# AI funding rounds led by Cowboy Ventures

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Cowboy Ventures led or co-led 2 funding rounds at 2 AI companies on Presspool's record, announced between October 15, 2026 and October 29, 2026. The most recent: Mintive and CarbonAI.

| Company | Amount | Round | Announced | Co-leads |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Mintive](https://presspool.ai/companies/mintive-com) | $7 million | Seed | October 29, 2026 | None named |
| [CarbonAI](https://presspool.ai/companies/carboncre-ai) | $12 million | Round type not disclosed | October 15, 2026 | None named |

## Rounds by year

| Year | Rounds led | Led rounds announced in dollars | Round types led |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 2 | the 2 announced in dollars total $19 million | Seed, round type not disclosed |

## Each round and its sources

### 1. Mintive: $7 million Seed

The new round brings total funding to $11 million.

- Announced: October 29, 2026
- Company record: [Mintive on Presspool](https://presspool.ai/companies/mintive-com)
- Listed in the [AI startup funding roster for October 26–31, 2026](https://presspool.ai/ai-startup-funding/week-of-2026-10-26)
- Sources: [Company announcement](https://www.mintive.com/blog/mintive-launch), [TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/29/agent-identity-startup-mintive-lands-cowboy-ventures-coatue-angels-jeff-dean-andrej-karpathy), [FinSMEs](https://www.finsmes.com/2026/10/mintive-raises-7m-in-funding.html)

### 2. CarbonAI: $12 million, round type not disclosed

Timber Grove Ventures, Bling Capital and Max Ventures participated.

- Announced: October 15, 2026
- Company record: [CarbonAI on Presspool](https://presspool.ai/companies/carboncre-ai)
- Listed in the [AI startup funding roster for October 12–17, 2026](https://presspool.ai/ai-startup-funding/week-of-2026-10-12)
- Sources: [FinSMEs](https://www.finsmes.com/2026/10/carbonai-raises-12m-in-funding.html), [citybiz](https://www.citybiz.co/article/919151/carbonai-raises-12m-led-by-cowboy-ventures-to-expand-ai-powered-commercial-real-estate-lending/)

## What this page covers

Presspool records the lead investors of each round, as the company's announcement or the confirming outlets name them, and the other investors the round's entry names. This page lists the rounds this investor led on Presspool's record: every weekly AI startup funding roster, and the latest round of each company on a niche map. A round it joined without leading is listed when the round's entry names it, matched only to firms the record names as some round's lead. It is not the investor's full portfolio: rounds its sources did not name it in are not listed.

All lead investors: [Investors](https://presspool.ai/investors)

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