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Investors poured $242 billion into AI startups in Q1 2026, roughly 80% of all global venture capital deployed that quarter. OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI and Waymo collectively raised $188 billion, about 65% of worldwide startup investment. Crunchbase reported no previous sector had ever absorbed such a large share in a single quarter.
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