Which Startups founded in the last 3 years became Decacorns?
Startup News - Here is the list of Startups founded in the last 3 years that became Decacorns, according to Dealroom:
In history, 15 startups have reached decacorn status within three years of founding - 12 of those were founded in the last three years, and they are all AI startups:
Here is the list of Startups founded in the last 3 years that became Decacorns:
1 - Prometheus - US
Prometheus is a Startup founded in the last 3 years that is already a Decacorn in September 2026.
Prometheus was founded in November 2025 and is a Physical AI lab applying machine learning to engineering, manufacturing, aerospace, and drug discovery.
2 - Safe Superintelligence - US
Safe Superintelligence is a Startup founded in the last 3 years that is already a Decacorn in September 2026.
Safe Superintelligence was founded in June 2024 and is developing safe super-intelligent AI.
3 - xAI - US
xAI is a Startup founded in the last 3 years that is already a Decacorn in September 2026.
xAI was founded in March 2023 and is the creator of Grok for AI development to accelerate human scientific discovery.
4 - Thinking Machines Lab - US
Thinking Machines Lab is a Startup founded in the last 3 years that is already a Decacorn in September 2026.
Thinking Machines Lab was founded in 2024 and is an Artificial intelligence research and product company.
5 - Nscale - UK
Nscale is a Startup founded in the last 3 years that is already a Decacorn in September 2026.
Nscale was founded in June 2024 and is a vertically integrated, sovereign hyper-scaler for artificial intelligence.
6 - Mistral AI - France
Mistral is a Startup founded in the last 3 years that is already a Decacorn in September 2026.
Mistral is a Frontier AI startup.
7 - Cognition
Cognition is a Startup founded in the last 3 years that is already a Decacorn in September 2026.
Cognition is the creator of Devin, the first AI software engineer, with applied AI lab building end-to-end software agents.
8 - Sierra - US
Sierra is a Startup founded in the last 3 years that is already a Decacorn in September 2026.
Sierra helps businesses build better, more human customer experiences with AI.
9 - Mercor - US
Mercor is a Startup founded in the last 3 years that is already a Decacorn in September 2026.
Mercor was founded in 2023 and is the creator of APEX to measure whether models can actually perform economically valuable work. Mercor brings that expertise to enterprises: deploying custom AI agents, staffing teams with vetted domain experts, and helping organizations encode their own knowledge into AI systems.
10 - Lovable - Sweden
Lovable is a Startup founded in the last 3 years that is already a Decacorn in September 2026.
Lovable is a platform that lets you build apps and websites by chatting with AI.
11 - Moonshot AI - Israel
Moonshot AI is a Startup founded in the last 3 years that is already a Decacorn in September 2026.
Moonshot AI was founded in 2023 and is a premier AI-driven analytics platform.
12 - Skild AI - US
Skild AI is a Startup founded in the last 3 years that is already a Decacorn in September 2026.
Skild AI was founded in 2023 and is building general purpose robotic intelligence.
