� Global venture hits $189B in February, sets all-time monthly record

Global venture funding reached $189B in February, according to Crunchbase. It is the highest monthly total on record.

The spike was driven by three deals.

� OpenAI raised $110B
� Anthropic secured $30B
� Waymo brought in $16B.

Together they accounted for 83% of all funding. That leaves $33B for the rest of the market.

AI startups attracted $171B, or 90% of total funding. At the same time, deal count fell to 503 rounds, the lowest since early 2024. Outside AI, funding totaled $18B, and only $2B if Waymo is excluded.

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