AI coding startups are becoming a hotspot for VCs. Here are the 12 copilots that have landed funding from funds like a16z, Lightspeed, and Menlo Ventures.

Founded in 2023, the San Francisco-based startup is building its own foundation models, API, and coding assistants to bring generative AI to software developers. Poolside has so far raised $626 million in VC funding, and its notable investors are Bain Capital Ventures, DST Global, Felicis Ventures, and Redpoint Ventures.

Magic uses generative AI to create code and automate software development tasks. Founded in 2022, the San Francisco-based startup raised a $117 Series B in February 2024, led by Nat Friedman and Daniel Gross's NFDG Ventures. CapitalG and Elad Gil also participated.

In August, Magic said it raised an additional $320 million from a spate of investors, including Eric Schmidt, Jane Street, Sequoia, and Atlassian, as well as Friedman, Gross, Gil, and CapitalG. This brought the startup's total funding to $515 million.

Augment is building AI coding assistance software for engineering teams. The startup emerged from stealth in April 2024 and announced its $227 million Series B funding round at a $977 million post-money valuation, which included investments from Sutter Hill Ventures, Index Ventures, Innovation Endeavors, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and Meritech Capital. The startup previously raised a $25 million Series A led by Sutter Hill Ventures.

Anysphere, a startup founded in 2022 that is creating an AI code editor called Cursor, raised a $60 million Series A funding round at a $400 million post-money valuation, according to TechCrunch.

Business Insider first reported that Anysphere was raising a new funding round at a $400 million valuation from a16z. Thrive Capital co-led the round, and Stripe co-founder Patrick Collison also participated.

Previously, the startup raised an $8 million seed funding round in July 2023 that valued the company at $56.5 million, according to PitchBook. The round was led by OpenAI Startup Fund, with participation from BoxGroup, former GitHub CEO Nat Friedman, and Dropbox cofounder Arash Ferdowsi.

Founded in 2022, Mintlify uses AI to automate software documentation. Based in San Francisco, the startup was a member of Y Combinator's W22 batch, and it's raised $21 million so far in VC funding. In addition to a16z and Y Combinator, BCV is also an investor.

New York-based Zenlytic is a business intelligence platform that considers generative AI to be a "co-worker" — rather than a copilot — that is capable of analyzing data and answering complex questions. The startup has raised $15 million total in VC funding since it was founded in 2020, and its investors include Bain Capital Ventures, M13 Ventures, Correlation Ventures, and Primary Ventures.

Founded in 2021, New York-based Seek AI is building a platform for people to build code by using natural, everyday language. The startup raised a $9 million seed round in 2023, and it's disclosed $10.5 million in VC funding from investors Battery Ventures and Conviction Partners.

Brooklyn-based Espresso AI is tackling the rising expenses associated with cloud computing. Its generative AI analyzes queries and optimizes them to save time and money.

Founded in 2023, the startup has raised $11 million in VC funding, the most recent being its $9 million seed round in November 2023. Espresso's notable investors include Nat Friedman, Daniel Gross, and FirstMark Capital's Matt Turck.

Dosu is an AI teammate that that cleans up code and manages tedious tasks so developers can focus on work that adds value. Founded in 2023, the San Francisco-based startup has raised $9.5 million total in VC funding, and its $8 million seed round was led by Innovation Endeavors's Davis Treybig.

Based in Boston and founded by a former Nvidia engineer, Blitzy builds AI copilots to automate coding. The startup, which was spun out of the Harvard Innovation Lab, was funded by Link Ventures, Bessemer, Flybridge, NFX, Picus, and Asymmetric.

Based in London, Granola is a productivity tool that combines AI-generated transcripts with a person's notes to create better meeting notes with generative AI.

As the startup grows, Lightspeed Venture Partners, which led Granola's seed funding round, explained that the tech will combine AI, code editing, and knowledge work to increase productivity in the workplace. Granola's other investors include Betaworks, Mike Krieger, and Nat Friedman.

A member of Y Combinator's W24 batch, Ellipsis automatically reviews code, catches errors, and can enforce a team's style guide. The startup was founded in 2023 and is based in New York. Dalton Caldwell led Y Combinator's investment in Ellipsis, and its additional investors are Twenty Two Ventures and Transpose Platform.