Global VC funding hit a record $510B in H1 2026, with OpenAI and Anthropic accounting for $217B, or 43% of the total; in Q2, VCs put $205B into 5,000+ startups (Gené Teare/Crunchbase News)
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- Global venture capital reached a record $510B in H1 2026, surpassing the prior $440B benchmark, per Crunchbase News.
- OpenAI and Anthropic together captured $217B — about 43% of total H1 2026 VC funding — while Q2 alone saw $205B spread across 5,000+ startups.
Why it matters: Two AI labs commanded 43% of a record-setting half-year venture pool, meaning roughly $293B was spread across every other funded startup worldwide combined. That concentration — two names taking nearly half of all global VC dollars — shows capital is increasingly flowing to a handful of frontier-AI compute bets rather than the broader startup base.
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