1. AI Mega-Deals Fuel Record Startup Funding Surge in Q1, Signaling Market Frenzy
The first quarter of the year saw startup funding shatter all previous records, driven overwhelmingly by a handful of colossal investments in artificial intelligence giants. Four mega-deals—into OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI, and Waymo—provided the primary fuel for this unprecedented capital influx, highlighting the intense i...