Global investing in startups hit $297 billion in Q1 2026, breaking all records, according to new Crunchbase data . That’s a massive 2.5x increase over the $118 billion raised in the previous quarter. This single-quarter haul outpaces every full year of global VC activity prior to 2019. The unprecedented spike was fueled by just four behemoth deals, each a record-breaker in its own right. Last month, OpenAI announced that it is now valued at $862 billion after collecting $122 billion , sur…
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