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Best for VR/AR AI Tools

8 tools compared · 2026

8 ai for vr/ar startups tracked, with the largest concentration in US. Total tracked funding: $2.3B.

All (8) By country Top ranked By funding

Tracked

8

Total Raised

$2.3B

Countries

5

Active Deals

0

Top by score

Niantic Spatial San Francisco, US $250M

Niantic Labs San Francisco, US $770M

XPANCEO Dubai, AE $290M

Even Realities Shenzhen, CN $10M

Brilliant Labs Singapore, SG $6M

Gyges Labs Shenzhen, CN $15M

Luma AI San Francisco, US $954M

Resemble AI Toronto, CA $13M

Funding by year — AI for VR/AR

2023 → 2025

$11M

’23

$43M

’24

$4.9B

’25

Top countries

By startup count

US 3
CN 2
SG 1
CA 1
AE 1

Stage breakdown

Latest round type

Series A 2
Strategic 1
Series C 1
Series B 1
Seed 1
Pre-A 1
M&A 1

Top investors backing AI for VR/AR

Opportunity Venture (Asia)

Andreessen Horowitz

Chen Hao (Shokz founder)

China Growth Capital

Unicorn Capital Partners

Monolith Capital

Recent rounds in AI for VR/AR

Date	Startup	Round	Amount
Dec 2025	Resemble AI	Series B	$13M
Nov 2025	Luma AI	Series C	$900M
Jul 2025	XPANCEO	Series A	$250M
Jun 2025	Niantic Spatial	Strategic	Undisclosed
May 2025	Niantic Spatial	Spinout	$250M
Mar 2025	Niantic Labs	M&A	$3.5B
May 2024	Luma AI	Series B	$43M
Feb 2023	Luma AI	Series A	$11M

All AI for VR/AR startups

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Niantic Spatial

Real-world foundation models and AR maps for physical AI

Niantic Labs

Niantic creates real-world augmented reality games and apps that encourage exploration and social interaction.

XPANCEO

Building the world's first multifunctional AI smart contact lens

Even Realities

Camera-free smart glasses with a HUD display and AI assistant

Brilliant Labs

Open-source AI smart glasses with on-device multimodal intelligence

Gyges Labs

Maker of Halliday proactive AI glasses with an invisible display

Luma AI

Dream Machine — the world's most realistic AI video

Resemble AI

Generative voice AI with deepfake detection