
In Q1 2026, $188 billion of the $300 billion in venture capital went to OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI, and Waymo, accounting for 60% of all VC deployed. The concentration of capital has rewritten expectations for early-stage founders around defensibility, scaling, and pricing.
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Stripe, Google, Canva, Cloudflare, Higgsfield Share 2026 GTM Playbook