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Free to cite with credit and a link to AI Lounge. Updated continuously. Every link here opens the full dataset, no account needed.
Revenue Leaderboard2,105private AI and SaaS companies ranked by revenueTwo boards, AI-native and SaaS, by category and country, every figure sourced. Free and public.Open →AI Model Benchmarks109model versions from 13 labsSWE-bench, Terminal-Bench, GPQA, HLE, ARC-AGI-2 and Arena, next to price per million tokens. Charts free to republish.Open →The Agentic 5050AI agent platforms that matter in 2026Consumer and business agents, ranked by scale: capital raised, valuation, ARR and users, as reported.Open →M&A Deals Data174AI acquisitions in 2026, $468B disclosedEvery AI acquisition with acquirer, price, date and source, updated daily. Free and public.Open →VC Investments Data2,905AI venture rounds in 2026, $699B raisedSeed to growth, with lead investors, round size, valuation and the partners behind each round. Opens in full from this page.Open →
AI CompaniesRevenue, headcount, funding, valuation and investorsOpen →InvestorsWho is writing AI checks, how many and how muchOpen →AI AngelsThe angels backing AI startupsOpen →Seed roundsEvery 2026 AI seed and pre-seed roundOpen →AcceleratorsTerms, cohorts and alumni of every AI programOpen →AI StocksPrices, market caps and the AI Lounge IndexOpen →
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Real profiles only: name, photo, role, company and city. Mostly founders, by design.
Exited, high-ARR and VC-backed founders
Advait Shinde$1B exitFounded GoGuardian, a $1B edtech company
John RyanIPOTook Entrust Technologies public on Nasdaq
David Hassell$50M+ ARRGrew 15Five past $50M ARR as CEO
Pavan Sondur$111M exitCo-founded Unbxd, acquired by Netcore Cloud
Nevo ElmalemVC-backedRaised a $98M Series C for Sensi AIMassimo Arrigoni$10M+ ARRBeefree runs inside 1,100+ SaaS apps
Developers with the most GitHub stars
Kenneth Estanislao97K ★Mahipal37K ★
Fathah CR14K ★
Wenyu Chiou8K ★
Shengjia Yan6K ★
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