--- title: "AI Startup Funding Report — August 12, 2026 — name.ai" description: "4 AI startup funding announcements recorded for August 12, 2026, totaling $2,119,100,000 in disclosed amounts. Largest raise: OpenAI-backed Thrive Holdings (undisclosed round)." url: https://name.ai/insights/ai-funding-2026-08-12 --- [← Funding Reports](https://name.ai/insights/funding) Funding ReportAug 12, 2026 # AI Startup Funding Report — August 12, 2026 Published Sep 12, 2026 4 AI startup funding announcements recorded for August 12, 2026, totaling $2,119,100,000 in disclosed amounts. Largest raise: OpenAI-backed Thrive Holdings (undisclosed round). $2.0B Top raise 4 Rounds $2.1B Raised ## Today's Largest Raise **OpenAI-backed Thrive Holdings** raised **$2,000,000,000** (undisclosed round). ## Top 4 Raises | # | Company | Amount | Round | Investors | Date | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | OpenAI-backed Thrive Holdings | $2,000,000,000 | — | — | 2026-08-12 | | 2 | Six | $74,100,000 | — | — | 2026-08-12 | | 3 | Blacksmith | $45,000,000 | Series B | — | 2026-08-12 | | 4 | Cytix | undisclosed | Series A | — | 2026-08-12 | ## Market Summary 4 AI funding announcements on August 12, 2026 disclosed a combined $2,119,100,000 (about $706,366,667 average among disclosed rounds). The largest disclosed raise was **OpenAI-backed Thrive Holdings** at **$2,000,000,000**. ## Raw Data | Company | Amount | Round | Investors | Date | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Cytix | undisclosed | Series A | — | Aug 12, 2026 | | OpenAI-backed Thrive Holdings | $2,000,000,000 | — | — | Aug 12, 2026 | | Six | $74,100,000 | — | — | Aug 12, 2026 | | Blacksmith | $45,000,000 | Series B | — | Aug 12, 2026 | Weekly Intelligence · Free ### Stay ahead of AI market intelligence Daily .ai domain sales and AI startup funding breakdowns — straight to your inbox. --- Markdown representation of https://name.ai/insights/ai-funding-2026-08-12. The same URL returns HTML to any client that asks for `text/html`. Site map for agents: https://name.ai/llms.txt