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AI companies shatter fund-raising records as boom accelerates
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Among the record deals made in the first three months of 2026, OpenAI raised US$122 billion, while Anthropic raised US$30 billion.
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Erin Griffith
SAN FRANCISCO – OpenAI, Anthropic, Waymo and other AI companies shattered fund-raising records in the first three months of 2026 with a US$297 billion (S$381.7 billion) haul, according to data from Crunchbase, which tracks private investment.
To put that sum into perspective: 2025 was already record-breaking, with technology start-ups raising US$425 billion, up 30 per cent from 2024. The first three months of 2026 put the industry on track to almost triple that amount.
