π° U.S. VC Hits $412.7B in First Half of 2026 β AI Startups Took 86 Cents of Every Dollar
American venture capital funding totaled $412.7 billion in H1 2026, up 30% from all of 2025, with AI startups alone capturing $355.9 billion of that. Q2 saw seven billion-dollar-plus rounds, including Together AI's $800M raise at an $8.3B valuation to scale open-source AI infrastructure. The concentration is staggering β nearly nine in ten VC dollars are going to AI. Is this the AI investment supercycle, or a bubble forming in plain sight?
