README.md

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license: mit
language:
- en
pretty_name: 2026 AI Market Maps
size_categories:
- n<1K
tags:
- ai-startups
- ai-market-maps
- startups
- venture-capital
- vc
- business
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# Dataset Card for 2026 AI Market Maps

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- **Last Updated:** 19 January 2026
- **Curated By:** Joy Larkin
- **Language(s) (NLP):** English
- **License:** MIT
- **Repository:** https://github.com/joylarkin/Awesome-AI-Market-Maps
- **Blog:** https://cleverhack.com/ai-market-maps-curated-intelligence-from-leading-vcs-analysts-practitioners


### Dataset Description

An Awesome List of Artificial Intelligence Startup Market Maps from 2026, 2025 and 2024.

**Now featuring 275+ AI Market Maps by top VCs, industry analysts, and AI practitioners.**

As these things go, this awesome list was inspired out of an ongoing personal frustration — I have been searching for a frequently updated and well-resourced list of recent AI-related market maps. Since I couldn't find a comprehensive resource which met my needs, I decided to build something substantial for the greater community.  

METHODOLOGY  
The list is currently organized by quarter, to illustrate hot AI topics as they are discussed and how fast the industry is evolving, mostly focusing on market maps from 2025 and 2024. My current data collection workflow includes ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Exa Websets, Liner, human-in-the-loop curation, and some other methods.

ADD OR UPDATE A MARKET MAP  
Named AI market maps, landscapes, blog posts with market maps, and related AI industry positioning (such as top XX lists) are fine.

📩 DM me  
OR  
💬 Tweet at me [@joy](https://twitter.com/joy) OR Connect with me on [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/joylarkin/)  

🙌 Spread the word.    
❤️s are appreciated.    

### Dataset Structure

- CSV files are derived from the GitHub README.md file.
- The CSV file will be named as to date of extraction: Day Month FullYear. 
- The current column structure is: Date, Category, Author, Title, URL.  

### Dataset Warnings

⚠️ Despite best efforts at linting, please be aware of stray commas or other punctuation.  
⚠️ In some fields, troublesome punctuation has been removed/transformed versus the original format.  
⚠️ Dataset content will typically lag the GitHub repo, the CSV is updated bimonthly.  
⚠️ Category classification is human and capricious.  



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