February was the biggest month in venture history, thanks to OpenAI, Anthropic, and Waymo in particular
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by Lily Mae LazarusMarch 6, 2026
Startup funding surged to a historic $189 billion in February, driven almost entirely by three AI mega-rounds that captured 83% of the total.
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Originally published on Fortune on 3/6/2026