{
  "title": "Most valuable private companies",
  "asOf": "2026-09-21",
  "unit": "USD billions",
  "publisher": "Unicorn Private Research",
  "note": "Latest reported valuations, not market prices.",
  "companies": [
    {
      "rank": 1,
      "name": "Anthropic",
      "valuation_usd_billion": 965,
      "valuation_date": "Maggio 2026",
      "country": "Stati Uniti",
      "sector": "Intelligenza artificiale",
      "source": "https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/28/anthropic-open-ai-startup-value.html",
      "note": "Valutazione riportata dopo l'ultimo round di finanziamento."
    },
    {
      "rank": 2,
      "name": "OpenAI",
      "valuation_usd_billion": 852,
      "valuation_date": "Marzo 2026",
      "country": "Stati Uniti",
      "sector": "Intelligenza artificiale",
      "source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unicorn_startup_companies",
      "note": "Le fonti indicano cifre diverse per l'ultimo round. Il 16 settembre 2026 Forbes ha riferito di trattative non confermate fino a 1,5 mila miliardi di dollari."
    },
    {
      "rank": 3,
      "name": "ByteDance",
      "valuation_usd_billion": 600,
      "valuation_date": "Aprile 2026",
      "country": "Cina",
      "sector": "Internet",
      "source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unicorn_startup_companies",
      "note": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": 4,
      "name": "Databricks",
      "valuation_usd_billion": 190,
      "valuation_date": "Agosto 2026",
      "country": "Stati Uniti",
      "sector": "Software per dati e IA",
      "source": "https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/13/databricks-funding-round-190-billion-valuation.html",
      "note": "Round da 5 miliardi di dollari riportato da CNBC il 13 agosto 2026."
    },
    {
      "rank": 5,
      "name": "Stripe",
      "valuation_usd_billion": 159,
      "valuation_date": "Febbraio 2026",
      "country": "Stati Uniti e Irlanda",
      "sector": "Infrastrutture di pagamento",
      "source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unicorn_startup_companies",
      "note": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": 6,
      "name": "Revolut",
      "valuation_usd_billion": 75,
      "valuation_date": "Novembre 2025",
      "country": "Regno Unito",
      "sector": "Tecnologia finanziaria",
      "source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unicorn_startup_companies",
      "note": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": 7,
      "name": "Shein",
      "valuation_usd_billion": 66,
      "valuation_date": "Maggio 2023",
      "country": "Cina",
      "sector": "Commercio elettronico",
      "source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unicorn_startup_companies",
      "note": "Dato più vecchio di 12 mesi."
    },
    {
      "rank": 8,
      "name": "Anduril Industries",
      "valuation_usd_billion": 61,
      "valuation_date": "Maggio 2026",
      "country": "Stati Uniti",
      "sector": "Tecnologie per la difesa",
      "source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unicorn_startup_companies",
      "note": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": 9,
      "name": "Canva",
      "valuation_usd_billion": 42,
      "valuation_date": "Ottobre 2024",
      "country": "Australia",
      "sector": "Software di progettazione grafica",
      "source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unicorn_startup_companies",
      "note": "Dato più vecchio di 12 mesi."
    },
    {
      "rank": 10,
      "name": "Project Prometheus",
      "valuation_usd_billion": 41,
      "valuation_date": "Giugno 2026",
      "country": "Stati Uniti",
      "sector": "Intelligenza artificiale",
      "source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unicorn_startup_companies",
      "note": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": 11,
      "name": "Figure AI",
      "valuation_usd_billion": 39,
      "valuation_date": "Settembre 2025",
      "country": "Stati Uniti",
      "sector": "Robotica umanoide",
      "source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unicorn_startup_companies",
      "note": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": 12,
      "name": "Ramp",
      "valuation_usd_billion": 32,
      "valuation_date": "Novembre 2025",
      "country": "Stati Uniti",
      "sector": "Tecnologia finanziaria",
      "source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unicorn_startup_companies",
      "note": ""
    },
    {
      "rank": 13,
      "name": "Safe Superintelligence",
      "valuation_usd_billion": 32,
      "valuation_date": "Aprile 2025",
      "country": "Stati Uniti e Israele",
      "sector": "Intelligenza artificiale",
      "source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unicorn_startup_companies",
      "note": "Dato più vecchio di 12 mesi."
    },
    {
      "rank": 14,
      "name": "Epic Games",
      "valuation_usd_billion": 31.5,
      "valuation_date": "Giugno 2022",
      "country": "Stati Uniti",
      "sector": "Videogiochi",
      "source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unicorn_startup_companies",
      "note": "Dato più vecchio di 12 mesi."
    }
  ]
}