The 2026 Hurun Global Unicorn Index Is Released: The Top Three Companies All Have Layouts for AI Large Models

On June 25, the Hurun Research Institute released the “2026 Global Unicorn Index” (Global Unicorn Index 2026) in Guangzhou, listing industries for non-public companies established after 2000 with a value exceeding 10 billion yuan.

The index shows that the unicorn companies ranked in the top three have all deployed AI large model businesses. Among them, Anthropic, the parent company of Claude, topped the list with a valuation of 6.6 trillion yuan in a single year, with a one-year value increase of 6.14 trillion yuan—setting a record for the Hurun Unicorn Index;

Second is OpenAI, the parent company of ChatGPT, with a corporate value of 5.8 trillion yuan, ranking second in enterprise value; ByteDance, the parent company of Doubao, ranks third with an enterprise value of 3.3 trillion yuan.

It is worth noting that DeepSeek ranked first among the world’s top ten “new faces” companies, and with a value of 340 billion yuan, it also entered the top 15 global unicorn companies;

Next is Project Prometheus, a physical AI company co-founded by Jeff Bezos, which has newly become a unicorn company, with a market value of 258 billion yuan;

Among the top ten new faces, the company ranked third is Kalshi, a U.S. compliant prediction market and fintech company, with its current corporate market value at 150 billion yuan.

In summary, this index shows that AI large models have become a core driving force behind global technology innovation companies. This trend not only reflects the market’s confidence in the commercialization prospects of AI, but also suggests that future unicorn competition will focus on deep deployment of AI large models.

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