DeepSeek возглавил волну ИИ-единорогов: 10 AI-лабораторий добавили $65 млрд в июне 2026

In June 2026, 34 companies joined The Crunchbase Unicorn Board, adding more than $110 billion in combined value; 10 of them are AI labs with a combined valuation of $65 billion, and DeepSeek led this group.

What June showed

In June 2026, nearly 60% of all new "unicorn" value came from artificial intelligence: 10 AI labs out of 34 new companies raised $65 billion out of a total of more than $110 billion. According to Crunchbase News, this makes AI labs the undisputed leader of the month by number and weight of newcomers.

Key figures of the month:

• 34 companies joined The Crunchbase Unicorn Board in June 2026
• Total added value — more than $110 billion
• 10 newcomers are AI labs, together valued at $65 billion
• Leader of the month by scale — DeepSeek
• Other sectors with several new unicorns — robotics and AI infrastructure

Joining the Unicorn Board means a private company has reached a valuation of $1 billion or more. As many as 10 such companies in one segment in a single month is a rare concentration of capital around one theme.

Why AI labs are leading

AI labs are leading because investors are concentrating capital around companies developing their own frontier models — exactly the category Crunchbase assigns all 10 newcomers to. They accounted for $65 billion out of $110 billion, meaning the largest share of all value added in June 2026.

Crunchbase highlights two more adjacent sectors where several unicorns emerged in June: robotics and AI infrastructure. Both are directly tied to the AI wave — robotics uses models for perception and control, while infrastructure companies provide the computing power on which the labs themselves are trained and run.

Of the 34 companies that joined the unicorn board in

June, 10 turned out to be AI labs with a combined valuation of $65 billion, — as reported in the Crunchbase News overview.

What the concentration in AI means

The June 2026 figures show that venture capital is still being pulled into a narrow segment of frontier developers: one theme — artificial intelligence — took nearly 60% of all new unicorn value for the month. DeepSeek topping the list confirms that the race for valuations is not happening only among American labs.

What this means

June 2026 cemented the trend: capital is concentrating around developers of foundation models and the infrastructure tied to them. While 10 AI labs deliver more value in a month than all the other 24 new unicorns combined, money is flowing into AI, and robotics and computing are growing as its direct extension.

Frequently asked questions

How many AI companies became unicorns in June 2026?

According to Crunchbase, in June 2026, 10 AI labs with a combined valuation of $65 billion reached unicorn status — out of 34 new companies on the Unicorn Board.

Who led the June wave of AI unicorns?

DeepSeek led the list. This lab was named the leader of the group of 10 AI companies that joined The Crunchbase Unicorn Board in June 2026.