Q2 2026 AI funding fell to $149.5B but 6% of deals took 89% of the dollars
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CB Insights reports global AI equity funding dropped from $237.6B in Q1 to $149.5B in Q2 2026, while concentration intensified — mega-rounds of $100M+ were just 6% of AI deals yet captured $132.5B, or 89% of all AI dollars. Anthropic alone raised three mega-rounds ($50B, $10B, $5B), with Bezos-backed Project Prometheus taking $12B Series B at $41B and DeepSeek $7.5B Series A at $59.2B. AI minted 37 new unicorns, up from 32 in Q1.