2026 CNBC Disruptor 50 Companies
The 50 fastest-growing venture-backed companies on CNBC's 2026 Disruptor 50 list — pre-mapped to ZoomInfo Company IDs for instant account research.
Overview
The 2026 CNBC Disruptor 50↗ ranks the fastest-growing, venture-backed companies innovating across industries — now in its 14th year. Anthropic took #1, and the 2026 cohort is unmistakably an AI list: roughly 20 of 50 companies are AI-native, accounting for ~89% of total capital raised across the group.
This audience pre-maps all 50 Disruptor 50 companies to their ZoomInfo Company IDs, so you can skip the search step and go straight to account research in Claude or ChatGPT via ZoomInfo MCP.
About the List
- Scale: Revenue leaders include Anthropic, Revolut, Databricks, Canva, Cursor, Anduril, and Metropolis.
- 2026 funding momentum: Recent rounds include Saronic ($1.75B), Kalshi ($1B), Polymarket ($1.6B), Shield AI ($500M), and Apptronik ($520M) — capital concentrating in defense autonomy, prediction markets, and applied AI.
- Geography: 18 of 50 are Bay Area–based; New York clusters fintech-adjacent disruptors (Ramp, Kalshi, Polymarket); Texas anchors physical AI (Saronic, Apptronik, Island).
- Beyond AI: A defense and security bloc — Anduril, Saronic, Shield AI, Cyera, Vanta, and others — makes up ~16% of the list.
What's Included
Each of the 50 companies on the 2026 list, identified by name and ZoomInfo Company ID. Open in your preferred AI tool to pull firmographics, headcount, funding history, and technology stack for every company on the list.
Use Cases
- ABM and enterprise sales targeting the highest-profile venture-backed accounts of 2026
- Corp dev and VC scouting evaluating innovation leaders across AI, autonomous systems, and vertical SaaS
- Competitive intelligence tracking the companies CNBC identifies as reshaping their industries at scale
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Data Overview
- Records
- 50 companies
- Coverage
- Global
- Update Frequency
- Annual
Key Attributes
- All 50 companies from the 2026 CNBC Disruptor 50 list
- ZoomInfo Company ID pre-mapped for each company
- Company firmographics, headcount, and funding data
- Technology stack and industry classification
- HQ location and revenue range
Common Use Cases
- ABM campaigns targeting the highest-profile venture-backed disruptors
- Corp dev and VC teams scouting innovation leaders across AI, defense, and fintech
- Competitive intelligence on the companies shaping the 2026 innovation landscape