders (2026)
A founder factory is a company whose people leave to start companies of their own. This ranks every company in the graph by how many of its alumni — people who founded it or worked there — went on to found at least one company, counting only ventures started no earlier than the company itself.
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Founder factories · Artificial Intelligence Alumni who went on to found companies OpenAI: 23 alumni founded 23 companies OpenAI 23 DeepMind: 15 alumni founded 15 companies DeepMind 15 Physical Intelligence: 6 alumni founded 1 companies Physical Intelligence 6 Physical Intelligence (π): 6 alumni founded 1 companies Physical Intelligence (π) 6 Together AI: 5 alumni founded 6 companies Together AI 5 Fin: 5 alumni founded 3 companies Fin 5 EQL: 4 alumni founded 5 companies EQL 4 Together: 4 alumni founded 5 companies Together 4 LogicStar: 4 alumni founded 3 companies LogicStar 4 Anysphere: 4 alumni founded 2 companies Anysphere 4 Clarity: 4 alumni founded 2 companies Clarity 4 Obot AI: 4 alumni founded 2 companies Obot AI 4 Standard Cognition: 4 alumni founded 2 companies Standard Cognition 4 Imagen: 4 alumni founded 1 companies Imagen 4 Zyg: 3 alumni founded 10 companies Zyg 3
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Company
Sector HQ Founded Founders
Companies started
1
OpenAI Artificial Intelligence San Francisco, USA
2015
23
23
2
DeepMind Artificial Intelligence London, UK
2010
15
15
3
Physical Intelligence Artificial Intelligence San Francisco, USA
2024
6
1
4
Physical Intelligence (π) Artificial Intelligence United States
— 6
1
5
Together AI Artificial Intelligence San Francisco, USA
2022
5
6
6
Fin Artificial Intelligence — — 5
3
7
EQL Artificial Intelligence — — 4
5
8
Together Artificial Intelligence San Francisco, USA
2022
4
5
9
LogicStar Artificial Intelligence — — 4
3
10
Anysphere Artificial Intelligence San Francisco, USA
2022
4
2
11
Clarity Artificial Intelligence — — 4
2
12
Obot AI Artificial Intelligence — — 4
2
13
Standard Cognition Artificial Intelligence San Francisco, USA
2017
4
2
14
Imagen Artificial Intelligence — — 4
1
15
Zyg Artificial Intelligence — — 3
10
16
Sesame AI Artificial Intelligence — — 3
7
17
Daloopa Artificial Intelligence — — 3
4
18
Genesis AI Artificial Intelligence — — 3
4
19
Adept Artificial Intelligence San Francisco, USA
2022
3
3
20
Adept AI Artificial Intelligence San Francisco, USA
2022
3
3
21
Cresta Artificial Intelligence San Francisco, USA
2017
3
3
22
Google DeepMind Artificial Intelligence United Kingdom
2010
3
3
23
Mycroft AI, Inc. Artificial Intelligence United States
2015
3
3
24
Safe Superintelligence Artificial Intelligence Palo Alto, USA
2024
3
3
25
Turi Artificial Intelligence — — 3
3
26
Arcade Artificial Intelligence — — 3
2
27
Cerebras Artificial Intelligence Sunnyvale, USA
2015
3
2
28
Cognition Artificial Intelligence San Francisco, USA
2023
3
2
29
Macroscope Artificial Intelligence United States
— 3
2
30
Osmo Artificial Intelligence — — 3
2
31
Portola (Tolan) Artificial Intelligence — — 3
2
32
Shengshu Technology Artificial Intelligence — — 3
2
33
Shengshu Technology (Vidu) Artificial Intelligence — — 3
2
34
Tolan Artificial Intelligence — — 3
2
35
Toyo Artificial Intelligence — — 3
2
36
gradio Artificial Intelligence — — 3
2
37
AIUC Artificial Intelligence — — 3
1
38
Adya AI Artificial Intelligence — — 3
1
39
Adya.ai Artificial Intelligence — — 3
1
40
Alex (Apriora) Artificial Intelligence — — 3
1
41
Artificial Intelligence Underwriting Company Artificial Intelligence — — 3
1
42
Bluefish Artificial Intelligence — — 3
1
43
Born Artificial Intelligence — — 3
1
44
Centaur Labs Artificial Intelligence Boston, USA
2017
3
1
45
Emergence AI Artificial Intelligence — — 3
1
46
Fyxer Artificial Intelligence — — 3
1
47
Fyxer AI Artificial Intelligence — — 3
1
48
Galileo Artificial Intelligence — — 3
1
49
Saris AI Artificial Intelligence — — 3
1
50
Xayn Artificial Intelligence — — 3
1
How this is counted.
A person counts as an alumnus of a company if they founded it or worked there. They count towards the company’s score if they went on to found at least one other company that was started no earlier than the company itself. Universities and other non-commercial organisations are pruned from the graph where we can identify them.
Data is community-corrected — fix something .