MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC:

PitchBook: in H1, AI startups raised $104.3B in the US, or ~66% of all US VC funding, up from 49% last year, and there were 281 VC-backed exits totaling $36B  —  OpenAI and Anthropic continue to lead a fundraising bonanza in artificial intelligence, raising historic rounds and stratospheric valuations.

MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC:

PitchBook: in H1, AI startups raised $104.3B in the US, or ~66% of all US VC funding, up from 49% last year, and there were 281 VC-backed exits totaling $36B  —  OpenAI and Anthropic continue to lead a fundraising bonanza in artificial intelligence, raising historic rounds and stratospheric valuations.

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