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Weekly digest · 21 August 2026

State of AI World — week of 2026-08-21

The map tracks $35.16T of market value across 150 companies — up 8.2% since 2026-07-27.

Movers

New on the map

DeepL, HeyGen, Moore Threads, Ambience, Speak, AlphaSense, Wiz, Sakana AI, Deepgram — each passed the two gates: a sourced valuation ≥ $100M and at least one mappable relationship.

Relationships

11 edges added, including: OpenAI invested in Ambience, OpenAI invested in Speak, Alphabet invested in AlphaSense, Alphabet acquired Wiz, NVIDIA invested in Sakana AI.

Window: 2026-08-13 → 2026-08-21 · every figure links to a source on the map · by Han.

State of AI World maps every significant AI company, what it is worth and how it is connected. Every number carries a source and an as-of date; see the methodology. Data is free to reuse with credit: open data. · All companies · Daily digest · Corrections and contact