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Crunchbase Data: Q3 2026 Posted A Record Count Of Billion-Dollar Rounds As The Global AI Race Heats Up

Crunchbase News Oct 5, 2026, 2:00 PM (1 week ago)

Global venture funding totaled $159 billion in Q3 2026 with close to 6,000 startups funded, Crunchbase data shows. And while the third quarter was the lowest for startup investment so far this year, it still exceeded every other quarter since Q2 2022. We take a look at where the funding went.

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Crunchbase Data: Q3 2026 Posted A Record Count Of Billion-Dollar Rounds As The Global AI Race Heats Up

Science Corporation implants its vision-restoring chip in its first Stargardt disease patient

Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser says he ‘failed’ with Max Payne 3, and I’m sorry Danno but that’s just plain wrong

Nvidia announces billion-dollar investments in European tech

Licube wants to be the fuel provider to the fusion power industry — see how at TechCrunch Disrupt

Bumble Given a Billion Reasons to Go Private

Rivian spinoff Mind Robotics hires Doug Field as president

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