Hydra Host
hydrahost.com
$100M
Series A
Aaron Ginn
CEO & Co-founder
- Aaron Ginn previously co-founded the Foundation for American Innovation and the digital marketing firm Fabius Labs.
Series AAI-NativeEnterpriseB2B
16 AI & Machine Learning companies raised a combined $390.8M across 1 pre-seed, 8 seed, 7 series a. Tracked daily from announcement. Founder contacts and growth signals included.
- Aaron Ginn previously co-founded the Foundation for American Innovation and the digital marketing firm Fabius Labs.
- Markie Wagner is a Thiel Fellow who researched at Stanford and worked on machine learning at Google and Waymo before founding Poetic.
- Rohan Chopra spent eight years at DoorDash, joining as an early engineer and rising into leadership.
The AI & Machine Learning sector saw 16 funding rounds tracked on FundedStartupsDaily this year, totalling $390.8M. The median round sits at $24M, with 56% of activity at pre-seed and seed stage and the remaining 44% at Series A and later. Pre-Seed rounds dominate, accounting for 6% of all AI & Machine Learning activity in 2026.
Geographically, AI & Machine Learning funding is concentrated in United States, which accounts for 11 of the 16 raises (69%). The remainder is distributed across other regions tracked by FundedStartupsDaily.
The largest AI & Machine Learning round in 2026 is Hydra Host's $100M series a, led by Aaron Ginn.
Every entry on this page is sourced from public funding announcements, then enriched with founder LinkedIn handles, company websites, and growth signals. If you're a founder, operator, salesperson, or recruiter tracking AI & Machine Learning, this page updates every weekday with new rounds.
| # | Company | Stage | Raised | Founder / CEO | Region | Signals | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seltz seltz.ai | Seed | $12.5M | Antonio Mallia Founder & CEO | United States | Seed AI-Native API-First | |
| 2 | TensorX tensorx.ai | Seed | €8M | Shane Morton Founder | Ireland | Seed Deep Tech AI-Native | |
| 3 | Seltz seltz.com | Seed | $12.5M | Antonio Mallia Founder & CEO | United States | Seed AI-Native API-First | |
| 4 | TensorX tensorx.ai | Seed | €8M | Shane Morton Founder & CEO | Ireland | Seed AI-Native Deep Tech | |
| 5 | Cortea cortea.ai | Seed | €12M | Valentin Neumann Co-founder & CEO | Germany | Seed B2B Enterprise | |
| 6 | Hydra Host hydrahost.com | Series A | $100M | Aaron Ginn CEO & Co-founder | United States | Series A AI-Native Enterprise | |
| 7 | Pramaana Labs pramaana.ai | Seed | $27M | Ranjan Rajagopalan Co-founder & CEO | India | Seed AI-Native Deep Tech | |
| 8 | Convey convey.com | Series A | $38M | Rohan Chopra Co-founder & CEO | United States | Series A AI-Native Revenue-Generating | |
| 9 | Jedify jedify.ai | Series A | $24M | Assaf Henkin Co-Founder & CEO | United States | Series A AI-Native Enterprise | |
| 10 | Taste Labs tastelabs.ai | Seed | $18.5M | Thais Castello Branco Founder & CEO | United States | Seed AI-Native B2B | |
| 11 | Jedify jedify.com | Series A | $24M | Assaf Henkin CEO & Co-founder | United States | Series A AI-Native Enterprise | |
| 12 | Mimir mimir.ai | Pre-Seed | €518K | Jørgen Vartdal Halse CEO & Co-founder | Norway | Pre-Seed AI-Native B2B | |
| 13 | Poetic poetic.com | Series A | $50M | Markie Wagner Founder & CEO | United States | Series A AI-Native Enterprise | |
| 14 | Jedify jedify.com | Series A | $24M | Assaf Henkin Co-founder & CEO | United States | Series A AI-Native Enterprise | |
| 15 | Jedify jedify.com | Series A | $24M | Assaf Henkin CEO & Co-founder | United States | Series A Enterprise AI-Native | |
| 16 | Corca corca.com | Seed | $7.8M | Anton Gladkoborodov CEO & Co-founder | United States | Seed AI-Native B2B |