AI companies shatter fund-raising records, as boom accelerates
- Apr 4
- 1 min read
NEW YORK TIMES — OpenAI, Anthropic, Waymo and other artificial intelligence companies shattered fund-raising records in the first three months of the year with a $297 billion haul, according to data from Crunchbase, which tracks private investment.
To put that sum into perspective: Last year was already record breaking, with technology start-ups raising $425 billion, up 30 percent from 2024. The first three months of 2026 put the industry on track to almost triple that amount.
The funding was driven by enormous financing rounds for the largest A.I. companies, which made up four of the five largest ever recorded deals.
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