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AI companies raise $297B in Q1 2026, shattering fundraising records
OpenAI, Anthropic, Waymo, and other AI firms collectively raised $297 billion in the first quarter of 2026, marking an acceleration in venture funding into the sector. The scale of capital influx underscores sustained investor confidence in AI commercialization and frontier model development, though such concentrated funding raises questions about market concentration and potential valuation sustainability.